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 | | | DO YOU EVEN LIFT, MUM? | | | Celebrating the hardest-working mums this Mother's Day | |
| Putting your feet up for a rest because you're just too snowed under to get to the gym? Well take a moment to think of Stevie Hartley. She attacked training while caring for her newborn baby and battling through post-natal depression. Hartley, 23, started training by sneaking in 45-minute sessions of the Insanity fitness DVD while her daughter slept. Fast-forward three years and she's a sponsored athlete and has even taken part in Men's Fitness FitBrit challenge. Still feel like you've earned that rest?
Instagram: @Steviehartley_thebody |
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| | So you've done a few workouts and now you're whipping your shirt off at every opportunity… OK, nice traps, but until you've got others paying to come and train like you, rein it in a bit! Someone who's earned the right to strut is Helle Hammonds, the 36-year-old mother of one who founded GymClass. The class, which focuses on a mix of HIIT and resistance training, is all wrapped up in a lunch-hour-friendly 55 minutes. Don't expect a light session – she makes full use of tyre flips, battle ropes and gymnastic rings. Powerful.
Instagram @HelleHammonds |
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| | Who cares about wonky weightlifting form? You got the weight up in the end and your back only hurts a bit, right? Well, assuming you want to be able to stand upright at 60, look to 37-year-old single mum Elisabeth Akinwale to find out why form is king. She's competed at five CrossFit Games, winning the Clean Ladder event at the 2012 event lifting 107kg. Think about that next time you're trying to deadlift with your lower back.
Instagram @EAkinwale |
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| | Getting ready for training can be a faff but at least you don't have to sit for seven hours while someone paints you blue. That's what Rebecca Romijn had to do when playing azure-hued shape-shifter Mystique in the first three X-Men films. She had to follow a strict diet (cutting out sugar and alcohol) and did Pilates four times a week. She's passed the Mystique mantle to Jennifer Lawrence but the 43-year-old can still be seen on Instagram displaying her workout-honed body – often swimming with her daughters in beautiful locations.
Instagram @RebeccaRomijn
Know a mum you think should be celebrated for her training? Let us know on Twitter @mensfitnessmag and Instagram @mensfitnessuk |
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| FITBIT GETS WEIGHTY | | | THE NEW FITNESS TRACKER ADDS LIFTING WEIGHTS | |
Surge, Charge, Flex and Blaze – the Fitbit family may be starting to sound a little like the names of a crap 1950s New York street gang (one that wears neckerchiefs and is feared by no-one) but that's no reason to dismiss this new top-of-the-range fitness watch. We've just taken delivery of the new Blaze in the MF office, and it's got our hearts racing – literally, according to its cardiac tracking function. A double thumbs-up too for the addition of a weightlifting mode. And for newbies there's even a mini personal trainer locked up inside its classy metal shell, providing onscreen workouts – not literally, of course. Look out for the full review on our sister website coachmag.co.uk next week. |
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 | | | THE MAGAZINE | | | RUN A KILOMETRE… VERTICALLY | |
| | No radioactive spider bite required! OK, so it's not exactly running up walls but for off-road runners, the Vertical Kilometre – a race that finishes 1,000m above the start line – is the new standard of endurance and more than enough to get even Spidey sweating in his Lycra pants. And as of 2016, there's one in the UK. Finally, a competitive reason for always taking the stairs.
The Am Bodach VK in Kinlochleven, Scotland, takes place on 16th September, allowing you to punish your quads without having to dig out your passport. The race takes you from sea level to summit (climbing 1,032m, if you're being a pedant, which after finishing this race you're fully entitled to be.)
Looking for a time to aim for? In 2014, excellently-named Italian athlete Urban Zemmer became the first person to ascend 1,000m in under half an hour with a time of 29min 42sec at the Fully VK in Switzerland. His poor legs.
Want more? See our feature in the latest Men's Fitness. | |
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 | | | GLUTEN-FREE BEER | | | SOMEONE FINALLY MADE IT NOT SUCK | | Once upon a time the mere mention of gluten-free beer would get you thrown out of a pub in disgrace, the regulars muttering into their pints and refusing to make eye contact as you dusted yourself off and resigned yourself to a life of vodka tonics.
But with 12 million Brits choosing gluten-free products in supermarkets every year, it was only a matter of time before brewing companies threw their hats into the ring. That's great news for the unlucky 1% of us with coeliac disease, for whom one beer could cause agonising stomach pain.
Our pick? Try Brewdog's Vagabond Pale Ale (4.3%). Mostly because we were drinking this one before we realised it was gluten-free at all. |  |
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| STUFF YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN BY NOW | |
Man rides unicycle on Vidraru Damn. Not one for vertigo sufferers.
There's a sport called Indonesian Fireball Soccer.
Hard-boiled eggs, Skittles and every-colour salad: how sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross trains and eats.
Are you relying on vitamin supplements? Watch this.
#GymAmmo Answer Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. Any activity you're not used to will cause it: a bodybuilder would get DOMS from a walk in the hills. It's a sign of muscle growth, but not a prerequisite so don't think you've had a bad workout if you're not in agony. |
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