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The fitness industry’s most prestigious event announces a deal with Northern Chill, a rapidly growing manufacturer of their premium and naturally alkaline bottled mineral spring water. As part of a 2-year agreement, the Northern Wisconsin-based company will serve as the official water of Joe...

Rido / Shutterstock “Kettlebells are popular because they are extremely effective and efficient and don’t take up much space,” says Max Shank, a fitness author and the owner of Ambition Athletics (maxshank.com). Shank’s love affair with kettlebells isn’t unfounded. Ask a room full of fitness...

Muscle & Fitness For generations of fitness enthusiasts, Muscle & Fitness Magazine has been the holy grail for all things fitness, strength, nutrition and physique transformation, along with the world's fittest celebrities. Last month it was announced that Muscle & Fitness and the iconic...

shutterstock / Shutterstock Chef Andre Rush puts the same passion and dedication into a dish when serving a homeless man as he does for the President of the United States. “You don’t waver on service,” Rush, who’s cooked for four U.S. presidents, told Muscle & Fitness. “I don’t care who it is...

Shutterstock When Herschel Walker played for the New Jersey Generals from 1983 to 1985 in the now-defunct USFL, his boss was billionaire mogul Donald Trump. He became close with the team owner and his family. While training in Orlando, Walker took Trump and his children to Disney World. Well...

ivankatrump / Instagram As the world focuses on efforts to resolve the current coronavirus crisis, Ivanka Trump has emerged as an advocate for making healthy choices during a historic window of isolation. The mother of three tells Muscle & Fitness, “As we continue to social distance during this...

Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP/Shutterstock / Shutterstock Jillian Michaels isn’t afraid to claim her crown as the “queen” of quick and effective workouts. “I’m kind of the OG when it comes to the 20-minute workout. I put out a DVD 15 years ago called the 30 Day Shred,” Michaels tells Muscle &...

The abdominal plank is a staple in plenty of fitness regimens, but it's safe to say most people aren't exactly thrilled when a trainer calls for it during bootcamp class. Just a minute or two of planking will get the average gym goer's core feeling like it's on fire, so it's impossible to...

Courtesy of Matt Shepley How bad did it get for Mikhail Kniaziewicz, once a fit sports fanatic growing up in a well-to-do Philadelphia suburb who earned a college football roster spot on the strength of his left leg, to end up depressed, lonely, out of shape and overweight, wondering if life...

Andy Kropa/Invision/AP / Shutterstock Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend has selected Shaquille O’Neal as its Honorary Ambassador for the 2020 event. Widely regarded as one of the world’s most recognizable athletes, the selection of the Hall of Famer and four-time NBA champion...

Masatoshi Okauchi/Shutterstock Aging and the many side effects that come along with it—such as wrinkles, decreased mobility, and fragile bones—are as inevitable as taxes. Or are they? (We’re talking about aging here—you still have to pay your taxes.) That’s the question asked by Limitless, an...

OPOLJA / Shutterstock Spartan Races are notorious for their difficulty, testing competitors' skills, endurance, and grit, no matter the length of the race. And whether you run a Spartan Sprint, spanning three to five miles, or take on a 30-mile Spartan Ultra, you're guaranteed to encounter...

Per Bernal Oksana Grishina absolutely dominated the competition during her four-year reign as Fitness Olympia champion, so much so that her retirement in 2017 left fans hoping she wasn't truly done with the sport. Now, it looks like she'll be making a comeback at the 2020 Olympia in her first...

Active U.S. Army soldiers are some of the fittest people on Earth, so it makes sense that the fitness test required for entry be tough. The exam will be made even harder in October 2020 — starting then, recruits will be tested on their three-rep deadlift max; throwing power; pushups; and more...

Ryan Loco / M+F Magazine Josh Gallegos is the go-to trainer for the WWE’s elite personalities, but if you ask him how he got to be where he is, he’ll say it was because he was at the right place at the right time. “I’ve kind of Mr. Magoo’d my way into these really fun opportunities,” Gallegos...

Robert Gardner / M+F Magazine Nov. 29, 2019, would have been Joe Weider’s 100th birthday. I had the good fortune to enjoy an 18-year working relationship with Joe, who passed away on March 23, 2013. He was initially an employer, who morphed into my mentor, then friend, and eventually became...

(MIAMI - Sep. 16, 2018 —) FIBO, the largest interactive fitness, health and wellness festival in the world, today announced SWEAT Trainer and PWR Workouts creator Kelsey Wells and four-time CrossFit Games champion Mat Fraser, among new additions to its FIBO USA 2019 lineup. The event will take...

Courtesy of F45 For some, the thought of group fitness conjures visions of jazzercise and Zumba. But these days, group fitness isn’t what it used to be, and there may be no better proof than F45 Training. Short for Functional 45, the Australia-born group fitness franchise centers its workouts...

The fitness industry’s most celebrated tradition returns to Las Vegas September 12-15 with the world’s most prestigious physique titles on the line. Olympia Weekend is set to award more than $1.4 million in prize money, eclipsing its previous mark and making this year’s event the most lucrative...

David Yellen / M+F Magazine Former New England Patriots tight-end Rob Gronkowski is staying fit in retirement, but he appears to be having the time of his life while doing it. In a recent Instagram post that ended up on Barstool Sports, Gronk is dancing it out in the middle of a group fitness...