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#SpartanUp from your office chair

Do you want to be more Spartan even when you’re sitting in an office chair? Office rats are often plagued by ankle, hip, upper back (thoracic spine) and shoulders problems and you can do a bit more to #SpartanUp. If…

Workout anywhere with Beachbody® On Demand App and your iPhone

Now you can workout anywhere, anytime with Beachbody® on your smartphone. One of the world’s leading providers of fitness, nutrition and weight-loss programs has announced the launch of the Beachbody On Demand mobile app giving iPhone® users go-anywhere access to…

Double Trouble X-Trail Duathlon – 24.07.2016

Double Trouble X-trail Duathlon 2016 presents a off-road duathlon race that combines trail running & mountain biking (MTB), tougher and harder then the ordinary road race duathlon. Date: 24 July 2016 Venue: Hutan Lipur Sg. Menyala, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. Time:…

Sue Teoh: Top Strategies to Beat the Heat in triathlon

One of the biggest challenges triathletes will be facing on race day is the environment. With the current weather pattern with heat waves, you need to have a well planned strategy to manage the heat! Here are some pointers to help you out:…

Soap mistaken for energy bar at China’s marathon

Bizarre as it may seem, it actually did happen. Thousands of runners at a marathon event in China mistook soap for energy bars at the Qingyuan marathon in south China’s Guangdong province recently. According to sources, over 12,000 runners had problems…

Sam Briggs and Josh Bridges aces repeat wins in CrossFit Workout 16.5

Sam Briggs and Josh Bridges powered up the thrusters and jumped over the bar for the burpees to notch the world’s fastest times in CrossFit Games Open Workout 16.5. Is there no stopping Josh Bridges? He’s really on the roll after…

Battle of the North brings up biggest CrossFit competition

CrossFit is heating up all over the country and it’s only fitting that the Battle of the North (BOTN) 2016 CrossFit challenge in Penang next month is expected to be the biggest cross fit competition in the northern region. Organised by…

Peter Kerr and Sarah Crowley win Ironman 70.3 Taiwan

Celebrating Easter Sunday will have a new meaning for Australians Peter Kerr and Sarah Crowley as they won the IRONMAN 70.3 Taiwan in their respective categories. The city of Taitung, hosted as a new venue for Ironman in Taiwan, and together with…

Tia-Clair Toomey’s Road to Rio Olympics 2016

Some athletes were meant to be champions, even if they had to be discovered like a diamond in the rough. Ask Tia-Clair Toomey and she would tell you that she never expected to podium at the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games much less, expected to…

Spartan US Championships Series 2016 offers US$100,000 prize money

US$100,000+ IN CASH & PRIZES, 5 RACES, 1 CHAMPION The Spartan Race has announced the 2016 Spartan U.S. Championship Series, a five race series to be televised on NBC Sports, in a mission to find the best obstacle racers in the world….