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What’s In The Bag? BMX Phenom Michelle Huey Knows Good Gear

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In BMX, when you’re the best, having the best matters. It’s hard to believe that Michelle Huey is only 18. When she talks about BMX, her intentions of turning pro and her dream of competing in Rio in 2016, she...

Get Fit with the Right Gear

Jodi Bellefeuille

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Our go-to list for the best get fit gadgets The Torch T1 Bike Helmet - $140 The Torch T1 bike helmet has 10 integrated LED lights on both the front and the back of the helmet, making it ideal for nighttime ...

Athos Clothing Integrates Activity Trackers Into Performance Apparel

Dana Leigh Smith

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Is it the end of an era for devices like FitBit and JawBone? Maybe. This fall, we’ll be able to analyze our workouts with a line of high-tech clothes from ATHOS clothing. Dhananja Jayalath and Christopher Wieb...

New Sports Medicine Technologies Promise To Fix You Fast

Victoria Wiseman

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With sports medicine science on your side you can be back to your old self in no time. Every athlete collects a panoply of problems—the old knee that flares up a couple of times a year, the shoulder that just ...

King Of The Court

Rebecca Youngblood

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Want to rule your local beach volleyball court? This is what you’ll need. Jeff Kaulbars would never have guessed that a spontaneous game of beach volleyball would lead him to pursue the sport at a competitive ...

Adrenaline Junkies: You Must Try This

Victoria Wiseman

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If you think kiteboarding is a rush, wait until you try hydrofoiling. Kiteboarders yearn for speed; it’s the way these daring athletes explore the thrilling boundary between sea and sky. Using an apparatus tha...

Can You Really Build Your Own Paddleboard?

Deb Orringer

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A local entrepreneur shows our intrepid writer how to do it On any given Saturday morning you can find the Gulf flecked with tanned and toned stand up paddleboarders plying the water. They glide along like pr...

Sprinkle When You Sprint?

Anne Reed

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This athletic pad has you covered. (And yes, this is for real.) Hand any woman over the age of 30 a jump rope and you have two camps: Those that have not had children and those that have. The childless start j...

What’s The Deal With Those Vibration Machines at Gyms?

Dana Leigh Smith

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Can you really shake yourself fit? FN Investigates From the Shake Weight to the Free-Flexor, Americans seem to have a bad case of shake-it-until-you-shape-it syndrome. Which, of course, only has one symptom: b...

If you want to be a better, faster cyclist, you need the right gear

AC Shilton

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The best way to catch up with Tish Kelly is when she’s on solid ground. Try and catch the category 3 cyclist on a ride and you’ll likely be left sucking wind. Kelly, who races in both road races and time trials, was third overall in the Florida