Planet Fitness plans to move a fitness center into the vacant building space formerly occupied by the Big Lots! store on Poway Road. The Poway City Council on Oct. 17 unanimously approved a conditional use permit that will allow a 16,000-square-foot fitness center to be built in the storefront at 12342 Poway Road. The building…

Amy Hamilton is the 2023 Chattanooga Night of Champions Pro Fitness division show champion. The contest was held on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, in Chattanooga, TN. It featured 13 IFBB Pro League competitors. Hamilton scored the win and claimed the first qualifying spot for the 2024 Fitness Olympia contest, the date and location of which…

It’s easy to get stuck for ideas when shopping for fitness gifts. A lot of the really exciting or useful items — like fancy runner watches or high tech elliptical machines — come with triple digit or higher price tags. Luckily, we’re just as obsessed as the fitness fanatics on your list and we’re constantly…

Fort Campbell, KY – The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) held a Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) class at Cole Park Commons, Fort Campbell, KY, on September 26th, 2023. The class is part of a H2F symposium being held this week to bring more attention to the program. H2F is the Army’s groundbreaking investment in…

If you’re looking to strengthen your rectus abdominus (AKA your six-pack muscles), as well as your obliques (the muscles on the sides of your abdominal wall), bicycle crunches are an excellent exercise. Crunches activate your abdominal muscles through lumbar flexion, which is flexing or rounding at the lower part of the spine. Bicycle crunches take…

Champion strongman Brian Shaw retired from the world of competitive strength sports earlier this year and is now teasing a pivot to MMA—but he still can’t pass up the opportunity to take on a new strength challenge. In an Instagram video clip from one of his recent training sessions, the four-time World’s Strongest Man title…

Matthew Miller/ZDNET Smartwatches need to be charged at least every other day and millions don’t want another device loaded with third party apps and constant distractions on their wrist. The new Fitbit Charge 6<!–> offers a powerful wearable in a sleek form factor with a battery life that only requires a top-up once a week.…

MEN’S HEALTH IS 35 this year, and like any self-respecting guy hitting their mid-thirties, we’re taking a beat to look back on some of the highlights over the three and a half decades we’ve been around, from the guys who’ve best exemplified strength over the years to some of our favorite recipes from the mag…