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You’ve been crushing your health and fitness goals recently: Eating protein at every meal, getting seven to nine hours of sleep, and hitting the heavy weights at the gym. But in the past few days, you’re feeling sluggish. Why can’t I lift as heavy as usual? I’m doing everything right. Well, there’s actually a chance you’re doing too much—and that’s where a deload week comes in. A deload week is “a period of time where you reduce the volume in your workout,” says Almoni Ellis, CPT, a NASM-certified personal trainer. You either take a break from the gym completely, lighten...

U.S. — A new study has found that everyone at the gym is, in fact, watching you and laughing at your little sissy dumbbells. "Our study concluded that the feeling you get of being watched at the gym is because everyone is snickering at how weak you are," said lead researcher Dr. Graham Hadwin. "People are actually mocking you so much more than you ever thought possible." Men who lift weights have long sensed that all the other gym-goers were secretly laughing at their pathetic muscles and terrible form. "Just as I suspected," said local man Dan McMillan, upon hearing...

There are a ton of misinformation-peddlers out there, lurking in the shadows, trying to kill you with misinformation. Here at the Babylon Bee, we care deeply about your safety, so we told our best researchers to compile a list of COVID treatments the CDC has NOT approved. Avoid these at all costs! 1) Drinking plenty of water: Please. Do you know what else drinks water? A horse. 2) Spending some time in the warm, pleasant Sun: This sun imbues us with Vitamin D, which the CDC has not approved for protection against COVID. Get inside now!!! 3) Getting a nice...

If you’re cruising along on a runner’s high while your partner has yet to feel that sweet euphoria, is that a nod toward your superior running ability? Sorry, no. The more likely reason could simply be in your genes, according to a recent study published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Researchers looked at 25 collegiate runners, both male and female, and tested their saliva before and after a long-distance run. They also asked them about whether or not they experienced a runner’s high, which they gauged based on four criteria: mood, lost sense of time, run quality,...

I really don't care about our nation's top leader's workouts. In fact, those are usually a source of annoyance to me. I'm tired of seeing Bush on a bike, hated seeing Clinton jogging, and was annoyed by Jimmy Carter's aggressive management of the White House tennis court schedule, while he let America fall apart. Most annoying to me we're all the ceaseless, braggadocious stories about Condi Clueless and her hard workout. Look at me, I workout. So what? She's a terrible Secretary of State. That's the fitness I care about. Still, with this election, in which the press constantly contrasts...

Hot weather has little chilling effect on workouts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Wayne Drehs ESPN.com STARKVILLE, Miss. -- The temperature was 92 degrees. The humidity, 81 percent. And the Mississippi State football players had one of their most challenging days of offseason training ahead. Yet outside the Bulldogs' locker room, there was a sense of relief as a welcome breeze greeted the players as they headed toward "The Compound" for another grueling workout. It is often back-breaking work to stay in shape for the football season ahead, as Mississippi State's Tray Clark can attest. "You pray for days like this," said Scott...