The highly awaited 2024 Florida Pro invaded Sarasota, Florida for an action-packed weekend, which saw competitors from Classic Physique, Men’s Physique, Bikini, and Wellness battle for gold, bragging rights, and Olympia qualifying spots on September 7. The 2024 Mr. Olympia contest is set to light up Sin City with unprecedented bodybuilding action. Time to qualify...
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YouTube is restricting European teens’ access to fitness videos. Why?
The video-streaming platform says that repeated exposure to certain types of videos could hurt teenager’s self-esteem and body image. ADVERTISEMENT European teenagers may notice a change in their YouTube recommendations, after the video platform said it will stop ushering them toward some types of health and fitness videos, particularly those that “idealise” certain body types....
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Snap Fitness Sees Strong Global Gym Growth After Rebrand
The Minnesota-based franchisor of 24/7 gyms continues to open locations across the globe, buoyed by new branding and a revamped member app Snap Fitness is making good on its lofty global expansion goals, with the gym brand seeing strong franchise growth in the first half of this year. Over the first six months of 2024,...
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Romanian kickboxer prepares for world title fight at Thurrock gym
TOM LARSEN-WRIGHT/BBC Amansio “The Viking” Paraschiv will fight for the Super Welterweight KGP World Title in October A European champion kickboxer from Romania has been training for a world title fight in Essex. Amansio “The Viking” Paraschiv has been preparing over the past few months at Essex Kickboxing Academy in South Ockendon to fight for...
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Jarrod Branthwaite Injury Latest: Defender ‘Still A Bit Of Time Away’
Everton manager Sean Dyche has confirmed defender Jarrad Branthwaite’s injury will keep him out for a while longer. Looking ahead to Saturday’s Premier League fixture against Bournemouth, Toffees boss Dyche has given a fitness update on several players. While the situation looks good for the returning trio of Seamus Coleman, James Garner, and James Tarkowski,...
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Jetts Thailand gears up to launch 50th club as it accelerates growth
Jetts Thailand says it’s about to hit the 50 club milestone as it gears up to open four more clubs It currently has 48 sites across 12 provinces, with locations in the pipeline for Bangkok and Chiang Mai The 50th site will also be the company’s fifth high-end Jetts Black concept A number of clubs...
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Workplace wellness boosts employee health and fitness with daily 15-minute exercise challenge
Study: Evaluation of the “15 Minute Challenge”: A Workplace Health and Wellbeing Program. Image Credit: Pixel-Shot / Shutterstock.com The World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2020 guidelines recommend 150–300 min of moderate-intensity or 75–150 min of vigorous-intensity activity per week, which is associated with a 20–30% reduction in all-cause mortality risk. In a recent study published in the...
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LLMs as a Step Forward in Cognitive Fitness
Source: Art: DALL-E/OpenAI In an age where our digital diet often consists of rapid-fire tweets, fleeting TikTok videos, and an endless stream of notifications, a new player has entered the cognitive arena: large language models (LLMs). These AI-powered cognitive and conversational partners offer more than just another source of information—they present a new dynamic in...
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UN committee slams UK over racism, incitement affecting minorities
Committee responsible for combatting discrimination calls on government to address hate speech and institutional racism. The United Nations committee responsible for combatting racism has slammed the United Kingdom over continuing hate crimes, hate speech and xenophobic incidents, following riots fuelled by hate and misinformation that gripped the country this summer. The UN Committee on the...
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Social Fitness App Market: Key Business Segments Still Pleasant On Fundamentals
Social Fitness App Market The latest independent research document on Global Social Fitness App examines investment in Market. It describes how companies deploying these technologies across various industry verticals aim to explore their potential to become major business disrupters. The Social Fitness App study eludes very useful reviews & strategic assessments including the generic market...
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Kindle eBooks Now Accessible Through Select Peloton Products
Users of select Peloton products can now read their Kindle books on the screens of those products while exercising. This new feature is available to Peloton members in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Austria and Germany on their Bike, Bike+, Tread or Tread+, Amazon said in a Tuesday (Aug. 20) press release....
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UK to conduct review on tackling ‘extremist ideologies’, including misogyny
Misogyny, ‘Islamism’ and far-right ‘extremism’ among trends to be analysed, Home Office says. UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has ordered a review of the United Kingdom’s counterterrorism strategy on how to best tackle threats by “extremist ideologies” including misogyny. Other ideological trends to be investigated by the Home Office include “Islamism” and far-right “extremism”. Cooper...