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Oleksandr Usyk is just four days away from his heavyweight unification showdown with Tyson Fury and the Ukrainian boxer has been training hard behind the scenes. 'Undisputed', 'the ring' and 'Ukraine' can also be made out Boxing fans were stunned at Usyk's body transformation in a training clip that appeared online between his first and second fight with Anthony Joshua …
The first time I tried CrossFit was in 2012. As was the new challenges the workouts threw at me, the feeling of satisfaction—mingled with exhaustion—after every session, the burning muscles, the confidence and pleasant surprise that came with completing a tough workout, the diminishing body fat percentage and increasing muscle mass and strength—I loved it all. Many of the snatches …
It’s that time of the year again, so say hello to the CrossFit Games! People stay enthusiastic about such routines and it also burns fat faster,” says Gautam Rajda, founder of Kolkata’s Grid Iron fitness studio which focuses on CrossFit-like functional fitness workouts and combat sports. And nothing is more motivating than seeing improvement and that makes you persist with …
HIIT, boot camps and CrossFit became popular in India around the same time, a few years ago. Each of the three workouts have grown in popularity, particularly HIIT workouts since the onset of the covid-19 pandemic and the introduction of lockdowns in our lives forced us to workout at home. HIIT has been reported to more effectively increase aerobic capacity …