The composition of an Ironman Triathlon seems overwhelmingly daunting when first understood: In addition to a full marathon foot race (42.2 kilometers) contestants also must bike for 180.25 kilometers and swim another 3.86 kilometers. The race is always conducted in the order of Swim, Bike, Run with no breaks between the individual events. Most Ironman Triathlons requ...

Functional Strength means developing the ability to move your own body around. Exercises designed to build functional strength leave you better able to perform everyday activities. Perhaps the best-known functional-strength exercise that requires the ability to lift your own body weight are pull-ups, which requires lifting your body with just the muscles in your chest...

A Marathon is a running road race of exactly 42.195 kilometres (26.2 miles), a distance which commemorates the legendary run of the Greek soldier, Pheidippides, who carried the victory message from the Battle of Marathon to his commanders in Athens in 490 BC. The Marathon is regularly run in the Olympic Games, one of the original contests of the modern Olympiad. There...

Join more the7 million people in 900 communities across the United States for March for Babies walk.This March of Dimes walkathongive hope to the more than half a million babies born too soon each year. The eventincludes 20,000 company and family teams as well as national sponsors, participate. The event has raised more than $1.7 billion since 1970. The distance of e...

Monsoon Gym offers Muay Thai classes and access to all the gym equipment you might need. The staff is helpful and the classes are intensive. Maybe it's time to burn all these pad thais you ate, huh?

They call it “playing dirty” but a Mud Run 10K is a serious challenge with a fun twist. Fashioned after training regimens of the United States Marine Corps, Mud Runs are regularly held across the USA and Canada and starting to appear in Australia, Europe and other world-wide locations. Every course is different; the only common denominator is the length, 1...

See what it’s like to be a Navy SEAL through www.extremesealexperience.com. Trainees learn marksmanship on eleven different weapon systems, as well as fastrope, rappel, helo sniping, and various climbing techniques. They also receive training in tactics and close Quarter combat.

The Olympic Distance Triathlon, sometimes referred to as an International Distance Triathlon is a 1.5 kilometer swim followed by a 40 kilometer bike ride and then a 10 kilometer run. These intermediate races attract elite athletes, triathletes training for Ironman distance events and fitness buffs looking for alternative exercise options. Olympic Distance Triathlons a...

One Mile Open Ocean Swims are regular stand-alone events staged around the world and sometimes part of triathlons. Swimming a mile in the Ocean presents challenges beyond just the endurance required to complete a one mile swim, including swells, waves, wind, currents, rip tides and variable water temperature. The one thing that makes swimming in the ocean somewhat eas...

In a 50 meter pool, a 1 mile swim is achieved by completing 32 lengths or 16 laps of the pool without stopping to rest. If the pool you are using is 25 meters long then the lengths and laps must be doubled. While not an overly long distance, a 1 mile swim will take an hour, or so to complete for most novice swimmers. Most swim coaches believe they can take even a begi...

P90X, or Power 90 Extreme, is a commercial home exercise regimen, known for its intensity. It is designed to take 90 days, and consists of a training program which uses cross-training (weight training, martial arts, yoga and calisthenics) and periodization, combined with a nutrition and dietary supplement plan. P90X uses the term "muscle confusion" in their advertisin...

Pilates is a physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates, and popular in many countries, including Germany, the US and the UK. As of 2005, there were 11 million people practicing the discipline regularly and 14,000 instructors in the United States alone. Pilates called his method "Contrology" (from "control" and Greek -λ&omicro...

Relay For Life is the primary volunteer-driven cancer fundraising event of the American Cancer Society. Beginning in the USA in 1986, the Relay For Life events have spread to many other locations around the world raising badly needed funds for Cancer research in concert with domestic cancer organizations in 23 other countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, Unite...

Rishikesh, also spelled Hrishikesh, Rushikesh or Hrushikesh, is a city and a municipal board in Dehradun district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Located in the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India, it is known as The Gateway to the Himalayas. Rishikesh is surrounded by three other districts namely Tehri Garhwal, Pauri Garhwal and Haridwar. It is located a...

Thought of as the dividing line between “runners” and “joggers”, the 10 minute mile is a serious goal of those hoping to transcend one category to the other. If you could average a 10 minute mile for a marathon distance (26.2 miles) your time to finish the race would be under 4 ½ hours putting you in the upper range of the best times of ...