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Jay Cutler is not one to stay inactive for too long. The Arnold Classic 2024 celebrated Cutlers incredible career and contribution to bodybuilding in March. Arnold Schwarzenegger handed Cutler the Lifetime Achievement Award. However, the 50-year-old continues to stay relevant in the bodybuilding industry with his supplement business and will attend yet another expo on 8th June.

Music City Fit Expo announced as early as 29th February that Cutler would be part of the expo this year. Outside of the Arnold Fitness Expo, this is the BIGGEST lineup of meet and greets you are going to find in the US this year. We have put our money where our mouth is, they wrote in the announcement. The four-time Mr. Olympia spoke about it on the latest episode of Jaywalking.

Next weekend is Nashville Im at the fairgrounds in Nashville for the Music City Fit Expo, said Jay Cutler in the clip. He also said that bodybuilding icon Lee Priest, and four-time Worlds Strongest Man champion Brian Shaw will also him at the Expo. 2023 CrossFit Games athlete Sydney Wells will also be in Nashville, Tennessee this Saturday.

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Besides having the biggest lineup of bodybuilding and fitness personalities, the Music City Fit Expo also promises to be the largest fitness expo in the South. The ripped 50-year-old former Mr. Olympia has also posted about the expo on Instagram. It seems Jay Cutler is excited for the upcoming event where he will interact with fans.

Cant wait to meet everyone next weekend in Nashville at the @musiccityfitexpo! Well see you guys soon! Jay Cutler wrote in his May 30th Instagram post. However, it would be hard for any fitness expo to match what Cutler experienced at the 2024 Arnold Sports Festival.

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During his historic bodybuilding career, the four-time Mr. Olympia also won the Arnold Classic three times. Jay Cutler also became the only Mr. Olympia to avenge his loss and regain the title in 2009. The 50-year-old also felt grateful that his idol, Arnold Schwarzenegger, presented him with the award. The Comeback kid even thanked Arnie.

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Im honored to be receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from you tomorrow night. Thank you for all youve done for me and what you do for the bodybuilding community, Jay Cutler wrote while posting a photograph with the 76-year-old bodybuilding legend. Lee Priest also attended this years Arnold Expo to see Cutler being honored.

While the Music City Fit Expo may not be as big as the Arnold Expo, it promises to have the biggest lineup of guests, claiming to beat even the upcoming Mr. Olympia Weekend in October.

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Ignorance is bliss. Often, this quote has a negative connotation, but Rajat Chauhan one of the co-authors has a different perspective on this statement.

When I was in high school, I was keen to represent the country in middle and long-distance running. I was in the ninth grade when I returned to Delhi from my boarding school in Mussoorie, where I had picked up running. I didnt have a coach. Each day, I had a basic plan: run two hours as fast as I could, and faster than the day before. I followed this routine on and off for three years, but in my final year of school, I was regular, running four to six days a week. It wasnt so much about winning medals; I loved becoming one with the cosmos while I ran. The speed wasnt planned or measured. I needed to find a sweet spot where my all-out run could last that long. The distance covered didnt matter. When I participated in the Delhi University's Half Marathon in 1993, I came in third with a time of 1 hour and 18 minutes. No one, including the officials, knew if it was any good, Rajat said.

Soon after this race, Rajat started pursuing medicine (MBBS) and couldnt continue running as he would have liked. Later, while doing his masters in Sports and Exercise Medicine, he realised how fortunate he had been not to pick up any major injuries during high school. It wasnt because he knew better; it was just by luck that he was doing something right. He would skip rope and do push-ups, pull-ups, and squats. It helped that he didnt understand how fast or slow he was for his age. He simply ran for the love of running.

Fast forward to 2007, when he was visiting Miami to learn more about Science and Medicine in Golf. He had the good fortune to be guided by Bobby Cole, a South African professional golfer. Rajat had picked up Ben Hogans Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf to understand golf fundamentals. Seeing the book, Cole excitedly shared a story from the same era as Hogans.

Cole narrated: In 1967, when I was 18, I was playing my first Masters, having qualified by winning the 1966 British Amateur. I was the new kid on the block, a bit cocky. I joined the all-time great, three-time Masters Champion Sam Snead, who was 54 years old, for a practice round. On the 13th tee, I asked him, Mr. Snead, how do I play this hole? He responded, When I was your age, I would hit my drive right over those trees at the corner. So I hit my driver as hard as I could. The ball hit the top of the trees and fell. Mr. Snead softly spoke again, Well, Bobby, when I was your age, those trees were only ten feet tall.

This story humbled the young Cole and taught him a lifelong lesson. It always reminds Rajat of the power of experience and the wisdom that comes with it.

Recently, while running, Rajat met a couple of boys in their early 20s. One of them approached him, saying they had met a few months back. When asked if he was training for something, Rajat responded, No, I just love running. The youngsters asked about his distance for the day. I am doing one km repeats, Rajat replied. Excitedly, they told him they were targeting four-minute kilometre repeats. Rajat said he was doing the same, so they decided to run together.

Within the first 200 metres, the young boys were nowhere to be seen. Even though Rajat slowed down for them, they couldnt catch up. At the end of the kilometre, they finished 15-30 seconds after him. Rajat had subconsciously done what Snead had done to Cole. He had planned to run four-minute kilometres a few days ago, but that day he had already run three repeats, all under 3 minutes 45 seconds.

To their credit, the boys werent disrespectful and didnt challenge Rajat. They didnt realise what they had signed up for. Rajat has been running for forty years, likely double their age. With experience comes the discipline to pace better. They might have thought he started too fast, but he knew exactly what he was doing. He could maintain that pace throughout the kilometre. In trying to keep up with Rajat, the boys had started too fast, more than they were comfortable with, but in less than 100 metres their breathing had become too laboured and they had lost the plot.

Reflecting on 1993, Rajat wonders how he avoided injuries despite running intensely. Skipping, pull-ups, push-ups, and squats helped, but was it just that? He picked up skipping because his favourite boxer, Mike Tyson, did it a lot. Also, in the Rocky films, skipping was integral. Being agile on his feet was a lesson Rajat subconsciously absorbed. Other exercises were basics passed down by his father. The foundation was solid; it was up to him to build on it.

Recognising that the real magic lies in simplicity rather than complexity, as long as there is consistency and discipline. He might not reach his 1993 goal of 1 hour and 18 minutes for a half marathon by the end of this year, but the wisdom gained over the years puts him in an interesting position. The journey matters more than the destination. All he can do is his best, and he is smartly going about it.

While age cannot match the sheer speed and strength of youth, it can sometimes outsmart it with wisdom and experience. If youre lucky to be young and strong, try to be wise too. The boys learnt an important lesson while running with Rajat, to run fast, rather than trying too hard and becoming rigid, you need to trust your instincts and let go. Learn from such experiences and have the best of both worlds.

Dr Rajat Chauhan (drrajatchauhan.com) Sports Medicine & Musculoskeletal Medicine Physician, Author and Student of Running & Pain

Eva Bacon (evabacon.com) Runner, Roller Blader, Rock Climber, Urban Hiker, Translator and IT Program Manager

Eva and Rajat write a weekly column, exclusively for HT Premium readers, that breaks down the science of movement and exercise.

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When I first heard the phrase everybody walks wrong, Ill admit I raised an eyebrow. For decades Ive been getting from A to B with a decent degree of success why make changes now?

You might feel the same, regularly racking up 10,000 steps every day on one of the devices on our best fitness trackers list. But sports scientist and WalkActive founder Joanna Hall says we should focus on how we walk, as well as the amount of ground we cover.

Most people appreciate there are skills and techniques you can employ to get better at a tennis serve, golf drive or front crawl in swimming, she says. But when we come to walk, we dont really think about it.

Hall, who has worked alongside London South Bank Universitys Sport and Exercise Science Research Center to test her walking methodology, says there are four common walking mistakes most people make. To counter them, try putting her actionable tips below into practice next time youre out for a stroll.

Hall wants to reform your walk from the ground up, and that means starting with your feet.

She says people walk into their space, becoming overly reliant on their hip flexors (the muscles responsible for bringing your knee towards your chest) when walking, without properly engaging their glutes and hamstrings.

If we are too dependent on the hip flexors, it stops us using our glutes properly, Hall explains. Combine that with our lifestyles and the amount we sit down, and the hip flexors gets very short.

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If an individual goes for a walk, they can often finish the walk feeling discomfort in the lower back, or they can have tracking problems in their knees. Thats because theyre stepping forward into the space [in front of them] and negating the posterior chain [the muscles that run down the back of the body, including the glutes and hamstrings].

Instead, she recommends walking out of your space. I personally found this a tricky distinction to make, so Hall gave me a way of visualizing the difference.

Imagine there are post-it notes with messages written on them stuck to the soles of your shoes. As you walk, try to step forward out of the space youre occupying like the picture above, leaving your back foot behind you for a fraction longer, so someone standing behind you could quickly read the post-it note.

What that will do is start to utilize your glutes and your hamstrings, and it will also switch off your hip flexors, which is going to safeguard your back and improve your posture, Hall explains.

The next stop on this walking tour is the hips. Although, again, this second tip stems from how youre using your feet.

People tend to walk with a flat foot, which is called a passive foot, says Hall. When we step forward into our space, the foot comes down as one unit, but the foot has 26 bones in it.

Where we have a bone, its there because its actually a joint, and were meant to have movement in it. But as a consequence of walking with a flat foot, we dont use the foot like that.

Hall says walking with a flat foot can put more pressure on the knees, with potential knock-on effects to the way your knees track over your toes. Happily, theres a cost-free fix you can try.

The way to fix it is to imagine you have pieces of velcro on the bottom of your feet and on the path youre walking on, explains Hall.

When youre showing the post-it note to the person behind you, imagine youre peeling that back foot off the floor bit by bit, and that will stimulate movement through the joints of the whole foot. Thats great for your posture, and its great for your alignment.

Do you lean forward when you walk? Maybe youre engrossed in your phone, or you hunch and stoop forward out of habit. Either way, Hall is telling you to stop.

Walking with the head leaning forward puts a lot of pressure on the back and makes it very stiff, she says.

The back should be able to do four movements; flexion, extension, rotation at the thoracic [mid-] spine and also lateral movement. But when were stiff in the shoulders because were jutting forward with the head, the back loses rotational movement.

This impacts your posture, as well as affecting your breath by limiting movement of the diaphragm, Hall says.

When the spine is stiff, the shoulder girdle actually starts to fall forward... This means you dont get the opening of the shoulder when you walk, and that has implications on how the diaphragm works. It should move about 10cm with every breath, but it can only move about 4cm.

To counter this, imagine theres a straight line between your shoulders and ear lobes. Then, as you walk, keep your shoulders back and your head up to create as much distance between the two as you can no slouching.

Finally, we come to the arms. And youll be happy to hear this is, in my opinion, the easiest of Halls four tips to put into practice.

You just want to feel like the arms have a natural swing. Youre not trying to swing them, mechanically there should just be a smooth flow, explains Hall.

If the way you walk works for you, theres no pressing need to change it. As I found out when I walked 10,000 steps every day for a year, there are plenty of benefits to simply upping your activity levels.

But Hall argues that, when walking is something you do on a daily basis, why wouldnt you want more bang for your buck from each stride?

Regardless of who you are, what age you are or how fit you are, everybody can learn to walk better, she says. You will look better, you will certainly feel better, and you will be investing in a long-term better body because you are safeguarding it [by building strength and fitness].

Its intelligent. Walking is a foundational thing you do, so why wouldnt you want to do it to the best of your ability?

In 2013, Halls research with the Sport and Exercise Science Research Center, showed that those following the plan for 28 days increased their walking speed by 23%. On average, there was also a 2% reduction in their weight, 3% decrease in their estimated body fat percentage and skinfold measurements at the waist dropped by 15%.

The study also found improved posture and skeletal alignment, leading to noticeable reductions in the force experienced at the knee and ankle joints.

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Leach has worked with Misneach Ukraine, a self-funded group in Ireland that since 2022 has sent more than 7 million in medical, dental, and gym equipment to rehabilitation facilities and hospitals in Ukraine.

It is always difficult trying to figure out how one can help people in a situation like this, Leach said. Do you give money? Do you organize a fundraiser? When I was contacted by Andy Kenny of Misneach Ukraine, the one thing Andy needed for Ukrainian rehabilitation clinics was gym equipment. And I knew that gym equipment was the one thing I could possibly donate.

Kenny is a former gym owner and personal trainer who co-founded Misneach Ukraine in 2022. Documentary filmmaker and cinematographer Michael "Greg" Brett heard about the efforts of Misneach Ukraine and West Wood Clubs and asked Kenny if he could document the work to show where donations of badly needed equipment go to in Ukraine, Kenny said.

A short promotional film will be posted to social media this summer, and the documentary is expected to be completed in December. The goal is to air the documentary in Ireland, Ukraine and possibly other countries, depending on the interest of distributors and TV stations.

Members enjoyed watching the documentary being filmed at the club, Leach said.

They are fully aware of what West Wood Club staff and management are doing in relation to fitting out rehabilitation clinics across Ukraine, Leach said.

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Planet Fitness has announced the return of its High School Summer Pass program, according to a news release from the fitness company. This initiative allows high school students ages 14-19 to work out for free at more than 2,500 Planet Fitness locations in the United States and Canada from June 1 to Aug. 31.

This initiative aims to promote youth health and wellness, particularly during the summer months when teens have more free time. It also addresses the ongoing mental health challenges faced by many adolescents in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the release states.

A study from Planet Fitness revealed that 94% of teens face emotional and mental health struggles, and about 79% of parents are concerned about their teens mental health. Not only that, but a recent study in JAMA Pediatrics showed that physical fitness among children and adolescents may help protect against depression, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The pandemic continues to have adverse long-term mental health effects on teens, said Craig Benson, interim chief executive officer at Planet Fitness, but studies have shown exercise can help with that.

We look forward to welcoming High School Summer Pass participants into our clubs to support them in their health and wellness journeys, he added.

Teens must work out at the Planet Fitness location where they sign up and cannot use other locations, according to the release. Those under 18 must sign up with a parent or guardian either in-club or online at PlanetFitness.com/SummerPass. After the waiver is signed, they can work out alone.

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In the rare event of internet outages, 10 Fitness's foresight ensures that a local database backup kicks in, so members' workouts are never compromised. This level of reliability and member support is a testament to the simplicity and effectiveness that 10 Fitness promises.

"Imagine it's late, you're ready to hit the gym, and your access fob doesn't work frustration is an understatement. At 10 Fitness, our members don't face that," says Eric Buckner, CEO of 10 Fitness. "Our SARA system is a game-changer, ensuring that our doors are open for members whenever they choose to exercise. This is our brand promise simplicity and reliability in fitness."

While 10 Fitness prides itself on the positive member experiences facilitated by SARA, it's not just about access. It's about providing an environment where workouts are as simple as deciding to show up.

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Go on vacation. Come back ripped.

Thats the enticing pitchto be an all-expenses-paid guinea pig for a new kind of luxe fitness hotel, Dubais SIRO One Zaabeel. What better way to celebrate the big 5-0 than by calling in some reinforcements for my midlife battle with the bulge? I book it, dreaming of my shiny new six-pack and feeling fitter already.

Only as I board my flight to Dubai do I wonder: What exactly have I signed up for? Kerzner International Resorts fresh-out-of-the-box concept promises an experience engineered to power your performance. Is that code for fat camp in the desert? Have I enrolled to be the plaything of some sadistic exArmy drill sergeant? Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.

In SIRO One Zaabeels unorthodox lobby, an athletic meeter-and-greeter hands me an espresso, activating my parasympathetic nervous system to calm me down.

It becomes clear where Ive landed: a boot camp for modern-day Masters of the Universe. The urban resort boasts six floors of state-of-the-art fitness and recovery laboratories, spacious performance-optimized rooms with ensuite fitness areas, and access to 11 top-notch restaurants, each offering mesmerizing views of Dubais vertiginous skyline.

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If you believe the 40-foot real-estate-company billboards at the airport of this science-fictional city, Dubai is the future of the future. And indeed, the tiny, oil-rich nation of the United Arab Emiratesa federation of sheikhdoms with more than $1.5trillion in its various sovereign wealth fundsseems to have a finger in every global enterprise, from artificial intelligence to sports. Dubai, with its glistening skyscrapers, has become a gilded playground for Russian oligarchs, European aristocrats, American tech gurus, Indian tycoons, and Chinese asset managers.

Kerznerowned by the Investment Corp. of Dubairuns an empire of opulent hotels, including the 2,400-room Atlantis complex on Dubais artificial archipelago, the Palmthe haunt of countless influencers, as well as A-listers such as Beyonc and J.Lo.

SIRO deviates somewhat from that tried-and-tested hedonic path: There are no endless buffets, waterslides, or frolics with captive dolphins here. With 229 rooms ranging from $435 to $1,765 for suites that come with punching bags and treadmills, and packages promising to biohack your well-being with precision, the resort instead offers a launchpad for the worlds corporate overlordsa place to lift weights alongside professional soccer players and prep for Paleo-powered pitches to the prince.

Our global obsession with getting and staying in shape is expected to power massive growth in wellness-focused travel. A March report from the Global Wellness Institute estimates that the global wellness-tourism market has grown 50% faster than the overall tourism industry in recent years. Thats why hoteliers are testing concepts that combine the accoutrements of spas, health clubs, and ultra-high-end hotelsincluding the luxe Equinox Hotel in New York.

At SIRO, I sip an immunity-boosting shot as I go over my eating habits with Heeral Shivnani, SIRO Hotels in-house nutritionist. She benchmarks my weight and my fat-to-muscle ratio before issuing an eating plan for the next three days.

The resorts formula relies upon the yin and yang of hard workouts balanced with luxe recovery and dining. The fitness lab offers cycling, CrossFit, and weight training. A spiral staircase sweeps you elegantly up to the hotels recovery lab, with an immaculate yoga studio, ice-plunge baths, a cryotherapy chamber, a sauna, a Pilates area, andzen zones to escape your phone.

Ruling over these labs are SIROs master trainers, including my personal trainer, the South African Runet Van Heerden, who is charged with supersizing me in the next 48 hours. My jet lag buys me something of a pass in my first workout: A low-key weights session clears away some of the cobwebs from the flight. As Runet puts me through my paces, I look around and try to establish the pecking order. Im happy to see that theres one guy whos plainly in worse shape than I ama corporate executive type who probably spends more time with spreadsheets and pitch decks than kettlebells.

It becomes clear where Ive landed: a boot camp for modern-day masters of the universe.

But before my smugness has a chance to settle in, Im told that the testing group includes soccer legend and SIRO brand ambassador Zlatan Ibrahimovic (a hero of mine, and the model for the character Zava on Apple TVs Ted Lasso). Zlatans former club, AC Milan (which he now advises), helped shape a training and recovery protocol for SIRO, modeled on the teams.

I keep an eye out for Zlatan as I head to the recovery lab where Mark, my masseur, irons the contours of an airplane seat out of my back. He then ups the detox stakes with an ultraviolet treatment, before sending me into a meditative trance with a vibroacoustic therapy session. Feeling rejuvenated, I head to my suite to change into something casual for a Thai dinner.

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In the elevator, I bump into the ridiculously handsome British travel entrepreneur Jeremy Jauncey, whos here with his wife, Pia Wurtzbach, a former Miss Universe. Mr.Universe and I chat about his preparations for Hyrox, the World Series of fitness training. Bronzed, ripped, and perfectly groomedInstagram was invented for this man.

Have you tried the compression therapy? he asks me. Its amazing.

Jaunceys fat-free form leaves me doubting dinner, but the friendly waitress refuses to follow Heerals dietary instructions, instead plying me with turmeric-spiced cauliflower and caramel-crusted venison.

Day two follows a similar cycle of workout, well-being, and culinary indulgence. I wonder, in my fugue state: Have I enrolled myself in some kind of experiment in which Im stuffed with food, then stuck on a treadmill to marble my meat like a side of human Wagyu?

After an emotional breath-work session with Slovenian yogi Petra Nemethova, I finally catch a glimpse of a tall, ponytailed Swede in a Gucci tracksuit. Zlatan!I dash out to slide between him and his car and interview the notoriously taciturn football legend. SIROs great, he tells me. Dubais great. Zlatans great, he does not say.But its true, and we both know it.

Feeling like Ted Lasso after signing Zava for Richmond AFC, Im pumped. My second session with Runet is a HIIT bruiser, but I power through and then fire up my mitochondria with five minutes of subzero temperatures in SIROs cryotherapy chamber.

By day three, I can feel the endorphins taking over. I put the pedal to the metal with some AC Milandesigned core conditioning. Lunch is an actual Wagyu steak, and I even sneak in an extra boxing session in my suite.

I dont have that six-pack after just three days, but Im feeling fantastic. I raid the healthiest minibar in the world for kombucha, trail mix, and SIROs addictive cacao-coconut protein balls for the flight, and pop in on Heeral to say thank-you and goodbye.

She puts me on her high-tech scales to see how Ive fared in this wicked experiment: Even after gorging for four days, Ive lost fat and gained muscle.

See? she says. This is the place to be. No pain, all gain.

This article appeared in the June/July 2024 issue of Fortune with the headline Blurring the lines of fitness and luxury amid the sci-fi glitz of Dubai.

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Yep, that's an indent from a watch. I was writing about Apple Watch features earlier that day, so I actually took the watch OFF for this run. Credit: Beth Skwarecki

When youre new to running, or getting back into it, the last thing you need is one more barrier. Shoes, appropriate clothes, sweat-resistant sunscreen: These things are hard to do without. But those running watches that it seems like everyone has? You dont need one on your first day. You dont even need your phone.

It's kind of strange that fitness has become almost synonymous with tracking fitness: How many steps are you taking? How many calories are you burning? How many minutes per mile was your pace when you went jogging this morning? What was your heart rate?

But you dont need to know any of this. You can just go for a run, and the results are recorded in the very fibers of your muscles. Your heart and lungs know how hard they worked, and they are in the process of adapting so that theyll be able to serve you better next time. This process does not require you, at any point, to look at numbers on a screen. So do you need a Garmin, a Fitbit, an Apple Watch, or any of their kin? Absolutely not.

Ive run with a variety of devices and apps over the years, and right now Im gearing up to review a series of running appsyou can look for those articles in the weeks to come. But my little secret is that I actually prefer to do most of my running without a watch or even a phone app.

Ever since I dusted off my running shoes earlier this springabout six weeks agoIve been running multiple times each week without a watch. I have a vague idea of time and mileage, but no precise numbers. My brain is empty of thoughts except for dont go too fast and turn around when I get to the main road. So here is the data that Im not getting from a running watch, and how to do without it:

The watch tells you: how far youve gone. Want to run 3 miles? Turn around when your watch says 1.5. You can also add up your miles at the end of the week.

How to do without: Measure a route beforehand. You can use Google Maps (right-click and select measure distance, or just plan a walking route through the normal interface). For a nicer interface, use an app like Footpath. The free version lets you measure routes but not save them; honestly, creating a route and then taking a screenshot is good enough for our purposes here. If youre going to pay for an app with route planning, you might as well get Stravabut more on that later.

You can plan the route before you go, and then when youve finished the route, you know youve done your mileage. It can be handy to have a few routes on hand for common distances you like to run. Theres a 5-mile loop at my local park, for example, and I know exactly where to jog in my neighborhood if I want a 2-miler.

To keep track of distance from day to day, you can keep a note in your phone, or add it to your training journal.

The watch tells you: how long youve been running.

How to do without: In the olden days, youd use a dumbwatch to track time, or even just look at the clock before you leave home and then again when you come back. Where a watch-user knows that their run was 32 minutes and five seconds, you are free from worrying about such minutia and can be happy to know that you were running for about half an hour.

You can also use a stopwatch on your phone to track the time, if you really want to know. You can also just estimate from your mileage: That three-mile route will take about 30 minutes if you run at a 10:00 pace.

The watch tells you: how many minutes its taken you to run each mile; also, what pace you are going right now.

How to do without: Go by feel. If youre a beginner, the exact pace doesnt matter; do easy runs at a speed that feels easy. Do faster intervals at a pace that feels challenging but doesnt leave you gassed. The exact numbers arent important.

If youre an experienced runner, use that experience! How do you feel when youre running 10-minute miles? 8-minute miles? Run at an effort level that feels right for the programmed run, and every now and then you can run a race or time yourself on a track to recalibrate.

The watch tells you: your current heart rate, and maybe the zone youre in.

How to do without: Honestly, if youre a beginner, dont use heart rate at all. Heart rate can be a useful number once you have a pretty good handle on what your personal heart rate is at different effort levels. But the way most watches and apps calculate heart rate is with an error-prone formula that often sets the zones too high or too low.

As a beginner, the only thing that really matters is that you do your easy runs at an easy pace, not a gut-busting breakneck speed that ends up being unsustainable. So, go with perceived effort here too. Do you feel like you could keep this up almost forever? Like you could talk on the phone with only a little bit of heavy breathing? Thats the famous zone 2. See, you didnt need a heart rate monitor after all.

If you're an experienced runner, you probably get more use out of pace data than heart rate data, anywaybut you can always use a chest strap connected to your phone if you'd like the numbers.

Not all watches have this feature, and even among people who have running watches, not everyone uses the coaching. But yes, some watches and some apps provide a running plan, telling you how many miles, at what pace, to run each day. They may also give you guided runs, with a coach in your ear telling you when to speed up and slow down.

Without a watch, youre on your own for this stuff. But you can also find a plan online thats not tied to any particular app. Hal Higdon says Im running 3 miles on Tuesday? Well then, Ill go out on Tuesday and run (roughly, approximately) 3 miles.

Putting all of this together, heres what it looks like for me. First of all, I started my running habit this year by getting consistent with my morning walk (30 minutes, so about 1.5 miles.) Over the course of a week, I started adding some bits of running to my walk, slowing down when I got winded or uncontrollably itchy, and after about two weeks, I was running pretty much the whole 1.5 miles in relative comfort. The following week, I started adding a little mileagedoing 2 miles most morning instead of 1.5.

This worked beautifully as a gentle re-introduction to running, and honestly? I dont think I would have done it this way if I were wearing a watch. It would have been demoralizing to see that my running pace was so much slower than what I was logging last year. But once I was in the habit, it was easy to add mileage.

These days, I have a few neighborhood routes in mind. I put on my sun visor and headphones when I go out with the kids to wait for the bus, and as soon as they leave I turn and head off on one of my 3-mile (usually) routes.

I keep track of my mileage in a notebook. Three miles, five times a week, is 15 miles. If I miss a morning or if I want to add more time on my feet, Ill add another run in the evening or on a weekend day. Ill usually head to a nearby park where I know the mileage of my favorite trails and roads. If Id like to try a new route, Ill pick an album that is about as long as Id like my run to be (many are around 45 minutes, which is perfect) and take note of which song occurs at the halfway point. When I hear that song, I turn around. Thats a 45-minute run in the booksin the ballpark of four miles or so.

You sure can! If youre looking at that list above and thinking aww, I wish I had that data, wish no more! There are tons of running apps that can track distance, duration, and pace in real time, even speaking up through your headphones to let you know your split times each mile.

Pros of phone based running apps:

No need to buy special equipment like a watch.

Numbers are available anytime you want to pull your phone out and look at them.

Youre probably bringing your phone anyway to listen to music.

Youll get a map of your run after the fact (thanks to your phones GPS).

The app will keep track of your mileage over time.

Cons of phone based running apps:

You may not want to see all those numbers, especially if the thought of logging a bad average pace makes you rush warmups or skip walking breaks.

GPS tracking on phones is not as accurate as the tracking on watches.

GPS tracking tends to run a phones battery down faster than if you werent using the GPS.

No heart-rate tracking, if thats a thing you want (unless you use a chest strap and pair it to your phone with Bluetooth).

I enjoy the guidance I get from running apps if Im doing a specific workoutlike one I tried recently that involved segments of 0.6, 0.5, and 0.35 miles. No way was I going to track that manually, but the pleasant voice in my ear told me exactly when to start and stop each interval, and cued me to speed up or slow down if I was getting off pace.

If you do decide to get a running watch later on, theyll have the same features as the phone apps, but with better battery life and an easier way to view the numbers.

The classic is Strava. In fact, if the community aspect of a running app or watch is whats most important to you, youll definitely want to get on Strava. People who log their runs on a Garmin or another device will often upload to Strava so they can have everything in one place. But you can also record a run from the Strava app directly, no extra device needed. Just beware that the social features can end up revealing your location, so dip into the privacy settings to make sure you arent sharing more than you intend.

Other popular running apps include MapMyRun, Runkeeper, Adidas Running (formerly Runtastic), and Nike Run Club. There are also some general fitness apps that can track running data, like Polar Beat and Intervals Pro.

Measure or estimate the length of each run, ideally by measuring on a tool like Google Maps or Footpath. (In the olden days, we would sometimes drive a route and use the odometer.)

Add up your mileage over time by keeping notes on a calendar (paper or digital), a notebook (paper or digital), or any other way youd keep track of a running tally.

By paying attention to your body. For an easy or zone 2 pace, youll want to feel like youre breathing easy and like you can keep going forever. Faster paces might feel harder, but theyll still be sustainable enough that you can make it the entire distance you intend, without collapsing into a heap by the end. Youll learn over time what each appropriate pace feels like.

On guided runs, offered by many running apps, the coach or narrator will help you figure out the right effort level. They might ask you to aim for a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10, or they might describe in words how your body should feel when youre at a given pace.

You dont make it to the start line of a marathon without having a decent amount of running experience under your belt. And these days, when youve been running regularly for the amount of time it takes to build a base and then train for a marathonyoull probably have already given in to the temptation to buy a running watch.

But its not necessary in any way. You can do your training by mapping out routes ahead of time, gauging your pace based on how you feel, and writing down your weekly mileage in a notebook. This is how almost everybody trained until running watches became more accessible about 10 or 15 years ago. The race organizers are keeping track of your time (theres a chip in your bib, usually), and theyll post mile markers along the course so you know where you are.

On race day, you probably wont want to use your running app; it drains battery, and youll be out there a long time. Instead, you can pace yourself by wearing a basic stopwatch and comparing your time at each mile marker with pre-calculated split times. Sound complicated? Its notjust grab one of these temporary tattoos that has them all calculated for you.

Once you've gotten the hang of running, you may eventually decide it's time to shop for a watch. Fortunately, we have a guide to the best watches for runners here. If I had to pick just one, Garmin's Forerunner series is a great place to start, and the Forerunner 165 is the newest moderately-priced member.

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Planet Fitness, Inc. (NYSE:PLNT Free Report) Research analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Planet Fitness in a note issued to investors on Thursday, May 30th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.71 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.73. The consensus estimate for Planet Fitness current full-year earnings is $2.43 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Planet Fitness FY2026 earnings at $3.26 EPS.

Other analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Planet Fitness from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Planet Fitness from a neutral rating to an overweight rating and raised their price objective for the company from $68.00 to $78.00 in a report on Tuesday, May 14th. DA Davidson reaffirmed a neutral rating and issued a $62.00 target price on shares of Planet Fitness in a report on Thursday, May 9th. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on Planet Fitness from $80.00 to $88.00 and gave the company an outperform rating in a research report on Friday, May 10th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price target on Planet Fitness from $80.00 to $77.00 and set an outperform rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 10th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the companys stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Planet Fitness presently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $71.86.

Shares of PLNT stock opened at $63.64 on Monday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $62.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of $65.97. The company has a market cap of $5.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.57, a P/E/G ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.37. Planet Fitness has a twelve month low of $44.13 and a twelve month high of $75.86.

Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 9th. The company reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $248.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts expectations of $249.48 million. Planet Fitness had a net margin of 13.66% and a negative return on equity of 140.14%. The businesss revenue for the quarter was up 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.41 EPS.

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Planet Fitness by 1.2% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 8,174,617 shares of the companys stock valued at $511,976,000 after buying an additional 97,823 shares in the last quarter. Cadian Capital Management LP lifted its position in Planet Fitness by 9.6% in the 4th quarter. Cadian Capital Management LP now owns 4,430,368 shares of the companys stock valued at $323,417,000 after acquiring an additional 386,861 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in Planet Fitness by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,592,136 shares of the companys stock valued at $162,345,000 after purchasing an additional 66,139 shares during the last quarter. Dorsal Capital Management LP bought a new stake in Planet Fitness during the 4th quarter worth approximately $182,500,000. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in Planet Fitness by 35.1% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 1,859,366 shares of the companys stock worth $116,453,000 after purchasing an additional 483,586 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 95.53% of the companys stock.

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Planet Fitness, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, franchises and operates fitness centers under the Planet Fitness brand. The company operates through three segments: Franchise, Corporate-Owned Stores, and Equipment. The company is involved in franchising business in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Panama, Mexico, and Australia.

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Jeff Nippard, a renowned fitness trainer, accomplished lifter, and drug-free natural bodybuilder, has revolutionized the bodybuilding world with his extensive array of scientifically-backed fitness strategies. Holding a degree in kinesiology, Nippard has also fostered a vast community of followers by demonstrating that significant muscular development is achievable without using performance enhancers.

This article delves into Jeff Nippards latest insights on four exercises he deems overrated for gym-goers. He meticulously dissects these exercises and offers alternative training methods that promise enhanced strength and muscle growth, targeting your muscles more effectively.

The front raise is first on Jeff Nippards list of overrated exercises. Its a weight-training exercise that targets the anterior delts and upper pecs. Its an isolation exercise that allows flexion and extension at shoulder joints. Bodybuilders go-to equipment for this exercise is the dumbbell, but other free weights like kettlebells, barbells, or resistance bands can also be used.

Nippard says when doing a front raise, instead of raising the dumbbells straight ahead, raise them out in a Y-position. This way, you involve the lateral delts more, building well-defined shoulders. He also adds that you can do dumbbell side raises instead of doing this.

First, front raises. Your front delts already get hammered from any horizontal or vertical pressing in your program. You almost never need any extra isolation workout for the anterior delts. Instead of raising the dumbbell straight ahead, raise them out in a Y, so that you can get more of the side delt fibers involved, or you can place any front raises in your program with side raises instead.

The waiter curl is a weightlifting arm-build exercise that targets the long head of the biceps. This arm curl variation also targets the brachialis (elbow flexor). Waiter curls can be done with free weights like kettlebells, barbells, and dumbbells.

Jeff Nippard admits that this exercise builds the arms. However, the unique grip used when performing it can cause hyperextension in the wrists, which increases the chance of injuries and limits curl movement.

Second, waiter curls. These will hit the biceps since you are flexing your elbow, but hyperextending your wrists will limit your ability to overload the movement. I just do standard EZ bar curls or straight bar curls instead, and if youre worried about your forearms taking over, just take a slightly looser grip.

Nippard suggests a straight bar or EZ bar curls as a great alternative. The EZ bar curl equally targets the biceps and forearms. It builds massive arms and reduces strain on the forearms and wrists.

The standing dumbbell external rotation isnt a popular exercise amongst athletes. However, its effective for building and strengthening your posterior delts. Other secondary muscles include your traps and forearms.

Jeff Nippard says people like to perform this exercise to warm up their shoulders. Research has shown that warm-ups before major exercises boost performance (1). He also adds that performing this exercise using dumbbells as weights doesnt add any resistance to your external rotators.Nippard suggests doing an external cable rotation or using a resistance band that adds stability and puts constant tension on your target muscles instead. The cable variation makes you spend more time under tension, placing pressure on target muscles, which induces muscle hypertrophy (2). Cable external rotations are also unilateral, which could help with strength training and fixing muscle imbalances.

Third, standing dumbbell external rotations. A lot of people do these to warm up their shoulders, but gravity points down, meaning that the dumbbells arent actually applying any resistance to your external rotators. You might as well do them without the dumbbells. However, if you use a cable or a band, all of a sudden, youve got tension pointing in the right direction.

The above-knee rack pull is a partial range of motion movement compared to the deadlifts. Its a weight-training movement that works and builds muscle mass in your posterior chain muscles while improving grip strength. Nippard says he prefers to do deadlifts to build strength and shrugs to build upper traps rather than just one exercise. Deadlifts are compound exercises that build the posterior chain, glutes, and hamstrings.

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