Running should be simple and uncomplicated. When it’s cardio day, runners put their shoes on, go outside, and pick up the pace. Voilà! It’s that easy. However, fitness apps have complicated the world’s simplest workout by injecting badges, social media-style engagement, and local leaderboard systems into GPS tracking apps. Targeting our semi-dormant competitive side, apps …
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25 Ridiculous Strava Posts From Workout Warriors Who Are Always Measuring Their Heart Rate
I regret to say that I am getting to a point in my life that some may like to call «half marathon age». Out of nowhere, it seems like every other former colleague, high school friend, or college acquaintance has started making prolific social media posts about the stats of their morning run, or the …
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‘So you’re telling me 5.5 hours of labor doesn’t burn off a burrito’: Mom logs birth as workout on Strava, entertains internet
The category of ‘crazy things the human body can do’ has many entries to it, but few beat the sheer exertion that comes from being pregnant and giving birth. Growing a whole person and somehow popping it out of you is not a choice to be made by the weak, but millions per year put …
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