YouTuber and professional distance runner Elijah Orr has tried all kinds of physical challenges on his channel before, including emulating the workouts of Olympic athlete Mo Farah and the famously fit-as-hell Navy SEAL David Goggins. In his most recent video, Orr goes where several other influencers have gone (and nearly puked) before, and takes on […]
Houston, you have a problem. Bodybuilder Houston Jones isn’t just an athlete and YouTuber; he’s also a glutton for punishment. After taking a series of brutal kicks to his hamstrings from professional fighter Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in a viral video last year, Jones set out to redeem himself by going up against the MMA powerhouse […]
He may have formally announced his retirement from the world of competitive gymnastics this month, but Olympic medalist Nile Wilson is still pushing himself to his physical limits in different ways. In a recent guest appearance on fellow fitness YouTuber Mike Thurston’s channel, Nile tagged along to the gym on leg day, and attempted his […]
On Jan. 23, UCLA senior gymnast Nia Dennis performed a sh0wstopping, jaw-dropping floor routine that has since gone viral on social media. Her routine celebrated Black excellence, featuring music from all Black artists, including Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Missy Elliott, Soulja Boy, Tupac Shakur, and Megan Thee Stallion. Nia added in some fun choreography on top […]
Military fitness tests like the U.S. Army PFT are a popular source of content for fitness YouTube, with vloggers cranking out pushups, situps and pullups in high volume. But the Marine Corps’ combat fitness test (CFT) is a different kind of maximum-effort challenge, as CrossFit athlete Lauren Fisher and Navy vet Austen Alexander when they […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci has become the face of the pandemic over the last 10 months, with millions of people looking to him for information and guidance on how to protect themselves from coronavirus. In a recent conversation with YouTube’s Try Guys, Fauci addressed the questions and concerns that have been circulating online since the Pfizer […]
In his Beasted webseries, former World’s Strongest Man winner Eddie Hall helps ordinary men pursue their fitness goals. In an episode recently posted to the Sports Bible channel, he coaches dad-of-two Andy through his first workout, commencing a program which he’ll be working on at home for the next six weeks. During the session, Eddie […]
In March, when the pandemic was in its earliest days, COVID-19 was spreading like wildfire aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, a ship home to more than 4,000 Navy sailors. In just a matter of weeks, nearly 1,200 sailors tested positive and one died, after the virus spread silently from sailor to sailor. Could […]
Is a nasty red rash another coronavirus symptom to watch out for? How skin changes could help to identify people who should be tested There are a growing number of reports of infected Covid-19 patients with rashes Doctors also reported chilblains – red patches on toes and fingers – in patients More research is needed […]
