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    What Happens When You Scrap Your Fitness Plan

    > It’s 4 p.m. on a Thursday, and I’m in for another beating. I enter the Roadrunner Athletic Club—the unpretentious, one-member, Las Vegas–based gym inside my garage. I eye the lineup of dumbbells, kettlebells, and sandbags parked in front of…

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    12 Ways in Which Skiing Is a Metaphor for Life

    Thoughts from the chairlift   ​Skiing, like life, is exciting. One moment, you’re at the top, the world open in front of you, teetering on the edge, all potential energy. Anything could happen.  In skiing, just like life, you will…

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    Tested: Midland's PPG 100 Power Station

    > Sometimes, going into the backcountry is about unplugging—turning off your phone and laptop, ignoring email and social media. But if you’re on the road or off the grid for long periods of time, unplugging isn’t an option. You have…

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    First Impressions: Coros Pace Sport Watch

    > Coros, the company that brought us the smart bike helmet a couple years ago, has turned its eye to the fitness watch market. The Pace ($300), a wearable aimed at triathletes, went on sale Tuesday. Myinitial impressions after a…

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    Revant Launches Sunglasses That'll Last Forever

    > Jason Bolt founded Revant Optics in 2010 after a mountain-bike crash scratched up his favorite pair of sunglasses. He was left frustrated trying to find replacement parts, as few brands stock spare lenses and arms for all their models. So Bolt set…

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    The Sweat Science Manifesto

    Exploring the riddles of endurance and adventure, but only after peer review If you’re as old as I am, you might remember a mid-1990s commercial in which a smug jock challenges Jason Alexander to back up his claims of pretzel-fueled…

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    The Best Duffel Bags

    > When you buy something using the retail links in our stories, we earn an affiliate commission that helps pay for our work. Read more about Outside’s affiliate policy. At the end of the day, duffel bags are just big…