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The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , John Michael Bric This week we take a moment to review a whole-foods-based meal replacement called Warrior Meal. Item:   Warrior Meal Price:   $29 USD (450 grams) Retailer:  Warrior Meal Purchase:   www.WarriorMeal.com Buying protein and ‘meal replacement’ powders can be a real gamble these days. Head to any supplement store and you’ll generally find dozens and dozens of different brands, all aiming to the be the ‘best supplement’ and ‘market leader in protein powder’. With the fitness industry growing each year, many brands are trying to capitalise on this by selling cheap products at a high cost. The problem is, most of us aren’t scientists or doctors, and don’t have the ability to test the powder to see just how good it is. Many times, we simply have to take a product on face value, or try to do as much research as we can on the product and brand. Some obvious things to avoid when buying protein powd...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , Contributor With physical inactivity  classified as a global public health problem  by the World Health Organization, much health advice is geared towards encouraging people to increase their activity levels and engage in more physical exercise. Of course,  there is more to staying healthy  than exercise, and balance is the key to ensuring a healthy and happy life. Indeed, those who enjoy high levels of activity and work hard towards their fitness goals may be more at risk of some health complaints than those who exercise less frequently. If you’re an avid trainer, whatever sport you enjoy, it’s worth being aware of some of the health issues that may arise along the way. Sports Injuries Perhaps the most obvious risk for athletes is a sports injury. Whatever exercise you’re doing, it’s crucial to pay attention to your warm-up and cool-down routines to reduce the risk. If you are doing any weightlifting or gy...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , John Michael Bric This week, we take a moment to review the latest muscle stimulation device from Marc Pro: The Marc Pro Plus! Item: Marc Pro Plus Price: $1399 USD Manufacturer: Marc Pro, Huntington, CA, USA Website: www.MarcPro.com It’s been a few years since The Rx Review published its  review on the original Marc Pro . At the time, it was pretty much the first of its kind to target the CrossFit Functional fitness market. Since then we have seen several new muscle stimulation devices hit the shelves, including the Compex unit. During that time Marc Pro has also released a new and improved device: The Marc Pro Plus! We got our hands on the unit earlier this year. Since then we have put it to the test to see how it compares to the original Marc Pro, and other muscle stimulation devices on the market today. Overview For those who don’t know, the Marc Pro is a unique Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) that utiliz...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , Contributor We all take steps each and every day to make ourselves the healthiest we can be. Whether that be hitting the CrossFit gym , eating less red meat, going to bed a little earlier, or scheduling regular checkups with our doctors. However, at the same time, there are also ways we endanger our health every day, whether we know it or not. Knowing is half the battle. Once we know ways we put our health in danger, we can take the steps to lessen the chances of getting injured or sick. Here are five surprising ways you endanger your health every day. Getting Behind the Wheel of a Car Without a doubt, one of the most dangerous things many of us do every day is get into a moving vehicle. For most of us, that means getting behind the wheel of a car. Drunk driving is especially dangerous. Not only can you be taken to jail with high blood alcohol content , even just having one drink can impair you on the road. It’s really...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , Contributor 2019 marks almost a decade since The Rx Review was found. Since then, the website has reviewed dozens and dozens of CrossFit and functional fitness items, providing a wealth of info for fitness enthusiasts across the world. Since the boom of the internet, review sites have been a great way for people to find out more about items and services before forking out money on them. yet, at the same time, you have to wade through pages of results in a search engine, many of which are saying exactly the same thing (often quite literally). People have also learnt the system a bit better, and realise that many reviews aren’t from genuine users, but have been bought and paid for by the seller. The other problem is that you need to know what you’re looking for in the first place. The right keywords to use to get the results you want, and then you need to look through hundreds (sometimes thousands) of products, and their rev...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , John Michael Bric This week we take a moment to review the latest self-massage gun by Hyperice: The Hypervolt! Item:   The Hypervolt Power Massager Price:   $349 USD Manufacturer: Hyperice Purchase:   www.Hyperice.com It’s been a couple of years now since the first self-massage gun hit the functional fitness market. Since then, we have seen a number of brands come out with their own versions of the device. These range from G2Pro’s TheraGun, to the Pleno Massage Gun, to the TimTam Power Massager . Another brand that has entered the market is Hyperice, with their Hypervolt massage gun. Just like the items mentioned above, the Hypervolt is a percussion self-massage tool. It is designed to hammer down on the surface of your body, sending pulses of pressure deep into your muscle tissue. The Hypervolt essentially mimics the pressure that you would receive during a deep-tissue massage. And it is this type of ...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , John Michael Bric The 2019 CrossFit Games Open has officially wrapped up! Submissions for 19.5, the final week of the online competition, were due yesterday (PT), with the unofficial leaderboards now finalised. We say ‘unofficial’ as CrossFit now has to go through a detailed review process to very all qualifiers. They also have to wait for athletes to accept or decline invites to the 2019 CrossFit Games. So, while the leaderboard probably won’t be changing much over the next few days, for now they are only unofficial. As it stands, here are the leaderboards for the individual athletes following the 2019 CrossFit Games Open: Individual Men – Unofficial Top 25 Individual Women – Unofficial Top 25 As we can see, Mat Fraser was the clear standout in the men’s half, finishing well ahead in first place and securing his ticket back to Madison later this year. While in the women’s half, Sara Sigmundsdottir finished ahead of f...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , Contributor CrossFit athletes around the world know all too well just how taxing daily high intensity workouts can be. The range of interval training, gymnastics, weightlifting and other cardio based exercises puts a high demand on your body. As a result, you will need to ensure that all aspects of your daily life are enhanced to maximise your gains. Your diet may already be optimal for strength training and conditioning. But have you considered your quality of sleep? Although training and fitness can improve overall sleep quality, a higher load of intensity and pressure can lead to worsening your sleep condition. Sleep is proven to improve athletic performance. While sleep deprivation can instigate fatigue and a slower post-training recovery . Your growth hormone is also released while you are asleep, stimulating bone growth, muscle repair and burning of fat. Here are 7 sleep habits common with CrossFitters and how to overco...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , Contributor Most people agree to the adage that health is wealth. Walk into any CrossFit gym and you’ll most likely find a large number of people who can vouch for this. But despite this, many people forget amidst all the responsibilities in the office, home, or school, that without good health, they’ll struggle to get anything done. People argue that they don’t have the ‘energy or time’ to implement a healthy lifestyle, resulting in high-stress levels. Finding healthy ways to destress is just one of the secrets to having a healthy mind and body. Read on for more tips to lead a healthy lifestyle despite your daily work and home responsibilities. Eat wisely Many working professionals complain that their fatigue at work makes it difficult to eat healthily. While it’s true that most workplace foods can be unhealthy, what’s crucial is to exercise self-discipline. You can still eat junk food and other treats offered by office...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , Contributor In the past three years, Aussies have spent upward of $8.5 billion on fitness related products and services annually. Since the population of the country is only 21.4 million people, that’s a ridiculously large heap of dough spent each year on an  important-to-your-health field . So, the question is, how do you make these investments in your health affordable on your budget? Take a Look at Your Overall Budget to Find Your Sweet Spot You’ve all got – or should have – budgets for your annual,  monthly, and weekly spending . You can only earn so much money and have so many plans for each year. There’s travel you want to do, housing repairs that need to be dealt with, education costs for you or the kids, and heaps of other figures that run headlong into the budget, making it difficult to find the right space for fitness. The best way to figure out how much you can spend on fitness is by determining how much ...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , Contributor The competition in athletic sports, whether at school or on a professional level like the CrossFit Games , can cause much pressure and physical stress on athletes. So much so, that some resort to using performance-enhancing drugs. The most common of these is anabolic steroids. Sporting authorities and bodies like WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) have been vigilant about steroid abuse by athletes for decades. They’ve made steroid drug testing , as well as the testing of other prohibited substances, a priority. Not only that, but sporting bodies themselves have increased their urgency to catch out athletes who cheat and take prohibited substances. The CrossFit Games, is one of these, who enforce their own drug testing . This has resulted in the banning of several athletes. Most notably Australian Ricky Garard , who was stripped of his podium finish at the 2017 CrossFit Games and given a four year suspension for testing...

The Rx Review: Reporting on Fitness and CrossFit News , John Michael Bric This week we take a moment to review the NAIPO Shoulder and Neck Massager: Designed to treat your muscles through Shiatsu Kneading Massage and Heat. Item:  NAIPO Shoulder and Neck Massager Price:   $49 USD Retailer:  NAIPO Purchase:   www.Naipocare.com Functional fitness athletes are no strangers to shoulder and neck massagers. Simply go online and type in those words in Google and you will be bombarded with a list of items, all claiming to relieve muscle tension in your neck and shoulders. In the busy world we live in, many of us simply don’t have the time (or money) to visit a professional to get rid our our knots and muscle issues. That’s why we try to do it ourselves using self massaging tools. During my time reviewing self massaging tools for this site, I have covered almost all types. Everything from the Theracane , to the Compex, to the Vyper , to simple and cheap tools like lac...