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Building the New Super Athlete
Originally featured in The Men's Journal by Joseph Hooper The Power of the Pod Heather Hiniker owns and runs what could be considered a gym of the future in Newport Beach, California. The machine does all the work. At her Ascent facility, the training consists of...
Building the New Super Athlete
Originally featured in The Men's Journal by Joseph Hooper The Power of the Pod Heather Hiniker owns and runs what could be considered a gym of the future in Newport Beach, California. The machine does all the work. At her Ascent facility, the training consists of...
Wall Street Journal- Novak Djokovic’s Secret: Sitting in a Pressurized Egg
By HANNAH KARP Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic hasn't earned his No. 1 ranking by taking the conventional road. There's his odd ritual of excessive ball bouncing before serves, which can break an opponent's concentration. There's his new gluten-free diet, which...
Cheat Death with Science: 100 Ways to Live to 100
Source: this article first appeared in Men's Journal here. Cheat Death with Science In the Men's Journal feature, Building a New Super Athlete, contributor Joseph Hooper outlined how medical technology is reengineering the human body for optimal performance. Below are...
Newport center offers comfy workout ‘flight’
Source: This article first appeared on the Orange County Register site here. Sitting inside one of the egg-shaped pods at Ascent CVAC, a "wellness and performance center" in Newport Beach, you get the brief thrill of being in a sci-fi movie, living out an astronaut...
CCSD – Cycling Camps San Diego Day 1
Source: This article and many others on CVAC sessions first appeared on George Vargas' site here. 50 miles 5,800 feet of climbing Day 1 is designed to begin the altitude acclimation process. Today’s course was intended to be ridden at endurance pace. Keep in mind your...
SciFeature: CVAC and the future of athletic conditioning.
As the leading authority on combat science, we here at SciFighting strive to shed light on all the latest technology that will impact the sport of mixed martial arts and the health of its athletes and their athletic conditioning rituals. It’s with this ambition in...