Welcome to Straight to the Bar
If you’ve just joined us, welcome. Here you’ll find everything that grunts, groans and ticks in the world of strength training. In short, this site is the home of all things strength.
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AbsolutSweat (Real-time Sweat Fitness Tracker)
The AbsolutSweat is a real-time fitness tracker which measures your sweat (tracking levels of glucose, sodium, potassium and so on). Great mix.
The Bizarre Flashing Lights On A Smartwatch (Steve Mould)
Really interesting experiment (and a great explanation of how everything works).
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How to Balance Weight Training and BJJ
Weightlifting and martial arts training is the way to turn yourself into a beast of a human being. You will get stronger along the way and get the necessary cardio in place to get completely shredded and feel amazing about yourself. The hardest part about this is...
Fitness Reading For The Week : Outlive : The Science & Art of Longevity (by Peter Attia)
Really looking forward to it.
Velites Storm (Fitness Backpack)
The Velites Storm is an incredibly well-thought-out, fitness-focussed backpack. For use when travelling to the gym, or competition.
Neuralink Show and Tell, Fall 2022 (Neuralink)
Incredible.
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