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Sun Home Luminar Review (2025): Our Experts Sweat It Out With This High-Quality Outdoor Sauna

A “spa day” doesn’t need to be a far-off treat, anymore. The best home saunas can be excellent additions to your space, bringing the wellness benefits of improved rest, relaxation, and recovery ... Continue Reading

Normatec Elite Review

Normatec Elite Review (2025): Pumped-Up Relief from One of the Best Recovery Devices Out There

The work you put in after the gym is just as important as what you put in at the gym. Recovery tools, including the Hyperice Normatec Elite Recovery Boots, are designed to ease muscle ... Continue Reading

Higher Dose Infrared Sauna Blanket Review

Higher Dose Infrared Sauna Blanket Review (2025): We’re Sweatin’ That Price

When combined with a healthy diet and regular exercise, the best home saunas can impart a host of benefits. (1) If you lack the space or budget for a multi-person sauna, sauna blankets like the Higher Dose ... Continue Reading

Renu Stoic 2.0 Cold Tub Review

If you’ve spent some time in the fitness space, you’re probably no stranger to the benefits of cold water immersion, like reduced inflammation and decreased stress levels. (1) While you can enjoy those ... Continue Reading

Sun Home Cold Plunge Pro Review

Sun Home Cold Plunge Pro Review (2025): A Luxurious Setup for an Uncomfortable Activity

It’s safe to say that cold water immersion is red hot in fitness, with many athletes celebrating how cold plunge tubs can benefit muscle recovery, energy stores, general wellness, and mental health. (1) ... Continue Reading

Redwood Thermowood Panorama Sauna Review

If you’re looking to reduce inflammation or recover faster, a steam in the Redwood Thermowood Panorama Sauna might be just the thing. (1) Studies have also suggested that stress relief is another one of ... Continue Reading

Redwood Outdoor Thermowood Garden Sauna Review

Combined with regular exercise, bathing in a sauna has many potential benefits. Studies have shown that relaxing in a sauna like the Redwood Outdoors Thermowood Garden Sauna can reduce inflammation, loosen ... Continue Reading

Alaskan Cold Plunge Feature

Redwood Outdoors Alaskan Cold Plunge Review

While cold plunging has been around for hundreds of years, its popularity has grown in recent years, leading to a host of cold plunge tubs flooding the market. They come in various shapes and ... Continue Reading

Inergize Cold Plunge Review

If you’re new to the idea of cold plunging, it’s exactly what it sounds like — plunging into frigid water (sub-50 degrees) to take advantage of potential benefits, like speeding up muscle ... Continue Reading

Extra-Wide Thermowood Barrel Sauna Feature

Redwood Outdoors Extra-Wide Thermowood Barrel Sauna Review

Hopping into a sauna for 15 to 20 minutes a few times a week offers many potential benefits, such as stress relief, reducing inflammation, flushing toxins, and improving your circulation. While ... Continue Reading

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Liquid I.V. Review

If you’ve ever finished a sweaty outdoor workout and felt like water wasn’t quite quenching your thirst, your sweat might have leeched you of your sodium and other electrolytes. Liquid I.V. hydration ... Continue Reading

Theragun Mini 2 Masssage Gun

Theragun Mini 2 Massage Gun Review

Percussive massage guns deliver vibrational therapy for a quick and convenient massage, relieving any soreness you may have from a tough workout, a nagging knot in your muscles, or even just a long day at ... Continue Reading

Polar Monkeys Cold Plunge

Polar Monkeys Cold Plunge Review

Though cold plunging has gained popularity recently, people have been seeking the benefits of plunging for hundreds of years (possibly longer), and products — like the Polar Monkeys Cold Plunge — are ... Continue Reading

Ice Barrel

Ice Barrel Review

Cold plunging may have quite the buzz around it in the modern fitness climate, but people have used the benefits of cold water therapy for hundreds of years. Companies like Ice Barrel offer a designated ... Continue Reading

Therabody Theragun Prime

Theragun Prime Review

Percussive massage guns, like the Theragun Prime, are a great way to work out any soreness that you may have in your muscles from a long workout or just a long day in general. If you aren’t ... Continue Reading

Hyperice Hypervolt 2

Hyperice Hypervolt 2 Review

You might not agree, but we can't stand being immobile the day after a hardcore training session. Percussive massage guns — like the Hyperice Hypervolt 2 — are a great way to help your body recover from a ... Continue Reading

Hyperice Hypervolt Go 2

Hyperice Hypervolt Go 2 Review

Recovery is one of the most crucial aspects of working out, and Hyperice is making it easy for you to work out any stiffness, and increase blood flow to areas of need. The Hypervolt Go 2 is their ... Continue Reading

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The Plunge Cold Plunge Review

Though you could just hop in a trash can full of ice, The Plunge Cold Plunge can offer a much more luxurious experience. A cold plunge is just as it sounds — emerging yourself in cold water ... Continue Reading

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Ample Recover Meal Replacement Review

Though the nutrients found in meal replacements can be great at any time of the day, many people do like to sneak in a meal replacement directly after a workout to help with recovery. The Ample Recover ... Continue Reading

VYBE V2 Review

VYBE V2 Massage Gun Review | Strongest On the Market?

VYBE is a company that focuses their attention on building quality percussive massage tools. They make handheld devices and also have products geared towards the feet and ankles. In the percussive massage ... Continue Reading

OPOVE M3 Pro Review

OPOVE M3 Pro Massage Gun Review | Best On a Budget?

While a lot of massage gun companies boast a full line-up of products, OPOVE focused on delivering a smaller line of products. Their main massage gun the OPOVE M3 Pro is pretty popular in the world of ... Continue Reading

Theragun G3 Performance

Theragun G3 Review | Worth the Price?

Therabody — previously known as Theragun, a line of products they still produce — makes massage guns to assist athletes on the road to recovery. Across all strength sports, the Theragun product line ... Continue Reading

MRM BCAA+G Reload Post-Workout Recovery Review – A “Natural” Product?

MRM is a supplement company based in Oceanside, California, and their name stands for "Metabolic Response Modifiers." That seems to just mean "sports supplements" and their site claims that the company is ... Continue Reading

Average Broz Gym Stretch Tape Review

A good hook grip can be the difference between missing a lift and crushing a PR. Yet, hook gripping isn’t always easy to perform, especially when we experience thumb pain. In most cases we push through the ... Continue Reading

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