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From fitness gurus and gym trainers to that one colleague who never shuts up about Crossfit, all will tell you exactly what you need to do to lose weight.  We all know the benefits of exercising - despite how convincing all these so-called experts may sound, weight loss comes down to two things: 1) What you consume, and 2) What you do. That’s it. The most obvious thing people do when they want to lose weight is cardio. HIIT has been one of the top fitness trends year aft[…]

Put your money away! As the price of a pair of trainers goes up, user satisfaction does not increase with it. To the contrary, RunRepeat data suggests that shoppers are more satisfied with cheaper trainers than they are with expensive trainers. After analysing 185,959 reviews of the 1,000 most popular pairs of trainers in the RunRepeat database, regression analysis shows that there is no statistical correlation between the price of trainers and how highly it is rated by[…]

454 cities, 1850 players, 453 matches ... and the winner is? England has finally won the World Cup. They entered the tournament as clear favourites with India and Australia considered to be the only two hurdles. However, it was New Zealand that came incredibly close to spoiling the party. Did you know which city will be the favourite if cities instead of countries were competing?   We analysed the performances of more than 1,850 players from 133 World Cup squads and thei[…]

Summary: Fans of Euroleague teams fill 68% of their arenas capacities on average Only 2 teams (Zalgiris and Maccabi) gather more than 90% of their arena's capacity 7 teams in total have above the average attendance regarding the arena capacity %, and 9 teams are below the average in this aspect Zalgiris fans showed that Lithuania is a land of basketball - 5% of Kaunas population goes to the arena every game Vitoria is following closely with 4.5%, followed by Podgorica an[…]

The threat from climate change is greater than ever. Recently a number of sustainable trainers have entered the market. But does anyone actually know what environmental impact their trainers have? It turns out that if the sneaker industry was a country, it would be the 17th largest polluter each year. That raises one question in particular: how much do these 'eco-trainers' actually reduce carbon emissions by? Well, not as much as you might hope. Eco-trainers are not goin[…]

There’s been a narrative around Jose Mourinho for years now -- the tricky third season. It feels like he repeats the same pattern at every club he goes to. Season 1: Improve the team and win the league or challenge for the titleSeason 2: Win the league and challenge in EuropeSeason 3: Implode But is this actually true? What does the data tell us? Well… it turns out after analysing the results of all of Jose Mourinho’s 909 competitive matches as a manager, he has an avera[…]

Do you want to: lose your quarantine weight gain prevent future weight gain; increase your sensitivity to hunger and satiety cues; reduce the chance of eating disorders; reduce your proneness to disease; improve your body image; reduce stress; feel more agent and in control; and improve your self-esteem. Then for fuck’s sake stop dieting! Why this article? My name is Vania, I am 32 and I have been painfully aware that I am fat since I was 4. I started dieting at the ripe[…]

The ageing process is a daunting and inevitable one.Which is why effort and action must be taken to improve the overall health, longevity, and quality of life. Despite this, 80% of adults are not engaging in enough physical activity to reach prescribed guidelines and full health benefits of exercise. In general, but especially for seniors, inactivity and a sedentary lifestyle are extremely dangerous. What are the dangers exactly? Increased risk of serious adverse health[…]

In this article, we explore the development of obstacle course racing (OCR) in the last 8 years. For this reason, we have analysed 3,698,112 results from 1,825 events held in the USA between 2010 and 2017. Key Result The following graphs show that obstacle course racing has become increasingly more popular over the last 8 years. Attracting ever more participants. The data also shows, that in 2015 a saturation of the market occurs. And since then the numbers of the partic[…]