Zack Zeigler

We collected a handful of stuff for the M&F holiday gift guide 2022 that’ll make the coming year better (or at least less awful) whether you’re working or lounging at home, lugging your stuff from point A to point B, beefing up your home gym, training for marathons or crushing WODs.

Trent Ward is the founder and CEO of Forme (https://formelife.com/), the producer of two smart mirrors — Forme Studio and Forme Lift — that compete with brands like Mirror and Tonal. What makes Forme different? For starters, in its creation, aesthetics were as important as functionality. (Seriously, how many fitness mirrors do you see get…

Backed by big names like Tony Robbins and Serena Williams, Dugal Bain-Kim, co-founder and CEO of Lifeforce, spearheads a movement to make comprehensive, personalized healthcare accessible for all. Lifeforce delves into your health status through biomarker blood testing, scrutinizing over 40 biomarkers to provide a lucid insight into your current health standing. Bain-Kim was a guest on the M&F Reps podcast hosted by Muscle & Fitness Chief Content Officer Zack Zeigler. Here is the TL;DR: 411…

If you routinely search for ways to push the envelope in fitness, Beyond Raw® LITTM is the game-changer you’ll want in your pre-workout stack. While it’s labeled as a pre-workout supplement, once you experience its benefits, you might start thinking of it as a new workout partner. It’s crafted to give you intense energy, razor-sharp focus, and powerful muscle pumps. Created by trusted premium sports nutrition brand GNC, LITTM is meticulously designed to help avid fitness enthusiasts like you…

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Race #1 with the American flag was the Oakdale Firecracker 5K on Long Island, New York, on the 4th of July, 2015. Former United States Marine and Army veteran Billy Richards had started his long, muddy, often painful journey exactly one year earlier by lugging a 45-pound rucksack during all of his races to raise awareness for veterans – the weighted pack symbolic of “carrying the burden” for the numerous struggles our nation’s soldiers face when they leave military service and re-enter the civil…

The New Year is here and everyone is hitting the gym ready to tackle their fitness goals. However, going full steam ahead and doing an overhaul of your entire routine both in and out of the gym has a high probability of making you feel overwhelmed. That can lead to frustration, and then you’re back at square one. Instead, start picking apart ways to make healthier decisions. Use these tips to create lasting habits that lead you into the New Year — and beyond. 1. Start Puny, Think Mighty…

UFC Gym North Brunswick: More Than Just MMA Muscle & Fitness (M&F) Director of Media Development Frank Sepe and Chief Content Officer / Editor-in-Chief Zack Zeigler visited the UFC Gym in North Brunswick, New Jersey as part of their ongoing Gym Tours series. Owned by Raghav Sharma since 2020, this impressive 28,000-square-foot facility is the largest UFC franchise in the state and the Northeast region. . ​Although it carries the UFC brand, the gym’s offerings extend far beyond mixed martial…

In terms of this thing called life, Terry Crews is on cruise control. Just 25 years ago, the host of America’s Got Talent was sweeping floors for $8 an hour before landing the audition that sparked his rise to stardom. He has done everything from being the lead man in the iconic Old Spice commercials to starring in both big-screen and award-winning TV series, and lending his voice to video games and animated films. Crews’s success has not only stemmed from pure talent and hustle; it’s also…

Surviving the Spartan Death Race: A Marathon of Masochism Twenty-four hours into my first Death Race, in 2018, I was hacking away at poison ivy and tick-infested brush on a Vermont mountain vista. As the hours passed, I found myself repeating, ‘What the hell am I doing here?’ with every tedious swipe. f The Unlikely Zen of Extreme Landscaping I had been warned the Death Race would test mind, body, and spirit. Still, I couldn’t figure out how gardening fit the description, especially after…