Zack Zeigler

Mike Tyson discusses his thoughts on the upcoming Jake Paul fight, the rise of Tyson 2.0, and how he maintains focus in life and business.

Dive into the brutal reality of the Spartan Death Race—where endurance, strength, and mental toughness are pushed to the limit!

311 frontman Nick Hexum shares his fitness philosophy and how he balances a healthy and fit life as a musician and father while on the road..

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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…

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…

I tried bone-conduction headphones a few years ago and hated them. I don’t remember the brand, but they were heavy and clunky, and after wearing them for 30 minutes I felt like my head was caving in from the pressure on my temples. The sound quality sucked, too. But even if it didn’t, the user…

Trent Ward is the founder and CEO of Forme (formelife.com), which creates smart fitness mirrors and offers subscription services such as live coaching and on-demand classes. I met Trent in NYC and got a chance to get hands-on with the Forme Lift. I’ve been skeptical of smart mirrors in the past — I own one…

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…

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.

Kurt Angle was in the pro wrestling business for around 20 years before retiring in 2017. During that time—most of which was spent with WWE or TNA (now Impact Wrestling)—Angle captured 12 world titles and a slew of injuries: broken necks, busted knees, and concussions, to name a few. Before that, he won an Olympic…

For years, fitness media has cast Don Saladino as “the superhero trainer.” It was a moniker the 22-year industry veteran scoffed at initially but eventually embraced as a marketing tool to highlight his work with a handful of celebrity clients at his gym in Lower Manhattan. He never hatched an elaborate scheme to attract actors…

While many healthy folks have used their time in quarantine to buy booze, rally against being stuck in quarantine, and eat everything that isn’t nailed down en route to packing on the Covid 15, former Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia has hit the gym. Hard. During his 19-year pro baseball career with the Indians, Brewers, and…

More than 700 athletes from 32 countries took part in the inaugural (and virtual) Unbreakable 24 challenge put on by Spartan Race CEO Joe De Sena..

A little after 5 a.m. a day before the 2019 Spartan Trifecta World Championships in Sparta, Greece, and I’m drinking Spartan Tea with Spartan Race cofounder and CEO Joe De Sena on the porch of a guest house that sits atop a mountain. We’re several miles outside of Sparta, killing time before our pre-dawn workout. What we’ll be doing when we train is a mystery, as De Sena met all of my inquiries with a shrug and “We’ll figure something out.”Later in the day, De Sena will be part of a press confer…