On September 12, 2026, during the women’s pro division race at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, Joanna Wietrzyk experienced bowel incontinence during the fourth functional workout station — the burpee broad jumps. She continued competing through...
Chloe Mercer
Chloe writes about mobility and movement: thoracic mobility, joint health, and the mechanics that let you train hard without breaking down. She works through every drill herself before writing it up, focused on what actually holds up under a barbell, not just what looks right in isolation. More from Chloe
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Mobility Exercises That Actually Improve Movement Quality
Generic stretching routines and genuine mobility exercises get treated as interchangeable constantly, yet they solve meaningfully different problems, and understanding that distinction changes how a mobility routine should actually be built. Mobility vs Flexibility, a...
Why Cities Around the World Built Free Public Gyms
Public outdoor gyms have become a genuine urban infrastructure movement in cities across Europe, Asia, and increasingly North America, and the story of how they got there is more interesting than their unassuming presence in public parks suggests. A phenomenon that...



