Brewing Without the Buzz: How Non Alcoholic Beer Became the Choice of Athletes

Brewing Without the Buzz: How Non Alcoholic Beer Became the Choice of Athletes

Let’s switch gears and talk about a topic indirectly related to the sporting community. What’s the deal with nonalcoholic beer being the popular kid now? Non-alcoholic beer (NA) used to...
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From Naked Gladiators to Engineered Gear: The No Gi Evolution

From Naked Gladiators to Engineered Gear: The No Gi Evolution

Before rash guards, grappling shorts, or compression anything… fighters basically wrestled naked in the world’s first octagons. The gladiator arena was a crash course in why bare skin and combat...
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From Cotton to Combat: The Fabric Evolution Behind Modern Grappling Gear

From Cotton to Combat: The Fabric Evolution Behind Modern Grappling Gear

Ever since humans started getting physical, they needed to cover up in something. This wasn’t as much about modesty as it was about protecting their skin and securing parts that...
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The Air Is Sticky and So Are You: A Humidity Field Guide

The Air Is Sticky and So Are You: A Humidity Field Guide

Gyms are their own ecosystems. They have their own microenvironments. Some mornings you wear socks to step onto the mat fearing hypothermia; other times you feel like you've stepped into...
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Support Matters: An October Bra Story

Support Matters: An October Bra Story

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means it’s the perfect time to talk about something both essential and occasionally infuriating: sports bras. And before the men click away -...
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The Inseam Pendulum: How Sports Keep Redefining Shorts Length

The Inseam Pendulum: How Sports Keep Redefining Shorts Length

Shorts have never had a stable personality. Not in combat sports, not in soccer, not in basketball, and definitely not in women's athletics. Inseams rise, fall, and rise again depending...
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Discomfort Isn’t a Virtue, It’s a Skill

Discomfort Isn’t a Virtue, It’s a Skill

Every year, PanAms athletes submit a quote with their application. Kind of like a yearbook line for people who choke each other for fun. It's meant to hint at who...
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Gi Funk 101: The Science Behind BJJ Gi Odor (And How to Fix It)

Gi Funk 101: The Science Behind BJJ Gi Odor (And How to Fix It)

There's a moment in every jiu jitsu class when you realize you're not just fighting your training partner, you're fighting their hygiene habits. You get side-control on someone whose Gi...
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Shrinkage, Staph, and Sandpaper: The Molecular Science of Jiu-Jitsu Gi Care

Shrinkage, Staph, and Sandpaper: The Molecular Science of Jiu-Jitsu Gi Care

“Time!” The grueling sparring session has ended; your Gi is saturated with the sweat of both you and your training partner, and now you must face the most contentious question...
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Woven for Battle: How Cotton Became the Armor of Choice in Jiu Jitsu

Woven for Battle: How Cotton Became the Armor of Choice in Jiu Jitsu

Long before the modern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gi took over the mats, the ancestral martial arts uniform was forged for battlefield survival. If you were a samurai in feudal Japan preparing...
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The History Behind Mexican Independence Day

The History Behind Mexican Independence Day

Every year on September 16th, Mexico erupts in celebration, green, white, and red flags everywhere, fireworks lighting up the sky, and millions of voices shouting "¡Viva México!" But the holiday...
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Luke Griffith Dethrones Kaynan Duarte to Claim ADCC Gold

Luke Griffith Dethrones Kaynan Duarte to Claim ADCC Gold

Grappling doesn't usually hand out storylines this clean, but ADCC Worlds 2026 did exactly that on September 13, when Luke Griffith submitted Kaynan Duarte in the -99kg final to become...
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