Health & Sports

Amateur Boxing for Beginners: A How-to Guide Part II

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Martin Schatz. Last time, we discussed what to look for when selecting a place to train. We went through some of the positive and negative attributes of the common gym type. Today in Part II, we will look at the training environment and explore the etiquette and [...]

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Amateur Boxing for Beginners: A How-to Guide Part I

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Martin Schatz. People come to boxing for a variety of different reasons and goals. Some come to the sport as a tool for self-defense, some come for fitness, and some have aspirations to compete. All are respectable goals, but this three part series will focus on those [...]

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Increase Your Strength and Athleticism with Medicine Ball Training

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jedd Johnson. Jedd loves all forms of training and has written many articles about strength and conditioning. Check out his site, DieselCrew.com for more innovative training ideas. The medicine ball is a very versatile tool that can be found in many gyms these days. They come in [...]

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Taking Aim: A Primer on Traditional Archery

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Josh Parchman. “A long bow and a strong bow, And let the sky grow dark. The nock to the cord, the shaft to the ear, And a foreign king for a mark!” – From “The Song of the Bossonian Archers” If you like to do things “old [...]

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Training Muay Thai in Thailand: What You Need to Know

by Bryan Schatz

Last week we talked about the history of Muay Thai, and I described my experience watching a fight at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. Muay Thai makes for an engrossing spectator sport, but if you’re going to go all the way to Thailand, you might consider not just watching a fight, but actually learning the art [...]

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Muay Thai: A Primer on Thailand’s National Sport

by Bryan Schatz

Editor’s note: This is a post from Bryan Schatz who has been guest posting for us the last couple of months and has now become a full-fledged Art of Manliness contributor. Welcome aboard, Bryan! *** The monsoon downpour ends just before we hop out of the cab. We pay our 85 baht, thank the driver [...]

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Two Wheels to Freedom Part II: Gearing Up for a Bike Tour

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Bryan Schatz. Leaving off from the previous post on the nature of bike-touring and what to expect, the following is a basic overview of equipment and things to consider in order to prepare for a bike-tour. Invariably, the particulars of each tour will vary depending on your [...]

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Two Wheels to Freedom Part I: Thoughts on Bike-Touring

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Bryan Schatz. I glanced back and there was my long-haired friend Dan just behind me, pedaling like a madman up yet another endless hill. His face was red with fury, sweat dripping onto the handle bars and his eyes fixated on the white painted shoulder line separating [...]

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Never Let the Sun Catch You Sleeping: Why and How to Become an Early Riser

by Brett & Kate McKay

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. - Benjamin Franklin As a boy, waking up early was something I associated with being a man. I figured once you became a man, it was a rule that you had to wake up before sunrise. My dad would be up at [...]

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Boxing Basics Part VI: Punching Combinations

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse who is doing a series of posts for AoM on the basics of boxing. So we’ve gone over the various punches and how to defend those punches; now it’s time to get into some combinations. A single punch by itself is pretty much useless. You need a [...]

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Boxing Basics Part V: Punching – Hook & Uppercut

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse who is doing a series of posts for AoM on the basics of boxing. As I mentioned in a previous article, it’s always the punch you don’t see coming that results in a knockout. And the hook and the uppercut are two punches that, if [...]

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23 Bodyweight Ring and Strap Exercises

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Joe Hashey, CSCS. Every lifter must first be able to control their bodyweight before they progress onto weighted movements. Even after months or years of training, there are always bodyweight exercises in our program. Rings and straps are a great way to increase difficulty for the advanced [...]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Caving

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Images from riptheskull Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Pete Zefo. Men have an innate need to explore. As boys we wanted to know what was behind those woods, over that hill, or on the other side of that lake. Some of us imagined ourselves sailing with Magellan, climbing with Hillary, or stepping [...]

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Boxing Basics Part IV: Punching – Jab & Cross

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse who is doing a series of posts for AoM on the basics of boxing. Now that we’ve covered wrapping your hands, stance and footwork, and defense, it’s time to get into a little bit of offense. We’ll start with the most important punch in boxing, [...]

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Boxing Basics Part III: Defense

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse who is doing a series of posts for AoM on the basics of boxing. Check out Part I and Part II. In a sport where the objective is to hurt your opponent more than he hurts you, defense is a pretty important thing, which is [...]

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Boxing Basics Part II: Stance & Footwork

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Image from arwriterphotog Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse who is doing a series of posts for AoM on the basics of boxing. Thanks Chad! In this installment of the “Boxing Basics” series I’m going to cover proper stance as well as a bit of footwork. There are a couple things [...]

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Boxing Basics Part I: How to Wrap Your Hands

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Chad Howse who will be doing a series of posts for AoM on the basics of boxing. Thanks Chad! Boxing has been around for thousands of years in some form or another. Whether it was the Ancient Greeks or Romans or the Brits and later the rest [...]

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Beginner’s Guide to Plyometrics

by Brett

Share I’m always looking for ways to mix up my workouts in order to avoid the monotony of lifting weights and spinning my wheels on the elliptical machine. In my quest to diversify my fitness routine, I often turn to my high school football days for inspiration. One of the routines my teammates and I [...]

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Guide to Thick Rope Training

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Joe Hashey, CSCS. Share In a previous article, Odd Object Training Primer, I mentioned that people can work out with just a length of thick rope. Rope training is nothing new but has been gaining popularity over the last few years. We have been using thick ropes [...]

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