All of Your Muscle Soreness Questions Answered!

We get a lot of questions here in FBG Land about muscle soreness: how to prevent it, what to do if you have it and if working out sore is okay. So when we got the opportunity to ask Robert Forster, physical therapist, author, member of the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, and trainer to 40 Olympic medalists [...]

★FitStars: Olympic Swimmer Amanda Beard

Amanda Beard is one of the most well-known Olympic American swimmers of all time. With seven Olympic medals to her name and the former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke, Beard also models, writes, is the face of Aqua Sphere swimwear and is a mom. Girlfriend is busy! We recently got to chat with her for [...]

★FitStars: Professional Skier and Olympic Medalist Julia Mancuso

Professional skier and three-time Olympic medalist Julia Mancuso is one of many of the amazing athletes who inspire us to be better—and work out harder to reach our true potential. (Seriously, don’t you think all of us have a little Olympian on the inside just busting to be seen, even if we’re not “good” enough to compete on [...]

Your Remedy for Olympics Withdrawal: The Inside Scoop on Allyson Felix (and Giveaway!)

We are blogging on behalf of the Visa Go World Olympic Campaign and receive compensation for our time, but the thoughts, words, and promotions on this page are FBG’s, not Visa’s. The gift card promotion is not sponsored by Visa in any way.  It’s been almost a week since the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. And, well, [...]

Talk About Girl Power: Women’s Pole Vault at the Olympics (With Giveaway!)

We are blogging on behalf of the Visa Go World Olympic Campaign and receive compensation for our time, but the thoughts, words, and promotions on this page are FBG’s, not Visa’s. The gift card promotion is not sponsored by Visa in any way.  There may be just a few days left of the London 2012 Olympic Games, but we [...]

Protect Your Skin Like an Olympian: COOLA Suncare Review

I like finding that I have things in common with an Olympian I admire. I like learning about their workouts and meal plans and trying to emulate them, and I love hearing that they have some of the same hobbies I have. I really, really like when they use a product that’s totally accessible to [...]

What Sport Are You Most Psyched to Watch at the Olympic Games?

It’s well established (and then some) that we are over the moon that the Olympic Games have started. And that we’re a bit obsessed with swimming. But, there’s seriously not a sport out there that we won’t watch at London 2012. Archery? Table tennis? Handball? Fencing? We’re so, so down. But today we want to [...]

Getting You Pumped for the London 2012 Olympic Games!

We are blogging on behalf of the Visa Go World Olympic Campaign and receive compensation for our time, but the thoughts, words, and promotions on this page are FBG’s, not Visa’s. The gift card promotion is not sponsored by Visa in any way.  We are just hours—hours, people—away from the London 2012 Olympic Games’ opening ceremonies, and holy-moly, [...]

How Michael Phelps Trains Outside of the Pool (And a Giveaway to Get You Psyched!)

We are blogging on behalf of the Visa Go World Olympic Campaign and receive compensation for our time, but the thoughts, words, and promotions on this page are FBG’s, not Visa’s. The gift card promotion is not sponsored by Visa in any way.  We are simply fascinated by the workouts of different Olympians. So when Visa [...]

Soccer Star Abby Wambach Talks Training, Eats and Olympics Predictions!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock (in which case, come on out—non-rock living is pretty rad!), you know who Abby Wambach is. And if you’ve been reading us for awhile, you know how obsessed we are with the Olympics every darn time it comes around (proof here and here). So when Arnold Breads (the [...]

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