Fitness And Health

Although Airbnb has become a go-to option alongside hotels over the last decade for all kinds of travel, customers have started to notice that the service's prices aren't the bargain they used to be. In fact, average rates have risen about 35 percent since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic . But when it comes to per-night pricing, one city stands above the rest.  According to a recent study from ChamberofCommerce.org , the coastal city of Oxnard, CA, boasts the highest per-night Airbnb prices of any major city in the country. An Airbnb rental in the seaside city of 200,000 to the west of Los Angeles runs a whopping $488 per night on average. That's more than $100 more per night than second-place city Scottsdale, AZ, at $384 per night.  Some of that may be due to scarcity. While Scottsdale lists a whopping 1,370 Airbnb rentals per 100,000 residents, Oxnard only has 95. Third place belongs to the rapidly expanding city of Austin, TX, at $373 per night, while Las Vegas, NV...

After a  four year hiatus , Black Mirror is finally heading back to Netflix on June 15 with what is being called the "most unpredictable, unclassifiable, and unexpected season yet." On Wednesday, the streamer dropped the trailer for the five new feature-length episodes, which feature a jam-packed roster of big name guest stars. The science fiction anthology series, which originally aired on Britain's Channel 4 for the first two seasons from 2011 through 2013, moved to Netflix ahead of its third season. Prior to its recent hiatus, Black Mirror  had racked up 14 Emmy nods and eight awards, including outstanding TV movie wins for "San Junipero" (2016), "USS Callister" (2017), and the groundbreaking interactive film "Bandersnatch" (2018). Here's everything we've learned about the  five new episodes so far from the episode descriptions: "Joan Is Awful" — Annie Murphy ( Schitt's Creek ; Kevin Can F**k Himself ) stars as ...

Victoria Campos (Individual Women) and Kaique Cerveny (Individual Men) are the victors of the 2023 CrossFit South America Semifinal . Campos will attempt to build on her debut at the 2022 CrossFit Games this coming August in Madison, WI. The athlete participated in the first days of competition last summer, but did not make the cut to compete in the final events. Meanwhile, Cerveny earns his first-ever roster spot in the CrossFit Games with this Semifinal victory. On the Teams side, Templo SA CrossFit Blacksheep Treta emerged victorious to earn its official berth in the 2023 CrossFit Games . This segment of the overall 2023 CrossFit Semifinals took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 26-28, 2023. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Victoria Campos (@victoriacampos013) More from Breaking Muscle: How to Do the Toes-to-Bar for Core Strength and Power How to Eat More for Muscle and Strength Gains Here are the res...

The participants in the NBA Finals are officially set, with the Miami Heat set to face off against the Denver Nuggets. While you watch the two teams go head to head, don't miss your chance to score some free food in the process. Just like last year, Chipotle will be giving away hundreds of free burritos each time a player in the series hits a three-point shot. How it works is simple: Whenever a three pointer is made, the company will send out a code on Twitter via  @ChipotleTweets . The first 300 fans to text the code to 888222 will be given a free entree. This process repeats itself for each three-point shot while supplies last. The company plans to give away up to 10,500 free entrees per game, meaning you'll have more than enough opportunity to win. If the series goes all the way to the seventh game, that means there could be up to 73,500 entrees given away. "When they hit a three, burritos are free," the company summarized.  If you do win, don't forget to ...

Passengers on a recent  Carnival Cruises  sailing were left demanding answers after the ship sailed straight into the eye of a storm over the holiday weekend. And video footage of the flooding and damage taken during the worst of it shows just how  terrifying the ordeal was . The Carnival Sunshine, which was retuning to Charleston following a weeklong sailing with stops in the Bahamas, first hit choppy waters along the Carolinas around 4:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon. The day prior, the National Weather Service had issued a warning that a non-tropical low pressure system off the southeast coastline would produce heavy rain that could cause flash flooding, heavy winds, and hazardous beach and boating conditions. Within hours, the ship had hit large swells of water, and staff started closing off and evacuating public deck areas. "You could smell people being sick walking down the halls," one guest told the  Daily Mail . The aftermath aboard Carnival Sunshin...

On May 20, 2023, during the 2023 USA Powerlifting (USAPL) P3 Grand Prix, powerlifter Austin Perkins scored a 305-kilogram (672.4-pound) raw back squat . The mark is an all-time raw World Record in Perkins’ 75-kilogram competitive weight class, officially surpassing his peer Taylor Atwood by two kilograms (4.4 pounds) . According to Open Powerlifting , Atwood achieved the past raw record squat mark of 303 kilograms (668 pounds) in the 75-kilogram division at the 2021 USAPL Raw Nationals. Perkins wore a lifting belt and utilized wrist wraps and knee sleeves — which still qualifies as raw in a sanctioned powerlifting context — to help achieve his record mark. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Austin Perkins (@the75kg) More from Breaking Muscle: Back Squat vs. Front Squat: Which, When, and Why Learn How to Build Strength with Three Key Principles In a caption of one of Perkins’ recent Instagram posts, he recaps what...

If you've ever dreamed of escaping from it all in an old lighthouse on the coast, the thought might not be as fanciful as you think.  The U.S. government's General Services Administration is set to give away or auction off 10 old lighthouse properties this year, the agency recently announced , a record number. It's part of a series of lighthouse sales and giveaways that first began in 2000 under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act, which sought to preserve properties that are beloved by the public despite no longer being necessary for maritime navigation. “People really appreciate the heroic role of the solitary lighthouse keeper,” said John Kelly of the GSA’s office of real property disposition, to The Guardian . “They were really the instruments to provide safe passage into some of these perilous harbors which afforded communities great opportunities for commerce, and they’re often located in prominent locations that offer breathtaking views.” Thi...

Four-time Classic Physique Olympia champion Chris Bumstead and 2021 Olympia 212 champion Derek Lunsford aren’t regular training partners, but they are both clients of 22-time Olympia winning coach Hany Rambod . So, when the opportunity presents itself, the two champion bodybuilders do like to trade sets.  One such session was held in Pittsburgh, PA during the weekend of May 12-13, 2023 where Lunsford guest posed at the IFBB Pittsburgh Pro contest . Bumstead shared footage of the back workout on his YouTube channel. More from Breaking Muscle: The Ultimate Back and Biceps Workout for Every Lifter The 18 Best Back Exercises for Width, Thickness, and Strength Lat Pulldown Machine Both men began the session by focusing on isolating their lats with lat pulldown machine . They performed both reverse-grip and neutral-grip pulldowns on different sets. Rambod was placing emphasis on driving the scapulae and elbows back to get a greater contraction. Both athletes also used slo...

At just 20 years old, LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne—or "Livvy" as she's known to her 11 million social media followers—has already earned herself a reputation that precedes her impressive athletic career. By the end of her sophomore year, Dunne had racked up seven figures in name, image, and likeness (NIL) endorsement deals, making her the highest-paid female college athlete.  In addition to appearing on the cover of this year's  Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition , Dunne has collected paychecks from brands including Vuori, American Eagle, and Plantfuel. But because the NCAA only enacted the NIL policy two years ago and is relatively new territory for college athletes, the already savvy young businesswoman recently imparted financial advice to her peers in a conversation with  The Street . "I would say first and foremost, find a really good agent. That was the first thing I did," Dunne explained. "And just take your time. Don't rush into anything. Do...

The best tennis players on the planet are descending upon Paris’ famed red courts to begin the 127th edition of the French Open. The 2023 tournament might be the most exciting Grand Slam in the past 20 years and, at the very least, the most wide-open men’s singles clay court major championship since Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic began dominating the surface in 2005. Since Roger Federer won Wimbledon in 2003, 13 players—including Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic—have won a Grand Slam, and since Nadal won his first French Open in 2005, just one person not named Federer, Nadal, or Djokovic has won the ultimate clay court prize. Simply put, tennis has been a pretty boring affair outside of those three. Now, after about two decades of three-player dominance, things have begun to open up. When Federer finally waved goodbye to tennis in September 2022, the men’s singles world began to reshape itself. Days earlier, Carlos Alcaraz announced himself as the most exciting tennis prospect since a...

Medicine balls are one piece of equipment you find at nearly every strength and conditioning gym and in many “functional training” areas in commercial gyms. Their use and application for power, conditioning, and improving overall fitness levels are only limited by your creativity and imagination. Anyone can integrate medicine ball training into their current programming and reap the rewards of this ballistic training method. You can integrate medicine ball exercises into your workout either before the main strength portion of your workout, in conjunction with some compound movements like presses or squats , as an efficient part of any outdoor workout, or at the end of a session to shore up your conditioning. The explosive element of training with a medicine ball, which can’t be safely replicated with barbells or dumbbells, means you need to train with strong intention. This introduces higher-intensity training zones and recruits more type-II muscle fibers — fast-twitch muscle fiber...