Stephen Regenold
Columnist | Ultrafit
E-mail: stephen@thegearjunkie.com
Stephen Regenold, whose Ultrafit feature runs Wednesdays in Source, writes about extreme and unusual sports and gear. Online, you can see his work at www.thegearjunkie.com.
Recent content from Stephen Regenold
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Going the distance
Open-water swimming trades laps in a pool for long challenges outside.
Jun 21, 2009 -
Gear Junkie: Dagger Green Boat
Confluence Watersports touts its latest kayak, the Dagger Green Boat, as a "one-of-a-kind creeking machine." I tested the kayak this month on Gore Creek in Vail, Colo., where boulders, holes, wave trains and sweepers made for a challenging whitewater run.
Jun 21, 2009 -
Tent, sweet tent
All good tents -- like the six models reviewed below -- come tightly bundled for transport and are easy to set up with poles that are pre-connected to snap in place.
Jun 20, 2009 -
Fit to be CrossFit
Touted as an ultimate workout -- and popular with police forces and military teams -- a regimen invented in the 1980s is being embraced by average exercisers.
Jun 7, 2009 -
Gear Junkie: 'Run for life'
If you want to stay fit your whole life -- even run into your 80s or 90s -- Roy Wallack's "Run for Life" (Skyhorse, $15) provides the blueprint. The fitness columnist for the Los Angles Times has subtitled the book "The Anti-aging, Anti-injury, Super Fitness Plan to Keep You Running to 100."
Jun 7, 2009 -
Softball on wheels
The Courage Rolling Twins play softball sitting down. But don't think they can't slug a ball or throw you out at first.
May 25, 2009 -
Fighting to be fit
Krav Maga is an Israeli discipline in which rubber clubs and mock attacks are common classroom fodder. Students kick, block and sweat their way toward learning self-defense.
May 10, 2009 -
Looking for support
Can apparel made for athletics add support to the skeletal structure? Yes, according to Smart Fitness Products, a Colorado company that sells the Opedix line of running tights (www.opedix.com).
May 10, 2009 -
An uphill battle
The Ragnarök 105 is a bike race named after a Norse era of mythological doom. For mere mortals, the daylong course through Minnesota bluff country is a fight of muscle and mind.
Apr 26, 2009 -
Gear Junkie: Ivan biking bag
Mix a whitewater dry bag with a military-surplus pack and you get the Ivan, a biking bag that's waterproof and durable.
Apr 26, 2009
