Peter Flax

3 weeks ago | menshealthlatam.com | Peter Flax

Salud Bienvenido al mundo del alto rendimiento mental, donde la tecnología nos ofrece las herramientas que necesitamos para alcanzar nuevos niveles de concentración y dominio de nuestra propia mente. ¿Qué estarías dispuesto a hacer para obtener una ventaja, ya sea en el trabajo, el deporte o la vida? ¿Gastarías una buena cantidad de dinero? ¿Consumirías suplementos? ¿Someterías a tu cerebro a nuevas tecnologías que podrían o no funcionar?

3 weeks ago | menshealth.com | Peter Flax

WHAT WOULD YOU do to get an edge—at work, in sports, in life? Would you spend X amount of dollars? Would you take X kind of supplements? Would you even subject your brain to emerging technologies that may or may not work? Professional athletes have been the early adopters in the brain-training space. NFL quarterbacks are entering flow states with help from Dune-like, Bene Gesserit–style instruction. NBA players fine-tune their hand-eye coordination with virtual reality concentration exercises.

2 months ago | redbull.com | Peter Flax

There is simply no greater legend in modern skateboarding history than Tony Hawk. Recently the 56-year-old icon and his Birdhouse team participated in Red Bull No Rewind, a nostalgic project in which four elite teams skate and film using vintage Sony VX1000 cameras, modified so they can record but not rewind for on-the-fly viewing or editing. Choice footage from their sessions and selections from three other teams will be released early in 2025.

Nov 26, 2024 | redbull.com | Peter Flax

History was made on Thursday, October 10, when seven of the best female freeride mountain bikers carried and rolled their bikes up to the iconic and lofty start gate to participate in the inaugural Red Bull Rampage women’s competition—and then demonstrated to the world that they were ready for the moment. Years of advocacy had set the table for this historic occasion, and now those seven women feasted.

Nov 18, 2024 | menshealth.com | Peter Flax

This story is part of Indigenous in Fitness, a series of articles highlighting the challenges and triumphs faced by Indigenous trainers, athletes, and gym owners. Read the rest of the stories here. ETHAN WINN DIDN'T get into powerlifting in pursuit of sports greatness. He just wanted to continue his family's legacy of strength. “When I was young, I heard a lot of stories about how strong my dad was,” says Winn, 23, who was born and raised in the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.