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This week we welcomed the seventh generation of one of our favorite training shoes: the Nike Metcon 7 has arrived, the superlative evolution of a shoe that has improved year after year by learning from the world’s best athletes. To celebrate this long-awaited release, we’ve rescued the Fittest Freakest archives to review the history of…

We know there’s little you don’t know about the Metcon soles’ unquestionable stability. However, you may not be aware of the Nike Free collection’s features, which, for the fourth time, is merged with our beloved Metcon in the new Nike Free Metcon 4. WHAT DOES THE “FREE” IN NIKE FREE METCON 4 MEAN? When you’re…

If we think about it, weightlifting shoes seem to be the greatly forgotten by brands: there are infinite types of specific training shoes for all kinds of sport activities, but surprisingly the offer of models for weightlifting (a discipline with very specific needs) is not as wide as we could expect. Proof of this is…

This crazy year has transformed us into more versatile athletes, more multidisciplinary, more resistant, more flexible… This year we have all evolved tremendously as athletes, that’s why our Nanos have also had to evolve. THE MOST TESTED NANO With a long 10 year journey and lots of models, the Reebok Nano never stopped improving to…

The fitness revolution of the last few years brought to life loads of new training methods changing drastically the training sessions offer, especially the cardio ones. We went from jogging and aerobic classes to a wide range of new disciplines, more and more innovative and high-demanding, where high intensity classes like HIIT and Bootcamp need…

There are very few things we like as much as training: food is one of them, resting is another and, of course, our training shoes are the other one. We are mad about training shoes! There are so many designs that choosing just one of them seems harder than perform Fran sub 3’. Year after year, Nike’s…

The Metcon family doesn’t stop evolving. Now, it’s time to introduce the 6th generation of our most beloved Nike training shoe, designed to release the heat quicker thanks to its all-mesh upper. The Metcon 6 offers 18% more airflow than the Metcon 5: more breathable than ever, but still stable and extremely durable. The haptic topcoat of the…

It’s unbelievable: it’s the Nano’s 10th anniversary. It’s the Nano’s 10th anniversay and many of us cannot stop thinking… How could we even train before that?! The feeling is similar of trying to think about life without something as usual as Instagram (who’s 10th anniversary is also this year). The celebration of this Nano’s anniversary…