Get strong like a gladiator

It’s a measure of the enduring appeal of Stanley Kubrick’s 1960 swords-and-sandals epic that, when most of us hear the name Spartacus, a dimple-chinned Kirk Douglas springs immediately to mind. Heroic

The gym is overrated.

Triathlon is the greatest and toughest endurance sport in the world. After 17 years, however, I’m going through the motions. I’m 44 with dodgy knees and a plummeting VO2 max. PB-hunting is out the win

On 20 March 44 BC, a violent death in Rome was about to send assembled masses into uproar – sparking pandemonium that threatened to engulf the city. The incident described by the ancient biographer Su

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There’s more to going long than just grinding it out. Steve Shrubsall finds out how to thrive during ultra endurance events