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THE YEAR IN FITNESS

INSTAGRAM AIMS TO commercial offer, such as a discount evidence shows carnivore dieters to
PROTECT MINORS code, Instagram will remove it from be leaner, faster, and stronger. That

THE SERVICE CLEANS UP ITS ACT the site. A great move to restrict said, the research is still out, so we’d
In a move praised by body-positivity posts on products that don’t work. recommend steering clear.

advocates, Instagram in September
rolled out a feature that allows users
to report posts they believe pro- CARNIVORE DIET ELIUD KIPCHOGE
mote weight-loss products—such as WE’RE STILL SKEPTICAL ABOUT THIS ONE THE KENYAN BREAKS THE TWO-HOUR
Kardashian-endorsed diet teas—and Popularized by Shawn Baker, MARATHON BARRIER
cosmetic procedures to those under M.D., in late 2018, the carnivore On Oct. 12, Eliud Kipchoge com-
18. Two things can then happen: diet restricts your food intake to pleted a marathon in an impressive
Either Instagram will restrict minors only animal products—meats and 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 40 seconds,
from seeing posts that encourage butters. No veggies. No fruits. No shaving 45 seconds off his last best,
people to buy a product or proce- alcohol or juices. Just meat. Though in Vienna, Austria. The history-
dure or, in the case of deceptive common sense would tell us to run making performance wasn’t counted
claims about a product and links to a in the opposite direction, anecdotal as an official record since it wasn’t
completed in an open marathon,
and Kipchoge had a deep rotation of
professional pacesetters. Neverthe-
less, Kipchoge still made history and
pushed the boundaries of human
performance.

FAUX MEAT

MEATLESS BURGERS EXPLODE
ONTO THE FOOD SCENE
A few years ago, Impossible and
Beyond burgers were something of

a specialty item that only hardcore
vegans knew about. Now it’s almost,
ahem, impossible to not find them
in just about every eatery you enter.
2019 saw several chain restaurants—
including Dunkin’ and Burger
King—offer the “fake meat” patties
for the first time, and many others
have begun testing them in specialty
markets. However, concerns have
been raised over whether the patties
are actually a healthier alternative
to beef, or if it’s all just a market-
ing ploy. Either way, it’s clear these
imitation burgers will be around for
quite some time.

THIS YEAR’S OLYMPIA Weekend in September provided plenty
of entertainment for fans as Brandon Curry became the 15th A-ROD AND J.LO

Mr. Olympia, while in the 212 Olympia, Kamal Elgargni took Flex THE FITTEST CELEBRITY COUPLE
Lewis’ vacated crown. The biggest surprise was the last-minute visa Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez
granted to Iranian bodybuilder Hadi Choopan, who placed third in the redefined the term “power couple”
open division in his first Olympia. by showing off their killer cou-
ple’s workouts on their Instagram C H R I S N I C O L L
profiles. They even stuck together

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