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The idea might sound insane to some people: You’re going to pay money so you can go to a class every few days and get beat up. But that’s just what it looks like to outsiders. There are many types of martial arts, and training in one is about much more than dealing out (and receiving) punishment. It can be highly rewarding, both for your fitness and your overall well-being.

Is it a good thing for a watch to be a monster? In the case of the Shinola Forged Carbon Monster Automatic, a new dive watch from the Detroit-based brand, the answer is yes—and with its unusual color scheme and large case made from durable forged carbon fiber, it definitely lives up to the name.

This article was produced in partnership with Blu Atlas

This article was produced in partnership with Blu Atlas

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The original idea to put a water bladder with a hose attached to it into a backpack was pure genius. Suddenly, adventurous folks could easily hydrate without breaking a stride, whether hiking, bombing around on a mountain bike, or kayaking in the ocean. Now, MXXY, a small startup, has taken that hydro-iffic idea one sip further. Their new dual chamber hydration system combines two separate bladders with an ingenious mixing value so you can blend two different liquids together—like, for example, water and a liquid performance supplement, all in one neatly divided package.

Mammoth Mountain recently set the stage to host the US Grand Prix—the last US Olympic Snowboarding Team Qualifier event before the US Olympic Slopestyle Snowboarding Team is announced and athletes head off to the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Having hosted the Grand Prix more than a dozen times, Mammoth has run final qualifying events in 2014, 2018, and now in 2022.

The UFC will promote its first event of the year this Saturday, putting an end to a four-week lull. Saturday’s event, an under-the-radar Fight Night headlined by featherweight contenders Calvin Kattar and Giga Chikadze, isn’t exactly a blockbuster. But it will kickstart UFC 2022, which has a packed schedule of fights that likely won’t slow down until this time next year.