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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

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Chickenshit Is the Social Drinking Card Game You Play with Strangers

There's nothing like a good drinking game enjoyed with friends. Honestly, we're bored with all the traditional options. Enter Chickenshit, the social drinking (optional) card game where you do challengers for points with the help of complete strangers. Draw a card, and if you get a challenge, you have 3…

By Cooper Fleishman
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At Home: Get a Real First Aid Kit from MyMedic

Since many of us are still home, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you’re At Home. If you grew up anything like we did, it was instilled in you from a very young age that you need…

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The Hitch Water Bottle Has a Coffee Cup Hidden Inside

There are only two beverages that we consider essential on a daily basis--coffee and water. Hydration is key, but without that morning caffeine we wouldn't make it through the rest of the day. The problem with needing both those beverages is you have to carry two reusable cups at all…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Proteus Is a State-of-The-Art Underwater Habit Designed by Yves Béhar

Swiss designer, entrepreneur and educator Yves Béhar has designed everything from Movado watches to August Smart Locks in recent years, but his latest creation is something decidedly more opulent and below the surface. Proteus is a state-of-the-art marine research project that's billed by benefactor Fabien Cousteau as "the ocean's equivalent to the…

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Beast Mode 4×4 Adventure Van

Living your best "#vanlife" as it were is not all that difficult these days because plenty of operations have sprung up around the globe to rent, build or customize the perfect van for you that you can live in down by the river. While having a properly appointed tallboy van…

By Cooper Fleishman
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