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Laird Hamilton

The Shape of Your Life

Get ready to maximize the endurance, strength, flexibility, speed, and power you never knew you had. We call it the Shape of Your Life—and five months from now, we expect you to be in it.

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Barriers and Breakthroughs

In the first installment of Outside's five-part series on the Shape of Your Life, learn how to build your endurance foundation.

Strength

Core Strength Cable Test

This standing cable push test measures measure your progress in core strength.

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The Shape of Your Life: Month One

In the first installment of Outside's five-part series, learn to build your endurance through heart-rate training.

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Start It Up

In the first installment of Outside's five-part series on the Shape of Your Life, learn how to build your endurance foundation.

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The Shape of Your Life: Month Two

In the second installment of Outside's five-part series on the Shape of Your Life, learn how to fortify your core and improve strength.

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Core Values

Weeks five through eight of The Shape of Your Life focus on functional strength.

Flexibility

The Shape of Your Life: Month Three

In the third installment of Outside's five-part series on the Shape of Your Life, learn how to become a mindful, well-rounded athlete through improved flexibility.

Flexibility

Lung Power

Controlled, rhythmic breathing benefits your life beyond sports

Triangle pose

Strike a Pose

Power yoga poses for weeks nine through 12 of The Shape of Your Life

Flexibility

Home Stretch

Weeks nine through 12 of The Shape of Your Life focus on flexibility.

Clean-pull

Plug Yourself In

In month four of The Shape of Your Life, add three Olympic-style lifts to your ongoing Tuesday and Thursday strength routine.

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The Shape of Your Life: Month Five

The final installment of our five-month fitness plan fine-tunes your balance and agility. But that doesn't mean your work is done. After all, you've got a lifetime of adventure ahead of you.

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