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66 NO LIMITS Our second annual exploration and celebration of the athletic form.

THEBODYLSSUI 68 BODIESWEWANT Thirty-one of the world's best athletes-as you've neverseen them before.

r-f f 108 THEBODVlSSllE n-EBODTBSUE BREATHLESS Free-diver Herbert Nitsch proves the limits of the human body are negotiable, by chrisjones

116 THEPOWEROFBEUEF A thin silicon braceleteitherboosts your game or verifies that the placebo effect is alive and wellin the 21st century, by alyssa roenigk

126 ITHAPPENS "Uh-oh" momentsinsportsaremore THEBODYBSUE frequent thanfans realize,buthandling BODY BSUE midcompetition evacuationsis anythingbutbusinessas usual BY DAVID FLEMING

134 A PARTOFME Seven athletes show off the cool tools they use to dominate their sports.

146 PUSHINGTHROUGHTHEPAIN Four-time Iditarod champ Lance Mackey has had to overcome a lot more than his opponents to become the best musher in the world. BY SETHWICKERSHAM

154 STUDENTBODY Penn State lets us scan athletes from every one of its teams to show that hoops and football aren't the only games featuring fit bods.

160 SCALEOFITO10 Pros rate their own physiques.

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