Consumerist
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exercise
10 Secrets About Personal Trainers
It's that time of year to pretend to care about your body for a few weeks before you give up in despair and realize it's your parents' fault for not having better genes. SmartMoney has published another one of their "10 Things" articles, this time about the common workout hobo, or as they prefer to be called, "personal trainers." More » -
obesity epidemic
Exercise Doesn't (Necessarily) Make You Lose Weight
Good news if you hate the gym, bad news if you've invested your time, money, and faith in the body-shaping power of daily workouts: despite what most people think, there still isn't overwhelming evidence that exercise will reduce weight. Over the past several decades, research continues to show that exercise will definitely increase your body's energy needs but not always reduce fat, and that a sedentary lifestyle and obesity are linked but not in a proven cause-and-effect relationship. Meanwhile, the popular press has promoted and mythologized a sort of "faith-based" concept of exercise as a key requirement for weight loss. More » -
better side effects
Exercise Helps Depression As Well As Meds, Says New Study
If you're blue, but not into treatments that require a prescription, hit the gym. In a recent study of 202 depressed adults, researchers found that those who participated in "group-based exercise therapy" showed the same results as those treated with antidepressants, while those who exercised at home showed slightly less improvement, and those who were given a placebo pill remained depressed. More » -
health
How I Lost 14.6 Pounds Sitting In Front Of A Computer
After a year-and-a-half of blogging out of the comfort of my apartment, I was out of shape and overweight. I'm 5'11" and I weighed 220 lbs. Pants weren't fitting. I learned that buttons popping off pants didn't just happen in the cartoons. My family noticed my doublechins, my dad worried I had diabetes.
Something had to be done, and I was going to use what made me fat, computers and the internet, to help me do it. More »
10:53 AM on Sun Sep 9 2007
By Ben Popken
109,004 views, 82 commentsLatest by lalahsghost: I've totally ditched my car for any trip that is less than 15 miles away. I spent $300 (accumulatively) on more »
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health
5 Pedometers That'll Knock Your Socks Off
Whether you're looking to start a serious exercise plan or simply want to keep track of how much walking you're doing, a good pedometer can be one solution for tracking your progress. And today's models are up to the task — having come a long way from the "shake and count" versions of just a decade or so ago. To find out which pedometer should be named King of the Walkers, Money magazine tested the five top units.
The winner was the Omron Pocket HJ-720ITC. For $50, it is over 99% accurate, stores 42 days of data, and allows you to upload results to your computer. Alas... More »
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it's not the shoes
Reebok Says It's Ok To Be Slow
Reebok is the brand of diminished expectations, or so their recent "Run Easy" campaign would have us believe.
Nike said Just Do It. Gatorade commercials show athletes caught in slow-mo, sweating and bleeding the sports drink. Reebok says, "Why hit the wall? It hurts. Run easy." And "A 10 minute mile is just as far as a 6-minute mile. Run easy." Sure, it's the same distance, but it's not the same workout. Of course, if it's a difference between running easy and not running at all, by all means, run easy. Sure, people should have fun working out and not get all killer crazy about it. But, if you want to become fitter, you work yourself up to running faster and harder, not easier. More » -
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complaints
Don't Let Crunch Gym Crunch Your Bank Account
The following is reader David's consumerist report on how Crunch Gym stole from his bank account and how he made the bastards pay, a process akin to squeezing sweat from a stone. More » -
investigations
Why Is Crunch Gym Forcing Spiderman 3 "Marketing Experiences" On Their Spinning Classes?
Yesterday we followed up on reader's bad experience at Crunch Gym by calling 2 of their locations, the corporate office and interviewing Angie, our reader. More »
1:29 PM on Fri May 4 2007
By Ben Popken
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walmart
Save Money On Gym Membership By Working Out At Walmart
Why pay those exorbitant startup and monthly fees when you can work out at Walmart? More » -
gym's
McDonald's Christens Playgrounds as Gyms
Just stop trying, McDonald's. Go back to selling unhealthy cheese burgers, dripping with fat; tall gelatinous shakes, so cold and sweet they give brain freeze along with diabetes to all who taste them. That's what you did best. You never should have caved to the vegetarians, the health-conscious, the Spurlock Collective: just told them to eat somewhere else. More »
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