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Jul 30
2009Product Review – G2 Fitness Stretch And Exercise Mats
Filed Under (Mico Fitness) by Admin on 30-07-2009
G2 Fitness offered to send me an exercise mat of my choice for review, and I went with the G2 Back Stretch Fitness Mat.
Jul 30
2009A Big, Fat Double Standard
Filed Under (Fitness Confessions) by Admin on 30-07-2009
It’s been going on for decades now, but the past few years has definitely seen it not just increasing, but actually being shown as the norm. It actually pisses me off a little.Look familiar? I’m seeing it in almost every television commercial, on too many TV sitcoms to list, in movies and in print ads. It’s literally being shoved down our throats and force fed to us daily. You can’t watch a
Jul 30
2009The Diet Wars: Girl-On-Girl Sabotage
Filed Under (Equipment Experiments) by Admin on 30-07-2009
More comic genius from N8!Jul 29
2009A Quick Fix For Painful Push-Ups
Filed Under (Mico Fitness) by Admin on 29-07-2009
This article was written by Eric Cressey, author of Maximum Strength, a book I highly recommend for anyone looking to build muscle and mix up their strength training routine in the gym (note: not for home-based workouts unless you have a power rack and Olympic weights!).
Jul 29
2009Captain Obvious Says: Sleep Deprivation Causes Sugar Cravings
Filed Under (Equipment Experiments) by Admin on 29-07-2009
This comic is the first in a series drawn by professional comic and GFE reader N8 (sound it out) especially for The Great Fitness Experiment! I can’t tell you how excited it makes me that I have my own illustrator – I’d put it on my business card if I had any. Look for more funnies from him in the future!Jul 28
2009The Great Nutrition Debates
Filed Under (Mico Fitness) by Admin on 28-07-2009
The Journal of Consumer Research is reporting that those handy 100-calorie snack packs actually result in increased consumption of snack foods, thus having a negative effect on controlling calorie intake.
Jul 28
2009Does Being Overweight Set Up a Child for Abuse?
Filed Under (Equipment Experiments) by Admin on 28-07-2009
(Image unavailable to do extreme prejudice. I searched for an hour and couldn’t find any unoffensive pictures to appropriately illustrate this story. Which is a story in and of itself.)
Jul 27
2009Everything You Know About Stretching is Wrong
Filed Under (Equipment Experiments) by Admin on 27-07-2009
It’s inevitable – go to any starting line, fitness class or gym and you’ll find people in various stages of stretching. Almost always, people are stretching before their exercise. It’s what we were all taught by our elementary P.E. teachers, right? You gotta warm up those muscles so you don’t pull something!
Jul 24
2009Up And Coming …
Filed Under (Mico Fitness) by Admin on 24-07-2009
Stay tuned over the next few weeks for several new product reviews including:
- Jerky.com – Guarana & Ginseng Synergy Beef Stick
- G2 Fitness – Exercise Mats
- PUMA – Cell Voltra Running Shoe (just hit the shelves last week!)