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New Fitness Wristband Gives Slackers Shocks

Pavlok is designed to jolt people into better habits

(Newser) - If what you need to meet fitness targets is a device attached to your body that will jolt you with electric shocks, then a new company called Pavlok has just the thing for you. Founder Maneesh Sethi says the fitness-tracking wristband he devised can keep track of things like gym...

The Fittest US City Is...
 The Fittest 
 US City Is... 
May 31, 2014 2:30 PM CDT

The Fittest US City Is...

Washington, DC; Memphis comes in last

(Newser) - The fittest city in the US also happens to be the capital. So says this year's American Fitness Index , the work of the American College of Sports Medicine. The report scores cities based on a range of factors, including chronic health problems like diabetes; healthy and not-so-healthy behaviors, like...

Rising Trend: Women Who Run Half-Marathons

Most of last year's 2M finishers were females

(Newser) - Female runners are making half-marathons the sport's most popular distance race, reports Runner's World . It takes note of new stats from Running USA showing that a record 1.95 million people finished a 13.1-mile race last year, which marks a 6% increase from the previous year and...

30 Squats Gets You Free Subway Ride in Moscow

It's a fitness stunt to push the Sochi Olympics

(Newser) - Subway stations in Moscow have an interesting stunt in progress designed to promote the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Any rider who can do 30 squats in two minutes gets a free ticket, reports Mashable . Be warned, though: You have to pass muster with a fairly high-tech vending machine that can...

Want to Run Barefoot at Your Gym? Good Luck

Fellow joggers will be 'repulsed' by the practice

(Newser) - Joggers who love running barefoot are trying to bring the fad into fitness clubs—but fellow members and gym owners are saying no way, the Wall Street Journal reports. Fitness chains cite health concerns in banning the practice, and shoe-wearing members cite disgust over naked feet sweating on tracks and...

New Workout Trend Uses ... High Heels

Wall Street Journal says 'heel hop' is catching on

(Newser) - It might seem a little more logical for women to slip off their heels to do some dancing, but the Wall Street Journal says a new fitness trend requires precisely the opposite. Called things like "heel hop" or "stiletto fitness," the classes are offered in a handful...

Afternoon Exercise Might Be Best

Your body's circadian rhythms will thank you, study says

(Newser) - Is it better to work out in the morning or afternoon? A new study suggests that those who exercise in the afternoon might be doing their bodies a bigger favor, reports the New York Times . The research involving mice suggests that mid-day exercise helps keep the body's internal clock,...

Svelte Palin: I'm Writing a Fitness Book

The whole family's in on it: Sarah

(Newser) - A suddenly, startlingly thin Sarah Palin is fattening up her bank account with her latest endeavor: a fitness book. The incredible shrinking Sarah aims to involve the entire fam in the project. "Our family is writing a book on fitness and self-discipline focusing on where we get our energy...

Doctor: Lack of Exercise Is a Medical Condition

It's time to treat it as 'deconditioning,' he argues

(Newser) - Didn't exercise this week? You're not just lazy, you have a medical condition, argues one physiologist in the Journal of Physiology . Michael Joyner thinks it's time doctors made a serious push against "deconditioning," he tells NPR's Shots blog . The sedentary lives many of us...

Michelle Obama to Appear on Biggest Loser

First lady invites contestants to a workout at the White House

(Newser) - The first lady is coming to prime time. Michelle Obama will appear on NBC's The Biggest Loser the next two Tuesdays, reports the Washington Post . In the first episode, Obama will appear via video on the weight-loss show, inviting Loser contestants to the White House. In the second, she...

For the Glistening Spin Addict: Sweat-Proof Bikes

Indoor biking classes are hot these days

(Newser) - Exercising cyclists are gushing so much sweat that two boutique spin chains are releasing new bikes of their own creation, specially designed to prevent rusting metal and soggy handles, reports the Wall Street Journal . In-studio cycling, or spinning, is surging in popularity as gym-goers seek a cheaper alternative to conventional...

First Lady Aims for Jumping Jack Record

Michelle O wants team to jump into record books

(Newser) - Michelle Obama is looking for at least 20,425 people to help her break a Guinness World Record next week. The first lady will lead hundreds of children doing a minute of jumping jacks on the White House's South Lawn on Tuesday, kicking off a 24-hour challenge, AP reports....

Gaga's Drunken Diet Secret: Whiskey

Also, some yoga

(Newser) - Ever wonder the secret to Lady Gaga's killer abs? No? Well, it's a little something she likes to call "the drunk diet," reports the New York Daily News. "I like to drink whiskey and stuff while I'm working." But it's not all boozy fun: "I've...

Putin: Here's How I Stay This Buff
 Putin: Here's How 
 I Stay This Buff  
NAOMI CAMPBELL INTERVIEW
Feb 2, 2011 2:00 PM CST

Putin: Here's How I Stay This Buff

Vladimir sits down with Naomi Campbell to talk fitness, tigers, bikers, oh my!

(Newser) - Hard-hitting, ahem, political interviewer Naomi Campbell sits down with Vladimir Putin for her latest GQ piece, and asks the really, really difficult questions. Like, just how does old Pooty-Poot manage to stay so fit? "I go to the gym, I swim daily and from time to time I...

Military's Fat Limits Push Some Troops to Extremes

Liposuction seen as way to lose career-killing girth

(Newser) - The military is supposed to be physically rigorous, but some service members are resorting to measures such as starvation diets, dehydration, and even liposuction to meet requirements, reports the Washington Post . What's worse, the service members complain that they're perfectly fit—it's just that requirements such as the "tape...

Jack LaLanne's 10 Most Thrilling Fitness Stunts

Swim a mile while handcuffed, shackled, and towing a boat? No problem

(Newser) - Jack LaLanne, the legendary fitness guru who died yesterday at 96 , was known for his insane physical feats. Aol News rounds up his top 10 stunts:
  • 1955, age 41: Swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf—a distance of 1.23 miles—while handcuffed.
  • 1957, age 43: Swam the
...

Fitness Guru Jack LaLanne Dies at 96
 Fitness Guru 
 Jack LaLanne 
 Dead at 96 
obituary
Jan 24, 2011 5:27 AM CST

Fitness Guru Jack LaLanne Dead at 96

Exercised 2 hours a day well into his 90s

(Newser) - Television fitness guru Jack LaLanne died yesterday in his California home from respiratory failure due to pneumonia. He was 96. LaLanne, a self-professed "sugar-holic" as a child, was an advocate of exercise, raw vegetables, and clean living—and widely considered to be the father of the modern fitness movement...

New Magic Diet Potion? Water
 New Magic Diet Potion? Water 
Aug 24, 2010 6:09 PM CDT

New Magic Diet Potion? Water

Two glasses before meals works, says study

(Newser) - It's not the flashiest of diet drinks, but two glasses of water before meals seems to do the trick, a new study suggests. Researchers from Virginia Tech instructed a group of dieters to drink two glasses to start each meal. At the end of a 12-week-period, they each lost an...

Marathons Hit the Trail, Get Extreme
 Marathons 
 Hit the Trail, 
 Get Extreme 
26.2 miles on...pikes peak?
Aug 17, 2010 12:48 PM CDT

Marathons Hit the Trail, Get Extreme

Popularity of trail running is increasing

(Newser) - If, for some reason, a 26.2-mile marathon isn't quite difficult enough for you, perhaps you'd consider one that races up and down Pikes Peak instead. Registration for this year's Pikes Peak Marathon filled up in five hours, a sign of the growing popularity of trail races, which are arguably...

'Toning Shoes' Don't Work
 'Toning Shoes' 
 Don't Work 



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Aug 14, 2010 7:00 PM CDT

'Toning Shoes' Don't Work

'Shoes are not a magic pill,' says exercise advocate

(Newser) - “Toning shoes” promise to get you in shape—“without setting foot in a gym,” one Skechers ad claims. Surprise, surprise: That may not be true. The trendy “athletic” shoes, which cost $100 to $245, have unstable soles that supposedly force your muscles to work harder, resulting...

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