Tag Archives : Fitness

There is nothing better than running in the park if you want to stay healthy and trim. Now, most people avoid doing that because they are either lazy, or they find it really boring. Having a gadget that also doubles up as a constant companion would work well for such people. Adrien Guenette has designed the Beat, which is a cool all-in-one running accessory. It [...]

Gym-Pact is a social enterprise program in Boston that is based on the principles of behavioral economics. It is designed to help people stay committed to fitness through attendance monitoring and monetary incentives. Practically all of us resolve to hit the gym and get fit but are generally unable to sustain the motivation and miss out on workouts [...]

The surfboard abs have always been craved for by most guys and desired by people of both the genders. However, it is also one of the most difficult to acquire and when you look at a guy like Diego Cristo, you would only go green with envy or red with desire. He acted in the Brazilian soap Caras & Bocas, and was recently photographed in this month’s [...]

Here is good news for all you fitness freaks and the health conscious folks! Skimble, an online tool especially designed for its users to plan, track, and discover new outdoor activities like hiking or mountain climbing, and gym workouts allows you to share about all of them on their site. So if you feel like going on a hiking trip but do not have [...]

People all across the globe include regimented fitness programs in their daily schedules just to stay slim and healthy. However, with our busy diaries and unregulated dietary practices, it becomes almost impossible to achieve the level of fitness, that we all wish for. Keeping this predicament in mind, Jake Steinfeld of Body by Jake and one of the most [...]

Yoga mats manufacturer Manduka is making big bucks despite the recession. These mats cost $100 each and these fitness freaks aren’t complaining to shell out few extra bucks for the comfort. Sales in 2009 have been reported to be up by 55 percent. Online shopping is doing the round too, with Amazon.com reporting to have sales go up by 87 percent. Clearly, [...]

If you thought your body was growing flabbier than ever, it is high time you started running hard. When it comes to running, you would also need to make su4re you are not injuring your muscles a lot. With that in mind, you could take the help of NASA to get some technology that would not only help you stay fit, but also avoid repetitive injury of your [...]

Going to the gym to burn off the extra calories and stay in shape is a hard thing to do. It is monotonous and gets quite boring after a while. Having a home gym is just as bad because you lose out on checking out people fatter than you so you can feel better about yourselves. Gamers have probably always been told that their ‘unhealthy lifestyle’ [...]

One reason why all of us want to get in shape is because of our favourite celebrities. For starters, they were never so fit before and never so shy of flaunting their perfect 10 bodies. As an obvious social consequence, we too want to look as good as they do. But the bone of contention is the lack of time topped with our inherent laziness that stops [...]

With the Nintendo Wii really knocking the holy hell out of every other gaming console, it seems that the likes of PS3 and Xbox 360 are more than willing to just play second fiddle. But more importantly, more and more of the new products and games are targeting the Wii audience specifically and while designer Mario Giordano intends his eBoard for balance [...]