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Pilates For Back Pain

More and more chiropractors today are recommending Pilates for their clients' aching backs. When Pilates is done consistently, many people experience relief from back pain. What is it about doing Pilates that works well to relieve ...READ»

Lotus (Position) 1-2-3

A skeptic's search for a stress-busting workout regimen leads him to ... yoga.READ»

Are Free Weights GOOD For Muscle Building

The world of strength training and muscle building has been divided between those who advocate use of free weights and those who opt for machines to build muscle. So who is right? Of these, free weights are rapidly gaining in ...READ»

Are Free Weights GOOD For Muscle Building

The world of strength training and muscle building has been divided between those who advocate use of free weights and those who opt for machines to build muscle. So who is right? Of these, free weights are rapidly gaining in ...READ»

How to Gain Muscle Mass Fast

How to Gain Muscle Mass Fast# Take care of yourself. In order for you to increase muscle mass, you must get the right kind of nutrition, sleep, and workout routine. If you are missing any one of these you will never increase muscle ...READ»

Ubisoft's Your Shape
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Jenny McCarthy Teaches Fitness on the Wii, with Semi-Annoying Real-Time Feedback

Like working out to exercise videos but wish they gave personalized feedback? Fan of Jenny McCarthy? If you answered yes to both questions, Ubisoft's new fitness game for the Nintendo Wii, Your Shape, could be for you. The key ...READ»

Get off Your Butt when You're on the Go!

Fast Company sizes up the exercise facilities of five hotels.READ»

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Make Your Workout Work Out

Master trainer Mark Verstegen takes a crew of overworked twentysomethings from adidas-Salomon and builds them into athletes who are quicker, faster, and stronger. He'll do the same for you.READ»

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It's in the Card(iac Fitness)

Continuing our coverage of work-related card decks, I'd like to broaden the field of focus a little -- away from creativity and problem solving... and onto physical fitness. With spring but a month away, I'm getting the exercise bug ...READ»

Road Work for Road Warriors

Getting the most out of a short run.READ»

Fish on Friday: Six Wives & a Fitness Revolution

If you’re in the gym this weekend, toning up on a weight machine, push a little harder and smile in tribute to the cantankerous fellow who made it possible: Arthur Jones. It is the rare character who lives with the gusto, the ...READ»

5 Amazing Muscle Building Secrets

In the recent times, teenagers have become obsessed with muscle building. They try all possible means in order to get that dream body possessed by their favorite sportsman or bodybuilder. It is for this muscle-obsessed crowd that we ...READ»

Starck

Has Philippe Starck Jumped the Shark With His Home Gym Office?

Philippe Starck is the poster-boy of design excess--witness this hotel in Beverly Hills--but his latest work stumbles into self-parody. The project, "Home Gym Office" is an attempt to integrate gym equipment into an office ...READ»

PADDLE BOARDING...it's going to be Big!

It's like yoga on water. Wow! An exciting new sport called stand up Paddle Boarding has emerged as THE sport for celebrities and everyday fitness enthusiasts alike. It’s fun and as a bonus, it's a great fitness program. ...READ»

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Shape Up Alarm Clock Dumbbell Won't Shut up 'Til You Do 30 Reps

Shape Up Alarm Clock Dumbbell Won't Shut up 'Til You Do 30 Reps READ»

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Shape Up Alarm Clock Dumbbell Won't Shut up 'Til You Do 30 Reps

Shape Up Alarm Clock Dumbbell Won't Shut up 'Til You Do 30 Reps READ»

Your Shape

Inside Ubisoft's 'Your Shape' Fitness Game

Video game journalist Stephen Totilo has suggested that we may currently be in the self-help era of video games, with products on the market that promise to help you keep your brain young, quit smoking, and get in shape. The latter ...READ»

Gym, Meet Keith. Keith, Gym

Fast Company networking resource center contributor Keith Ferrazzi is featured in today's New York Times. He suggests that rather than doing business over the traditional working lunches, people pursue working workouts. Opening with ...READ»

How to Get Better Triceps

How to Get Better TricepsPush Up 1. Lie on your stomach with your legs straight and together. Put your palms flat on the floor next to your shoulders. Your arms should naturally bend with the elbow pointing towards the ceiling. They ...READ»

It's All Good

"You have to stay in shape. My grandmother started walking 5 miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today, and we don't know where the hell she is." -- Ellen DeGeneres, comedienne "All I need is my cup of coffee and some friends to ...READ»

It's All Good

"You have to stay in shape. My grandmother started walking 5 miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today, and we don't know where the hell she is." -- Ellen DeGeneres, comedienne "All I need is my cup of coffee and some friends to ...READ»

Sunrise Over the Palm Trees (Part 1)

During my sophomore year of college at Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) I would get up almost every morning between 5:00 and 5:30 and ride my bike over to the track where I would join the other morning joggers. I am very much a ...READ»

A Good Yogi Is Hard to Find

What to look for when choosing a Yoga instructor.READ»

These Airports Turn Downtime into Work Time

These three airport facilities will help you make the most of your time - all the time.READ»

Immersive Marketing: Challenge Your Audience

Marketing events must challenge your audience. Sounds strange, right? Does that mean you should schedule a push-up contest at your next promotion? To that the answer is a resounding ‘it depends.’ Recent studies from our ...READ»