Bad Ideas
Bad Ideas
13 Beers in 13 Miles
"Several of you told me that I was 'going to die' if I drank 13 beers while running the San Francisco Half Marathon. I did not die. I puked three times, blacked out for miles 11 and 12, and needed five hours to finish. This is my story..."
From the blog Exercising While Intoxicated where you can find lots more harrowing, revolting, amusing adventures.
Ad-versarial
Gold's Marketing Flub: Cankles Not Funny
Perhaps you've heard the rumblings: Gold's Gym declared July "Cankle Awareness Month," then the Wall Street Journal did a story on cankles, and then everyone freaked out. First you had your angry blogs, e.g. Feministing.com which righteously shook it's finger: "the gym's campaign is a smack in the face to every awareness month that works towards, you know, saving lives and fighting injustice and stuff." Then Newsweek got in on the game with "In Defense of Cankles: Why Gold's Gym Can Kiss My Stumpy Legs."
And then a funny thing happened -- Saynotocankles.com, Gold's ho-ho-ha-ha "Friends Don't Let Friends Get Cankles" site -- quietly morphed. Gone was the call to arms: "Cankles are the fastest growing ‘aesthetic affliction’ in the United States...even ahead of other bathing suit killers like Muffin Tops, Saddle Bags and Moobs."
More...Celebrity Fitness
The Kardashian Cleanse
Kim and Khloe Kardashian, latter day Hilton sisters, want to cleanse your body (and empty your pockets). Khloe attributes her recent 20 pound weight loss to their new lemonade cleanse, Quick Trim (we're surprised the classy ladies didn't opt for Kwik Kut or Kardashian Kleanse). That, and her otherwise stellar diet: "I eat whatever I want until noon," she says. "From noon on, I watch what I eat. I only drink champagne. 100 calories in a glass, and I'm good." Not sure where to start with this. Celebrity fitness DVDs were one thing -- exasperating, perhaps, but not really harmful. Celebrity cleanses, however, this is a much darker turn of events....
In other distressing celebrity body news, Sienna Miller claims she's too lazy to workout despite previous reports that she likes to dance it off. And Brendan Fraser has gotten awfully "cuddly" lately. Though he's been cited carrying his gym bag around town so here's hoping a turnaround is on it's way.
Not Ready for Prime Time
Play Tetris While Spinning. Not.
Stephen Bergeron, adorable Quebecois entrepreneur, has invented a stationary bike. it's called the NeuroActive bike, and the idea is that, while you're peddling, you're also doing simple brain exercises on a flat screen monitor in front of you. (We aced the online demo of "Security Guard", and then felt uncomfortable about our latent tendency to profile aggressively.) "NeuroActive’s® powerful brain-training, anti-aging program helps keep your gray matter sharp and youthful," says the NeuroActive web site. They also say it's a big hit in France. Let's recall that France is not notorious for its physical fitness.