Every now and then, something comes along in the world of health and fitness that's so out-there, you can't help but be impressed that anyone would dedicate her life to promoting it. This time, it's facial aerobics: "The Face Val-U program encourages many bizarre contortions, from a haughty,...
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The first movers of fitness are done with yoga--at least, the traditional kind. Up in Seattle, they've moved on to punk yoga. Key graphs: "'It's the whole do-it-yourself ethic," said [34-year-old punk yoga creator Kimberlee Jensen]. "Punk is democratic, nonhierarchical -- that's definitely the way I like...
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Here's a cool article about 90-year-old Jack LaLanne . I love what he says about retirement: "That's the death knell. Who cares about what you used to do?" ...
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Here's something I should know, but didn't: In 2002, 4.5 million teens and tweens belonged to health clubs, a rise of 25 percent from the previous year. There's no real danger to kids working out--we've known this for a long time, as Avery Faigenbaum points out to...
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This new study on physical education falls into two categories simultaneously: "stunningly obvious" and "sneakily delusional." The basic idea, as expressed by the Washington Post, is this: "[S]light increases in the amount of PE kids get in school can reduce the percentage of children classified as overweight and...
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I'm beginning to think I should've just stayed on vacation. My first day back, the morning starts with the dog crapping on the carpet, and then my first weblog entry gets lots when my browser crashes. So now that I'm just a little bit peeved, it's...
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