The Fitness Trend of 2014 Is Pain
A big surprise today, a shock, a dark horse galloping from nowhere to win the championship: the New York Times declares that "The Super-Short Workout" is the "fitness trend" of 2014. A trend that they invented!
Crossfit Is a Plague
Crossfit here. Crossfit there. Crossfit everywhere. Crossfit is the chicken pox of a new generation.
Ripped Guy Who Lost 160 Pounds Refuses to Be Insecure About Loose Skin
John Glaude once weighed 360 lbs., but the 21-year-old went "from obese to beast" over 7 months of diet and exercise. Now he's down to a muscular 200 lbs., with a flat stomach and thick biceps, and he's a lot more comfortable with his body. Except for one thing.
Army Workout Clothes Get More Fly--Still Stank, Though
United States Army soldiers care about one thing and one thing only and that is looking good when they are doing their workouts. Wow they have some new workout clothes and I think you are gonna be pleased, with the new clothes!
A Fitness Critique of the ISIS Terrorist Workout Video
Fitness is an important component of people's daily routine, all over the world. But is it the right kind of fitness? Hamilton Nolan investigates.
A Fitness Critique of the ISIS Terrorist Workout Video
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is not just a bloody Islamist terror group currently massacring the Iraqi army; it's also the producer of a workout video. But is this the quality workout video that Middle Eastern radicals deserve?
Everything Wrong With Barack Obama's Workout
Well well well, the secret is out. U.S. President Barack Obama's secret workout is finally declassified and caught on tape for all the world to see. Mister President, you got some problems.
The Navy SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden want $11 million from Uncle Sam for a state-of-the art workout center. Which isn't as much as it sounds like, really, I mean, it's not like they're a Texas high school football team or something.
Burn Planet Fitness to the Ground
Are you a member of the "Planet Fitness" gym chain? If so, we regret to inform you that your gym must be doused in gasoline and set alight immediately. Why? One poor, fit woman's tale should explain.
High Protein Diets Make You Look Good, Kill You
Americans do not remember anything from chemistry or biology class, but they will damn sure buy anything that contains "protein," because I think it gives you muscles? Sadly, it appears that high protein diets may also cause you to die.
Your Doctor Is Probably Not Fat-Shaming You
Last week, the Washington Post published one doctor's remembrance of the emotions associated with treating a morbidly obese patient. The doctor was condemned for purported "fat-shaming." Is your doctor really fat-shaming you?
This Might Be the Best Fitness Video Yet
Sorry Hilaria, there's a new top workout video in town.
Act Like A Child, For Fitness
Gawker's longtime disdain for SoulCycle's fiendish intensity, and all the evil that stationary biking harbors, may finally be coming to a triumphant end. A new fitness trend among urbane New Yorkers with golden-lined pockets, as the NY Times reports, is acting like you are a wittle, wittle baby. Classes have popped up…
There Are Some Exercises You Don't Need to Do
Kevin Ogar, an experienced athlete and Crossfit coach, was left paralyzed after a weightlifting accident during a competition earlier this month. Is that Crossfit's fault?
Internet Gives Woman Shit for Looking Like This After Giving Birth
Fitness blogger Caroline Berg Eriksen makes a living showing off her well-toned body.
"Natural" Diet Supplements Full of All Types of Crazy Speed
If there's anything Americans enjoy almost as much as gobbling fried foods topped with Cheez, it's gobbling menacingly-named "diet supplements" in a desperate attempt to lose weight. Today, more evidence that Who Knows What The Hell Is Even In That Crap?
"Moscow city officials are now offering free rides on the subway to any passenger who does 30 squats before crossing the ticket barrier to enter the metro." Did America lose the Cold War after all?
Crossfit Is Super Libertarian, Cool
Crossfit is an exercise program with pluses and minuses. On the plus side, it really will get you in good shape. On the minus side, its adherents sometimes resemble intolerably intense cultists, and also, it turns out, it's run by extreme libertarians who enjoy sharing pro-capitalist philosophies, to go with your…
Crossfit for Toddlers: $280 a Month
At Crossfit Gantry in Queens, kids "as young as 3" can learn quote-Crossfit-unquote for "$140 a month for class once a week, or $280 a month for classes twice a week." Ban Crossfit now. [DNAinfo. Photo: Shutterstock]
