New York City's Mayor Got a Super Wack Gym Routine
Shock-em in Gotham: Bill “De” Blasio, the current mayor of this great metropolis, is the kind of guy who goes to the gym in cargo shorts. Is this what we need, in a leader?
Paul Ryan’s “daily gym workout is from 6:30 am to 8 am: P90X, yoga, crossfit, cycling/spin.” Every fitness nightmare made flesh. Appropriate.
Your Fitness Community Sickens Me
You look at yourself and see a strong, vibrant member of a community of like-minded individuals. I look at you and I see a sweaty, desperate fascist in training. Three supportive cheers from the Fitness Team for your personal record today—fascist!
Yes You Can
Get up.
No Playlist
Should you lift weights to heavy metal? Should you cardio dance to hip hop tracks? Should you run the streets listening to podcasts? NO.
Crossfit Is a Plague
Crossfit here. Crossfit there. Crossfit everywhere. Crossfit is the chicken pox of a new generation.
"The new treadmill gyms are betting that running in place can become the newest hit among the Lululemon set, enticing people willing to pay $34 or more for a single class." Nah.
Let Me Squat This Ass On Ya: Gawker Does a Beyoncé Workout
Last week, Caity Weaver and I took a break from stuffing our faces to attend Dave Duminuco's Be (Better Than) Beyoncé workout class, which is currently held on Friday evenings at Awakening NY in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood. Here is how the one-hour class's Facebook page describes it:
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.
You Can Buy Bruce Lee's Old Workout Crap Right Now
Right this very minute, you can navigate to a website and place a bid for a chance to own an authentic old jumprope or dirty pair of sneakers or even a punching bag, punched by the actual fists of Bruce Lee.
Survey: Chicks Are Doing Yoga
There's a new survey about yoga in America. (Pause for applause). It's put out by Yoga Journal—the very embodiment of Big Yoga—so I wouldn't put too much credence in it myself, but hey, you never know what you internet readers will believe.
More Fitness, No More Sports
On occasion, our dormant fitness column, "I of the Tiger," will return to address vital physical issues of importance.
Yes, Women Can Do Pull-Ups
You should know better than to take fitness advice from the New York Times. The latest reason: their story today entitled, "Why Women Can't Do Pull-Ups." Women: you can do pull-ups. Do not believe the hype.
Paul Ryan Has Already Lost the Debate Based on These Workout Photos
The vice presidential debates are tonight. We expect and assume that, as in most elections, the debates—and the subsequent election—will be decided primarily upon the basis of which candidate most fully embodies the wise teachings of Gawker Media fitness columns. Well, shut it down, Biden has won, no need to show up…
The Hardcore Heart
There comes a time, in every man's life, when he's gotta handle shit up on his own. Can't depend on friends to help you in a squeeze. Please—they got problems of their own. These words are just as true now as they were minutes ago, when I stole them from a Pharcyde song.
Hardest Things First
I'll tell you something about a lot of people that just might surprise you: people can't figure things out. Sometimes I look at people like, "Man, you are just not right with that." People don't understand things much, is the problem. People don't know.
P90X Is a Fascist Workout
Here at "I of the Tiger" Fitness Reportage Inc., we don't know much about "politics" or "economics" or "stealthy plans to decimate the social safety net while funneling untold sums to the rich." But we do know about fitness fads, exercise trends, and workout crapola. So when we heard that hokey-doke dreamboat Paul…
Die, Ego
Here is a true story ripped directly from the pages of real life: at the gym, on a crowded week night, there was some dude, just as proud as he could be, doing yoga in front of the weight rack. The weight rack that I needed to use. Stone-cold down on one knee, neck twisted, hand aloft, in the "Can You Believe I'm…
