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Freeline Skates: Who doesn't want a slick set of wheels 2007-04-20 17:49:14 Sure, the ubiquitous skateboard is fun.
But really, how cool can you look rolling along the sidewalk? Especially when it’s right next to the twenty other guys doing the, well, exact same thing? People, we don’t know how else to phrase it: Get yourself a different skateboard.
Try Freeline.
Freeline Skates
are effectively two independent skates connected by the body. Yes, the body. So basically, if you are not coordinated... do not try this at home! However, if you can learn how to skate on these you will definitely kick some skateboard ass.
Need further inspiration?
Freeline has joined the Product(Red) campaign. They’re dedicating $15 per package of “Our Red” version Freeline Skates towards helping orphans in Africa.
If nothing else... Enjoy the ride!
Invest in your Health 2007-04-23 16:04:46 You'll save bucks and help fight obesity while you and your family get fit if Congress approves the Personal Health
Investment Today (PHIT) act. The bill will allow Americans with a Health Savings Account (HSA) to use up to $1000 pretax dollars a year to pay for gym memberships, fitness equipment and sports-leauge fees. Depending on your income, you could save up to $350 a year.
It's a very important step in the right direction and that's why we're supporting Fitness magazine's campaign to encourage Congress to approve the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) act. Click here to sign an online petition and help propel the bill forward.
Drink of the Month: Grand Royal 2007-04-27 17:48:12 You’ve been known to throw back a drink or two. Or seven. Nothing wrong with that. If it weren’t for the calories, you’d have no regrets.
Eliminate all remorse by drinking low calorie drinks and keeping it to a minimum. This months drink is a 120 calories per glass and is sure to attract attention with a little bling!GRAND ROYAL
1 part Absolut Vodka
4 dashes Goldschlager Liqueur
Veuve-Clicquot Champagne
Build in a champage glass - and make sure you get the gold flakes! Read more:Drink
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Dyson DC18 "SLIM": 2007-04-27 17:04:07 Anal-retentive. Neat Nazi. You’ve heard it all.
Ha. Bring on the epithets. Sticks and stones may break your bones, but cleaning is actually good for you. Not only will you rid the house of unwanted dust and bacteria, but you will burn over 290 calories in an hour and a half by using the vacuum!
My choice of weapon: The Dyson
DC18 "Slim" (and the name is so fitting).
There now. Consider yourself armed. And may the forces of cleanliness be with you.
Heavy D: Go Big or Go Home 2007-04-25 17:21:56 While the rest of the world focuses on big breasts, most sports bras refuse to acknowledge them.
I can tell you first-hand that there’s no way to put a good spin on the situation taking place in the sports bra department, where most of the best bras are B cup and smaller.So what’s a big-boobed — sorry, well endowed — athletic girl to do?
Your days of taping up and wearing more than one bra are over. The CW-X Xtra Support Bra is the first to give women up to DD cup the support they need without sacrificing the comfort. This bra not only supplies support but it looks as good as it feels and it enhances and celebrates the bigger of boobs. It's pretty much a savoir for any activity above a brisk walk; and not only is it for your safety, it is for the safety of those around you. Read more:Heavy
Easy Rider: Trek Lime 2007-04-24 19:29:39 May is National Bike Month and you're still not fit. Isn't time you did something about that?
Rider
or not, the Trek's new LIME is for you. It seems to be the coolest retro two-wheeler around. Unlike a vintage bike, whose single gear and uncomfortable seat make cruisin’ a bruisin’ (literally), LIME lets you put the pedal to the metal pleasurably with a smooth automatic shifting system (yes, three gears and automatic shifting), and a larger than normal seat (complete with trunk) with plenty of room for your big bum. Even better, you can customize your ride with a Peelz Kit and they come in the grooviest colors — lime green, cobalt blue, red, baby blue, black and pink. Need more? Be seen and heard with some shiny chrome fenders and a matching colored bell to let them know you're coming.
So what are you waiting for? This year getting your bum in shape should be as easy as riding a … Well, you know.
Via: Notcot
EnergyFirst: ProEnergy Protein Shakes 2007-04-24 14:26:24 Advertisement
Go ahead. You know you want to. Then again, don’t do it. There’s nothing in that 1000 calorie filled with fat and sugar milkshake from your favorite fast food restaurant that's even remotely good for you. Plus, you know what they say: Once on the lips, forever on the hips.
Oh, come on. It can’t be that bad you say?
Remember your new skinny jeans? Or how about that bikini you need to fit into this summer? Guys, your not off the hook... I want to see some abs this year.
Before you start to wallow in regret, know this: There’s a way to please both your cravings and your conscience: ProEnergy Protein Powder.
Just like the name implies, each shake is packed with protein — at least 19 grams. Sweetened naturally with stevia leaf extract, this product is low glycemic, perfect for fat loss and promotes stable blood sugar. Basically, these little powerhouses can really flex some muscle. But it’s the scrumptious flavors like Ultimate Vanilla and Chocolate that a
Violight: Germ Free 2007-04-29 01:19:32 There’s something really, really gross in your bathroom.
Even worse; you put it in your mouth.
It’s your toothbrush, and, I hate to tell you, but it really ought to be cleaner. It can be — with the help of Violight, a cool toothbrush sanitizer designed by Philippe Starck that's been around now for over a year or two (what have you been waiting for?).
In September, 2000, the U.S. Surgeon General released a report directly linking oral hygiene to general health. So if you're sick, you might want to check your toothbrush. A single toothbrush can harbor millions of microorganisms that translate into harmful bacteria. Using UV rays, the Violight purports to kill 99.9 percent of that nastiness that is currently infesting your scrubby little friend. Just drop it in head down, and let the sleek receptacle do its work. For ten minutes it glows a soothing shade of blue and then automatically shuts itself off.
So much cooler than the germy cup you now keep your toothbrush in.
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1: The Curve of Your Waist 2007-05-02 20:04:40 If you're more straight-up-and-down than hourglass, the right moves can give you a sexy, nipped-in shape--even if you never achieve flat abs. The key is to target your oblique muscles, which pinch in your waist, says Jim Ryno, personal trainer for Podfitness.com. Try the side plank every other day: Lie on left side with legs and feet on top of each other, prop body up on left forearm, place right hand on hip and, keeping your legs straight, lift hips eight to 12 inches off the floor. Hold for 20 seconds, lower and repeat if you can. Switch sides. You should see curves in about three weeks.
Photo: Self Portrait Read more:Curve
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Ping Pong: PUMA Table Tennis Tournament 2007-05-01 21:37:51 Be A Sport
Strange that looking sporty is considered a good thing when most fashionable people wouldn’t be caught dead in a football jersey.
Exception? Tennis
. All those flouncy skirts, cool shorts, matching tops, and jazzy sneaks from PUMA's French 77 collection are enough to lure even the laziest of potatoes off the couch.
Now there’s one more reason to suit up: Ping Pong
(tennis' dorky cousin) has grown up. Aruliden, a New York design company, has designed a paddle and ball case (worthy of any design award), making Ping Pong more than cool again. The PT3 Ultramagnetic Collection, built to hold a single paddle, comes in white or black. For extra protection it's surrounded by a thin layer of foam and the outside is hard plastic with a high gloss finish; the ball case is just as cool.
Sorry guys, the design is a limited edition built exclusively for the PUMA Table
Tennis Tournament
, so you'll have to try and improve your fashion on and off the courts without it.
5 Great Fitness Gifts for Mother's Day 2007-05-03 14:45:39 Mothers. So damn needy aren't they?
Of course, now's not really the time to complain. Rather, it's the time to fulfill those needs to the best of your ability. And, for those of you keeping track, it's one week from this coming Sunday. Remember... Mom taught you absolutely everything you know. So this year, give her a gift that proves you've finally, after all that back-talk and sass, absorbed her lessons about living healthy and staying fit -- try not to give her another box of chocolates.
1. Hire a trainer or life coach to help mom reach her goals.
2. Pick up a pair of cool sneakers and some new sportswear to look great in. You always feel good in new clothes and are excited to show them off -- whether at the gym or when going for a walk.
3. Treat her feet. Consider getting your mom a foot massage, foot reflexology, or a relaxing pedicure. People pay so little attention to their feet and they are always cramped in shoes.
4. Deal a meal. Whether she's trying to shed we Read more:Great
, Gifts
Oakley Thump 2 2007-05-07 16:11:07 So it’s true: Hindsight really is 20/20.
You know this because it occurred to you too late that you should have taken your sunglasses off during the job interview.
Next time, you need to be professional think (and look) ahead by dressing appropriately. But the next time you need to be active and play hard, try on a pair of Oakley
's Thump
2.
Simplified lines and cool colors temper the collection’s old tough guy vibe and lean more towards the hipster in you. The durable frame is made of lightweight O Matter and comes in hues like brown smoke and polished black — with available memory storage up to 1 gigabyte for your favorite music. That's 240 songs in a fully integrated design that frees you from dangling cords and wires.
Want the more athletic look? Go for the Oakley Thump Pro.Whatever your look, the Thump is extremely useful for outdoor activity. And, like previous Thumps, these are compatible with both Windows and the Mac OS. So you’ll be set for all kinds of situation
Focus on world peace and forget about these... 2007-05-07 15:21:58 5 Things women can't change about their bodies
1. Your Knees: Knobby? Knock-Kneed? Rather than focus on bones and tendons you can't change, target muscley places you can tweak, such as your calves and thighs.
2. Your Breast Size: Certain exercises - and maybe having a baby - can give you a little more lift or cleavage, but you can't trade up a cup (or more) without surgical assistance.
3. Your lips: Unless you're willing to subject yourself to needles and cosmetic fillers, your best lip upgrade is a little gloss and a smile.
4. Your overall body type: You're going to look better if you work with your shape rather than try to make it into someone else's. Don't try to get Gisele's body if you are 5'1"... she is 5'11".
5. The width of your hips: If you've got extra padding, that's one thing. But if you inherited your mother's curvy hips, embrace them, because they're here to stay. Read more:Focus
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Athletic Minded Traveler: Live Well 2007-05-06 21:38:34 The bad news: You’re beat, you have the cosmic weekend hangover from hell, and you can see nothing ahead of you but work, work, work.
The good news: It’s travel season. What better excuse to make your next vacation the tear-into-your-savings, let-me-play-hard kind? Sure, there’s the tried and true, like Canyon Ranch, Golden Door, and Rancho La Puerta … But what about something a little more fitness oriented or something off the beaten path? Perhaps something more adventurous?
Forget the 100 square foot room that hotels actually try to pass off as a gym. AthleticMindedTraveler
.com offers first-hand recommendations on the best places to stay and exercise across the country with new cities (including international destinations), healthy and athletic-minded dining options, running route maps that can be printed or downloaded into an ipod, local retailers and more!.
Really, don’t hold back: When the personal trainer comes calling, where would you like to be?
2. Your Calves 2007-05-06 19:10:07 The two to four inches of leg just below the back of your knee tends to be one of the most difficult areas to develop for women; but with consistant training beautifully shaped calves can be achieved. Jim Ryno's favorite move is the Stability Ball Calf Raise. Stand with your feet hip width apart lean your chest against the ball (which has been placed on a wall)... Your toes should be pointing forward.
Contract your calves by pushing off the balls of your feet to raise heels up in air (standing on toes.) Lower heels and repeat. Remember to keep knees slightly bent throughout movement to prevent any knee strain.
This exercise can also be done lying down on the ball with your feet shoulder width apart. With the stability ball under your chest, contract your calves so that you roll on the ball until it is almost under your stomach.
Pulse Ring: Heart Rate Monitor 2007-05-10 15:16:51 Wondering what makes you tick or how fast you're ticking? Find out with the Pulse
Ring, the smallest heart rate monitor I've ever seen. Okay, it’s downright unattractive, but that’s beside the point.
It pretty much does the same thing as its larger counterparts (but with no chest strap required). It will track your heart rate and continuously display it on the small LCD display. It has a range of 30-250 beats per minute; mind you though, if your heart rate is in the 250 beats per minute range... well, er', you might want to slow things down a bit! The ring also has a timer and stopwatch functions making it ideal for you fitness buffs.
No, it’s not Total Recall nor does it have a GPS system (although you could fit one on it's big face). It’s design ingenuity trying it's best. The fact is, like most monitors, this useful little device does it's job by answering life’s most pressing question: Am I working my fat ass hard enough?
Other than that it's unlikely that any Read more:Heart
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Apod: Skin Your Inhaler 2007-05-09 13:22:49 Whoa there, little buddy.
Just because there’s a not-so-cool-looking Asthma inhaler in your hand, it doesn't mean you have to cover it up by sliding under the table to use it.
Then again, some things just can't lose their stigmas.
Enter Apod, the worlds first Asthma Pod. Created by a UK design team (initially thought up on a napkin at Cipriani's), the Apod is a trendy new way to carry the dreaded inhaler. The design is formatted to put the puffer inside the case with hopes that the user will feel cool enough to use it in public. The case comes in several different colors like Pink Zing, Really Red, Pink Sparkle, and Ultra Blue. For the uber-cool daring kids, you can choose Night Glow or Day Glow Green. And, for those professionals (yes, you can be the hippest man at the office) there is Jet Black.
Can’t find what you like? For a few extra bucks, you can buy more than one and personalize your cover by mixing pieces.
We know how you love to put your mark on everything.
The bes Read more:Inhaler
Vegetarians: Smart (But Still Annoying) 2007-05-08 16:45:48 It’s not like you don’t try. When you and your vegetarian friend get together (everyone’s got one), you smile through adventures in Soyland. Mmmmm, "Fib Ribs", Tofurky jerky and mock lobster. I know it well; but aside from being polite there is another reason to gulp down one of those tasty veggie burgers. It turns out your friend is smarter than you.
According to the BBC, it seems that Vegetarians are brainier than the rest of us:
A Southampton University team found those who were vegetarian by 30 had recorded five IQ points more on average at the age of 10.
Researchers said it could explain why people with higher IQ were healthier as a vegetarian diet was linked to lower heart disease and obesity rates.
Lucky for you: It's never to late to change. Start by visiting 101cookbooks.com. Written and photographed by Heidi Swanson, her web sites and cookbooks are not to be missed. This woman makes healthy not only taste good but look good too.
Just what we need: More smart, Read more:Smart
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Snowboard Video: Mack Dawg Productions 2007-05-11 17:36:49 The last time you checked, the definition of LIFT may have undergone some revisions.
For instance, you might think here at this site that LIFT means to lift weights. But really it's more of an anology of how you should be living your life. Play HARD and you won't have to be at the gym six days a week - give your life a lift. You'll get an idea of what I mean when you watch this short video.The energizing (and motivational) video from Mack Dawg Productions clearly represents what it feels like to play hard.Aside from that - why am I showing you a winter flick in the summer? Because that's how movies work. The film won't be released until fall, so get motivated and enjoy the trailer! The sky's the limit.
Via: Fubiz.net, a great site (French). Read more:Snowboard
Weighing in on The Celebrity Scale 2007-05-16 15:59:00 Your relationship with your scale is sort of like your relationship with your spouse.
You get along just fine — as long as it tells you what you want to hear.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could always look forward to seeing it? Well, the Celebrity
Weighing Scale
is one way to improve the weighing ritual, it helps you see how you compare to your fave celebs, historical figures, and made-up characters. Settings replace unhealthy obsessions with clever similes. Or, if you prefer, you can step on up to the Animal Scale and see which animal you weigh. You could be anything from a little baby rabbit to a bear! Of course, these won’t tell you anything different from your old scale …
But it could make the news a little more tolerable.
Westin Hotels: Feel better, learn lots 2007-05-15 02:55:18 You, Little Miss Sunshine, are no Debbie Downer.
Never met a cup that wasn’t half full, always finding happiness in unexpected places. You actually like family vacations (even without the nanny). Then again, why wouldn’t you? There’s nothing like spending time with the husband and kids (especially when you are trying to unwind.)
You’re about to get even happier (which translates into healthier), because Westin (the Starwood Hotel Group) will lift you to record levels of renewal. Their new interactive website, findrenewal.com will match your enthusiastic personality and teach you how to live (and stay) happy.(Admit it, even you were getting a little sick of giving your own advice.)
So starting today you can receive expert advice from the Westin Renewal Council (a diverse group of experts in fields ranging from fitness to psychology) and friendly tips and reminders on personal renewal to help you feel better
all day, every day. Westin has finally succeeded in providing a serv Read more:Hotels
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Boot Camp Fitness on the rise 2007-05-18 16:01:27 New Year’s came and went. Lent is over. Memorial Day is right around the corner. You’ve talked a good game. But you’ve run out of time (and excuses).
It’s officially swimsuit season. And you have yet to break a sweat (or get rid of your winter bulge). So it's time to get yourself into high gear with some basic training at an outdoor boot camp before it's too late.
You say working out is boring? Yeah, well, feeling uncomfortable in your bathing-suit is well, 'ummm, down right miserable!
Still need extra incentive? (You. A real pain. Working out is good for you, remember?) And a recent Chicago Tribune article reports that military-style workouts are on the rise. Turns out many of us like being yelled at while we sweat. The basic boot-camp workout includes a warm-up, cardio work (jogging, sprinting, relays, etc), and strength training (push-ups, sit-ups, lunges, etc). Many are outside and most are led by a stringent, stern instructor who likes to motivate through yelling. Do Read more:Boot Camp
Freedom Riders: Dahon Mu XL 2007-05-17 19:20:12 No one needs to tell you that variety is the spice of life.
Just recently, you changed up your morning routine, tried soy instead of skim, the elliptical instead of the treadmill, and even wore red and pink together.
Newsflash, sport: It's time to change your ride.
To kick things up a notch, switch your reliable old two-wheeler in for a newfangled folding bike. The Mu XL is a top of the line city bike and has just about everything you would want on an urban commuter, including plush suspension, lighting, luggage capacity, and style to spare. Every component on the Mu is the best that money can buy, down to the stainless steel chain. The Mu XL is equipped with the new Shimano Nexus 8 speed premium hub, which features eight widely spaced gears, excellent efficiency, and marvelously smooth and light shifting. If you're looking for the ultimate luxury city bike, the Mu XL is yours.
Not to mention that these collapsible rides are worth all the attention you'll get when you lug one do Read more:Freedom
, Riders
Stripper 101: What happens in Vegas.... 2007-05-17 17:23:02 Men: It's Vegas
... do you know where your women are? You might want to check out a class called "Stripper
101" or who knows maybe you want to sign them up.
The year-old class is held in a theater at the new Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino (formerly the Aladdin), and has become so popular that it's now offered daily. Approximately a dozen or so women, every day, from their 20s to 50s enthusiastically learn how to do a striptease. It's a sweat-inducing low impact aerobic workout designed to instill a positive body image and increase self-confidence, while developing a strong sense of sensuality. The mantra: Grab Life by the Pole!
The fact is that you won't burn a ton of calories but it is still an exotic dancing workout that involves lunges, squats, kicks, and stretches that will reach all of the major muscle groups.It's not for everyone; some women even find the whole concept demeaning, but for the most part I'm all for trying new things. Who knows you may just end up feelin
3. The Backs of Your Arms 2007-05-17 15:31:18 These are among the easiest areas to make over, since fat melts away here much more readily than it does from your abs and thighs. Jim Ryno likes overhead tricep extensions: Sit on a chair or 90 degree angle bench, head up, back straight, feet firmly on the floor. Hold one dumbbell (vertical to floor) with both hands overhead. Keeping your upper arms in place, slowly lower dumbbell straight down behind head, as low as you can naturally go. Keeping elbows at one fixed point. Raise the dumbbell upward over your head until arms are extended, rotating your hands up and over until the top plates are resting in palms of hands, thumbs around handle. Lower the dumbbell behind your head in a slow, controlled manner.Try to keep your elbows at the same fixed point throughout the lifting and lowering motion and keep upper arms (from shoulders to elbows) close to sides at all times.
Do this exercise two or three times a week, and see changes in as few as two weeks. To smooth away back-of-arm Read more:Backs
Avandia : Pill Raises Risk of Heart Attacks 2007-05-22 06:06:32 A widely used diabetes pill raises the risk of heart attacks and possibly death, according to a scientific analysis that reveals what some experts are calling another Vioxx-like example of the government failing to protect the public from an unsafe drug.
More than 6 million people worldwide have taken the drug, sold as Avandia and Avandamet, since it came on the market eight years ago to help control blood sugar in people with the most common form of diabetes. About 1 million Americans use it now. Yes, that's about 1 million heart attacks just waiting to happen.
The problem with these findings: FDA officials issued a safety alert on Monday and said they likely would convene an advisory panel, but planned no immediate changes to the current side effect warnings on the drug's packaging.
I'm sorry, but...WTF? Read more:Heart
, Heart Attacks
Making your way with the Suunto X9i GPS Computer Watch 2007-05-25 09:21:30 Want a really small GPS
? Check out the Suunto X9i watch.
Lewis and Clark would have shaved months off their trek with one of these units; it tracks your position down to one yard. The x9i can be plugged into your computer to plan trips to new and exciting destinations and then get you there without needing a device in your pocket. It also calls out elevation, temperature, and more, and you can download your track to Google Earth. Price: $550. Read more:Computer
The Evolution of Surf Luxury 2007-05-24 09:36:59 Surfing’s a chick sport these days, and, to keep up with the times, Evolution
Surf will provide you with the world's most distinguished handmade boards. The fetching designs feature cool patterns, a retro vibe, and bright, cheerful colors — and they’re not just eye candy. Even old-school wooden surfboards get the modern treatment creating some of the coolest, most regal boards on the beach. Priced from $1,500 to $50,000 (like the one pictured) these beauties are not your average board, and are proportioned for female surfers as well as males, and both beginning and advanced surfers. In other words, they may be damn attractive, but each board is built for action no matter who you are.
And who knows? With a board like that, you might may just get the ride of your life. Read more:Luxury
Fitflops: Can a shoe tone your butt? 2007-05-23 14:40:13 Summer shoes have high expectations of your feet.
Open-toe slingbacks, sandals, wedge heels. Not to mention that you’re footing the bill for weekly pedicures just to stay presentable in them.
But what do you demand of your shoes? Not much, by the looks of yours... but shouldn't you? If you could request that your shoes make your legs leaner (and your butt for that matter). Wouldn't you?
Sound crazy? This summer tone your thighs, your calves and your glutes with Fitflop, the UK's hottest new fitness shoe. This unique line of flip-flops was dreamt up by a woman who specialises in coming up with things we just didn't know we needed. Marcia Kilgore is the former personal trainer who came up with the concept of Bliss the Mecca for spa hoppers on both sides of the Atlantic and then surpassed herself with her next project, the gloriously tabloidish "Soap and Glory" skincare range.
This time she went one step further (literally) and designed a shoe (rather a flip-flop) that exerci
Build A Better Butt 2007-05-23 09:59:23 You've got three major muscle groups here; depending on how you train them, you can change their shape significantly, says Jim Ryno, who is a podfitness.com trainer. He recommends a basic squat (sit back as if you were lowering into a chair) while holding five- to eight-pound weights for added sculpting power. And, since the butt is one place women tend to store excess fat, cardio workouts (about 30 minutes a few days a week) will help show off your results. Read more:Build
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