Does It Really Matter How Many Calories Your Workout Burns? [The problem with heart rate monitors]

This “super slimmer” face mask from japan claims to burn calories (from your face?!) while you sleep. That is, if you can sleep in something that looks like the brainchild of Hannibal Lecter and a Mary Kay salesman. You’ve seen the workout program ads: in between shots of glistening, contracting abdominals and hyper smiling people …

There’s Now a Genetic Test to Tell Your Athletic Potential: Would You Take It? [epigenetics]

Pounding my way through my high school gym class runs was a particular torture that I can still recall in perfect detail, if I wanted to. Which, believe me, I don’t. They’re etched so deeply into my memory not just because my gym teacher used to chase me around the track throwing footballs at my …

Exactly How Much Cardio Should You Be Doing? New research says not as much as you’d think

Cardio queens, adrenaline junkies, runners with a constant high and cardioholics, please stand up! (Then sit down. And then plyo jump back up. Repeat down and up until your heart rate is in zone 4.) New research is afoot in the great cardio debate and — I’m going to break this to you gently, so …

Research Says My Workout May Be To Blame For Forgetting My Son At The Gym.

See? All that exercise made her forget which way gravity works. Happens to me all the time. It turns out that Sammy Sosa and Floyd Landis may not be lying – new research says they may reallynot remember how all those drugs got in their system. Apparently all the exercise got to ‘em. For myself, not …

What Do You Eat to Fuel Your Workout? [Plus more exercise differences between men & women]

Man, I miss Calvin! Burping noxious flavors is my primary concern when deciding what to eat pre-workout. I know some athletes carb-load while others swear by fasted-state cardio and still others strive for a balanced meal 1-3 hours before getting their sweat on. And let’s not forget the smoothie/shake contingent! ( The difference between a …

Great Hula Hooping Experiment Results! [Pics! VIDEO!!]

YOU GUYS. HULA HOOPING IS RIDICULOUSLY FUN! See? It’s making me all scream-y and caps-y. But I cannot tell you enough how much fun we had this month. Not only that but this has got to be one of the most commented-on Experiments we’ve ever done (and we’re used to getting a lot of comments/stares/crazy …

Simple Fitness Tools to Amp Up Your Workout [Giveaway!]

Rainbow-striped sweat towel? Check. Hair pulled back? Check. Sports bra adjusted to move armpit skin inward so I can pretend it belongs on my chest? Double check! Dumbbells, Harbinger weighted jump rope, and My Trainer 100-Calorie Workout cards? Check! After a set-up routine that would make a shuttle launch jealous, the Gym Buddies and I …

Taking Your Workout Out of the Gym [Weird Places I Exercise]

image source Embarrassing people seems to be a specialty of mine. It’s bad enough that I have publicly humiliated myself in 200 different ways doing my Experiments (and that might be low-balling it) but to take down my friends and loved ones with my antics? I can only offer them this: Dear Children who may …

Should You Count Calories… In Your Workouts? [Measuring workout efficacy.]

Trust me, this is one exercise video you do not want to miss! (Eurotrain!!!) *A huge thank you to everyone for your patience yesterday- as you may have noticed, my site was down for most of yesterday due to problems on my web host’s end. Thanks for all the e-mails & sympathy! We seem to …

April’s Great Dance Experiment! [Ballet, Capoeira, Latin and Breakdancing oh my!]

What I am about to do will likely really torque a certain segment of my readers. Believe me, I do not enjoy causing that little vein on your temple to throb as you resist the impulse to throttle me through my screen but I hope you will at least listen to all my reasons before …