I had to do a little blog roll cleaning today. The girls at Elastic Waist are right, the Skinny Website is just girl-on-girl hating and a total downer. I’ve had a love/hate relationship with this website for a while now. I feel stupid admitting to this, but I liked reading it because seeing celebrities gain …
It was bound to happen. Inevitable really. There we were, Turbokicking away in a veritable sauna (why oh why must the YMCA keep the temp at a balmy 90 degrees? I know there are a lot of old people, but are they trying to make senior citizen jerky?), when Gym Buddy Allison went down. It …
What’s wrong with this ad? Take a minute and ponder what they are trying to sell you and what means they are using. I’m not sure who this model is (she reminds me of Claudia Schiffer for some reason) but she definitely doesn’t have a single wrinkle, despite hawking “wrinkle de-crease collagen filler.” Not only …
Mice living in St. Louis are lucky little rodents. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found a way to extend the animals’ lifespans (because that’s what we need – mouse longevity), and “delay development of age-related diseases, including vascular disease, diabetes and cancer.” How did the little fur balls get so healthy? Well, …
It’s been done before in Boston. We know that. It’s happened in the NYC marathon. And again in St. Paul. Two people got caught in the Marine Core Marathon. Even in Mexico. People cheat at lots of stuff, so it’s no surprise that in the highly competitive world of long distance running these shenanigans occur. …
I really went back and forth on whether or not to put this up here. I mean, on one hand this picture perpetuates everything I’m against: ugly bikinis, bland too-skinny beauty, gratuitous high heels, America… (j/k on the last one!) Also, my parents occasionally read this blog (Hi Mom!!) and shoving a starving naked starlet …
Before I give you my numbers, I wanted to add something from our two experts: Andrew: “exercise scientists as well as practitioners in the field have been using one rep maxes on big lifts to determine overall strength for years and my understanding is that this measure is pretty reliable and accurate. i’m sure there …
This is an actual gauntlet, in case you were wondering. I don’t know about you but I said that phrase (“Throw down the gauntlet”) for years without knowing what an actual gauntlet was. So this is to spare any of you readers a similar embarrassing fate. Although, now that I look at it more it …
Diet fads come and go, and they’re fun to laugh at after they’re gone. Here are a few ads (and one from the present!) that will at the very least make you scratch your head with wonder (unless you have fleas, then you’ll be scratching your head with a vengeance) and hopefully give you a …
Besides monkeys (kidding!), I would totally milk a goat. I wish I had my own. For reals. Leslie asked a very interesting question in the comments. Specifically, “I saw Goat’s Milk Yogurt for sale. What’s up with that??” Her question is interesting because I have goat’s yogurt AND cheese in my fridge at this very …
