Fitness Archive

  • Pushup bar for Wii Fit Balance Board

    Pushup bar for Wii Fit Balance Board

    Posted on March 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Fun fact: If you took one of every available Wii accessory and laid them all end-to-end, they’d stretch around the world 17 times! Add this Balance Board pushup bar to the line.

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  • Believe and you’ll achieve: British Army launches get-fit podcast. Clearly Hulk Hogan uses it.

    Believe and you’ll achieve: British Army launches get-fit podcast. Clearly Hulk Hogan uses it.

    Posted on January 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Absolutely brilliant. The British Army has produced a series of podcasts (hence the story's appearance here) designed to get you, the average loaf-about, into tip-top shape. Let's give 'em a listen, shall we?

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  • Philips DirectLife shows you exactly how much time you spend sitting

    Philips DirectLife shows you exactly how much time you spend sitting

    Posted on October 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Think you're active because you walk around the office all the time on your way to meetings? Well, now there's a way to actually track that and know for sure if you're REALLY getting all that much exercise when you're strolling through the cubicles.

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  • Cyberbike may be the largest Wii accessory to date

    Cyberbike may be the largest Wii accessory to date

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments
    If you’re a Wii owner and you've been thinking to yourself, “Boy, there aren't nearly enough available accessories for my console,” then maybe you'd enjoy blowing off some steam on a full-size Wii-compatible exercise bike. Yes, a bike.

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  • Biggest Loser fitness game now available for Wii and DSi

    Biggest Loser fitness game now available for Wii and DSi

    Posted on October 6, 2009 | No Comments
    Announced back in May, The Biggest Loser is now officially available for the Nintendo Wii and DSi platforms for $40 and $30, respectively, bringing the grand total of fitness games on the market up to seven billion and one. Developed by THQ, the game mimics the experience of being on The Biggest Loser Ranch just like the TV contestants, except that you get to live in your own house and you can keep eating delicious donuts with reckless abandon -- it'll be our little secret.

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  • It Took A Year, But Fitness Gadget Fitbit Will Finally Launch

    It Took A Year, But Fitness Gadget Fitbit Will Finally Launch

    Posted on September 24, 2009 | No Comments
    Fitness gadget Fitbit was a hit at last year's TechCrunch50, where it created a ton of buzz and was a runner-up for the top prize. Of course, we all know that it takes hardware companies longer to launch than software startups and since last September, Fitbit has been working tirelessly to refine the product, establish distributions channels and tweak its online platform. Now we won't have to wait any longer, since Fitbit will officially open up to the public on Tuesday. The site you see currently is the beta version and will feature a redesign as well on Tuesday. So what does Fitbit do? The sleek little device clips onto your clothing and tracks your movement, sleep and calorie burn throughout the day and night. Fitbit, which costs $99, uses the information it gathers about your movement to help you determine how much exercise you’ve been getting and how many calories you’ve burnt. It can also tell you how many steps you have taken and how well you’ve slept, all based on its internal motion detector. By clicking a little button on the device, you'll see a small blue LED screen that will alternate between the steps you've taken, the calories you've burned, your distance, and gives you a gauge of how high your activity level is. This is shown via a small flower that will grow as you exercise more (though I'm told that you will be able to switch your icon).

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  • CrunchGear talks fitness

    CrunchGear talks fitness

    Posted on August 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Every once in a while I end up on Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy in Atlanta. The guys seem to enjoy talking to me for some reason and they're always nice enough to cut out my interview. You can listen to it above but basically I'm raving about the Vibram 5 Fingers while fire trucks roll by on Union Square.

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