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Then you need the SofaHanger.
Made by a German design company, the SofaHanger is constructed according to the specifications of your sofa.
You need never get out of the couch again.
via DesignSpotter

PepsiCo have announced they will sell a “diet” version of Gatorade.
“[Gatorade] is formulated for athletes while they are working out, she said the lower-calorie version would be marketed to athletes for use when they were less active.” (NY Times)
There is something slightly oxymoronic about this. It’s a bit like a “less-active” cyclist eating a low-carb […]

Yes, I know, uniform is stretching it where fitness is concerned, but I have a fitness uniform that I wear and I think many people do. Your uniform doesn’t have to have a name tag or a specific color scheme, but it does need to put you in the right mindset for your fitness routine.

The UK Independent reports on an interesting “discovery”:
…the immune system can be triggered into action at the sight of obesity because it doesn’t like the look of what it sees, and associates it with infection.
The authors of the research (abstract here) believe that “obesity serves as a cue for pathogen infection”.
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Outside all the dramatic weight loss programs and hyped up testimonials - there are people who quietly go about changing themselves.
This story is very encouraging. I was excited to discover that Diet Blog played a role (again - reader comments on this blog directly impact and help people).
Eric’s Story
At age 22, Eric weighed around 230 […]

This has been a crazy week here and I’ll be filling in some details in later blogs, but let’s take a quick look at our week in review for the fitness blog as we close in on the end of July.
Monday, July 23
Q is for Questions and we all have fitness questions.

In our family, we rarely eat anything out of politeness when we are gathered together for a meal. If you don’t like fish, for example, or horseradish, no one is going to make you feel bad if you don’t eat it. As a consequence, when we make something that people like, we know that […]

Do you need 10 good reasons to exercise? After all, we talk about how good exercise is for you all the time. We read the articles, we write them, we offer exercise tips and suggestions. We talk about health, nutrition and much more.

The more you sleep, the better you feel - that sounds reasonable, right? Sometimes though, you can sleep too much. If you are low on energy and you don’t eat well, chances are you sleep long hours and you sleep very hard. In today’s fitness journal, I want to share a story with […]

When you do a sit-up you are performing a strength training exercise. A standard sit up begins with you lying on your back, knees bent at a 45 degree angle and your hands behind your head.