Archive for August, 2008

Wii as a “Workout” … Again.

Sunday, August 3, 2008 6:43 Comments Off

I’ve received a few emails from people – even non-Wii players – defending Wii as a workout tool, after I made this post. The emails were a bit like sparring someone who is within arm’s reach without holding their hands in front of their face. I pushed back because I am a stickler for definitions, [...]

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“It’s a little bit like a free lunch without the calories”

Saturday, August 2, 2008 6:40 Comments Off

This is truly screwed up. Hailed as drugs for “treating disease” (uh, right), these pills promise to “trick the muscles into thinking they have been working out furiously” because they can help people to grow more Type I muscle fibers. Note that so many of these modern drugs – outside of those that actually fight [...]

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