Move Your Body

These may be the 3 most ridiculous and absurd exercise inventions I’ve ever seen, but they’re always good for a laugh.  If you do all three of these exercises, you could get a total body workout (legs, core, and upper body) in approximately 10 minutes.  HA, yeah right.  If only it were that easy.  Click on the links below and watch the videos.  Tell us your thoughts!

3 Minute Legs:  “Take the strain and pain out of squats and lunges.” Supports you on the way down and helps you on the way up.  Get tighter and leaner in 3 minutes!

Hawaiian Chair: Just sit back and let the Hawaii Chair do it all for you.  Work the waist, butt, and thighs while you work.

Shake Weight: “Get Strong, Sexy, and Sculpted Arms and Shoulders with the Shake Weight.”  In only 6 minutes, you can get an entire upper body workout.

Congrat’s to my Alma Mater, Lewis University!

The men’s soccer team defeated Charleston (W. Va.) on Saturday, 4-1.  For the first time since 2000, they will compete in the NCAA Final Four in Tampa, FL. on December 3.  They will play the winner of Tampa and Lees-McRae

Bring us home a National Title boys!

You can read about the Quarterfinal victory here.

Halloween is just around the corner.  We came up with our own list of top ten fitness Halloween costumes in case you’re still looking for the perfect trick-or-treating outfit.

1. Sue Sylvester (from Glee):  Get yourself a track suit and a whistle and you’re good to go.  Slip one-liners into every conversation (“You know what Sue Sylvester’s never done?  Paid income tax.”) and you’ll be a hit.

2. The Incredible Hulk:  Green body paint and some ripped up purple pants.  You should already have a ripped six pack from reading this blog, but draw it on if you must.  Start getting really uncomfortable and crushing cans while in the middle of conversation.

3.  Richard Simmons: Wear Tight, 80s fitness clothes, big hair and and speak in a high-pitched, slightly panicked voice.

4.  Jillian Michaels (The Biggest Loser): This one will work best if you have some incredibly toned arms.  Just wear a black tank and some tight jeans.  Look really pissed off all the time and tell people that they’re only overweight because they’re weak and have issues with their parents.

5.  Arnold Schwarzenegger: Carry around some dumbbells and say in an Austrian accent, “I want to pump YOU up.”  Then start talking about the politics of California.

6.  Harlem Globetrotter: These guys never stopped being cool.  Practice your basketball skills first, though, because people are going to expect you to spin the ball on your finger and be an expert at a figure 8 (fancy dribbling between your knees).

7.  Tiger Woods: This one’s pretty simple.  Dress like a golfer and be really polite all night. 

8.  Mia Hamm: Get yourself some soccer gear.  Randomly during the night drop to your knees and let out a bellowing victory cry while you rip your shirt off.  Ok, that was Brandy Chastain but still.

9.  David Beckham: Soccer gear again.  Or just some Calvin Klein whitey-tighties with an open button down.  Stock up on temporary tattoos.  Look really hot and unapproachable, but come off as slightly dense when someone starts talking to you.  Oh, and take along a friend who can be a Spice Girl!!

10.  Wonder woman: Because you are, damn it.  Don’t forget the golden lasso!

11.  Veggie-tales:  Ok, so number 11 is thrown in for the kiddies.  What’s healthier than a vegetable that promotes moral values?

Companies use all sorts of techniques to get you to buy their fitness and weight loss products. One of the most popular ways to sell you something is by showing a “before and after” picture of someone who has used the fitness equipment, weight loss pill, exercise video – you name it. Let’s face it, those pictures can be pretty amazing. Take a minute and watch this short video on the truth behind “before and after” photos you see in exercise magazines or with weight loss products. Are they for real?

The Truth Behind Before And After Photos

Most of the time, the people in the before and after pictures are fitness models who have spent a few months slacking off prior to getting their “before” pictures taken. When a muscle is trained, detrained and retrained, there is a faster change in muscle size.

There are so many different techniques you can use to alter the models bodies, and as mentioned in the video, sometimes the Before and After photos are taken in the same day. So….don’t believe everything you see!

As the weather begins to change, and we’re thinking more of hibernating than going to the beach, there’s no better time to warn against the dangers of man boobs.  Jeff Bayer at AskMen.com offers a few suggestions on how to win the “man boob battle.”

Shout out to mizzFIT, a SWEET fitness blog.  Great find on the picture – we’re laughing our boobs off over here.

On my quest to update you with some insightful fitness knowledge and news today, I came upon Hollywood Fail’s “16 Craziest Celebrity Fitness Videos.” You have got to check these out.  Some of them are HILARIOUS.  If you do nothing else with this post, please please just watch Dixie Carter’s “ExOrcise Video.”  Remember Designing Women?  Her video is number three on Hollywood Fail’s list. Another good one is Paula Abdul’s video (how you are supposed to learn and keep up with this routine, I have no idea), or David Carridine’s “Energize your brain with spiral fitness” video.  If you have time, check out Carmen Electra’s “Aerobic Striptease.”  Wowzers!

If anything, this puts into perspective that you really need to make sure any celebrity-endorsed fitness regime is legitimate.  You can leave that up to us to only pass along the things that we have tested ourselves for you.  We just won’t tape ourselves doing it.