The Treadmill – Root of all Evil
Growing up the son of a cardiologist, I had access to a treadmill more than 30 years ago. Whereas most people watched man of the future George Jetson walk Astro on a treadmill, me and my brothers [...]
Don’t Be Like Mick
In the original Bad Boys (1983), while doing time in juvie, Paco Moreno (Esai Morales) had a hard-on for Michael ‘Mick’ O’Brien (Sean Penn). Not in the ‘gay for the [...]
Grab, Pull, Repeat
“She makes me feel kinda funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym class.” Garth Algar, Wayne’s World I wanted so badly to knock the Viper Rope Climber from Marpo Kinetics. [...]
Russian Intelligence: “More Smarter Comrades!”
Dear Sergey, Eugene, Dmitry, Aleksandr; with a bunch of 15 letter last names I can’t pronounce (and I’m 50% Russian myself)! Thank you for your hard work restoring Bitness. You faithfully [...]
Rover has Left the Building
When I had my dog Magic not so long ago, we used to enjoy running together. Usually we would through the woods for miles, Magic with a big grin plastered on his face. The problem was, if there was [...]
Take a Breath Muscle Head
There are about 650 named muscles in the human body (personally, I have 651 when you include Vitamin-L, a/k/a the Vanilla Love Log, but I digress). In addition to named muscles, there are at least [...]
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
My neighbors asked me to take their trash to the curb while they’re away on vacation. This family generates more trash in a week than we can in months. I opened their garage door and it was [...]
Ghetto Gorp – You Heard it Here First Punk!
Climbers burn a lot of fuel. At my weight an hour climbing can burn as much as 900 calories (estimate the number of calories you burn in a given sport here). In a mad rush to pack my gear and grab [...]
Jump Pogo… Bounce Pogo – Down Pogo, Up Pogo
Now I’m not one to boast (lie), but back ‘in the day’ (which Dane Cook will tell you was a Wednesday by the way) me and my bros would rock the pogo stick like all get out. [...]
Giddyup All You Geriatric Cowpokes!
I’d be interested to know what percentage of home fitness equipment goes unused. Treadmills, stair machines, rowers, weight and resistance equipment, etc. Sometimes the best workout home [...]
Not Quitting my Day Job
I can’t even get my friends to regularly visit Bitness, let alone total strangers who share an interest in fitness and gadgets. Would I like this thing to explode and write 7 days-a-week about [...]
Imposters!
The sub-title to Bitness.com is The Fit Geek. So I Googled it and yes, it would have been a good idea to do that PRIOR to choosing it but it seems so random no? Is anything original anymore? My [...]
Getting Ele’Mental’ with the Rip Curl H-Bomb
In the North East (from where I hail) die hards surf all year long. Many a winter day my friend Matt strolls into work from an early morning session in the freezing cold Atlantic. In mid-2007, thanks [...]
I Walk the [Slack]Line
For those of you not ‘in the know’ a slackline is used primarily by climbers to develop balance by walking the length of tubular nylon webbing (usually 1 inch thick) ala the Great [...]
Nike + Apple = Nipple. The Amp+…
The combination of two uber-brands, Nike and Apple (what I heretofore will call Nipple because dammit I think its funny), has resulted in what many consider a revolution in running gadgetry. Nike + [...]
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