Limping into the Sunset…

I don’t like to talk about it, but the Fit Geek went down with a knee injury. I haven’t had an official diagnosis, but Dr. Internet and friends lead me to believe I have bursitis or [...]

Looking for Time

I can’t tell you how much the emails, phone calls and even the Western Union telegram I received – inquiring about when the next Bitness posting will occur- have meant to me. My loyal [...]

King of the Beat

I don’t like to admit this, but in the deep dark recesses of my past life I used to break-dance. Baby swipes, knee spins, the worm, back spins – hell, even a little popping and locking [...]

Softrucks: Skate to Live

Softrucks are so simple yet so clever that I kick myself for not thinking of them myself. Molded from TPU urethane (the same material used to make wheels), Softrucks are similar to the shape of a [...]

Keep Them Doggies Rolling

The Dog Powered Scooter just might be an alternate mode of transportation for those lucky enough to have a job where the pooch can come to work. Imagine the faces on those suckers stopped in traffic, [...]

Flip-out your Workout

Back in the day (oh, right around 400 BC), Hippocrates , the Father of Medicine (and namesake of the oath doctors take that, among other things, keeps you’re hemorrhoids personal and not the [...]

Light – Action – Camera!

When I was younger my oldest brother Paul made a series of movies with my father’s 8mm (film). He remade Airport 1975, complete with the crash scene (planes with straws glued on them and [...]

How You Hanging?

I have a friend who fancies himself a big air specialist on a wakeboard and snowboard. Truth be told he’s barely off the ground, but my friends and I humor him. The AirPod from Johnson Outdoors [...]

Row, Row, Row Your… Bike?

The Rowbike is part bicycle and part rowing machine. Originally designed in 1993 by Scott Olson, founder of Rollerblade, the Rowbike may not instigate a fitness craze like inline skating did, but it [...]