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Geek fitness has a guide to finding the right gym for a geek:
First of all you need to to choose a gym that you are going to feel comfortable going to. Most fitness health oriented gyms are going to fit this bill. There are also gyms that cater to body builders, I would stay away [...]

Lean and Hungry Fitness has a Sprint Training and a Tabata Success Story. I’m a huge fan of sprinting over long distance running for fast results and speeding up the whole workout.

Lifehack.org lists some reasons men should lift:
* Improved concentration and focus.
* Sleep like a baby
* Wake up early
* Energy
* Happiness
* Mental toughness
* Great habit

Mikibo is a new, and free, online service that helps people get the online tools and info needed for a fitness program. It offers weight logs, food databases, food diaries, exercise database, and exercise logs. It gives recipes, articles, and support groups for people as well.

Virtual Magic talks about the French discipline of parkour:

Parkour is a physical discipline inspired by human movement, focusing on uninterrupted, efficient forward motion over, under, around and through obstacles (both man-made and natural) in one’s environment. Such movement may come in the form of running, jumping, climbing and other more complex techniques. The goal of [...]

There are a ton of sports drink ads out there trying to convince you that you need the extra boost and ingredients in them. But the truth is the average person is not going to push themselves as hard as an athlete to need the benefit that a sports drink gives you an hour into [...]

Oh yeah, now this is cool. An inventor in Montreal has created an armchair that has a slide out set of pedals. Now that’s some recumbant cycling!
How cool is this? It would allow you to have a piece of exercise equipment that fits in with your decor.

Aquajogger’s website makes an interesting point about lung capacity when you are immersed in water:
The combined effect alters pulmonary function, increases the work of breathing and changes respiratory dynamics. In fact, expiratory reserve volumes decrease by 75 percent at neck immersion, with vital capacity decreasing only slightly.
Instead of ‘water jogging’ however, just plain swimming will [...]

If you’re getting ready to purchase a treadmill, Thor Bodybuilding has a guide to purchasing treadmills:
A treadmill is a very good investment. People cannot alwaysexercise outdoors daily due to varying weather conditions.Treadmills are a great option to work out when the weather isbad outside. Some people do not like to workout outdoors andhence opt for [...]

Here is another study that shows TV times directly effects physical inactivity from Cardioblog. This is said as someone sitting here on a laptop, watching the TV, while blogging away. It would be nice to set up a spare TV downstairs so I can cycle as I watch TV. Some details:
The study monitored low-income residents [...]