Januari 2001
NetDoktor: Mediciner utförsäljes!:
"Ett större lager mediciner med okända biverkningar utförsäljes till verkligt låga priser. Medicinerna går att få i olika färger och i varierande former och storlekar.
Biverkningarna är garanterat okända och blir en rolig överraskning. Passa på och köp nu - de här tabletterna kommer inte att finnas på marknaden länge till. Om ni äter för mycket av dem kommer ni inte heller att göra det."
Trygve.com: Beanie Biceps: 19 januari
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The Iron Dungeon: The Biggest Lies in the Gym:
- I don't want to get too big.
- Today is my light day.
- I'll do abs tomorrow.
- I'm not really trying to pick you up.
- This baseball cap protects my eyes from the glaring lights.
- I don't go to the gym to check out the babes. Honest.
- I used to lift...
- It's supposed to bounce off my chest like that.
- I don't do squats, 'cause they're bad for the knees.
Athletic Center: Flash intro:
"Nytt för denna gång är Athletics Flashfilm. Den är gjord på engelska, så att även våra internationella besökare kan ha glädje utav den. Ni som inte förstår filmens innehåll, kan eventuellt gå en snabb-kurs i engelska tillsammans med Janne M. :-) ... OBS! Tänk på att filmen tar lite tid att ladda ner, men är värd att vänta på..."
Avigsidan: Färska avigheter:
"I en annons försöker Intersport kränga en studsmatta:
"Regelbundet hoppande stävjer hjärta och cirkulation."
Stävjer?"
Det kom ett e-postbrev från Melanie Griffith:
"Magnus, have you gained weight over the holidays?
Hur i helsike kunde Melanie ana det? ;-)
"Greg Isaacs, one of Hollywood's leading experts on fitness and weight loss wants to help you!! Greg has coached me and other stars such as Pierce Brosnan, Clint Eastwood, Goldie Hawn, and Kurt Russell.
This is your chance to get personal with Greg and ask him all of your questions about weight loss, nutrition, exercise, staying motivated and the secrets of the stars! Hope to see you there! Melanie Griffith"
Excite News: MTV Grapples with Reality Show: 9 januari
"The WWF is holding open auditions to field a group of 12 men and women who are willing to put themselves through a grueling nine-week basic-training course and generate sweet chin music 24 hours a day before a live MTV camera crew.
After a Survivor-like process of elimination (which will most likely start several weeks after the audience gets to know the cast), the final male and female grapplers will receive a hefty talent development contract from the WWF to become a pro wrestler in its vast stable of headbangers."
Television Internet's Valentine's Day Special: premiering January 24, 2001
"Join the cast of the net's most watched series, "Muscle Beach", for a Valentine's Day Special! They've devoted the entire episode to getting you in shape for Valentine's Day. It's true - what you eat and how you workout can affect your sex drive. By the time the guys reveal what they are feeding their dates for Valentine's Day, you'll realize ... it's definitely the sexiest episode ever!"
New Scientist: Read my mind:
Schysst, fler sådana träningspartners tack!
"Imagine you had cells in your brain that could read other people's minds. Well, you do. And they could be the key to human language, empathy, even society, says Alison Motluk."
Edible Insects - A site totally devoted to the raising and eating of insects:
- Many species of insects are lower in fat, higher in protein, and have a better feed to meat ratio than beef, lamb, pork, or chicken.
- 100 grams of cricket contains: 121 calories, 12.9 grams of protein, 5.5 g. of fat, 5.1 g. of carbohydrates, 75.8 mg. calcium, 185.3 mg. of phosphorous, 9.5 mg. of iron, 0.36 mg. of thiamin, 1.09 mg. of riboflavin, and 3.10 mg. of niacin.
- Compare this with ground beef, which, although it contains more protein (23.5 g.), also has 288.2 calories and a whopping 21.2 grams of fat!
FOX News: Jolie Turns to the Bedroom to Get Fit: 27 januari
Actress Angelina Jolie has ditched the gym for a more traditional way of keeping fit - passionate sex with her husband, Billy Bob Thornton. In an interview with Britain's NOW magazine, Jolie admits she was not in the best shape before shooting the action movie Tomb Raider (2001), but toned her body in bed rather than on the treadmill.
Guinness Worlds Records:
The great weight goalie:
"William Henry “Fatty” Foulke clearly enjoyed sport – in its broadest sense! The ample athlete played soccer for three British clubs, and he played cricket for Derbyshire County, earning a reputation along the way as a champion drinker, brawler, and glutton. By the end of his playing career with Bradford City, “Little Willie” tipped the scales at a terrifying 165 kg. (363 lbs.)."
Climbing the height of Everest on a machine:
"The fastest time to climb the height of Everest - 8,848 m. (29,028 ft.)- on a 'versaclimber' exercise machine by a team of eight is 2 hr. 24 min. 21 sec. by members of the 29th Recruits Course of East Sussex Fire Brigade."
Furthest distance on a pogo stick:
"Ashrita Furman (nee Keith) was born on September 16, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York, USA. As an adolescent, Ashrita confesses he was a geek and lacked direction until he found Sri Chinmoy. In 1974, by now a devout follower, he adopted the name Ashrita, which means "protected by God" in Sanskrit."
Strangest diet:
Michel Lotito (b. June 15, 1950), from Grenoble, France, has been eating metal and glass since 1959. Gastroenterologists described his ability to consume 900 g. (2 lb.) of metal per day as unique.
Best display of mind control:
Master Dominick Giacobbe, from New Jersey, USA, put two motorcycle spokes through each forearm, and suspended two 4.53 kg. (10 lb.) buckets of water from each spoke while he clenched a 27.21 kg. (60 lb.) barbell between his teeth.
Heaviest video model:
The heaviest video model is Gina Gershwin-Varney, of Tuscon, Arizona, USA, who, in 1997, displayed her 372 kg. (821 lb.) frame in the specialist videos shot by her husband.
Smallest waist on a living person:
Cathie Jung, of Old Mystic, Connecticut, USA, has a waist measuring 38.1 cm. (15 in.) and is 1.7 m. (5 ft. 8 in.) tall.
Heaviest woman:
Rosalie Bradford (b. August 27, 1943, USA) registered a peak weight of 544 kg. (1,199 lb.) in January, 1987.
Heaviest man:
The heaviest person in history was Jon Brower Minnoch, who had suffered from obesity since childhood. He was 1 m. 85 cm. (6ft 8 in.) tall, and weighed 442 kg. (974.44 lb.), in September 1976.
Dagbladet: - Øl er sunt: 20 januari
"- Øl er sunt og godt i små mengder. Om Norges Skiforbund utestenger sin eneste gode løper på grunn av denne reklamen, så får de bare gjøre det. Det blir i så fall deres problem, sier Pirmin Zurbriggen."
BBspot: Thinking About Exercise Keeps You Fit: 17 januari
"In a study funded by Frito Lay and AOL, the Institute for American Fitness claims that thinking about exercise for 20 minutes per day, 3 times a week is all the average adult needs to stay fit. Even if you can't think about exercise that often if you at least watch other people exercise then you can remain healthy."
Om Met-RX "lilla" produktplacering i Oliver Stones 'Any Given Sunday':
Vid fyra större tillfällen kunde jag se Met-RX förekomma i denna film om amerikansk fotboll. Om man tyckte att Statoils produktplacering i 'Hamilton' ("The Statoil company paid 500,000 NOK ($USD67,000) for their logo to be displayed for three seconds in the film.") var uppenbart så är Met-RX i samma klass. Willie 'Alien' Beamen (Jamie Foxx) i sin musikvideo: "Inflex your chest... With Met-RX".
BBC News: The military get mightier: 12 januari
Undrar om ett exoskelett godkänns i styrkelyftstävlingar? När man kan börja använda endoskelett (som Arnolds Terminator) får väl tävlande inte bara genomgå dopingtester utan också gå igenom metalldetektorer... Hemsidan för detta amerikanska militärprojekt. The Onion rapporterar om att "Stephen Hawking Builds Robotic Exoskeleton".
"The US military is planning to turn soldiers into supermen by fitting them with powered exoskeletons. Early work sponsored by Darpa has used pneumatic muscles or deformable magnets to power artificial limbs or suits that soldiers could wear. Trials of a Springwalker system helped its developers travel at speeds in excess of 24 km/h (15 mph)."
Welcome to Mr Fitta Health Club:
"To all our friends in Sweden, thank you all for the emails about our name. We are aware of what "FITTA" means in Swedish. However, in England it is another way of writing "FITTER" which comes from "To Get Fit", as in healthy."
Cyberpump: New Pump: 11 januari
"Welcome to the home of Pump, Cyberpump!'s very own monthly cartoon strip."
Underground Online: "You Idiot!" Schwarzenegger Prank Calls:
"They showed up in our mailbox, tantalizingly labeled "Schwarzenegger Pranks." And, sure enough, they featured the voice of the Austrian muscleman berating Hooters waitresses, hotel receptionists and other innocent civilians. The resulting calls are hilarious and surreal, and we're proud to share them."
ENN: Scientists examine diets of pigs: 8 januari
"Pigs gobbling potato chips could result in better-tasting pork chops and sows savoring yogurt could lead to a reduction of salmonella in pork."
IronMag: IronMag Issue #5: 13 januari
The Dead Pool 2001:
"This Dead Pool takes a look at some Internet writers and other personalities whose time just might be up!"
The Age: Taiwan men to pull Boeing B747 plane with their penises: 8 januari
"Twenty Taiwan men will fly to the United States in March to set a world record for pulling a Boeing B747 passenger jet with their penises, the organiser of the planned event said today.
"We have received invitation from the Guinness Book of World Records museum in the US to perform in Los Angeles," said Tu Chin-sheng, who teaches "penis-hanging art", a Chinese martial arts style."
Scott Adams, Dilbert cartoonist, writes the following in 'The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century':
"Television is our biggest threat as a species, but not because of the sex and violence. It's because Hollywood pipes an endless stream of impossibly attractive people into our consiousness.
It's awfully hard to get naked in front of someone who has just watched Body Shaping on ESPN ... especially if your partner points the remote control at you an starts clicking it desperately. Nobody needs that."
CBS Healthwatch: Athletes Seek Competitive Edge in Strange Places:
"A menu of caterpillar fungus, seal's penis, and extract of sea horse seems exotic even to folks familiar with the nutritional peculiarities of elite athletes looking for an edge on the competition.
Now, taking a mid-workout break with a refreshing libation made from hornet grub stomach juice gets a nod from many world-class endurance athletes." (Via Webtrainer News)
New York Times: VAAM: Faster Than a Speeding Hornet: 3 januari
"Top athletes in Japan say the drink works wonders in preventing dehydration, maintaining energy levels and preventing fatigue.
"About half an hour after I drink it, I can feel energy penetrating all of my muscle groups," said Ms. Arimori, who won a silver medal in the marathon at the Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992 and a bronze four years later in Atlanta under Mr. Koide's coaching."
Montreal Gazette: Debunking an urban legend: 26 december
"For several years, Simpsons creator Matt Groening has been credited as the author of one of the most widely circulated humour essays on the Internet. It's called "Women Speak in Estrogen and Men Listen in Testosterone," and it's about the fundamental differences between men and women."
CNN: Company in Ukraine offers 'Fat in Chocolate': 2 januari
Homer Simpson dream has come true: "Mmmmm... reprocessed pig fat..."
"A Ukrainian candy company has begun marketing what may be the stickiest, richest and most fattening holiday treat on the market: pure pork fat covered in chocolate."
Jason Gallant - The leader in all Natural Bodybuilding
"Jason reviews movies: What Women Want; I give this movie out of a possible 20 inch bicep, 17 inches!"
How many realized the twin meaning of Arnolds oneliner in The 6th Day? "I had the breakfust of champions." LOL!
Anvil: Conversations that should never have happened:
Nancy: How was the gym? Any cute girls?
Chab: No, and I looked. I usually like to pick out a girl and follow her around to the different stations.
Nancy: Isn't that like stalking?
AllOutTraining: Gym Talk:
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AllOutTraining.com, a new total fitness website, is giving Internet users a personal trainer to call their own. He's online. He's virtual. He's Sven.
"Sven," the animated 3D online trainer, answers your questions with a Swedish accent - complete with facial expressions! This ever-cheerful fitness expert gives AllOutTraining users straight answers about exercise and fitness routines -- and maybe a few chuckles, too.
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After hearing "Sven" I'm not sure if us Swedes should feel insulted or complimented. Well, atleast he sounds like Stephen Hawking, one of the world's leading theoretical physicists and perhaps the closest to solving the TOE - Theory of Everything. Besides all that, he has guest-starred on Star Trek TNG, Futurama AND The Simpsons! Read more on The Stephen Hawking Pages.
Expert Body Sciences:
"Pouting Silently told Cliff that him and Paul had been lifting trees and rocks in the forest to get strong. That's when Cliff got the idea to use his one semester of dentistry school knowledge to help make Paul and Pouting Silently's "Tree Rock" sessions more efficient.
By 1900, Cliff had a list of over 500 exercises you could do using a fallen tree and a couple of big rocks. He tried to sell his work with no success."
Po Bronson: Exerpt from 'The Nudist on the Late Shift':
"Even when they're having fun on a Sunday morning, competition is in these guy's bones.
The lawyer that was writing checks says, "This is a very, very charactheristic moment for Silicon Valley. We've taken a lot of flak for not being political enough, for not being benefactors to social causes. But you can trick us into donating money just by making it competitive. It's gotta be a challenge.
I remember when Larry Ellison wanted to give some money, I can't remember to whom. He couldn't just give the money. He challenged a world-class triathlete to a bar-dipping contest, and Larry did something like sixty-three bar dips, which is almost inhuman, about like doing five hundred push-ups."
I just finished reading the above book and I'm curious if anyone have more information about this bar-dip contest with Larry Ellison? If so, please mail .
If the second richest man in the world does sixty-three bar-dips, how have does the richest man in the world (Bill Gates) do? ;-)
