Januari 2001
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Advertising hype for the AD-DOer™: "Unique rotating torso trimmer targets your upper abs, lower abs, obliques and lower back all in one easy fat-burning circular motion.
The movement capability of The AB-DOer(TM) is infinite. You literally dance at the midsection and chisel the waistline you've always been striving for. It's not necessary to get on the floor, unlike with most ab machines.
Burn fat as it flattens your stomach in just minutes a day. For rock hard abs and a sexy slim waistline, all you have to do is order the AB-Doer today."
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Ab Machine Review - Which Ab Machine Is Right For Me?
"There are several horizontal abdominal workout machines on the market today. They can range from $12 to couple hundred dollars with varying features. Which one is right for you? We took the most popular and put them to the test - not just on beginners, but 6-pack seasoned pros."
Healthcentral: Internet sites act as exercise coaches: 3 augusti 2000
"The reason people are sedentary in the first place is, we have so much technology," said Sallis of San Diego State University. So Sallis and some Web entrepreneurs are seeing if the Internet's ability to deliver individually tailored advice can provide the coaching needed to turn people on to physical activity."
IronWarrior Training Log - Try the free demo version:
"Designed to help you reach your weightlifting or bodybuilding goals the smart way: by helping you pinpoint the strengths and weakness in your training, keeping track of your results, and providing the feedback you need to stay focused and motivated."
Silicon Valley Magazine: Cover Story: Exercising Options: 21 januari
"While the home gyms of yesteryear were certainly groundbreaking in function, they lacked aesthetic appeal. But if you were a serious bodybuilder, that really didn’t matter.
The home fitness center of the new millennium, however, is everything its predecessors were not: Warm, inviting and decked out like you won’t believe."
Chicago Tribune: Tunes for the sole: 28 januari
"Everyone reacts to rhythm; it evokes something personal in all of us," said Alan S. Goldberg, sports psychologist and author, based in Amherst, Mass. "Wearing headphones before a competition calms nerves.
Substituting positive sounds or neutral sounds can distract you from negatives, such as trash talking from an opponent or noise from the crowd," said the author of "Sports Slump Busting" (Human Kinetics, $16.95).
Träningsspecialisten:
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Du är välkommen till vår butik på Tegnérgatan 29, mitt i Stockholm. Där kan du besöka vår utställning. Eller kan du passa på att ta en proteindrink i vår proteinbar. Välkommen!"
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New York Times: Inventors Help Fulfill Resolutions to Lose Weight: 1 januari
"Exercise while you clean, or take a shower or ride in an airplane. That is the promise of several new exercise systems that have been awarded patents, just in time for those whose New Year's resolution is to get in shape." (Via SportsJones)
SunTimes: Gym favorite's back: 8 januari
"Remember the thrill of whipping that big rubber ball across the gym floor and the satisfying smack of knocking an opponent out of a game of dodgeball?
Remember the exhilaration of successfully evading a well-hurled projectile? A group of Schaumburg Park District employees hope those memories will get adults back into the gym to revisit the game they played as youths."
Jackals Gym: Mastiff Strongman Equipment:
"Mastiff Equipment is designed and made by the World's best Strength Athletes. We know what you need and demand from your equipment."
Nutribase: Consumer Nutrition Software:
"NutriBase News announces the free availability of NutriBase SR13 Navigator, the nutrient data software that contains the entire USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 13 (the latest release).
NutriBase SR13 Navigator is slick. It's easy-to-use. It's fast. It's fun. It's highly respected. And best of all... it's free!
NutriBase SR13 Navigator lets you View, Rank, Query (Boolean AND) and perform food name searches across 18,589 foods. Access the basic nutrients, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, and additional nutrients (caffeine, alcohol, etc.) for these foods."
GymMate - Digital Fitness Is Here!
"The GymMate personal exercise system combines the power of computer technology with the latest advances in personal training to give YOU the body you've always wanted with less time in the gym."
AST: FatTrack datoriserad fettmätare:
"Nu finns det ett nytt digitalt sätt att mäta din rena muskelmassa och dina underhudsfettnivåer säkert och korrekt. FatTrack är en datoriserad fettkaliper som lagrar varje mätning i sitt minne och räknar sedan ut din fettprocent direkt och med exakthet."
BBC News: Clever clothing keeps you cool: 26 januari
"Australian scientists have invented some clothes that will always be cool no matter what the fashions dictate."
Concept2: e-ROW:
"e-Row is a Windows-based software package for use with one or more Concept2 Indoor Rowers. e-Row enables rowers to race a rival over the Internet, train with a computer-driven pace boat, or store data for later analysis."
safe-usa - Taking Lifting and Conditioning to a New Level
StrengthPro Software:
"The result of years of work with high school and college strength coaches in their quest for the ability to generate quality, accurate, individualized workouts for mass quantities of athletes quickly and efficiently. It comes with the option of entry level workouts up to very advanced workouts or totally custom designed workouts by the coach. You must have Microsoft Excel and Access to run Strength Pro. FREE 14 Day Trail download of StrengthPro Software."
HealthSpy.Net: Keep your gym workout records online:
"You can enter your gym workout records in gym using any hand held device, cell phone, PALM or Palm computer CE. If you don't have a hand held device, still you can record your progress on a nice system generated form and update the data later from your home."
The Athletes Diary:
"The Athlete's Diary is a multisport computer log, available for Windows, Macintosh, and Palm. A special-purpose database program designed explicitly for athletes. You can log your training, view it in a a variety of formats, and analyze it to your heart's content."
CompuTrainer:
"The World's Best Bicycle Training Technology for World Class Performance."
PC Coach software for running, triathlon, cycling, fitness
Champion Nutrition - Download The Champion Nutrition Meal Builder Software:
"Get the latest in pre-competition diets! The Champion Nutrition Meal Builder Software. An easy to use and fun way to take the guesswork, and expensive consultants out of pre-competition dieting."
Physigraphe:
"Offering more than 1500 clipart of exercises on CD-ROM to enhance any visual presentation or training program. Approved by the National Strength and Condittioning Association (NSCA)."
Linear Software:
"Body Tracker: Software that calculates and records body fat percentages, body composition, records measurements, and displays pictures as you lose body fat."
Net-Fit:
"Software til sport og online salg at kosttilskud."
Charlotte Birkow Fitness:
"Charlotte Bircow Fitness beskæftiger sig med produktion af fitnessvideoer, slankeklub, personlig træning, kurser og foredrag om kost og motion, samt salg af fitnessprodukter, fitnesstøj og aerobicmusik."
StretchWare - The Software that reminds you to s t r e t c h!:
Test Drive StretchWare™ Free for 30 Days!
"The new, updated, free demo version of StretchWare™ now contains all of the stretching routines, all of the topics, and full functionality. Its only limitation is that it will no longer operate after 30 days from its installation. So you can now have the opportunity to fully sample StretchWare’s capabilities."
Fitnessguiden:
"Anslagstavlan: Vill du köpa eller sälja begagnad utrustning eller en fitnessanläggning. Söker du personal eller jobb i branschen. Här kommer du kunna läsa annonser och annonsera."
Best Form Fitness Gear - Body Alive, Pitbull, Otomix, Hotskins, T. Micheal Catalogs
Otomix Online:
"The Next Level In Body Building, Fitness Apparel and Martial Arts Wear."
Back-Bull.com:
"The Back Bull is a patented sports and industrial lumbar support system designed by a chiropractor that works with standard weightlifting and industrial-type back belts."
The Valkyries - A Hard Woman is Good to Find:
"The Valkyries are all women who dare to approach this physical absolute, rejecting the notion that femininity is compromised by muscularity and might. In their best moments, they show with dazzling clarity, what every woman should be seeking to become, and every man should be...seeking.
The t-shirt designs all tastefully depict the Physically-Advanced Woman as proud, powerful, elegant, independent in mind and body. If you're a woman, perhaps you aspire to this, you're working toward it, you're proud of it...and you want to tell the world!"
Web Fitness Tools:
"We have developed several fitness tools for individuals and fitness sites. Fitness Log, Calorie Calculator, Class Schedule Builder..."
Kinetic Trainer:
"Kurt Manufacturing Company's cycling trainer converts road, mountain, BMX, tandems and recumbent bikes to a high performance, indoor exerciser. Simply attach your bike and begin pedaling."
MrTrainer - Your Own Personal Trainer on Video or cd-rom
NPC Active Wear: bodybuilding, fitness, exercise, weightlifting clothing
UHA Sport:
"UHA Sport is the first, proven, hair removal product that's scientifically formulated using all-natural plant enzymes. Perfect for bodybuilders, cyclists, swimmers, beach go-ers and others wanting to eliminate unwanted body or facial hair without the pain or hassle of using electrolysis or tweezers."
T. Reilly Clothing Company
Last Rep Sportswear:
"We created a line of printed sportswear that demanded respect. A line of clothing that told everyone around us that second would never be good enough. We don't care if you are in the gym, on the mountain, or in the surf, if your not wearing LAST REP and giving 200%....You aint sh#t!"
All In One Fitness Tracker:
"A software package that monitors a user's fitness activities and results. The program allows users to record aerobic, weight training, jogging, walking, cycling and swimming workouts and log repetitions of various exercises such as sit-ups and pushups."
Alabama Live: Monitors keep tabs on workout: 27 december
"Although getting into shape is important, spinning instructor Cathy Wagner wants people to do it properly and the Moorer branch offers a device to its members that most gyms do not.
"In my spinning classes we use heart rate monitors and do heart rate training," she said. "It trains your body to burn fat and to be more efficient when it does burn sugar, which is on the high end of your maximum heart rate."
Strength Online: How to Build Your Own Power Rack:
Safety should be your main concern with a rack. I cannot quantify any comparisons. I know that I'm using the same materials as commercial scaffolders who erect scaffolds several floors high. The fittings are rated for 2000 or so pounds and the pipe for more than that, I believe.
Philadelphia Daily News: Machines that'll get you exercised: 12 januari
"The basics of exercise are simple: Contract and release muscles on a repeated basis until you achieve the desired effect.
Yet every year consumers spend billions of dollars on the latest exercise equipment designed to work those muscles in exciting new ways or simply to make the process of exercising less tedious."
Concept Träningsredskap:
"Vi representerar några av världens ledande tillverkare av träningsredskap. Roddmaskinen Concept II är ett unikt redskap som aktiverar alla större muskelgrupper i kroppen. Du får en allsidig och effektiv träning som skapar en hög energiförbrukning. Roddmaskinen anses av många som ett av de absolut effektivaste träningsredskap som finns att tillgå."
Kinetic Trainer:
"Kurt Manufacturing Company's cycling trainer converts road, mountain, BMX, tandems and recumbent bikes to a high performance, indoor exerciser. Simply attach your bike and begin pedaling."
BodyTrends.com: SlamMan - Computerized Boxing Workout Partner:
"SlamMan is a whole new way of working out that begins with having fun. The SlamMan Workout is one of the most creative and adaptable workouts you'll ever do because boxing is a spontaneous, exhilarating sport that always feels new and different. Forget boring, repetitions exercise machines! With SlamMan, you can make up your own boxing combinations as you go."
The New York Times: One-Armed Bandits and 2 Tired Legs: Burning Fat (and Cash) at the Casino: 7 januari
"Christened in November, Tropicana's 10 Pedal `N Play machines are a marked contrast to the casino's 3,700 other one-armed bandits, which encourage all manner of unhealthy behavior, with built-in ashtrays and drink holders, although some feature vibrating massage chairs.
Tropicana's vice president for slot operations, George Mancuso, calls the machines a trend-setting marriage of America's affairs with fitness and gambling. "People walk away feeling good about themselves," he said, "although they're happier when they win." (via SurfJones)
Heelys - Shoes that roll:
"These stealth-like shoes put a new spin on alternative sidewalk sports with a high-tech wheel housed in the heel of a powerful, lightweight skate shoe.
Walk, run and transition to a roll. Arrive at your destination, pop the wheel out of the heel and put it in your pocket."
BodyTrends.com for Health, Fitness, and Exercise Equipment:
"Find thousands of health, fitness and exercise products. Offering related fitness articles and advice."
Atomic Athletic:
"Welcome to Atomic Athletic! We're proud to bring you the finest strength-building equipment from all over this world. Each link on the left is jam-packed with tried and true, personally tested strength equipment, supplies and products to keep you on top of the game."
IRONHORSE - Piedmont Design Associates:
"Piedmont Design Associates is the World's Leading Supplier of Fractional Plates and Eclectic Lifting Paraphernalia."
Weightlifter's Warehouse Fitness Products:
"Since 1977, Weightlifter's Warehouse has been a favorite source for strength and fitness products. Weightlifter's Warehouse offers a complete line of bodybuilding, weightlifting, cardio, boxing, and exercise equipment for home, school, and organizational use."
Lifespar:
"Lifespar is the finest piece of training equipment ever developed. It is a single piece of finely crafted training equipment designed to encompass what a heavy bag, speed bag, and double end bag accomplish, it is the ultimate fight trainer, Lifespar.
"It's unparalleled" - Sylvester Stallone"
Jesup Gym Equipment: Commercial Equipment Lifetime Guarantee "Since 1984"
Concept2:
e-ROW:
"e-Row is a Windows-based software package for use with one or more Concept2 Indoor Rowers. e-Row enables rowers to race a rival over the Internet, train with a computer-driven pace boat, or store data for later analysis."
Concept2 DYNO:
"The Concept2 DYNO is a whole new way to "lift weights". Based on the same air resistance principle as the INDOOR ROWER, the DYNO is a strength training device that offers 'lifts' in three basic positions; Leg Press, Bench Press and Seated Row."
Powerstep, the ultimate lower body, powerlifting tool
