I’m not looking to bench 500lbs. I’m not entering any kettlebell competitions. I’m not going to be an airbrushed fitness model on the cover of a magazine. I’m not in need of improving my 40 time. I’m not trying to pick up girls in bars. And my vertical leap is just fine for my needs. I work out because…
It’s been a little while since I’ve announced a Dumb Exercise Product of the Day award winner, so we’ve got a backlog here at DEPOT’D central. This infomercial is so wonderfully bad I actually thought it was a spoof at first. But no, you can really go out and buy one of these things. I love the idea of taking this to the office so that all of your coworkers can truly see what a dumbass you actually are.
Every evening after dinner, my 4 year old wants to watch an episode of The Berenstain Bears. She’ll want Mommy or Daddy to sit with her, and if it’s a Daddy night, it’s a good bet that I’ll doze off about three minutes into it. We’ve seen every episode about a hundred times, so I don’t think I’m missing much. Or at least I didn’t think that I was. Yesterday I actually stayed awake to watch the epic…
I’m in violent agreement with Sean. Less can be more. Less stuff. Less stress. Fewer apps on your phone. It’s all good. 95% of you can live without email and GPS on your phone. 100% of you can live without a light sabre on your phone. Just because you can have something doesn’t mean always should. Smart phones are just an example here, but the truth is we waste so much time, energy, and money chasing all kinds of…
Another thing I’m calling bullsh*t on is the oft-repeated claim that a pound of muscle burns 50 calories per day, even at rest. In the past two days I’ve not only seen two fitness pros (who should know better) parroting this, but I did a quick search and found this figure in articles all over the internet. Truth be told, I’ve probably been guilty of saying it at some point in the past. Probably even followed that up with a quote about waiting an hour before going for a swim.
Kai Hibbard, of Biggest Loser fame, is speaking out about the reality of the show. Some say she’s a saint. Some say she’s a fame whore. I say she’s neither. I think she’s a…
Before age 35, my main vegetables would have been potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, and iceberg lettuce. And that would have been if I had a side salad at some shitty restaurant, or in the case of tomatoes and lettuce, if I went with the Whopper instead of the BK Big Fish. And yes, french fries =’d potatoes back then. Of course, before age 35 I was also a big, fat, unhealthy mess.
Dieting sucks. Diets are temporary. The weight loss they bring is temporary. They lead to the development of bad habits. They aren’t fun. They don’t make people happy. They’re restrictive. They focus on thinness instead of health. They caused that volcano in Iceland to erupt. Okay, that’s not true, but they do make you do stupid things like count calories, or worse, count “points”.
