Balance sports have always been a passion of mine. Skateboarding, snowboarding and climbing (which has just as much to do with balance as it does strength and agility). Slack lining is a great way to [...]

Growing up the son of a cardiologist, I had access to a treadmill more than 30 years ago. Whereas most people watched man of the future George Jetson walk Astro on a treadmill, me and my brothers [...]

In the original Bad Boys (1983), while doing time in juvie, Paco Moreno (Esai Morales) had a hard-on for Michael ‘Mick’ O’Brien (Sean Penn). Not in the ‘gay for the [...]

“She makes me feel kinda funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym class.” Garth Algar, Wayne’s World I wanted so badly to knock the Viper Rope Climber from Marpo Kinetics. [...]

When I had my dog Magic not so long ago, we used to enjoy running together. Usually we would through the woods for miles, Magic with a big grin plastered on his face. The problem was, if there was [...]

There are about 650 named muscles in the human body (personally, I have 651 when you include Vitamin-L, a/k/a the Vanilla Love Log, but I digress). In addition to named muscles, there are at least [...]

Now I’m not one to boast (lie), but back ‘in the day’ (which Dane Cook will tell you was a Wednesday by the way) me and my bros would rock the pogo stick like all get out. [...]

I’d be interested to know what percentage of home fitness equipment goes unused. Treadmills, stair machines, rowers, weight and resistance equipment, etc. Sometimes the best workout home [...]

In the North East (from where I hail) die hards surf all year long. Many a winter day my friend Matt strolls into work from an early morning session in the freezing cold Atlantic. In mid-2007, thanks [...]

For those of you not ‘in the know’ a slackline is used primarily by climbers to develop balance by walking the length of tubular nylon webbing (usually 1 inch thick) ala the Great [...]