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Stop exercising! Instead: re-enact scenes from action movies! Burn off fat easily with this one weird tip that movie executives do want you to know! Fitness instructors hate it—the one totally untested secret to weight loss!

Jul 17, 2017

Film / TV, Fitness, Health

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Background: Exercise routines are often extremely dry and boring. But they can be made more engaging by making a “themed” workout, with each part of a workout helping to accomplish an imaginary goal. This is not a totally new idea. For example, the game “Zombies Run” motivates a person to jog faster by providing a…
Five ways to improve your climbing wall (actually just two ways)

Aug 4, 2014

Culture

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Background: The goal of most climbing walls it to simply get to the top. However, there is no reason not to make the goal something more elaborate. The inspiration: There is a video game called “Shadow of the Colossus” in which your goal is to guide a man with a sword as he clambers on…