Entries from November 2007

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Probably the only geeky sport gadget which doesn’t improve your fitness

I know, this video has been around the net for at least 3 days now and you may have seen it already
I’m talking about the video “Exoskeleton Turns Humans Into Terminators”!
It’s about a robotic exoskeleton, developed by Sarcos, which mimics every move the person inside does! My only concern is, that it’s [...]

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Defined muscles? Not necessarily by lifting more weights!

You are going to your local gym almost every day but parts of your body, even those you train hard for, don’t look like they should be: Defined?!

But how to achieve this goal? Eat more and lift more weights to gain more muscle mass?
If you ask me: No! Try it the other way round: [...]

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Workout With Your Baby or Moms Get Fit

I just found this video and I think it’s worth sharing with you and I guess it has the potential to go viral
It’s about two men sharing their “experise” about losing belly fat after childbirth. Just watch it

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

The 5+ minutes “Rowing Mania”

Update: this series has ended. I think there will be no more personal workouts on this blog. Thanks for your support for this project
THIS IS A SERIES! I STARTED WITH 10 MINUTES ROWING AND I WILL ADD 5 MINUTES EVERY TIME!
How long will I endure this?
[I'll always update this post as soon as [...]

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Baseball USB Flash Drive - 1GB

When it comes to baseball a lot of people start going crazy. Obviously the Pretec product development team was in a similar state of mind or just watched a good game before creating this product.
Unfortunately it’s no longer listet on the pretec homepage and I was not able to find an online retail store, but [...]

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Nike+ website - Run more with the community

In my last post you can read how to track your runs with the iPod nano and the Nike+ Sport Kit. Of course this would be a little boring if there wasn’t something like a community functionality. For those of you who might consider buying an iPod nano for running I took a closer [...]

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Nice ping pong table - Not so geeky but cool

This nice ping pong has been around the net for some weeks already but it’s so cool that I have to mention it here. As you can see you can play ping pong between two rooms.
Of course you can flip the table and you’ll have the door closed again. The only downside is that one [...]

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Attach your mobile phone to your drinking bottle!

A company named BevyTech LLC made a very cool bottle named Gadget Bottle. You can attach your phone, your mp3 player or even your digital camera to the bottle. Of course you have to be be cautious because of the liquid.
It holds 22 ounces or ~ 650 ml and it costs 8.25 USD (plus shipping).
I [...]