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Jogging: What Doesn’t Kill You Might Make You Stronger. Or Just Kill You.

February 18, 2015 by Naomi Kritzer 1 Comment

With most things, we understand the value of moderation. Light drinking makes you healthier; heavy drinking will make you less healthy. Calcium may give you strong bones, but you don’t want so much that you give yourself kidney stones.  Even too much kale has risks. But…exercise? Jogging. Surely there can’t possibly be such a thing as…

Filed Under: SciTech Tagged With: exercise, hazard ratio, jogging

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Novel Approaches To Exercise

February 9, 2015 by Naomi Kritzer Leave a Comment

This year I’m going to get in shape, you told yourself. The mistake you made – that you keep making – is that you’re trying to make yourself jog, or ride a stationary bike, or do the same old boring and unpleasant sorts of exercise that you quit every damn time. Wouldn’t one of these…

Filed Under: Endings Tagged With: derby, exercise, freerunning, mermaid, muggle quidditch, parkour, prancercise, roller skating

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The Lawyer’s Workout

October 3, 2014 by Han Bitter Solo Leave a Comment

It is often difficult to find time to workout with the busy schedules attorneys keep. You could be one of the psychos who wake up at 4:00 am to hit the gym before work. You could be the envy running joke of the office and sit on a giant swiss ball. Perhaps you are the…

Filed Under: Columns, Featured Lawyer, Lawyer Tagged With: exercise, Featured, lawyer

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Plaintiff: Weird Old Tip to Lose Belly Fat Made Me Fatter

May 17, 2013 by Bitter Newsroom 1 Comment

James Macungie recently filed a lawsuit against Google. Mr. Macungie alleges that their contextual ad, promising one weird old tip to lose belly fat, did not work as advertised. The tip, according to documents filed in the Norther District of South Dakota, was to drink two glasses of water before every meal. After years of…

Filed Under: Lawyer, Satire Tagged With: diet, exercise, frivolous lawsuits, Google

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What Does Your Boss Think About Your Exercise of Choice?

April 9, 2013 by Kate Currer 3 Comments

We all need to exercise, according to Dr. Oz and other doctors. Your sport of choice can send a message about who you are to the higher ups. What is that message? Listen carefully to your boss’s response:

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: exercise, fighting, golf, karate, marathons, sports, success, surfing, swimming, weights, yoga

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I've (Secretly) Converted to CrossFit

November 14, 2012 by Law Firm 10 14 Comments

I quit my gym membership. Because CrossFit changed my life.

Filed Under: Law Firm 10, Lawyer Tagged With: crossfit, exercise, workout

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I'm Showering with a Partner

May 13, 2011 by Ex-Bitter 7 Comments

I was out drinking with some friends after work and I started talking about the gym and working out and showering with a partner. I shared details.

Filed Under: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, exercise

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