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Good News for Podfitness Mac users


Today, we’re launching a new version of Podfitness for Mac. It’s completely rewritten, it’s a lot more stable, and is much less likely to be affected by future iTunes updates.
- Now works with iTunes 7.7.1
- Music selection is much faster and smoother
- Runs in menu bar, rather than in Dock
- “Percent complete” is now more [...]

An 86% chance you’ll be overweight?


If you haven’t seen Wall-E this summer, it’s required viewing. It’s not only a magnificent film, but it paints a vivid (if not subtle) picture of humanity’s future, and science is actually reinforcing this view.
A pretty disturbing new study by Johns Hopkins suggests that by 2030, 86 percent of Americans will be overweight or obese, [...]

Mini-Review: Jackie Chan’s Bone-Breaking Tea


There’s a new health drink in town, and Jackie Chan has a strict policy of supplying his patented face kick to those who ignore it.
So we made up the part where Jackie Chan will kick you in the face if you do not drink this tea. But he does want you to try it, and [...]

Line Sitting: Probably Not the Best Exercise


WARNING: This post contains images of extreme nerdiness. Proceed with due caution.
Friday, Chris Kluge and I went down to the Apple Store to pick up the new iPhone 3G. We wanted to make sure we got one in time to get back to Podfitness Home Base, so we went extra early.
We figured we’d be close [...]

Big, Fat Lies: 6 Experts Weigh In


As you may have guessed by now, our purpose in creating this blog is to give you straight talk about not just Podfitness, but about succeeding in your weight loss and fitness plan.
A lot of people believe the diet industry is conspiring to keep us fat, so that we keep buying weight loss products. This [...]

5 drinks sabotaging your weight loss


We don’t usually pay much attention to nutritional facts (being numerically illiterate), but these numbers caught our eyes for sure.
Yahoo reports on the 5 unhealthiest drinks. Some are surprising. In others, the only surprise is that you could gain almost a pound of fat in a sitting.
It’s definitely worth your time, especially if you’re a [...]

Welcome back to the blog!


Whew! Sorry for the long absence, we botched a Wordpress upgrade about as badly as is possible. Welcome back! 
There’s a lot we’ve been waiting to talk with you about, so expect a lot of catching up over the next few days. Please pardon our dust as we rearrange things on the blog to try to [...]

What’s your workout playlist?


According to a 2005 study, the music you listen to during your workout makes a BIG difference.
People work harder, have more fun, and lose more weight when they work out with music. If you’ve ever left your MP3 player at home and had to work out without music, you know exactly the difference it makes.
We [...]

Way to go Sue!


Podfitness member Sue Slutsky was profiled last night on ABC Action News Tampa as part of a story on Podfitness.
Sue joined with the Discovery Health National Body Challenge, and has lost weight, toned up, and now uses her treadmill for more than just a clothes rack!
Sue, thanks for being an inspiration to the rest of [...]

4 Food Surprises


After hearing the same things for ages, it starts to get old. Yes, yes, we know we’re supposed to eat more fruits and vegetables. OK, we get it, we need to get more exercise. And we know we’re not supposed to take four hamburgers, smash them into some sort of super-hamburger, and barely choke it [...]

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