Nike sues Adidas over patent infringement

Nike is sueing Adidas over the Nike Shox shoe patent, which Nike believes was stolen to be used in many of Adidas training shoes. “Despite Nike’s patent protection, Adidas has built shoes that use Nike’s technology,” Nike spokesman Vada Manager...

Workout Tip: Negative Pullups

Earlier this week I explained how to do pullups using a pullup bar. But what do you do if you are not strong enough to do a pullup yet, and you do not have a machine to assist you? You can do what is known as a negative pullup. To do a negative pullup, put a step near...

The New Rules of Lifting: A book review

The New Rules of Lifting is a recently published book from Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove. The New Rules of Lifting‘s basic premise is that it is not which muscles you work out at the gym that makes a real difference in your body, but how you move those muscles. The New Rules of Lifting are based upon using muscles in tandem and in very natural ways, rather than isolating your muscles and working your muscles in a way that your body will never need outside of a gym.

How To: Pullups

How to perform a pullup with an animated image showing the move. Click on the picture to see the full sized animation. Grab a pullup bar (or a handy tree branch…) in an overhand grip. Your hands should be located right around or slightly outside shoulder width....

Thirsty People Feel More Pain

Scott over at Straight to the Bar wrote about a study stating that thirsty people feel more pain. Going without a drink can make you more sensitive to pain, a study has found. Australian pain expert Dr Michael Farrell of the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne and...

Exercise Helps Prevent Depression

The Health & Fitness blog discusses research on how exercise can combat depression. Quoting Briley: “exercise is not only cheaper than antidepressants (or the alcohol or illegal drugs many depressed people turn to for relief), its benefits are immediate....

AVG Antivirus: New advertiser

It is not particularly fitness related, but for another site I have joined a new affiliate program with AVG Antivirus and the rest of Grisoft’s products. I am a big fan of their software, and have been using their free version of their antivirus for years. I...

Anaheim is out of luck for Los Angelos Angels

The city of Anaheim lost their court case against the Los Angelos Angels of Anaheim when a jury concluded that the Angels can use whatever name they want as long as the word Anaheim was in it. In a 9-3 verdict, the jurors found that the new name was consistent with a...

No More Yankees in New England

The Red Sox class A affiliate, the Lowell Spinners, are trying to get youth leagues to get rid of the yankee teams in their leagues. The Lowell Spinners have offered to pay for all new uniforms for teams that change their name to the Spinners from the Yankees. In a...

Texans keep David Carr for 3 more years

The Texans have decided to exercise an $8 million option to extend David Carr’s contract for 3 years today. A lot of people are taking this to mean that they will be selecting Bush as the first draft pick this year. I am not so sure that that is the case. I see...