Jillian Beats Boredom With Parkour


Updated 08/13/10 5:27 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 10 comments

Jillian Michaels Says Her Favorite Workout Is Parkour

Getting stuck in a fitness rut is the worst, so it's important to mix up your workouts and motivate yourself by trying new activities. Fitness guru Jillian Michaels recently shared on Facebook how she's keeping her workouts fresh these days: "Great Parkour beginner video. My favorite workout these days. Anything to fend off monotony." Parkour Read more

Ditch the Gym and Go Extreme With Parkour


Updated 11/04/09 8:43 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 17 comments

Ditch the Gym and Go Extreme With Parkour

With the price of gym memberships rising, we're all looking for a less expensive way to burn calories and stay fit. Instead of putting your foot down and refusing to pay, put that foot to good use and practice Parkour —your fitness props become the things around you like benches, railings, trees, walls, stairs, and fences. This extreme sport involves leaping over, climbing up, and rolling off Read more

What's the Big Idea Behind This Sneaky Gatorade Ad?


Updated 06/24/08 7:30 AM · Posted by · 5 comments

Gatorade Ad: Ball Girl Makes an Amazing Catch

I watched the following vid and was overjoyed to see a chick finally kick arse at a male sporting event. But a little research later revealed that our bat girl never made this Spidey-inspired catch; the vid is actually a staged advertisement for Gatorade. The illegitimacy of the play makes me wonder if the Gatorade folks are mocking women's athletic potential with this ad, or on the flip side, if Read more

All Dunk, No Slam


Updated 09/18/07 6:00 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

All Dunk, No Slam

I'm not a huge sports fan, but if basketball was played this way, then I might pay a little more attention to it. How many ways can one dunk a basketball? Apparently many. From the skateboard smack to the close-fisted punch to the rooftop toss, these big ballers got some serious game! If they ever played for reals, I'd definitely be in the stands (not doing this) to show my Read more

New Sport: Extreme Streaking


Updated 08/18/07 10:01 AM · Posted by · 9 comments

New Sport: Extreme Streaking

You just gotta love streakers. They sacrifice their very dignity to give fans a comedic respite from the stressful shouting demands of sitting in the stands. It's a damn dirty job, but some freak's gotta do it. And this particular freak makes a singing-cartwheeling-hurdle jumping event of it! (And the scarf was a nice touch.) Read more

TGIF!


Updated 08/04/07 12:24 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

TGIF!

The end of the week is almost upon us and I must admit, I'm dragging. While some (me!) may choose to sip on coffee for a pick me up, others choose to destroy company property, build a ramp, and make an extreme sport of hallway chair gliding. It may be a dumbass thing to do, but I kinda want in... Read more

Extreme Sport: Head Kicking


Updated 09/29/07 1:55 AM · Posted by · 5 comments

Extreme Sport: Head Kicking

Meet Mike. He's mastered the new extreme sport of kicking one's self in the head. It's a skill that requires a great deal of flexibility, a high degree of pain tolerance, and a really hard head. Who risks knocking themselves unconscious on a daily basis just for the hell of it? Someone who's taken too many kicks to the head, that's who! Read more

The New Extreme Non-Sport


Updated 06/26/07 8:00 PM · Posted by · 9 comments

The New Extreme Non-Sport

And by "extreme," I mean extremely moronic. Japanese television seems to make a competition of everything, from eating on the run to earning a fart in the face, and now they give you: extreme water chugging. You think you're thirsty? You can't handle thirsty! Read more

8 Myths About Sex Differences


Updated 05/25/12 9:05 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Myths About Gender Differences

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Agustín Fuentes points out that when it comes to men and women, what "everyone knows" isn’t what science shows. Everyone knows that men and women are really different. We think differently and act differently because we are wired differently. I mean look at our brains and genitals: they are just Read more

5 Tricks to Get the Most Out of Your Outdoor Run


Updated 05/03/12 4:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Tips For Outdoor Running

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. This week Shape turns to celebrity trainer Jay Cardiello for some help! The weather is getting nice and you may have been bitten by the "run bug." To make the transition from indoor runs to the great outdoors seamless and safe, I compiled a list of my top five tricks to get the most out of your outdoor run. Whether you Read more