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The Complete, Unabridged List of Social Fitness and Wellness Sites, Apps, and Devices

We've been compiling an exhaustive list of interesting products in the "social fitness/wellness" space. We're now well over one hundred, and it's clearly time to start sharing the love. If you'd like to make additions or changes, please tell us about it!

Yoga Trends

Nude Yoga Hits...Salt Lake City?

Nude yoga is old news in New York. (There's still time to sign up for Hot Nude Yoga's summer retreat!) But it's brand new to the fair state of Utah (last seen hosting the squeaky cleanest pole dancing competition in the lower 48). The AP reports today that thanks to pioneering Utah yoga instructor John Cottrell, SLC yoga enthusiasts can now enjoy twice monthly nude classes (a reasonable start, though a far cry from NYC's daily offerings). While the classes are supposed to be all about fitness, the AP reporter who attended noted "an undeniable sexual charge...in the room, making the exercise at times painfully weird and embarrassing." Having never been, I can't comment. Though I can certainly think of something even more painfully weird and embarrasing: Hot Nude Yoga Private Yoga Lessons. Awk-ward! 

Other Places

Party Food Part I

I love food. I love to cook and eat and feed my friends and loved ones. We entertain a lot in my house. For years I never gave the nutritional value of the food I served at parties a second thought. I figured people expect to indulge at parties so I would plan the menu any way I liked. I'd make honey roasted figs with blue cheese and proscuitto that would blow your mind.

Vent About “Easy Tone” Shoes

I’ve been meaning to write about this for awhile now, but after seeing another one of the infuriating commercials this morning while I was on the treadmill, it just had to be done. 

Has anyone else seen the Reebok commercials for these shoes?  If not: http://www.reebok.com/microsites/easytone_reebok/

Swing-a-Ring Nights! Aug 8 • Juggling with Sean Blue

Swing-a-Ring Nights!
05:00 PM– on Saturday, August 08, 2009
Hudson Beach (105th Street on the lower level)
If you haven't completed the hula hoop or juggling challenges, this is the place to go.

New York

“The Gumpathon”, a coast-to-coast charity running event

Some lads from the British Military are organizing “The Gumpathon”, a coast-to-coast charity running event this spring. They are trying to get as much PR & Sponsorship as possible.

Day Ελληνικά "8" IN GREEK

I wish I knew how to say 8 in greek. aannnnvkaaaaa.. aaaaaaaa..vikaaaa.
OKay great I just learned Greek.

New York

Poet Laureate

A Healthy St. Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! It is officially that time of the year, the final stretch before winter vaults into spring, when everyone has to green it up, get sloshed on Jameson, and wear patently sexy shirts like the one I have that reads: “Kiss me I’m (1/3) Irish.” In a similar fashion to my widely revered and respected Healthy Super Bowl post, I am offering, to you, a Healthy St. Patrick’s Day menu of alternatives. BLASPHEMER, you say? I’M BLOGGING FOR A FITNESS WEBSITE YOU JACKASS, I slur, before decking your boyfriend and ripping my shirt off so you can admire my dead sexy freckles. Check out the list after the jump.

Gratuitous Video

Clean Momma Recklessly Combines Dusting and Pliés

Let's say you're a mom with no time, but you still want to get fit. Stop trying to carve out special exercise time, says Carolyn Barnes, a.k.a. cLean Momma. (Her strange capitalization.) Instead, she suggests working fitness into your household chores: Push-ups while you do the dishes, or lunges while vacuuming. Really?

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