The new WishList application on Facebook turns every FaceBook user into their own little commission-based business. The idea of social-networking is not a new one, but up until now the rewards for being on a social network were just that – social. With the release of the WishList application on FaceBook, if a FaceBook user sees...

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Having a home gym used to be as simple as buying an exercise bike and sticking it in the corner of the basement. But as Americans place more emphasis on fitness, they are digging deeper into their wallets for state-of-the-art home gyms. Sales of exercise equipment jumped from $4.4 billion in 2005 to almost $4.7 billion...

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Want a Roman bath, a cinema or a state of the art gymnasium but do not want to upset the planners with a massive eyesore of an extension, well if you have the money, dig down. Leonard Blavatnik, a Russian-born oil tycoon bought 15 Kensington Palace Gardens, probably the most exclusive house ever to have changed...

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How does this appeal? You want to loose weight, get fit, improve your strength, ease aches and pains and reduce the risk of osteoporosis and all you have to do is stand on a vibrating platform. Well that’s the claims from the manufacturers of vibrating machines and its generating lots of buzz and celebrity use....

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Your workout at the gym isn’t going to be any less painful. But the world’s leading commercial provider of exercise equipment might at least help make the session on a stair-climber or treadmill more entertaining. Life Fitness, a division of Brunswick Corp., says it plans to offer seamless integration with Apple Inc.’s iPod players in upcoming...

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The California Fitness health club in Hong Kong has connected car batteries to exercise machines so that they can harness human energy to reduce their electricity bills. Rita Wong a fit 27 year old said its very good motivation; for as she pedals furiously on the elliptical she can see the calories she’s burning powering the...

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Can vibration training be good for you? This is a question that a magazine called GearTrends® a very well respected trade magazine in America has been looking in to. To begin with the first American Conference on Human Vibration has just taken place with a focus on disorders of the vascular, neural and musculoskeletal system caused by...

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The New Movement in Weight Training Weight training has always been a popular fitness activity and the reason for this is quite simple. The results are quick; it can improve your performance in athletic activities and dramatically improve strength, muscle tone, appearance and health. Conventional weight training methods achieve excellent results, however they do have their drawbacks....

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It’s really tough to loose weight-and keep it off. Statistics suggest that 9 out of 10 people who go on a diet put the weight back on again, but that means 10% are successful. How do they do it? Research suggests that there are nine key habits that successful weight loss winners adopt. Whether they consciously adopt...

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