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With everything on the quick and quick, exercise has become the same. From "30 day perfect body" to "Only 6 minutes a day" we are bombarded with all kinds of exercise fads everyday. In efforts to have that "perfect body" we buy into them even for a moment.

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The shake weight is a modified dumbbell that oscillates, supposedly increasing the effects of exercise. It was initially supposed to be for women only but now has both a male and female versioin. As ...

Domain: Fitness; Category: Workouts

Created by Columbian dancer, and choreographer Alberto "Beto" Perez during the 1990s, Zumba was released in 2001. It is a workout video that is a blend of upbeat rhythms with easy-to-follow ...

Domain: Fitness; Category: Workouts

Developed by Nintendo, Wii Fit is a Japanese designed (by Hiroshi Matsunaga)game console consisting of activities using the Wii Balance board, on which the player stands during exercise. It features ...

Domain: Fitness; Category: Workouts

Created by Billy Blanks and released 1998. Taebo is a fitness video which combined martial arts, boxing, and a little dance, set to a fast pace music to form an intense cardio workout. It became an ...

Domain: Fitness; Category: Workouts

Pole dancing is now regarded as a form of aerobic and anaerobice exercise. Originally being a form of performance art, pole dancing has been promoted as a fitness regimen since 2000, with fitness ...

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A workout video known for for its intensity. Released in 2004, P90X is a 90 day workout regimen which uses cross-training, periodization, as well as a nutrition and deitary suppliment plan. Created ...

Domain: Fitness; Category: Workouts

Under the name Beachbody brand, Insanity is a work out reginmen that claims to imrove fitness in 60 days with the use of strenuous stamina training. It was developed by trainer Shaun T, where he ...

Domain: Fitness; Category: Workouts

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