You don’t need anything but running shoes to start running. But having some basic gear can make a big difference and keep you going.
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The best geek and nerd fitness blogs of 2017
My favorite geek and nerd fitness blogs, podcasts, YouTube channels, and Instagram accounts. Now go make some fitgeek friends!
Hydration Station: Benefits of Water
If your mouth is dry and you feel thirsty, it’s already too late–you’re on the way to dehydration. Even if you think you’re drinking enough, you’re probably not (we all overestimate how much we drink). So drink up, geeks!
In Defense of Walmart Bikes and Discount Running Shoes
In defense of Walmart bikes and discount running shoes. Expensive fitness gear is a luxury, rather than a necessity. Look at your needs and find the most appropriate gear you can for your personal situation. Even if the internet says what you buy is garbage, if it works for you, then it works for you.
7 Simple Hacks to Move More Every Single Day (Geek Fitness Health Hacks, Episode 006)
If you want lasting wellness, you have to change the way you live your life every single day.
What Do You Need to Start Running? – (Geek Fitness Health Hacks – 003)
What do you really need to start running? A couple of feet and a pair of shoes that don’t hurt them!
Working Out Shouldn’t Feel Like Work
Going to the gym shouldn’t be a punishment. Find your fun to stick with fitness. When you do, working out won’t feel like work at all.
On Video Game Nostalgia
One of the things I hate more than anything in the world are hypermasculine, manly-man stereotypes. I can't stand them, and I do everything in my power to subvert them whenever possible. So when I got an email about a service called Man Crates, you can understand that...
Don’t Be a Jerk to Newbies at the Gym
There are a lot of reasons that I love running and fitness. I love the way it makes me feel. I love the way it makes me look. I love the things I get to see. And I love the people I get to know. The thing I do not love, however, is the amount of negativity that some...
Ten Years of World of Warcraft. OMG!
I started playing World of Warcraft when it was still in beta 10 years ago. Until the end of Cataclysm, I maintained a pretty steady subscription to the game. It was only after I killed Deathwing that I decided the game was no longer as fun for me anymore. But with...