iRenew is for iDiots
I did a leg workout this afternoon over at my local Gold’s. During my one of my rest periods, I idly glanced up at the flat screen TV on the wall near the power cage. An infomercial for a fitness gimmick called the iRenew Bracelet flashed on the screen… and my jaw dropped with complete astonishment at what a complete and obvious scam I was viewing. The bracelet is supposed to improve strength, balance and/or endurance by...
“Vanity Sizing” Kicks Guys in the Pants
I’ve long been aware of “vanity sizing” of women’s clothes. For example, I wear the exact same sizes I did in high school… despite the fact that I’m 10 – 15 pounds heavier (sure, it’s muscle, but muscle still adds bulk). As women have gotten bigger, standard women’s clothing sizes have, too. But I didn’t know that men’s clothes were also subject to this. After...
Hamburgers = Heroin?
I’m not quite sure what to make of this Australian community service announcement equating feeding fast food to children with hooking them on heroin. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P-4bzj9sdI] Lord knows, it certainly catches attention, and is effective (in its own way) of making the point that a fast/junk food habit can be harmful – particularly when started early in life. But I have a few issues with it:...
Supplement Ingredient or Drug?
Since I’ve been in e-book-land, I’ve fallen a bit behind the times w/respect to bodybuilding supps and ingredients. But I’m starting to make up for lost time… I’m currently working on a review of iForce Nutrition Maximize V2, which is a pre-workout stimulant product. While digging through the list of ingredients, I discovered something interesting about one of them, methyl synephrine, which is also an...
Moving the Goalposts
According to Reuters Health: Chances are slim to none that the U.S. will meet its public health goal of sharply reducing the number of obese adults by this year, according to federal health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Since the Healthy People 2010 objective was to reduce the obesity rate to 15%, this may rank as the understatement of the year. As the CDC noted in an August press release,...
POM Sues the FTC
POM Wonderful, LLC recently filed suit against the US Federal Trade Commission, on the grounds that new FTC standards are infringing on the company’s free speech rights. According to Law.com: Juice maker POM Wonderful has filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claiming the agency has created a new standard for the evaluation of deceptive advertising that tramples...
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