Weights

Gadgets

Shake Your Way To Massive Muscles With Vibrating Dumbbells

2:10PM August 2, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

As if we don’t have enough fitness items that vibrate, BodyVib has developed a set of dumbbells that vibrate at 2160 vibrations per minute. These battery-powered weights supposedly help you build muscle mass faster than traditional stationary dumbbells. More »

Gadgets

Why Do These Shake Weights Cost Over $US1000?

12:00AM August 2, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Shake Weights were found to be pretty useless in the past, but BodyVib’s weights could change that: they vibrate 2160 times per minute, which is 10 times faster than traditional ones. More »

Geek Out

What Jack LaLanne Did For Your Body

8:40AM January 25, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Jack LaLanne wasn’t just a fitness guru. Mere fitness gurus don’t tow 70 rowboats – while handcuffed – at age 70. Jack was a powerhouse. He died today, at 96. But not before eating and lifting his way through exercise gear history. More »

Science

France’s Kilogram Standard Is No Good For Americans

8:00PM October 29, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

France holds the world’s standard for the kilogram weight. It’s a cylinder-shaped object that has dictated all other kilogram weights for 130 years now. As it’s made from platinum-iridium, though, the US is concerned it’s no longer accurate. Whoops? More »

Barbells Redesigned With Top-Loading Weights

10:00PM May 10, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

This year I’ve really got serious about my fitness. Gone is the blogger’s paunch, and in its place is a new-found respect for clever gym concepts like this top-loading barbell. More »

Science

Ant Lifts Weight 100 Times Heavier Than Itself

1:20AM February 25, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

What you’re looking at is not only the winner of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council photo competition, it’s also the moment when humans became fearful of the mighty weightlifting ant race. More »

Gadgets

Pumping Iron in Zero Gravity Aboard the ISS

4:40AM April 10, 2009 | John Mahoney

The astronauts working on the International Space Station now have a new zero-G Bowflex, with its requisite bad-arse acronym name: aRED, or Advanced Resistance Exercise Device. Wired took a look at how it works.

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Gaming

Riiflex Weights Make the Wii Fitter

9:40AM January 22, 2009 | Mark Wilson

As long as you are flailing away at whatever Wii title you’re torturing yourself with, you might as well add some resistance.

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Gym Car Concept Sounds Both Healthy and Extremely Dangerous

6:30AM December 14, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Designer Da Feng created the Gym Car mockup that includes a near-complete home gym as well as a Batmobile-esque carbon fibre exterior. No word on the safety of doing bench-presses while driving.

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