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NEWS ABOUT: gym

gym stories: 18 news summaries
OPINION

 NY's Disco Gym 
 Is So Fab 

Work out? Nah. It's got a DJ and paisley walls!

Sep 12, 09 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madison Moore can’t stand gyms. They’re “so unfabulous,” and “nothing looks hot in that rotisserie-chicken light,” he writes on Splice Today. But what if a nightclub/gym hybrid existed? “Only in New York” could Moore find David Barton Gym, where the slogan is “... More »

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New York City • fluorescent light • gym • night club • health club • country club • exclusive

Pa. Gym, Va. Tech Shooters Shopped on Same Website

Site rep: This proves people need to protect themselves

Aug 7, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pennsylvania health club shooter and the Virginia Tech killer purchased gun equipment from the same website, WPXI Pittsburgh reports. George Sodini bought accessories from TGSCOM, which sold a gun to Seung-Hui Cho. “We deal with police and government agencies as customers,” said a rep for the firm,... More »

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Seung-Hui Cho • murder • Pennsylvania • website • Virginia Tech shootings • firearms • shooting • gym • guns • health club • George Sodini

(Newser) - Suspected Pittsburgh shooter George Sodini left behind an unsettling video diary which includes a tour of his home and a discussion of his romantic plans, the New York Post reports. In one of two videos posted to the web, Sodini points out his furniture: “Couch and chair—they match.... More »

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video • dating • Pittsburgh • mass shootings • gym • George Sodini

Lonely Pa.
Gym Shooter Blogged About Attack Plans

Sodoni motivated by lack of girlfriend, sex

Aug 5, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - George Sodini was apparently driven to murder by utter loneliness. The man suspected of killing three women in a suburban Pittsburgh gym appears to have left behind an online diary detailing his plans, CNN reports. “Why do this?? To young girls? Just read below,” it promises. In the... More »

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Pittsburgh • shooting • gym • George Sodini

(Newser) - A gunman opened fire tonight at a fitness center near Pittsburgh, leaving five people dead. The shooter is believed to be among the victims, reports the Post-Gazette. About a dozen more people were wounded. Police say the gunman walked to the back door of the LA Fitness Center in Collier,... More »

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Pittsburgh • shooting rampage • gunman • gym

In US, Gym-Class Injuries
Up 150% in Past Decade

Large class sizes, fewer school nurses may be to blame

Aug 3, 09 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - American kids are suffering 150% more injuries in gym class than a decade ago, the AP reports. Over that period, a study found, there has been a renewed emphasis on physical-education class as a way to inculcate students with healthy habits and prevent obesity. But the increase in injuries may... More »

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sports • childhood obesity • school • injury • elementary school • school budget • budget deficit • gym • physical education

 Cancer Fears Drive 
 Fitness Buffs Indoors 

Dermatologists warn on workouts in the sun

Jun 18, 09 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health experts warn us to keep fit while also pestering us to beware of the sun's damaging rays. The solution, for many: indoor workouts. “I refuse to exercise outdoors,” one avid stationary cyclist tells the Boston Globe. She said she considers the sun a harbinger of cancer, not... More »

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cancer • health • skin cancer • exercise • dermatology • fitness • vitamin D • gym • gyms • health club • treadmill • stationary bike

 Exercisers Boost Power Grid 

Green tweak captures energy from popular gym equipment

May 18, 09 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Exercise buffs who hop on an elliptical machine for half an hour can power a laptop for an hour with the generated energy, thanks to a tweak made by a young Florida entrepreneur. The technique takes advantage of a generator already built into a popular model of the cross-trainers. About... More »

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power grid • green energy • fitness • gym • human-powered energy

Recession-Hit Gym Rats Find Cheaper Ways to Work Out

Home exercise takes off in lean times

Apr 16, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans trying to cut back on both flab and expenditures are finding ways to go without costly gym memberships and exercise equipment, reports the Wall Street Journal. Sales of exercise DVDs and simple exercise equipment like yoga mats are booming. Experts say fitness is more important than ever in a... More »

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sports • recession • exercise • fitness • gym • health club

Boss, Galpal Switched Gyms to Dodge Racy Rumors

Boss, alleged girlfriend dodge rumors

Apr 13, 09 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bruce Springsteen was born to run…away from the New Jersey gym where he met alleged extramarital squeeze Ann Kelly. The Boss and Kelly switched workout joints last year when racy rumors began circulating about them, the New York Post reports. Kelly’s neighbor reports seeing them “at... More »

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celebrity • Bruce Springsteen • gym • extramarital affair

Coach Quits After Facebook Flirting With 14-Year-Old

Cops eye 'inappropriate messages' to student

Feb 17, 09 2:53 PM CST
(Newser) - An Atlanta gym teacher is the subject of a criminal probe following allegations that he sent “inappropriate messages” via Facebook to a 14-year-old female student, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The girl’s sister reportedly found the offending messages and told her mother, who contacted police. More »

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Atlanta • Facebook • Georgia • student • high school basketball • scandal • gym • teacher • physical education

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow won’t be onscreen again until 2010, but she’s filling her time with a gym, a PBS TV show, a website, and now a cookbook, the New York Daily News reports. The book, My Father’s Daughter, will stress the importance of families sharing the table. “... More »

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television • film • TV shows • website • Gwyneth Paltrow • cookbooks • actor • gym

Your Prez-Elect Is a Gym Rat

As pressure builds, Obama's workouts remain constant— seven days a week

Dec 25, 08 6:09 AM CST
(Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares to take the helm of a sinking country, he's scaled back on the pastimes of his earlier life—dining out, reading novels, obsessing over Bears and White Sox stats. But one habit has endured: the president-elect is a gym rat who works out every single day,... More »

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Barack Obama • exercise • workout • gym • President Obama

Stanford Dig Combines Sleuthing, Classwork

Students look into why '06 quake toppled gym

Mar 20, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stanford University has found a way to give archeology students valuable excavation experience without leaving campus, Bloomberg reports, and hopes to find out why an enormous gymnasium couldn't withstand the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The gym was intended as a signature building for the young school. "They thought if... More »

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Stanford • San Francisco • construction • Stanford University • earthquake • gym • 1906 San Francisco earthquake • Jane Stanford

Harvard Begins Women-Only Gym Hours

Controversial move to make Muslim females more comfortable

Mar 5, 08 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Harvard is trying out women-only gym hours at one of its facilities to make exercising easier for Muslim women. Six of the 70 hours a week that the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center is open will be barred to men so that Muslim women feel free to dress appropriately for working... More »

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Islam • Muslim Americans • sexism • athlete • Muslim • exercise • Harvard • Muslim women • gym

'Porn' Gym Vids Alarm Utahans

Pickets threatened at Gold's over Ludacris' 'Money Maker,' others

Jan 20, 08 3:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Everyone's gotten an unwelcome eyeful at the gym, but protesters want Gold's Gym to make sure members aren't getting it from music videos on TVs at two Utah locations, the Deseret Morning News reports. Calling rap videos like Ludacris' "Money Maker" pornographic, student and community groups say they'll picket... More »

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protests • Utah • Ludacris • Gold's Gym • gym

America's 12 Germiest Places

It's enough to make the hypochondriac in all of us squirm

Nov 1, 07 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The trash smells worse than the kitchen sinks, but it's not necessarily less prone to germs. Health gives you the 12 germiest places:
  1. Kitchen sink and counters—Use antibacterial product.
  2. Airplane bathrooms—Flushing sprays germs everywhere.
  3. Wet laundry—E. coli, courtesy dirty skivvies. Use bleach, dry high
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list • bacteria • office • common cold • gym

At NYC Gym, Violence Hits Spin Cycle

Cyclist's 'euphoric experience' rubs classmate wrong way

Sep 19, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stuart Sugarman became New York's latest tragic victim of spin rage, when he and his stationary bike were hurled against a wall by stockbroker and fellow spinner Chris Carter. The "euphoric experience" of cycling got Sugarman grunting—and irritated Carter. “This is spin class,” Sugarman told him.... More »

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New York City • cycling • exercise • assault • spinning • gym

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