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The Donkey Kong Guide to Weight Loss
Today, an 800-pound virtual gorilla is going to help you get in shape. Everybody has played the original Donkey Kong at one point or another, right? If you haven’t, here’s the premise: Donkey Kong has kidnapped the princess, and it’s your job as Mario to climb up ladders and over obstacles until you reach the [...]
22 Fitness Milestones to Mark Your Journey From Chump to Champ
This post is heavily inspired by Corbett Barr’s great article over on ThinkTraffic.net. I couldn’t help but think how a similar article based around fitness milestones would work well for Nerd Fitness (with some Super Mario Bros. thrown in there). As Corbett explained in his post, everybody’s journey will be different. If I left something [...]
5 Life Lessons Learned From The Karate Kid
Other than Top Gun, no movie molded my childhood moreso than the Karate Kid. Thanks to Daniel-san and Mr. Miyagi, I spent a good portion of my early years attending Karate classes, practicing the crane kick in my back yard on tree stumps, and cleaning the windows of our house only using the “wax on, [...]
5 Geeky Wonders to Conquer Your Health
This is a guest post from Matt Gartland over at HealthyLifestyleDesign.com What do Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Biz Stone, Mark Zuckerberg, and Matt Mullenweg all have in common? They’re all geeks – wildly successful and accomplished geeks! Geeks are creative problem solvers. They perceive and interact with the world differently. They have seemingly divine abilities [...]
Nerd Fitness 28-Day Challenge #4: Jump Right In.
Today officially marks the first day of the rest of my life. Gulp. After getting home from the wedding/birthday celebration/vacation last night, I went to bed and told myself I was going to wake up without an alarm for the first time in a long time. Of course, I woke up an hour earlier than [...]
