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On Sept. 17, 2006, in the Netherlands, Lornah Kiplagat of Kenya set a world record in the 10-mile run after some unconventional training.
For years, Michelle Cuellar exercised five days a week. "But you wouldn't have known it by looking at me," says the 33-year-old mother of two. "I felt fit — but I was still fat."
Life's most agonizing decision — Oprah or your workout — is now officially a thing of the past. Meet the multimedia treadmill, which mates a TV, DVD player or MP3 jack with a cable-ready, speaker- equipped exercise machine.
If there's a sport, there's a shoe specifically made to help you do it better — even if you seldom need to touch the pavement. Here are a few examples of highly functional footwear for some of the most popular off-asphalt pastimes.
A cynic might take one look at the laid-back design of a stationary recumbent bike and say, "Only Americans could think up a way to get their exercise in a recliner."
To improve your running, you don't necessarily have to work harder — just more efficiently.
The home gym is a much more creative and versatile piece of equipment than it used to be.
Long used as a common foot-strengthening drill by Olympic running coaches, barefoot running forces you to make a soft landing on the forefoot (not the heel) that helps eliminate many knee and ankle injuries.
It's probably not necessary to say this in image-obsessed L.A., but looks count — and that extends to fitness equipment.
Do men — more so than women — dream of a solar-powered belly blaster that'll give them six-pack abs, or a holographic aerobi-chair that'll produce squared pecs, a tight butt and Lance Armstrong's VO2 max.+ without leaving their living room?
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