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In case you haven't noticed, we have begun making a transition from fitPod to fitMusic. Soon,when you type in www.fitPod.com you will be automatically forwarded on to our new location at www.fitMusic.com. In the meantime, get the jump on your fellow fitness music fans by bookmarking and using www.fitMusic.com exclusively.

You may have noticed something *slightly* different when you logged on to fitPod. We're now fitMusic. Why the change? Fitness and music ain't just about pods. It's about any and all forms of listening to music while you work out.

from rollingstone.com

This set's title song is most notable not for the singer but the composers: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, who gave the song - more folk-pop sweetness than "Brown Sugar" - to their producer Andrew Loog Oldham, who made it the debut release by his protégée, Vashti Bunyan. Today, Bunyan is a goddess to the freak-folk community, due to the sturdy beauty of her 1970 album, Just Another Diamond Day.

from msnbc.com

Denis Barry, a former champion bodybuilder, is a man on a mission: to get his fitness clients in the best shape of their lives. Through a high-intensity training program called Power Hit at Edge gym in New York City, he sends clients new workouts every week via e-mail, cracks the whip during workouts and administers weekly and monthly tests — a series of timed drills including dead lifts and bench presses — to chart their progress and make sure they aren't slacking off.

from nytimes.com

Q. If added weight in the midsection raises the risk of health problems like diabetes and heart trouble, does a tummy tuck or liposuction lower the risk?

A. “The answer is no, because the risky fat is inside the abdominal wall, in and around the organs,”

from fitsugar.com

It seems like every food company is getting on the health kick these days. They're advertising products that are "made with whole grains," or "low in sugar," or "fat-free." It's easy to believe the printing on the packages, but I'm sorry to tell you that food companies are using all their marketing resources to sway you to buy their product.

from reuters.com

The size of an aging man's belly and the bulk of his biceps provide a more accurate picture of his mortality risk than body mass index (BMI) alone, UK researchers have shown.

from ipodhacks.com

Want to share tracks from iPod to iPod without an intermediary computer or sync application? A forthcoming device known as the miShare just fits the bill.

from nytimes.com

HEALTH and beauty. They seem inextricable. That smiling, slender woman on the cover of Self magazine. The ripped guy looking out from the pages of Men’s Health. They’re thin. Their eyes are bright. They look like they’re bursting with energy.

from msnbc.com

20 studies found clipping on a step counter inspired weight loss

A $20 fitness gadget stood up to multiple research studies, helping people walk an additional mile each day — but only if they logged their steps.

from wired.com

Think you know what a typical Turkey Day meal looks like? Well, look closer. No — much closer. Wired asked Mike Davidson, a biologist and expert photomicrographer at Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Lab, to turn his lenses on the all-American meal.

from ilounge.com

Tunewear's Tuneshell for iPod nano 3rd Generation ($20) is a hard plastic alternative to the company's past, popular series of rubber Icewear cases, featuring a two-piece snap-together clear body and an easily detached lanyard necklace. Tuneshell provides full access to the new nano's bottom surface while protecting the rest of the iPod, save for its Click Wheel, which is entirely exposed.

from ipodhacks.com

crispSofties has released iPod.iTunes v3.7.2. iPod.iTunes is a track / playlist sync assistant that saves time and effort by preventing the syncing of duplicate tracks from Mac to iPod.

from ipodhacks.com

Looking to do some iPod DJing at your next party? Is finding a cluster of "matching" songs in your library proving to be a challenge? Have a look at beaTunes v1.2.5 for Mac OS X.

from walking.about.com

According to a CNN story, If each American walked for a half hour a day (the recommended minimum for good health) instead of driving, we would save the planet 64 million tons of carbon dioxide, 6.5 million gallons of gas, and incidentally lose 13 pounds a year.