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Open Thread: The "43 Folders" of health and fitness sites?
Merlin Mann | Feb 8 2006
Over the last six months or so, I've gotten a lot of requests via email from people looking for (yes, thanks, more than one person called it this) "the 43 Folders of (health|exercise|fitness) sites." Naturally I set my Google fu in motion, fully expecting to turn up dozens of excellent sites on how to stay motivated about workouts, how to eat properly, and how to psych (or "hack," if you prefer) yourself into straightening out, losing weight, and getting that fat ass in motion. Funny thing: I came up pretty thin -- and not in that good, healthy, slender kind of thin way. In at least three sittings of searching over the past few months, I just did not turn up more than a couple of independent sites that really blew me away. Really surprising, and maybe I was just looking in the wrong places. Like under a 12-pack of beer and a rib roast. BUT. I'm sure they're out there, and I can't think of smarter people to ask than you, so you tell me: what's your favorite website or blog about getting healthy? What are your favorite apps for tracking progress and watching a diet? Who's got the best "health hacks?" Post your faves in comments and help your geeky friends get as theoretically fit as they are theoretically organized. 95 Comments
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 "Outside Fitness" by Paul Scott...Submitted by Eric Lechner (not verified) on February 9, 2006 - 9:23am.
"Outside Fitness" by Paul Scott is a great book that is a dead-trees equivalent of what I think you're asking for. The foundation of the book is to get in shape so you can do stuff and have fitness goals, rather than quantified metrics like "lose 50 pounds" or "look good in those old clothes". It talks about strength, endurance, flexibility, agility, balance, and nutrition. It tries to break things down into some fundamental categories and principles, and build a workout routine from these. The author had a workout published in Outside magazine a few years back called The Shape Of Your Life (see http://outside.away.com/outside/bodywork/200205/200205shape_of_your_life.html), which was a workout that really got me in shape, while minimizing time in the gym. This book follows the same fundamentals as the earlier workout, with more depth. Alas, it is an actual book, and not a 43-folders-like website as you're seeking. » POSTED IN:
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