David Chu, Fitness Satirist, Personal Trainer
Fitness That's Not Witless
Last week Delts and I each had had a hard workout. I had just reached my goal of 20 pullups, and Delts had just topped 400 in his bench press. We decided to have a celebratory cocktail afterwards. Over at Rosie Malone’s, we laughed and were talking some trash about our friends, people in the [...]
Delts has a fun job. He operates a special cherry-picker that’s used for taking down trees that are no longer viable. He maneuvers the basket so he can get close to a large branch, at which point he uses a chainsaw to cut through it, and then the massive piece of wood falls down to [...]
My good friend CC had been bugging me for ages to check out his Aikido dojo. I had dragged my feet for months – independent almost to a fault, I’ve always preferred working out on my own. Group training sometimes reminds me of cult behavior, and any class can be held back by the weakest [...]
Back in February, I wrote about Reebok making ridiculous claims about their Toning shoes. But I’m a lone voice in the darkness, and I expected the foolishness to continue unabated. All you usually need to get away with lying is a good legal department (and maybe some lobbyists on the side). But surprise! The Federal [...]