You want your personality to shine when it's your wedding, and if you're a fitness fanatic, chances are that can mean incorporating details into your day that show your love of healthy living, whether it's a prewedding bridal party hike or a menu chock-full of organic options during the reception. But for running brides who want to make a statement, there's the Oiselle Runaway Bride wedding dress Read more

A friend recently passed along this video from The Fun Theory that documents the following experiment: will more people take the stairs over an escalator by making it fun to do? The group turns a set of stairs in a busy Stockholm metro station into a working piano — the idea being that making things fun can help change people's behavior for the better. Was it a success? Check out the video. I Read more

Fitness trainer Jillian Michaels is adding a meal replacement shake to her line of diet supplements. Called the Jillian Michaels Ultimate Shake, it's the trainer's first drink and will come in two flavors: French vanilla and Dutch chocolate. In a press release, Jillian describes the shakes as "high in protein, low in calories, rich in B6, B12, antioxidants, and fiber, contain no artificial Read more

I can definitely appreciate feminine touches in sportswear. Heck, I've even been known to run in a skirt. When it comes to fashionable sports, tennis, featuring short skirts and fun dresses, wins hands down. Courtly fashions have evolved over the years; the simple white separates have been replaced by the likes of Maria Sharapova's red dress dappled with 600 Swarovski crystals and Venus Read more

You already know that I'm all about fitting fitness into my everyday activities, but I am still on the fence about the Knife and Fork Lift ($40). It's a combination utensil and dumbbell set, and each utensil weighs 1.5 pounds. The website says that the Knife and Fork Lift "serve as a constant reminder that eating puts weight on and requires exercise to take it off." Given the light weight of the Read more

Even though I'm OK working out without music, I prefer not to. Fun Summer jams get me motivated, and music helps me relax too. But sometimes dealing with an iPod can be annoying. Wires get in the way, and iPod cases can get really smelly and gross. But Oakley may have a solution. The Oakley Split THUMP sunglasses ($175) come with a built-in MP3 player that doesn't require any wires, and gives you Read more

Fresh on the heels of DrSugar discussing birth control and pregnancy, I wanted to let you all know there is a movement afoot to have the new health care plan include coverage for free birth control. According to MSNBC, the average woman spends "roughly five years trying to get pregnant or being pregnant." Which is considerably shorter than the time she spends trying not to get pregnant: 30 years. Read more

Eating gels, energy bars, and goo is so passé. As reported by the New York Times, athletes can get the same burst of energy from just gargling a carb solution. No eating, no wrappers, no muscle cramps — just gargle and spit. A study found that just having the carbs enter your mouth tricks the body into thinking energy is on the way, which provides the extra energy your body needs to perform. Read more

While perusing the Internet today, I came across this image on Animal. I was going to write a picture is worth a thousand words, but this photo is truly all about the text. Please read and let me know what you think. While I feel running quietly on the treadmill is better form, I am wondering if . . . Source: Elise Glaser Would Stomping on Mel Gibson Motivate You to Work Out? Read more

Losing weight before a wedding is a big deal for a lot of brides. And judging from these ads, it's something that Slim Fast knows well. With a tagline that reads,"Need to lose a little weight before your wedding?" the three different ads show a cake topper where the bride is in an uncompromising position. In one she's gotten so heavy she's fallen through the cake, and in another we see that she's Read more