You may wonder where the bodytweakers are and what they are up to. We’ve traveled all the way to Madrid, Spain, to visit the annual Fitness Fair. Hundreds of companies from all around the world present their new achievements (products) in all health & fitness related areas.

Generally, you see a lot of fitness equipment and gadgets that cost a lot of money, but provide rather suspiciuos results. Imagine a “thing” that weights what it seems like 1000 lbs (500 kg?), takes away more space than a regular couch and costs about 1000 USD. Now the fun part is that you use it to do triceps extensions. Apart from that it counts your calories, gives you advice about your nutrition and greets you by your name.
I guess such an investment can be made by a gym, but as a regular person, you have to be stupid to put 1000 bucks on the table and buy that bunch of metal only to do your triceps workouts (and even then it’s only 1 exercise!).

Yeah, it’s always fun to see all that unnecessary consumerism in action when you are on a fitness fair. We should get a stand one of these years and show all these people how to do “all that” using only a bench and a pair of dumbbells.

Look at this thing:

Does it look like a torture seat to you used by the Spanish Inquisition? That “home gym” would cost you over 1,700 USD. What it does? Nothing you can’t do without it.

We’ll post more photos and info about what we have seen and learned at the Fitness Fair (aka Fitness Inquisition) in the next few days.

Keep looking for the next episodes of this fitness horror series!

I know, I know. This may be a little bit off topic, but since it has a direct connection to the future of health of the general public, I’ve got the feeling I have to post this anyway.

Ladies and gentelmen, we’re there. Growing complex organs in a lab and implanting them is no longer science fiction. Seven young patients in the US, between ages 4 and 19, have been given new bladders created in a lab from their own cells.

Just think how many people are waiting for donor organs and how many of them die without getting one they need. Or how many die because an organ results incompatible.

Tissue engineering from your own cells may soon become the answer for optimal “donor” organs. Imagine a donor bank where you’d conserve your own vital organs “fabricated” from your own cells. And when something fails, you replace them. Like a part from your old car.

This is an interesting topic, worth keeping an eye on it.

I’ve started a deep endurance training today. Have been jogging in the city park. It’s been about 2.5 miles for the start, but we’re going for more next time.

3 times a week may be a little bit too much, but I see no other way to get into the right shape in just 2-3 months. As you may already know I’m planning to take part in the “Carros de Foc” competition. 137 miles in 24 hours. That may require more than just “good” shape.

Anyway, I must confess that I haven’t really done any targeted endurance/cardio training in the last year. So, those 2.5 miles have been a hard nut, well… I guess falling is the first step to learning how to fly, huh? I still feel the rush, hours after the training. But I like it. I think I’m going for 3-3.5 miles tomorrow or on wednesday.

Let your legs carry your body, and your heart carry your dreams. Step after step, mile after mile.