Kevin Goldstein was frustrated. He wanted to listen to music while riding his bike, but he felt it was not save to wear earbuds while riding. He tried using only one earbud, but he was still unhappy. So, he combined the stereo of regular headphones into one earbud, reports Tucson Velo. He started selling the […]
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The Franchise Hound has up a profile another business that accidentally became a franchise: Jeff Platt had never planned on starting a business model let alone a successful national franchise. With hopes of creating a brand new sport, more than a million dollars was invested in developing new teams and building a facility from the
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Leslie Gordon Christie started out a pudgy child. During her recent pregnancies, she even found herself reaching over 200 pounds. From that experience, she was determined to turn her body around. According to TheRecord, it took 7 months but she succeeded. Viewers of CTV Southwestern Ontario (formerly CKCO) television news knew how big she grew
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KOLO: Arik Bannister’s moment of inspiration was forced on him, a few moments after he set out to become a Zumba instructor. Zumba is a popular workout routine based on Latin music with the sort of hip swinging, foot-twisting moves you might expect. “After 15 minutes I started to feel sore and I thought, you
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The website has been used to market a wide variety of products. Now we can add female cyclist fashions to that list with the addition of My Alibi, reports The Des Moines Register. But raising the money in what she called the “high-capital game†of apparel has not been easy. Durkee said it would cost
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Bryan Van Noy’s journey started after he lost his job. At first he was frustrated, then he decided to start a business. Van Noy’s startup is fighting office sloth by promoting unorthodox activities such as lunges en route to the restroom and hula-hoops in the halls. It relies on a social media platform that encourages
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If you spend much time at the gym, you can probably guess the number of germs being passed from person to equipment and back to another person. Sometimes the germs can seem never ending! Dawn Meifert was sick and tired of being, well, sick. Every time she felt good again, a trip to the gym
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Not many people would consider strapping some exercise bands to their legs. However, Stacy Erwin believes he has created the perfect tool for exercise, reports The Kansas City Star. “It†is the Overland Park inventor’s $50, not-sold-in-stores, ready-for-prime-time weight-loss device, Fitness Stride. And though it looks like nothing more than two bungee cords held in
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What excuse do you have for not exercising? If you’re anything like me, the argument is simply that there is not enough time in the day. Between all of our commitments, when are we supposed to get it done? The founders of SqueezeItIn.com, Brigette Polmar and Jenny Hein, accept no excuses. Jenny and Brigette were
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As any good jogger knows, keeping pace is important. That may be possible on a treadmill, but until now there were no options for joggers. Two scientists from Simon Fraser University hope to solve that problem, reports The Vancouver Sun. Their device is a little like cruise control on a car. It allows joggers to
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