Someday I will be this granny. You watch.I couldn’t believe my eyes and yet there she was staring right back at me from a full-page glossy photo spread accompanying an article on fitness. She even had the audacity to accessorize her gray hair and wri…
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Can You Be Too Old To Exercise?
December 31st, 2008 — , Body Image, Celebrities, Humor, Magazines, bad advertising, hollywood from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Diets Are Crazy But Their Advertising is Even Worse
December 4th, 2008 — , Food, Humor, bad advertising from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Sure we can all laugh about those hokey Slim Fast ads from our youth but every year a new diet or diet product comes out with advertising that is guaranteed to make you giggle. Or throw something. While TokaiAngel highlighted a new one from Nestle, h…
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Kids and Body Image: Does this Cartoon Make My Butt Look Big?
November 6th, 2008 — , Body Image, bad advertising, fat, obesity from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
At first glance, a new study about kids’ television viewing habits seems rather encouraging. A group of 1,055 3-12 year-olds was shown three different pictures of a popular female cartoon character, Bibi Blocksburg (the apparent love-child of Mickey M…
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Old Navy Special of the Week: Rib Removal, Only $10 !
September 22nd, 2008 — , Eating Disorders, Fashion, Gym Buddies, bad advertising, gym adventures, rants from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
9 am on a Random Monday Morning. Gym Buddy Allison Calls.A: I have an idea. Let’s skip class today and go to the mall!me: Oooh, will you make me a mix tape too? And then maybe we can hold hands?A: Funny. I’m serious. Let’s play hooky from the gym….
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Williams Sisters Sell Oreos to Children, Meth Next
September 17th, 2008 — , Food, Humor, Sports, bad advertising, rants from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
You are the current U.S. Open Champion and her equally-as-talented sister. People the world over adore you. You’ve made unprecedented strides in both of your athletic careers and at the same time managed to keep your personal lives on an even keel. …
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Men’s “Health” Magazines Suck Every Bit As Much As Women’s
September 11th, 2008 — , Humor, Magazines, bad advertising from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
Dear Men,I owe you an apology. All these years I had thought that women had the lock on self-hate in print form a la Cosmopolitan and Glamour. Even “health and fitness” magazines often aren’t much better in terms of building self worth and establishi…
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Would You Pay $48 A Week To Be Thin?
September 3rd, 2008 — , Gym Buddies, Research, bad advertising, gym adventures, supplements, weight gain/loss, weight lifting from Jenn @ The Great Fitness Experiment
My Fave Target Commercial. What? Like you don’t have one.I was recently accosted in Target. Really it was my own fault. Gym Buddy Allison and I were in the Sports Nutrition aisle looking for gels to take on our long runs. (And, let’s be honest, to …
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