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grim amusements / April 23, 2008 / researching exercise:

...it's interesting that the particular things done during the session are not considered all that noteworthy, in and of themselves. If you could even get a US weekly to publish an article like this, the tone would certainly be quite a bit more scandalized -- especially if the reporter himself were doing the writing after experiencing said "research". It does, after all, sound as though said "research" implements were neither discussed beforehand nor expected before being used, and I would think your average American male would be just a tad incensed at the very idea. And honestly, I'd have to see actual research -- as opposed to this research -- on the aerobic and health benefits of said research tools used in quite that way before it would seem like a useful exercise. Enjoyable, perhaps; aerobic with cardiovascular and blood pressure benefits, maybe not so much.