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Born to Run Author Christopher McDougall's Thoughts on Best Barefoot Running Technique

The once and future way to run?​Talking with Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run, it's easy to see what has made him such a great interpreter of athletic prowess for the general public. Born to Run -- part travelogue, part sports narrative, part anthropological sketch, and part investigat ... More >>

"Falls Prevention Awareness Day" Falls on First Day of Fall

Be aware!​"Did you or your readers know," queried the press release,"that more than 1/3 of those age 65 and older fall every year? And that once someone has fallen, they are two to three times more likely to fall again?"Well? Did you? We did not. We also did not predict that this was the windup f ... More >>

Want to Get Fit? Get on a Trapeze

Be aware!​"Did you or your readers know," queried the press release,"that more than 1/3 of those age 65 and older fall every year? And that once someone has fallen, they are two to three times more likely to fall again?"Well? Did you? We did not. We also did not predict that this was the windup f ... More >>

How Do They Do That?!

Be aware!​"Did you or your readers know," queried the press release,"that more than 1/3 of those age 65 and older fall every year? And that once someone has fallen, they are two to three times more likely to fall again?"Well? Did you? We did not. We also did not predict that this was the windup f ... More >>

"The Robber": Taut Austrian Thriller Shows the Thrill of Chase

Be aware!​"Did you or your readers know," queried the press release,"that more than 1/3 of those age 65 and older fall every year? And that once someone has fallen, they are two to three times more likely to fall again?"Well? Did you? We did not. We also did not predict that this was the windup f ... More >>

Get fit with a serious yoga workout

Be aware!​"Did you or your readers know," queried the press release,"that more than 1/3 of those age 65 and older fall every year? And that once someone has fallen, they are two to three times more likely to fall again?"Well? Did you? We did not. We also did not predict that this was the windup f ... More >>

All Ages

Be aware!​"Did you or your readers know," queried the press release,"that more than 1/3 of those age 65 and older fall every year? And that once someone has fallen, they are two to three times more likely to fall again?"Well? Did you? We did not. We also did not predict that this was the windup f ... More >>

Hey, Gym-Rat Male Music Fans With Abs, the SF Opera Wants You!

​Sculpted abs aren't a terribly common trait among opera stars (big bones mean big lungs mean big voices) -- or music nerds, for that matter -- which might explain why SF Opera is holding an open call for gym-rat males to fill paid stage parts in a production next year. The organization is particu ... More >>

San Francisco Opera Casting Call for 'Big and Strong' Men for Mystery Show

Looks like opera material to us...​Earlier today, my colleague Ian Port spotted a decidedly not-Figaro opera casting call seeking musclebound galoots with expertise in "push-ups, pull-ups, body strength, endurance, hand-over-hand, staged combat and full body control."Placido Domingo need not apply ... More >>

Open House

Looks like opera material to us...​Earlier today, my colleague Ian Port spotted a decidedly not-Figaro opera casting call seeking musclebound galoots with expertise in "push-ups, pull-ups, body strength, endurance, hand-over-hand, staged combat and full body control."Placido Domingo need not apply ... More >>

On the Good Foot

Looks like opera material to us...​Earlier today, my colleague Ian Port spotted a decidedly not-Figaro opera casting call seeking musclebound galoots with expertise in "push-ups, pull-ups, body strength, endurance, hand-over-hand, staged combat and full body control."Placido Domingo need not apply ... More >>

Chris Daly Vows to Say 'Fuck' at Every 2010 Board Meeting -- For the Greater Fucking Good

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

Fedde Le Grand

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

Run Like a Child

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

Race Day

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

Ripped, literally: as in the muscles of some new recruits to the fad of fitness bootcamps

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

Paddling 101

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

Hop Along

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

Lil’ Kim

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

Nintendo's Wii Fit ignites yet another fitness fad

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

What Are You, Chicken?

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

Punkercize

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

Fresno? Fres Yes!

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

Goin' on a Ninja Hunt

Chris Daly had a pretty fucking funny idea​While other news publications might have you think that Supervisor Chris Daly is going to be uttering the letter F and a couple of dashes at every city meeting this year, SF Weekly can assure you -- the man's gonna say "fuck." In the one-millionth example ... More >>

World Recruiting Championships: Scientology Versus Crunch Gym

How hard can it be to tell a health club from a religion?

Best Heart Attack-Inducing Stairs

How hard can it be to tell a health club from a religion?

V/A

World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's a Real Thing

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World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's a Real Thing

Fitness Gurus: What's Hot for 2005

Core training and other exercise regimens you might actually follow

Best Arcade Game

Dance Dance Revolution

Best Nouveau Old-Timey Musician

Jolie Holland

'Roid Ragers

Two macho men and the bitchy bodybuilding world that surrounds -- and, perhaps, spawned -- the BALCO steroids case

Gyms/Exercise Clubs

Two macho men and the bitchy bodybuilding world that surrounds -- and, perhaps, spawned -- the BALCO steroids case

Roll on In

Buy Goodies for a Good Cause

The Misanthrope

Having good manners doesn't require that we be "sunshiny" all the time -- or ever

Best Exercise Class for Picking Up Half-Naked Gym Bunnies

"Cardio Striptease" at Crunch

Best Martial Arts Stuff

Brendan Lai's Supply Co.

You Spin Me

News flash: Other people are often annoying, and there's little you can do about it

Sports & Recreation Readers' Poll

News flash: Other people are often annoying, and there's little you can do about it

Best Place to Sweat While Doing Business

Sportsclub/LA San Francisco

Best Gym Deal

S.F. Recreation and Park Department Municipal Swimming Pools

Best Gym Workout

Gorilla Sports Alhambra

Best Fitness Club for Voyeurs

Crunch

Best Women's Pickup Basketball Game

Monday Nights, Eureka Valley Recreation Center

Best Run for Drinkers

San Francisco Hash House Harriers

Best Place to Be a Part of Something Good, Plus Get Pumped

The Embarcadero YMCA