Home Gym Tech
The “Body Fat” LieYou step on a $30 scale, and it tells you your Body Fat is 18.5%, your Bone Mass is 5lbs, and your “Body Age” is 42 (rude).How does it know? It sends a tiny electrical current through your feet.Here is the catch: If you drink a glass of water, the number changes. If … Read more
The “Chair Potato” LifeWorking from home is great until you realize you’ve only walked 400 steps today and 200 of them were to the fridge.Enter the Walking Pad. It’s the treadmill’s younger, cooler, flatter cousin. Can You Actually Type?Yes. The trick is speed. 1.5 mph: You are a productivity machine. 3.0 mph: You are bouncing around and your … Read more
Introduction: The “BS” Detector Welcome to the Golden Age of misinformation. Open TikTok, and you’ll see a 19-year-old influencer telling you that drinking chlorophyll water cures acne (it doesn’t) or that doing 500 side-bends will melt your love handles (it won’t). The wellness industry is a $4.5 trillion machine designed to make you feel insecure so you’ll … Read more
Introduction: The “Toe-Stubbing” Dilemma Living in a city apartment usually involves a lot of compromise. You have to choose between having a dining table or a couch. A desk or a bed. And if you want a home gym? Forget it. Unless you enjoy stubbing your toe on a 25lb iron plate every time you … Read more
