Tag: exercise
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Workout at the Office

Quick Workouts: Fitness Anytime, Anywhere Time-Life Books 1987 Submitter: This book is currently on the shelves at a local public library. Who knew people in the 1980’s were so busy that they had to fit in exercise while waiting for the commuter train or even an elevator? I guess I just assumed…
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Cat Flexing

Cat Flexing A Catlover’s Guide to Weight Training, Aerobics and Stretching Jackson 1993 What’s not to love? Cats and exercise! I am trying to imagine ANY of the cats I know that would ALLOW this kind of human behavior and I am coming up empty. I am certain that there…
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Jog your way out of Hell

Jogging With Jesus Lovett 1978 Remember how Satan wants you to be fat? Now we have Jesus wanting you to lace up those trainers and join him jogging. Remember, Satan is sitting on the Hellmouth with cookies, liquor and all sorts other temptations to make you unhealthy. Satan also loathes…
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Sit Ups for Scorpios

Your Astrological Guide to Fitness Shaw 1987 A submitter sent me this book to peruse. Of course, I went straight to the chapter on Aries to see how Mary and I can improve our fitness routines, both being Aries and all. Say what you want about astrology, but there are…
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Save your face!

Miss Craig’s Face-Saving Exercises Craig 1970 Are you aging? Do you have time on your hands to stare into a mirror and make faces? This might be the book you are waiting for! Miss Craig shows us how to do a routine that can keep our faces in check. I…
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This is your face doing isometrics

Isometrics: the Static Way to Physical Fitness Obeck 1966 Submitter: My staff was weeding the good ‘ole 613s and came across this beauty from 1966. This book is awful because, well, it’s an outdated health book from 1966 and the photographs are terrible, not to mention comical. Holly: The pictures…