That's what it's all about...

I always clench my buttocks at bus stops so all the ladiez can admire my tight ass. Ohhhh yeah.

Laugh all you want, but everything you do burns calories. And weight loss is nothing if not ("calories in" < "calories out"). What you have to do is weigh the benefit of burning an extra calorie by clenching / unclenching your fists rapidly versus the risk of Carpal Tunnel plus the risk of looking like a complete tool.

But why burn five calories standing on one leg when you can simply fail to ingest 250 calories by cutting out that soda with lunch?

True story. A former coworker -- who probably lurks around here somewhere -- used to swear he had the system beat. He absolutely swore that he would lose ten pounds a week, without changing his diet, by doing things like drumming his fingers or swinging his legs under his chair all day at work. He also stuffed his face with super-sized Big Mac value meals at any given opportunity and drank Mountain Dew by the case.

He never lost weight.

floor9: True story. A former coworker -- who probably lurks around here somewhere -- used to swear he had the system beat. He absolutely swore that he would lose ten pounds a week, without changing his diet, by doing things like drumming his fingers or swinging his legs under his chair all day at work. He also stuffed his face with super-sized Big Mac value meals at any given opportunity and drank Mountain Dew by the case.

He never lost weight.

But did he gain weight, or just maintain some sort of equilibrium? Also, as nasty as that food is, I guess if that's all he ate (meaning, he did not eat other than what you saw), it's not so many calories per day. I did read an article a few years ago saying that ordinary nervous habits like fidgeting, etc., really do burn a fair amount of energy, and that people with these habits were generally slimmer than more sedate people. Also much more annoying.

People here do that stuff all the time at bus stops, and much more odd physical stuff. But I don't think it's about fitness. More about meth.

Smoke a joint on the bus and relax instead.

I think this is all just propaganda to prevent those brits from farting.

Tell that to the hobo that pees on me at bus stops!

Because walking to and from the bus stop isn't exercise?

I live in Manchester and I'm getting a kick out of these replies...

Seriously though, I do have a small congenital spinal problem that, over the years is getting more and more painful and the only cure for it (other than painkillers) is excercise. I also watch my diet too and include tons of fresh food and very rarely see the inside of a fast-food restaraunt. In fact, yeah, eating healthy and excercising has made me gain weight!! I used to be a lithe 8stone something... now I'm 10stone something. I walk everywhere too, so the whole deal about excerising at bus stops is somewhat lost on me.

Housework certainly burns a lot of calories if not more so! Get rid of the vacuum cleaner and use a sweeping brush if you want to see some real calories get burnt off!

Adult size pedal cars - fantastic idea. Base it on a good leverage system and put a few gears in it - brilliant, I'll buy one tomorrow :-D
(Would be handy for shopping and cutting those pesky greenhouse gasses too)

'Make exercising on the X41 part of your everyday bus travel. The exercises are easy, fun to do and discreet!'




Discreet, huh?

/Fail-linked

Ultraholland -

Why is there a Pepperpot in your picture?

What the fark is that thing on the right of the pic? I have a really hard time believing that "old lady" is as old as dressed and is female...undercover bobby?

Bus services in Manchester must be really bad. That third woman seems to have been waiting there since 1941.

I would like to extend an invitation to the British Government to eat shiat.

There is an English government? That's news to me.

/obligatory

I do Kegels any time I'm talking to someone on the phone.

/My prostate qualified for the Olympics.

Bad_Seed: There is an English government? That's news to me.

That's what I came to say.

I think poor misguided subby meant British government, but I know how confusing that is.

4 countries in Britain? What? Britain is not the capital of England? The world is round?

Yeah, and Canada is the capital city of North America.

*mutters*

Maybe if healthy food wasnt so expensive it wouldnt be so difficult to remain healthy.

It bugs me when i watch these healthy eating programmes, and I am mentally totting up the cost of the healthy meal, with punnets of blueberries, organic walnuts and lean free range chicken breasts, drizzled in low fat truffle oil...and am thinking ..i cant afford to eat that stuff....when a salad costs a fiver...its easy to see why many might choose a 99p cheeseburger to fill their tummies.

What are we supposed to be exercising... if ya know what I mean?

The Physical Jerks?

/ Why does England remind me so much of Orwell's dystopian vision?

floor9: Laugh all you want, but everything you do burns calories. And weight loss is nothing if not ("calories in" < "calories out"). What you have to do is weigh the benefit of burning an extra calorie by clenching / unclenching your fists rapidly versus the risk of Carpal Tunnel plus the risk of looking like a complete tool.

But why burn five calories standing on one leg when you can simply fail to ingest 250 calories by cutting out that soda with lunch?

Or get off the bus a couple of steps before your destination and walk the rest of the way, or cycle the whole way...

I agree though that what they're suggesting is going to make naff all difference to people's fitness if they don't do anything else - it's pretty much equivalent to the stretches you do before a workout.

Even as an American, I know not to trust the Daily Mail.

But I really hope this is true. God, it would just be so farking fantastic if a government was funding this program. The only thing that could make this better would be if McDonald's promoted this as an activity while in line.

Is there anything the government won't fund?

Scott77: Is there anything the government won't fund?

Straight, white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant males.

You can kegel anywhere, anytime

/not limited to the bus stop
//best during boring meetings or social functions

That is all.

CoRrUpTeDbUdGiE
I live in Manchester and I'm getting a kick out of these replies...

Seriously though, I do have a small congenital spinal problem that, over the years is getting more and more painful and the only cure for it (other than painkillers) is excercise...

On this side of the pond, the treatment for that is to buy an H2 Hummer.

The first woman who stands on one leg, falls and breaks something, then sues the city...

Will put an end to this.

myalias1845: What the fark is that thing on the right of the pic? I have a really hard time believing that "old lady" is as old as dressed and is female...undercover bobby?

Looks like Ronald Rumsfeld

Do Kegel Exercises. Has sexual benefits and no one can see you doing them unless you're at the bus stop naked.

ultraholland: Discreet, huh?

It must be cold out, too.

I came here for the Ministry of Silly Walks references and was not disappointed.

Isn't that what the "Captain Morgan" commercials for the "pose off" want men to to also? Hold that one foot up in the air like a nimrod?

I am pretty sure that most people who are forced to use public transportation get enough exercise at the shiatty job they are going to.

Whoreable: I am pretty sure that most people who are forced to use public transportation get enough exercise at the shiatty job they are going to.

3/10

ultraholland: Discreet, huh?

Maybe they're just trying to escape those stupid shoes?

I came to see how long it took someone to post something about the Ministry of Silly Walks. Fark does not disappoint.

Control_this: I do Kegels any time I'm talking to someone on the phone.

/My prostate qualified for the Olympics.

Umm... I thought kegels were just for the ladies. What benefits do they have for males?

Smellvin: Umm... I thought kegels were just for the ladies. What benefits do they have for males?

They aid in man chowder retention.

Smellvin: Umm... I thought kegels were just for the ladies. What benefits do they have for males?

My jizz now has the stopping power of a .44 hollowpoint.

Control_this: My jizz now has the stopping power of a .44 hollowpoint.

I use mine to powerwash my deck.

Mine once launched a sock into low earth orbit.

chandrika: Maybe if healthy food wasnt so expensive it wouldnt be so difficult to remain healthy.

It bugs me when i watch these healthy eating programmes, and I am mentally totting up the cost of the healthy meal, with punnets of blueberries, organic walnuts and lean free range chicken breasts, drizzled in low fat truffle oil...and am thinking ..i cant afford to eat that stuff....when a salad costs a fiver...its easy to see why many might choose a 99p cheeseburger to fill their tummies.

I have been waiting for someone to say that. We do not need to raise the price of unhealthy food which I hear a lot. Rather lower the price of healthy food. I mean 3 dollars for one red bell pepper is ridiculous.

ultraholland: 'Make exercising on the X41 part of your everyday bus travel. The exercises are easy, fun to do and discreet!'

Discreet, huh?

/Fail-linked

What porn may look like?