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ludwigk
11/17/09

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Someone needs to explain to this woman that that is *NOT* how belts work. If she can't wear it correctly, then she shouldn't wear it at all.

Next, someone find a similar problem with her pants. #sportsauthority
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Orionsaint
11/17/09

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OMG! Will you stop posting pics of my wife! #sportsauthority
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Yossarian
11/17/09

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It's too bad the Wii can only shape your muscles into standard definition. #sportsauthority
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Black-Dog-Howls
11/17/09

@Yossarian: Your MMLI(made me laugh index) has increased +1. #sportsauthority
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karaiya
11/17/09

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I am a huge fan of Jillian's not only for her hot body and good looks, but her for her passion in being fit and helping others being fit and changing unhealthly lifestyles in our country. It takes a lot to change peoples lives like that. I know, I was once overwieght at 5'10 and lost 50 pounds. I am now a healthy 160. It is a battle you fight everyday. Even though she is a woman she can be looked up to by either sex. #sportsauthority
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NeoAkira
11/17/09

@karaiya:

It almost seems like this post needs a sarcasm tag. #sportsauthority
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karaiya
11/17/09

@karaiya: Oops I meant to add that even though Ms. Michaels and others are trying to promote fitness to all types of people. I think as gamers we all need to take time aways from our PC's and consoles to stay fit and be active. I don't know if this is something I would invest my cash into. When I could throw on a pair of running shoes and jog for a few miles. #sportsauthority
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Bubbleman!
11/17/09

@NeoAkira: She looks like Randy Couture, former UFC Heavyweight Champion. She could easily pass for him or his sister. #sportsauthority
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PegasusActual
11/17/09

@Bubbleman!: Apparently I would totally do Randy Couture. Who knew? #sportsauthority
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Lozmaster
11/17/09

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I think i can count that womans ribs from that picture #sportsauthority
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FP_slomo788
11/17/09

@Lozmaster: [en.wikipedia.org] #sportsauthority
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Lyner
11/17/09

@FP_slomo788: If anything it would be the serratus anterior all the way up there, which covers a portion of the ribs. The external oblique comes out of the lower edge of the serratus anterior, in an oblique fashion, which is downward toward the medial line, forming part of the rectus sheath. It just doesn't look oblique enough. D: #sportsauthority
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FP_slomo788
11/17/09

@Lyner: Always thought the serratus was all the way up, under the arms, and that the muscles right next to the "six-packs" were the obliques. Could be wrong, but still, these are not bones. #sportsauthority
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Lyner
11/18/09

@FP_slomo788: Yeah, I tend to find it difficult to distinguish too, mainly because of the overlap between the serratus anterior and the external oblique muscle. I wasn't claiming they were bones, though. That much we can both agree on. :)

#speakup
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WhatTheFrag
11/17/09

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I'm curious as to the success of this endeavour. I do hope however that doesn't mean they'll start investing into more fitness games. How have EA's fitness game and Jillian Michael's own game factored in with WiiFit? I know that there's atleast a few other games including one for the Biggest Loser itself.
It just seems like they want more people walking into the store and I see Nintendo gaining from this more than these guys to be honest. #sportsauthority
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Generalthe
11/17/09

@WhatTheFrag: ea active is a big dud my store hasnt sold one in months. and we are a big store for nintendo sales. #sportsauthority
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WhatTheFrag
11/17/09

@Generalthe: I know it sold alright in the UK but had a feeling it wasn't doing well in the US. I get the feeling that what you said must've been the case in most stores across the US. #sportsauthority
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Generalthe
11/17/09

@WhatTheFrag: it sold but not as well as what everyone thought. it sold ok at the beginning and then plumetted #sportsauthority
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WhatTheFrag
11/18/09

@Generalthe: Yeah figured as much. It just didn't get momentum. #sportsauthority
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Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
11/17/09

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"Well I Guess It Must Wiilly Work Then."
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I'm a bad person... #sportsauthority
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GoonerVance
11/17/09

@Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): The Wii will cause a fitness 'revolution'. #sportsauthority
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hot_heart
11/17/09

@Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): I bet she couldn't make my Wii fit!

What? It's a console...duh.

Also, I guess it works. It's probably about finding a balance though. And not getting board with it.
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
11/17/09

@GoonerVance: Its important that you eat a proper diet though. That means cutting down on big sandwiches meaning of course No More Heroes. #sportsauthority
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Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
11/17/09

@GoonerVance: I Dolphin puns using working titles are a good idea... #sportsauthority
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Pitchswitch
11/17/09

@GoonerVance: Wasn't Revolution one of the scrapped original names for the Wii? #sportsauthority
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D-K, Anarchist
11/17/09

@Pitchswitch: Whoooosh! #sportsauthority
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D-K, Anarchist
11/17/09

@Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): Pfftt.. A wii as fitness equipment.. it sure is a mad world out there
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Pitchswitch
11/17/09

@D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*: I think the whoosh belongs to you sir.
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D-K, Anarchist
11/17/09

@Pitchswitch: No givsies backsies..

Sorry... your stuck with it, man.. #sportsauthority
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Pitchswitch
11/17/09

@D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*: denied you are, it hath been given back. The only way to kill a pun thread is to denounce the pun, or else the thread will run wild. It was a mercy kill. Keep your whoosh close to your heart. #sportsauthority
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
11/17/09

In reply to Sports Authority Fitness Retailer Inks Deal to Sell Wii
Other consoles could take note of this. If Sony released a weighted PS3 controller I'd be ripped from all the times I've thrown my controller playing Demon's Souls. #sportsauthority
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fueled by sound
11/17/09

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Cause we all know how ripped the wii fit will get you.

Also: how the hell did that photographer make Jillian Michaels look feminine?!? She's so manly/scary everywhere else. #sportsauthority
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Outkastprince
11/17/09

@fueled by sound: Look at those results, Wii fitness all the way baby! #sportsauthority
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Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition
11/17/09

@Outkastprince: Chances are that it's probably ketchup and not red Sharpie ink.

I just threw up in my mouth a bit here. :| #sportsauthority
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Brian Crecente
11/17/09

In reply to Sports Authority Fitness Retailer Inks Deal to Sell Wii
I think there are a lot of bigger implications here, not least of which is that a major fitness retailer sees the Wii Fit as a legitimate piece of exercise equipment. #sportsauthority
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the-hypnotoad
11/17/09

@Brian Crecente: See, I'm more cynical than that. I think they see it as a something they can pass off as legitimate exercise equipment.

The fitness/training industry has never shied away from pushing anything under the sun under the guise of something that 'shreds your abs' or turbo-charges your workout or whatever. #sportsauthority
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Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
11/17/09

@Brian Crecente: It certainly is interesting, and not false either, Wii-Fit has helped me lose a lot of weight.

And I'm not saying I wouldn't have lost more weight if I had used other more proper exercise equipment, because I would have, but I'm not going to. I'm not going to spend my money and time on a pirce of actual excercise equipment.

But I already had a Wii. And I was interested in other uses of the Balance Board (though I have yet to use it for anything other than Wii-Fit).

Which I think is the main point of this. It isn't trying to sell this to its current customers, it's trying to branch out to people who wouldn't otherwise exercise at all. They're trying to increase their customer base and thus improve National fitness.

Another thing I've found about Wii Fit is that it is a game. When I started playing, it was a game I wasn't very good at. That inspired me to get better at it. To get fitter. It's a shame it's not on 360, because imagine how much fitness training teenagers would get if there was a 150Point achievement for being in your ideal weight band, and a 200Point achievement for being your ideal weight exactly. #sportsauthority
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CockroachMan
11/17/09

@the-hypnotoad: yeah.. if those equipments can pass as exercise equipments, WiiFit can too..

Like those, WiiFit can make you lose weight, if used regularly AND with a proper diet. #sportsauthority
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
11/17/09

@Brian Crecente: "a major fitness retailers sees the Wii Fit as a legitimate piece of fat money making equipment."

Fixed it for you. #sportsauthority
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TheRuiner
11/17/09

@Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): "It isn't trying to sell this to its current customers, it's trying to branch out to people who wouldn't otherwise exercise at all."

Only leaves me to wonder, then why the hell sell it at a fitness store? #sportsauthority
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Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
11/17/09

@TheRuiner: "Ummmm Hello, Er, I want to get fit, but I'm really new to this, and, well, I was never any good at sports.... Do you have any suggestions?"

*Sales Person points at the Wii Products display*

If you were trying to get fit, and you had never seriously exercised before, don't you think you might go to a store that's well, practically designed to sell fitness products, like a Mother who wants to buy a game, or game console for their kid, but has no experience with such things, will, oh I don't know, go to a video game store? #sportsauthority
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TheRuiner
11/18/09

@Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): Honestly, no.... and here's why; here's the first example that comes to mind. Gardening. Lets say you were just getting into trying your hand at gardening. You know you need dirt and seeds, and maybe some fertilizer or something along those lines. I'd probably head right on down to my local, and close, Walmart because I know that they'll have all that stuff and I can get it for a reasonable price. (I know my mom, being the out of touch person that most mothers are, would go to target or walmart to get a weight bench or a pull up bar or something exercise related, instead of heading strait to the meca of weight training stores, you know, wade into it.) After growing a few things in your backward for a few seasons you might learn that this is for you and you want to pursue it further, or you may just think it's gay and loose interest. If it's the former then you might start doing some research and study what your doing and explore different methods that might be more fruitful. At that point (for instance) hello hydroponics! Hello tailored nutrients for certain strains of plants and ebb and flow and drip systems and aeroponics... the more advanced aspects of the pastime. At which point walmart isn't going to cut it, your going to begin to see what crap you've been working with and learn through experience that you need to visit a hydroponics store and a plant nursery and so on and so forth. I guess all I'm getting at is that stores tailored toward a specific pastime or hobbies are specialty stores that joe schmoe doesn't usually go when he's first getting into something like working out, or gardening. Places like that are reserved for more experienced and serious hobbiests. Maybe one in ten people with no clue would walk into a specialty store when trying to get a clue about something, and I would bet that you would be one of those specific people, and that's why your smarter than 90% of the consumers running around out there. I worked retail for longer than I'd like to admit and saw this everyday, I would tell people that I knew were for real all the time, "man, if your really serious about this, then you don't belong in here."
I've never written this much on here, all I'll say in closing is, if people are seriously attempting to get fit, and are really serious about it, then they go buy a Wii, then they are only kidding themselves and honestly aren't that concerned to begin with.
Good luck with your pursuits Cptn. whatever they are, Lord knows in about 8 days we could all probably use some exercise. Peace!
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Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
11/18/09

@TheRuiner:

Hhhmmm... I will ignore your spelling etc errors, and just quickly suggest using {br} (but with the More than/Lessthan signs) to add a blank line into long pieces of text to break them up a bit.

Then I will shout the following:

Whhhhhhhhaaaaaaaatttt?!?!?

People would seriously get advice on stuff they have zero experience on from places like Walmart? But with Gardening, you can't just planet stuff and water it and expect it to grow, most of the time you would end up with no results, or just a load of dead plants. And with Exercise, if you really need to get advice beforehand. If you just jump into it without knowing what the hell you're doing you're more likely to do more Harm than Good.

Are People Stu- Oh.... Ohhhh.... Right...

And oh, your example is very strange to me, as I live in the UK. We don't actually have many places like Walmart (Sure we have department stores and such, but they're half the size, or perhaps a quarter of the size of US ones, and I suppose Tescos[A Supermarket Chain] is Trying, but I don't think they're anywhere close yet), and Garden Centres are very common, so I think here most people would go to a Garden Centre for gardening stuff. But I suppose Gardening Centres are not as common in the US?

But I'm surprised at the suggestion most people would jump straight into something they had no experience of instead of asking advice from some who many have a fair bit more experience, like someone who works in a Store devoted to it.

Mind you I'm a strange bred of perfectionist who likes to know exactly what to do, and how to do it, so as to do it perfectly, before I do something. Most of the time. I have some kind of fear of failing I believe.
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TheRuiner
11/18/09

@Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): Well, now knowing your in the UK, I wouldn't have used that analogy at all.

Forgive me country and kinsmen, but; honestly, most Americans are that stupid. Truth be told. There's enough of us now to run into morons everywhere you go! I love my country and I love the people in it, but there are a vast amount of people that would do just that. (Go strait into something before knowing dick about it).

As for the spelling errors, I don't give a crap, and you might do some pre-reading as well ;)

As for the line breaks, that good sir, I will take your advice on. Thanks.

PS ~ You are most definitely in a league of your own, as I believe most of us on this site are because we are info whores. I am in your boat when it comes to being a perfectionist in certain aspects of my life; and I too would only be lieing if I said that I didn't have a fear of failing from time to time as well. Cheers!
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n00b_pwner
11/17/09

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Is it me, or is there a sort of hole under where her ribs should be? #sportsauthority
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deanbmmv
11/17/09

@n00b_pwner: There is. Looks, kinda wrong tbh. Like too skinny kinda wrong.
And why the hell were you ..oh wait, "rule 6. don't ask why. 'The Guardians have unstarred you' and the Guardians need no reason other than you walking 2 feet away form the sandy bit" #sportsauthority
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n00b_pwner
11/17/09

@deanbmmv: Bah!

Time to make a comment that's actually good in the future to try to kinda get it back for a few weeks before losing it again over nothing! #sportsauthority
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D-K, Anarchist
11/17/09

@n00b_pwner: Very much deserved, i was utterly disgusted with your comment. Woman aren't objects, noob_pwner!

*splits star 50/50 with crecente* #sportsauthority
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Spaceboy
11/17/09

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That belt can't be comfortable there. #sportsauthority
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Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
11/17/09

@Spaceboy: Hey, if I was that belt, I would be very comfortable there...

.... what do you mean, you weren't talking about the belt's feelings? #sportsauthority
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verset
11/17/09

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why is she wearing a belt? #sportsauthority
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Man in the mirror
11/17/09

@verset:

why is she wearing clothes? #sportsauthority
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Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
11/17/09

@Man in the mirror:

Why is she vertical? #sportsauthority
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
11/17/09

@verset: She is modelling the new line of Final Fantasy inspired fitness clothes. The extra belts give you rocking abs. #sportsauthority
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Typhoon Swell
11/17/09

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Wow, that girl has an amazing body... #sportsauthority
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kearneybobs
11/17/09

@Typhoon Swell: So amazing she even has dimples on her torso.

Shot of Vodka anyone? #sportsauthority
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fuchikoma
11/17/09

@kearneybobs: ...between groups of abdominal muscle!

wow... :o #sportsauthority
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GohanGVO
06/11/09

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Before pic?

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