5 Common Exercises That Are Actually Bad for Health.

Here's a list of 5 common exercises that are actually bad for your health! I was surprised to find this one:

Sit-ups: Not only are sit-ups bad for your neck, but they're also one of the least-effective abdominal exercises you can do, according to a recent study at San Diego State University.

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Ha, I knew there was a reason I hate doing sit-ups!

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They may be right about the other exercises (a diagram or photo or two would help to understand the weight-lifter's lingo) but there's nothing wrong with sit-ups if you only do crunches and have your legs up with your feet flat on the wall. Easiest and fastest way to trim your beer belly.

The bicycle sit-ups they describe are also very good, but are too hard for the person just starting out on an exercise routine. Build up the number of sit-ups you can do before you move onto those.

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Bugger, sit-ups are about the only thing I have room to do in my flat!

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Heh! I didn't know sit ups were bad. I guess I won't do that anymore.

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Sweet! Sitting home on the couch 1, going to the gym 0.

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I suddenly feel old at the age of 26, thanks kids....

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It's not just this particular instance. Most of these are already enshrined at Urban Dictionary and NetLingo.

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8 is a lucky number...

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LOL @ lonewolfe13

you think its bad @ 26 ..... wait till ya get to be my age

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I like how " they" have only known that children ad adults are sexual beings for only about 100 years.

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Reminds me a little too much of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7k9UxXgmQg

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This reminds me of the hysteria over "Rainbow Parties." I doubt very strongly that this is legit.

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Ha! This is from a newspaper in Edmonton, AB, Canada. My girlfriend and I were cracking up reading this in the paper a few days ago.

Just like all the weird drug slang that anti-drug PSAs have, I'd be massively surprised if they could find someone who knew all of these, and even more surprised if they could find someone who used them.

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I'm pretty sure these codes are only known by people who hang out in weird chatrooms and stuff...I've only heard of #3 (PIR = parent in room). #5: GYPO (get your pants off?) is not to be confused with GPOY (gratutious picture of yourself...used to caption a picture of someone/thing else that matches your personality/mood)

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I love the fact that, in an article about sex slang, the name of the quoted expert is Cumming.

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BS

The Myth of Rampant Teenage Promiscuity.

Quote: "The reality is that in many ways, today’s teenagers are more conservative about sex than previous generations."

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Lol, that's bs, as a teen, I've used, nor heard, any of those. It's called the news has to find some way to fill the tv space and columns in newspapers. and people buy into it. It's quite funny.

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