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What happens when you strap an electric muscle stimulator to your face? Mr. Sato finds out!【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
May 23, 2020 - Tweet
A shocking experiment, brought to you by the chief of SoraNews24’s Department of Bad Ideas.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • exercise • experiment • fitness • funny • gadgets • Mr. Sato • muscles • SNJO • video • weird)
Listening to boys’ love during workout at gym causes strange problem in Japan
- Casey Baseel
May 22, 2020
Seme’s confession of passion turns out to be too hot for the equipment to handle.
- Japan
- (boys love • COK • crazy • exercise • exercise bike • fitness • fujoshi • funny • gyms • weird)
Home workout fun: Get in shape with Creamy Mami magical girl anime exercise videos
- Oona McGee
May 8, 2020
“Creamy exercises” with a Japanese CG pop idol makes “butt training” and “punch time” fun.
- Japan
- (1980s • 80s • Akemi Takada • anime • Creamy Mami • exercise • magical girls • manga • videos • workout)
Nintendo Fitness Boxing videos released online: train alongside famous Japanese voice actors!
- Katy Kelly
Apr 14, 2020
You don’t even need a Switch to join in, so get punching!
- Japan
- (exercise • Fitness Boxing. fitness • health • Imagineer • nintendo • self-quarantine • video)
Coca Cola Japan is giving away one million free drinks to encourage people to exercise at home
- Shannon
Apr 10, 2020
Sometimes all we need is a little extra incentive to get moving.
THIS is how you do a home workout session when you’re suffering from cabin fever【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 10, 2020
With the walls closing in on him in his Tokyo apartment, SoraNews24’s Go Hatori figures out a way to work his body and free his mind.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • cool • coronvirus • crazy • exercise • exercise bike • fitness • funny • Go Hatori • interior • SNJO • weird)
The SoraNews24 Work from Home Health Guide: Stretching with Mr. Sato!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 5, 2020
Mr. Sato is wiser, and healthier, than people think, and he’s here to help you stay loose and limber.
- Japan
- (COK • exercise • fitness • health • life hacks • Mr. Sato • SNJO • stretching • Stretching with Sato • telecommuting • working from home)
Confessions of a 46-year-old Japanese male pole dancer
- Master Blaster
Feb 21, 2020
Mr. Sato shares how pole dancing changed his life and could change yours.
- Japan
- (art • beauty • communication • dancing • exercise • health • Mr. Sato • pole dancing)
Weightlifting is Japanese salarymen’s newest hobby, report says, since “Muscles won’t betray you”
- Casey Baseel
Nov 12, 2019
Lead researcher says pumping iron gives salarymen a joy “that they can’t get from work.”
Turn your exercise ball into your furry best friend with cute pet character covers from Japan!
- Oona McGee
Oct 28, 2019
The only thing you’ll have to balance here is your love for five different animals.
- Japan
- (animals • balance ball • characters • COK • cute • cute animals • exercise • exercise ball • fitness • health • Kawaii • Village Vanguard)
Nintendo’s crazy new Ring-Con and RingFit Adventure are its new exercise/gaming hybrid【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 13, 2019
Developers promise new title is “an adventure game first and foremost.”
- Japan, USA
- (cool • exercise • fitness • nintendo • nintendo switch • Ring-Con • RingFit Adventure • video • video came)
Wii Fit sequel to make the jump to Nintendo Switch, promises tons of fun and sore muscles【Video】
- Koh Ruide
Sep 8, 2019
It’s back, everyone! Get ready to crush your opponents in the name of exercise.
- Japan
- (exercise • fitness • game controller • games • health • nintendo switch • trailer • Wii Fit • YouTube)
We take a cat yoga class at a Japanese rescue cat cafe
- Oona McGee
Jun 22, 2019
Stretch and relax with some friendly felines just a short train ride away from Tokyo.
Consumer Reports: Do these workout shirts really show too much nipple?
- Master Blaster
Jun 21, 2019
We search for the truth behind the alleged excessive nipple exposure of tank tops sold by Arkkil.
- Internet, Japan
- (Amazon • Arkkil • consumer reports • exercise • false advertising • sizes • sportswear • tank top)
Middle-aged, left-by-wife Japanese guy goes from schlub to stud, rebuilds muscles and life【Pics 】
- Casey Baseel
May 21, 2019
Renewed passion for bodybuilding leads to competition-spec body and new love.
- Japan
- (bodybuilding • exercise • fitness • Handsome men • muscles)
Japan’s unbelievably buff muscle idol shares workout videos, performs wicked clothesline【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2019
Reika Saiki is here to evolve traditional kawaii cuteness into a new form: mukikawa.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • bodybuilding • exercise • fitness • idol singers • Idols • muscles • pro wrestling • Reika Saiki • video • weightlifting)
New women-only gym in Tokyo offers free all-you-can-eat donuts and other sweets to members
- Casey Baseel
Apr 10, 2019
You can skip the protein bars and snack on real desserts at this fitness center, but there’s a catch.
Adidas Shindo: Lose weight and release stress like a samurai with a wooden Japanese katana
- Oona McGee
Jan 8, 2019
Adidas exercise class takes its moves from Japanese samurai.
- Japan
- (Adidas • aerobics class • exercise • gym • Japanese swords • Katana • weight loss)
We test out a product that promises it will make cars obsolete: these goofy looking boots
- Master Blaster
Oct 14, 2018
Dr. NakaMats, you’ve done it again!
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • Dr. NakaMats • Dr. Nakamatsu • exercise • funny • inventions • Jumping Jax • Seiji Nakazawa • shoes • SNOJ • Super Pyon Pyon • weird)
Effect of Dragon Ball-style Gravity Chamber on training studied at Chubu University
- Master Blaster
Aug 9, 2018
An answer to the age-old question: “Would training in a Gravity Chamber really work?”
- Japan
- (Chubu University • coordination • Dragon Ball • exercise • gravity • Gravity Chamber • Gravity Room • science • training)
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