The days of the designer super gym have arrived. Leading the pack is London's GYMBOX;
a new £5m mega gym located in the old Lumiere Cinema space at the St
Martin's Lane hotel. Providing a unique experience is paramount in the
new generation of fitness centre and Gymbox succeeds in breaking the
old mould, with live nightly DJs and quirky classes such as 'Gladiator
Games' - where participants engage in exercises from the eponymous
early 90s TV show - and the 'Stiletto Workout, performed in heels.
The
St Martins Gymbox is actually the second venue for the fitness center
brand, with the first opening in Holborn in 2004. Getting fit has never
been so hip.
Is there a super deluxe new gym, sports or fitness centre in your city that we should know about? Let us know as we would like to feature it in a special feature for our print magazine. By Billy T
Imagine being able to instantly recall every
experience you've had, every conversation you've had and every image
you've ever seen. Sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel but
thanks to senior Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell it may well be
reality in the not too distant future. Bell's project MyLifeBits
endeavors to put all of this information onto a database which will be
searchable on your PC. If that's not eerie enough consider this other
freaky development in science: Glenn Larsen, the chief scientific
officer at Hydra Biosciences in Boston, is working on a regenerative
technique that will actually encourage the body to heal itself. If
Larsen's dream is realized humans will be able to literally grow a new heart after traumatic condition such as a heart attack. by Billy T. via Popular Science
Ditch your tired old roller blades, chuck out
your skis. Extreme sports have taken a new direction and its
encapsulating, literally. The Zorb
is here and it's rolling out the fun. Zorbing involves jumping inside
the giant inflatable (and durable) bubble and letting gravity do the
rest. Usually set in an open space with a slight decline or on water,
Zorbing is the ultimate adrenaline rush. Devised by inventors and
extreme sports enthusiasts Andrew Akers and Dwane Van der Sluis,
the New Zealand based project is taking the world by storm. This has to
be seen in action to be totally appreciated, check out the video online (quicktime, also check out Bossaballfrom Belgium and Rio's bike bus by Billy T
