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Original Publish Date : 12/27/2006
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PCs as exercise equipment
Meatcity's tongue-in-cheek online exercise manual gives a workout regime designed with the nerd lifestyle in mind, sort of.

Many of the exercises incorporate the mouse, the keyboard, and the monitor. Forget the bench presses. Try a little keyboard kung fu, dance-mat pop-up-ad blocking, or light-saber fencing to tone up your abs and biceps. meatcity.co.uk/nerdgym/gym.swf

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