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PRISON TREADMILL
In 1818, British prisons adopted William Cubitt's treadmill as a tool of hard labor. 208 years later, the machine is a fitness staple, but its modern medical and exercise history evolved separately from the original punishment deviceThe treadmill has an unsettling place in the history of exercise: its story includes Victorian prisons, forced labor, physiological researc...- Ex-NFL player LeShon Johnson found guilty in dog-fighting case, could face 30 years jail termLeShon Johnson, a former NFL running back, has been convicted on six federal felony charges tied to a brutal dog-fighting ring operated und...
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- Troubled by the humdrum of city life, this author opted for a Vipassana retreat to reboot her soulVipassana is where one goes to disconnect to live optimally in a connected world.
- Treadmills to bowling, these everyday things originally had very different usesTreadmills were used in prisons to make convicted criminals walk on them for hours.
- Do you need to quit your job?Fuming about the argument you had at office? Or peeved at being passed over for a project? Moments like these are when you want to march up.
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