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Don't Make Monkey Cry.(online gym motivates members with animated monkeys)(Brief Article)
You know you ought to do something about that spare tire around your waist, but what? Sports clubs in Tokyo are either too crowded or too expensive, and that miracle machine you ordered is collecting dust. A Japanese Web site has a novel approach to giving couch potatoes the motivation they so sorely lack.
The key feature of the Monkey Banana Gym, an online fitness club launched last March by Osaka-based sporting goods store Mizuno (https://spocom.mizuno.co.jp/fitness/banana_gym/), is the animated cartoon monkeys. These cute rascals walk you through 10 basic exercises, all the while giving helpful advice in Japanese (in word ...
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