The walk was made famous by John Cleese's character Mr. Teabag, and requires 2.5 times as much energy as normal walking, per a study Monty Python were pioneers in sketch comedy, but their impact on ...

Monty Python were pioneers in sketch comedy, but their impact on health — however silly it may be — is starting to get some attention! The team led by researchers at Arizona State University decided ...

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Doing the John Cleese "Silly Walk" just 11 minutes a day could get you past the 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week threshold that the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

Fitting regular walks into your daily routine can be a great way to get some active minutes into your day, but what if you make those walks as inefficient as possible? A new study has explored this ...

There’s nothing like a great training montage to inspire you to get in shape (the one from the 2005 Batman Begins with Christian Bale is a personal favorite). But there’s nothing like a 1970’s British ...

Monty Python-style silly walks may be good for your health.Photo by Channel 4 / 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches Walking silly may be good for your health. That's according to a study designed by a Monty ...

Every December, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) editors put together a light-hearted Chrismas issue that contains playful evidence-based scientific studies that are rigorously researched and ...

We are not suggesting that coconuts migrate. Nor do we plan on having Spam, Spam, Spam, eggs, bacon, sausage and Spam for breakfast.To the uninitiated, you'd be forgiven for wondering why we would ...

21st May 1974: From left to right, John Cleese, Neil Innes, Michael Palin and Eric Idle dressed as Arthurian knights on the set of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'. (Photo by John ...