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Hi Ray,

You mean you want to apply nos/everyday systems
principles to the stationary bike? The big problem
with the stationary bike is that it's not a whole lot
of fun in itself and doesn't have any useful side
effects (like getting you somewhere). That being said,
I guess there are a couple principles you can extract:

1. 14 minutes a day (intensity up to you on given day)
2. just on N days

This at least gives you clear and realistic strictures
for when and how long to do it.

As for squeezing some urban rangering in, start by
asking yourself "is there anywhere I currently
routinely drive/ride that I could feasibly walk?" If
the answer is yes, then there's nothing mushy or
unclear about it: you do it. You have a routine that's
enforced by your need to regularly get to this place.
Your exercise habit piggybacks on this real, existing
need, you don't have to develop it from scratch.
That's a huge head start. If the answer is no, then
urban ranger might not be the best metaphor to get you
moving. Leisure walks are great, but a tough sell when
the weather is lousy or there's nowhere nice to do it,
and you can get impatient with the slow pace when
there's nowhere to get to except the end of an hour.
So really wrack your brains for a purposeful way to
walk.

I'm happy to hear no-s is working for you. Let us know
what you decide in the exercise department.

Reinhard


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> I really am liking the concept of the nos diet, I'm
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> results after finally going whole hog(I guess that
> is a pun, but not 
> a good one).Anyway the exercise part is what I'm
> dealing with now. 
> The urban ranger is having some appeal, but really
> isn't as defined 
> as shovelgloving. My main exercise for the past few
> months has been 
> the trusty old stationary bike but I'm trying to nos
> it somehow. Any 
> suggestions?
> Ray
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