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Rienhart and the rest, I'm still working finding the most practical exercise program for myself. I saw this thing "8 minutes in the morning"Promising you'd get in great shape and lose weight with only 8 minutes of exercise each morning - he left out the "eat like a bird part" for the weight loss results. I know that nos is deemphasizes trational goals and "making progress". However there is something strange to come out the 14 minute thing and that is the part where it becomes habitual - and the shedualistically insignificant thing. Maybe "progress" can be made off shovelglove or any over nos system by thinking in the following way. Once the 14 minute habit is established,that is the base. if you want to quit whatever your exercise is then and there because of lack of time, you feel crappy or plain old sloth fine, hit the showers ,however if you want to go a liitle extra go in four minute increments OR just do shovelglove or whatever at some other time during the day for just 4 minutes, building on 4 minute increments from there. After all research seems to be showing that exercise has a cumlative effect throught out the day. On a more pratical level I remember a story about Ken Cooper father of the aerobics movement who did and still does have a handle on the aerobic testing thing. After interviewing a patient who said he walked just under 2 miles a morning at a moderate pace, he predicted the man would score in the fair range on the treadmill test. The man easily scored in just at the upper end of the good category in aerobic fitness according to treadmill testing. Dr. Cooper was a a bit puzzled asked about sports participation, hobbies, significant manual labor ect. "Nope" was the answer the man gave, He sat down and watched the tube every night after an all day desk job. "Oh yea," the guy finally said, " Walk home from work too." Ray |
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