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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