Exercise in exactly 4 minutes per day!

Last year I participated in one of those "live healthy" fitness programs at work. 100 days, competition based on time. All honor system based. I drew the line at time spent actually in clothes intended to be sweated in, but others had less rigorous definitions. My enthusiasm for the program lagged, so I didn't sign up again this January.

I suspect the thing was mostly a means of selling magazines. The entry fee got me a subscription to "Men's Journal." Not quite Cosmo for guys, but rather fluffy of content.

"12 weeks to your first triathlon!" Um, yep. In weeks 1-3 swim up to 1200 yards. And you must have that $3000 carbon fiber bike, plus the $200 running shoes to shave those seconds. And cook up your victory meal on that $5000 stainless steel stove. I sense a shake out in the publishing industry.

This little lovely product ad has caught my eye once or twice. Link here. It sounds a bit like 'high intensity interval training.' Kinda like a spin class. Go like hell, rest, repeat. Nearly $15,000 (!) for a piece of exercise gear will pay for quite a bit of race entries. And gym memberships, and shoes and bike stuff. Was describing same to some of the lady running friends over the weekend. Maybe I wanna exercise more than 4 minutes a day? Just funny that way.

Looks an awful lot like that sled that the little dog had to pull for the Grinch one Christmas long time ago.

-Larry