| The machines drown out the booming disco
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| | and more effectively than a good,
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| racket from the overhead speakers. All
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| | primitive run.
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| you hear, aside from the constant hum of
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| | Aside from the fresh air that expands
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| machinery, is metal on metal, minus the
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| | your lung capacity, something you can't
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| smear of grease.
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| | get at an indoor gym, running continues
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| Squeak. Squeak. Squeak.
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| | to stand as the leader in conditioning,
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| The stunning blonde attached to these
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| | fat burning, and keeping your heart rate
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| legs peers down at a dark screen. At
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| | up. Just compare the three miles down
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| first, it looks like she's about to
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| | Main Street with the same distance on the
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| indulge in a game of Pac-Man or Donkey
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| | rubbery conveyor belt of a treadmill. The
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| Kong, but in actuality, her ensuing fun
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| | difference in the way you feel is
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| is of a much different variety. This
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| | astounding.
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| woman is about to work out.
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| | But one such concept factoring in the
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| After punching in a few keys as if it
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| | demise of running is the belief that it
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| were tax time, her hips slowly begin to
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| | is a muscle man's worst enemy. Reports
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| grind, and just like that, the fun has
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| | that running will chisel away on that
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| begun.
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| | hard-earned beef have been relentless.
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| Needless to say, the year is 1999 and
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| | Thus, the running fad has come to heel a
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| what once was accomplished with such
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| | bit, almost seemingly limited to the
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| basic simplicity has now entered the
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| | hard-core crowd.
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| world of hi-tech devices and advanced
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| | The experts say that the ideal method,
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| microchips.
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| | however, to avoiding such a tragedy is to
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| To a new patron, who just wandered
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| | jog lightly for the first twenty minutes
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| through the door, it all seems a bit
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| | and then upgrade to a more vigorous pace
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| pretentious as he peers over the motoring
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| | thereafter. After the twenty-minute
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| array of Stairmasters, steppers,
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| | segment, the body generally kicks into
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| treadmills, and stationary bikes.
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| | the fat-burning business as opposed to
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| The observer smirks and chuckles, knowing
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| | the muscle-consuming business. Remaining
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| well that, not so long ago, for the goal
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| | at a steady, moderate pace (say 70
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| at hand, two legs and an old pair of
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| | percent), and ditching any hopes of
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| Nikes were all that was required.
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| | becoming the next Jesse Owens would seem
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| However, the art of running seems a
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| | the most logical approach, especially for
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| forgotten trade, not just for the random
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| | new runners.
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| observer, but for the fitness public in
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| | Besides, doesn't a nice stroll along a
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| general. For the mainstream crowd looking
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| | quiet country road amid the birds and the
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| to foil the flab (and perhaps partake in
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| | tress sound somewhat appealing? Doesn't
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| the social aspects), a nice, honest jog
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| | it beat gaping at the sweat-drenched back
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| through the park loses out to a
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| | of the guy on the Stairmaster in front of
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| sweat-session on the stairs any corporate
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| | you?
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| day of the week.
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| | If this is you, then perhaps it's finally
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| Yet, one fact remains, the same fact that
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| | time to leave those noisy treadmills and
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| has survived both the tests of time and
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| | squeaky stationary bikes behind ... far
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| the endless evolution of technology.
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| | enough behind to choke on your dust.
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| Nothing will whip you into shape faster
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