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Exposing fitness myths

Have you ever heard this? Try Super Fitofatocutter! Just one pill an hour for the rest of your natural life will ensure that you look like a super-model! You don't even have to exercise or change your diet in any way. Here's a testimonial from a real, "user." "Yea man...I've been using it for three weeks and I've lost fifty pounds and I can see a six-pack emerging! I eat cheese and crackers once a day and never break a sweat! Thanks Fitofatocutter! Sorry for the harsh measures that follow, but the world has fallen for so many diet pills, crazy diet plans, and insane workout programs that its time to cut the crap. Deep down inside, all people who have an I.Q. at all know what they need to do to be more healthy. The problem is, to be healthy, they will have to change a great deal of what they do, eat, and don't do. Fitness is not a huge mystery. Are there any articles written that seek to expose the secret to why a professional basketball player is so fit? Do people spend any time at all wondering why Olympic sprinters look so good? Of course not! The answers to those lame questions are so obvious, they don't rate any mental hurdles. They don't require any deep thought. Those athletes are in shape because health, strength and stamina are their bread and butter. They take care of their bodies and work them hard so that they will perform well. Now, I don't think the average person has the time or inclination to keep themselves in the same physical condition as a professional athlete. Lets face it. The average person has no need to be in such extreme shape. The needs of the average, health conscious person are simple and, therefore, easier to achieve. For example, if a person runs three miles, three times a week, what could be concluded about them? Are they going to be fat? Are they going to be huffing and puffing every time they have to climb a flight of stairs? Do you see what I mean? The answers that people seek are readily available to the logical thinker. The problem is, people don't want to run three miles three times a week. Thats hard. That takes self discipline. "No way, dude! Just give me a pill." I submit to you, good reader, that running three miles three times a week or performing some other kind of strenuous exercise for about an hour three times a week is much easier than low-carb diets, pills that tear up your body, or just starving yourself for a while, only to gain it all back. The next time you decide to try


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