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That’s me. I have a love/hate relationship with all cardio training.

Hate it because it’s basically boring. Let’s face it, walking, biking, stepping, "ellipticalling" for 30-45 minutes non stop without getting anywhere … not very inspiring, to say the least. And when the program on my elliptical start with warm-ups of 8 minutes at a 0.5 mph speed, I almost fall asleep! Come on, whoever programmed the thing, I do my grocery shopping at 1.2 mph for crying out loud! That’s the average speed, stops to grab the food worked into it! And here I am supposed to glide at 0.5 mph? I’d stall if I was a car with a manual transmission. Seriously. OK, I ignore the virtual trainer and go at 1.2 mph for my warm-up. Ignoring also the flashing arrow pointing down for me to slow my pace. I simply cannot walk that slowly, unless I’ve got a one-year-old by the hand, teaching them to walk!

I’ve seen a lot of women at a lot of gyms, doing the exact same workout routine they were given when they took their memberships. Not just the same machines/ stations, but the same weights/ loads.

And when you listen to them, you hear comments like

"I don’t see any difference" or

"I don’t think I’m getting stronger" or

"those chicken-wing arms are still flapping" and

"My stomach isn’t getting any smaller, even though I do 2-300 sit-ups every day!" 

If someone was to  tell them to use heavier weights, the answer is almost always the same.

OK, I know there will be guys peeking in, just too curious over this title 

I have nothing but ladies on my client list this week -and one visitor, and was asked a question about what to do with the following, more female-oriented subjects.

I’d like to address one issue many of us have. That one week a month when everything goes backwards! You know, pre-menstrual week? Not just the PMS the guys gripe about – bad mood, emotional, etc – but what really bugs us serious fat burners (actually, I like Adam Waters’ “Shredders” better!).

Today I want to tell you about a new friend I’ve made recently. She even sent me her book to read and comment on, and that’s exactly what I’ll be doing right now.

Cassandra Forsythe www.cassandraforsythe.com has written a book for and with Women’s Health called Perfect Body Diet. OK, a title like that had me both curious and dubious. The word "diet" alone is usually enough to make the small hairs at the back of my neck stand up!

Well, if you look in all and any store, that’s what it seems to be! They are all wrapped in red foil, red plastic, red boxes. They have heart shapes or heart designs on the wrappers. All say something about St. Valentine. Does anyone even care who he was? Not many. Some radio stations mention the anecdote, but who really cares?

The commerces care. Not about St Valentine, but about the card-chocolate-roses-diamond sales they make for this one day of the year when people are told to remember that they love someone.

Fresh in from Lewis at AtoZ Fitness:

http://www.atozfitness.com/downloads/writersbest.pdf 

Just to give you some added motivation.

We are after all, a mere 7 weeks from the first official day of spring 2008, March 21st, which this year falls on a Friday. Depending on how nice (or awful) the weather is, I’m ready to bet there will be numerous parties that weekend.