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Whatever you choose, begin with a shorter workout than you believe you can handle. "Consciously underdo," advises exercise physiologist Carl Foster of the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse. "We're all 19 behind our eyes, but if you jogged 10 miles a day when you were in college, that doesn't mean you can do it now." Besides, once you're comfortable with a more modest workout load, you can slowly increase it--about 10% a week, Foster recommends. Government guidelines suggest that if you're having trouble finding the time or energy for a full exercise session...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Couch Potatoes, Arise! | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

...fanciest candles you could find. Now all that's left to make this night perfect is music that's going to provide "atmosphere." Something with a touch of blues, inlaid with a little pop and rock and with a laid-back swing that won't overdo it or underdo...

Author: By Jill Kou, | Title: Album Review: Eric Clapton | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

Buddy's burgers are big, very big in fact, and are cooked to order over an open fire. The cooks at the Sirloin Pit have a tendency to underdo the meat, so if you don't like your hamburgers on the rare side you better make a point of it in advance. Service is cafeteria style, and the lines get longish around lunch and dinner times so get there early...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bars And the Like | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

...Illinois' Charles Percy, Oregon's Mark Hatfield, Tennessee's Howard Baker and Wyoming's Clifford Hansen. "There was no special fanfare for me," mused Brooke after taking the senatorial oath on Jan. 10. "I felt like a member of the club. They didn't overdo it. They didn't underdo it." He and the other Republican tyros have seats in the same section of the Senate chamber?an area that is called "Boy's Town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Senate: An Individual Who Happens To Be a Negro | 2/17/1967 | See Source »

Later Billy gave a reporter some of his own frank thinking about his mission. "When people come forward from small congregations to a mass meeting, it means something in their lives. They say 'This is the church.' Sometimes the local people overdo the publicity, and sometimes they underdo it. I believe, however, that in some countries the church should make use of the modern methods that have been used to sell products." Questioned as to the "luxury accommodations" enjoyed by him and his team, Billy replied: "We stay where we can get good food and water to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: On Safari | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

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