Word: workouts
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Here's my idea of the perfect exercise machine: it looks like a stationary bike, but with way more dials, wires and digital readouts. You input the workout you want--how hard, how long, how many calories burned--and turn the thing on. Then you walk away. The ideal Quittner exercise machine exercises by itself while Quittner enjoys the fat-melting, cardiac-strengthening benefits--possibly sitting in a comfortable chair drinking his favorite concoction of lime juice, brown sugar...
...most cases, it's possible to hang on to the memory you've got well beyond middle age--and perhaps even improve it a bit. "Having a good memory is often just a matter of practicing memory wellness," says clinical psychologist Cynthia Green, author of the book Total Memory Workout...
There's no doubt that creatine can help you build up your biceps. Increasing your energy, it enables you to carry out a longer and more strenuous workout. Normally manufactured by the liver, kidneys and pancreas, it's used by the muscles and other organs as an energy source. Still, there can be too much of a good thing. While creatine is a natural compound, created out of three amino acids, doctors are concerned by reported side effects from apparent overdoses, including dehydration, muscle and ligament tears, diarrhea and kidney failure...
...past three months, Steve Becker, 45, an executive for an instant-messaging company, has been alternating between his bike and his Xootr for the eight-mile commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan. "It takes me an extra hour by scooter," says Becker, "but it's a great workout, it's fun, and it's a lot easier to ride through Midtown. Plus, people look at me and say, That man is having fun! I remember fun." But will they remember the scooter next Christmas...
...hasn't looked quite content doing it. Both before and after the Wood, Fusaichi Pegasus misbehaved, balking before entering the starting gate and then bucking and snorting his way back to the paddock after crossing the wire. Last week, he looked disagreeable by refusing to run an early-morning workout at Churchill, then bucking and throwing his exercise rider before laying down on his rump in the middle of the track a few days later...