A Healthy Mix of Rest and Motion

By PETER JARET
Published: May 3, 2007

SOME gymgoers are tortoises. They prefer to take their sweet time, leisurely pedaling or ambling along on a treadmill. Others are hares, impatiently racing through miles at high intensity.

Each approach offers similar health benefits: lower risk of heart disease, protection against Type 2 diabetes, and weight loss.

But new findings suggest that for at least one workout a week it pays to be both tortoise and hare <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/fashion/03Fitness.html?ex=1337572800&amp;en=d6267ab862ad0b88&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/fashion/03Fitness.html?ex=1337572800&amp;en=d6267ab862ad0b88&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink</a>;

by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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