Pulse racing, I lay on the floor. I envisioned a crowd gathering around with paramedics ordering the crowd to stand back as they readied themselves to apply CPR. Roused from my reverie, I felt Joe s hand on my shoulder. Mr. Blake, I heard him say. I sat up on the gym mat, breathing hard. My face was red. I can t be your trainer anymore. The risk is too great. Joe continued. I pushed you too hard. You ll have to get a doctor s release to continue with your training.

Wow! My trainer had fired me. You can continue using the equipment,

he assured me, but the club cannot assume the responsibility for your training. Disappointed and sheepish I stood up, shook Joe s hand, thanked him, and made my way to the Life Cycle machine where Joe had trained me the day before.

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For many of you who are businessman and businesswomen, traveling becomes second nature. As you jump from city to city, it gets to the point where people ask you what you do for a living and you have to refrain from saying, I m a Nomad, what about you? Traveling for business can certainly be a pain in the bags, but with a few simple changes, you may find the transition from home to away to be easier than assumed.

There are several things you can do to improve a business trip. From taking a picture of your family and placing it on the hotel room desk to making sure you ve packed a portable phone charger

so that your cell phone will never be dead in times of homesickness, little things add up to a successful trip. The following is a list of things that can make your business trip feel less like work.

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Another day, another great workout. Since I had started kickboxing, I had kicked and punched my way to a great summer body. The results showed at the beach, in the club and in Shana s eyes. I loved the way she looked at me nowadays. I had a date with her after my kickboxing routine and I was just driving the car around the block to pick her up.

Hi! I said as she opened the door. Hey she gushed effusively. Then a quick peck later, we were on the way to the car. She had her arm around my biceps and it felt great. Inside the car, You look great nowadays, Shana

said. I ve been working out my way to that perfect summer body I said, and my new workout is great fun.

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The 24 hour fitness center craze caused a wave in the United States. With the growing amount of working professionals, as well as increased demand upon schedules due to international business and competition, Americans needed access to fitness centers at all various hours of the day and evening. Fitness enthusiasts were suddenly working day shifts, and frustrated due to the fact that gyms weren t open when they were available to work out late in the evening. The opening of the first 24 hour fitness center caused a chain of them to jump up all over the country due to the sudden high demand brought about by their availability. The 24 hour fitness center even allowed red eye

passengers to work out after a long business trip if they needed to.

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I bet you already know all the health benefits for keeping slim. You have probably tried every diet; the Atkins, the Southbeach, the metabolic, the fruit, the water or just plain starvation. In fact, you may even have gained extra weight. You know all the intellectual stuff about keeping healthy, exercising and eating consistently. But you are still as heavy as ever.

How is it that all those intellectual knowledge is not driving you towards weight loss?

This is because the human body is driven by passion and not intellectual knowledge. Knowledge teaches us techniques; passion dives us to make it happen.

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