If a guy was looking to sell a lot of books, he'd promise you could lose 30 pounds in three weeks and keep it off forever working out only 10 minutes a day. "Younger Next Year" is not that program. Dr. Harry (Henry S. Lodge, MD) and Chris Crowley would probably like to make billions on the next blockbuster diet book, but their mission seems to be more important than money. And one part of that mission, as Dr. Harry points out in the fundraising video for national public TV, is encouraging people to work out six days a week, an hour a day. That's not easy. Most of us would probably rather sleep on a bed of nails. We'd rather take the five-minute cold shower to raise our metabolism.
Dr. Harry says an hour a day, six days a week is the exercise sweet spot. It's where you get the most gains without going totally nuts.
For some people, day after day of aerobics and weights can be monotonous. For me, a Scandinavian-American at peace with sensory deprivation, it never gets boring. I just ride the exercise bicycle watching "Dr. Oz" or a travel show on TV or listening to a book on tape. Or in better weather I ride outdoors and enjoy the scenery. It's more exciting than watching haircuts, usually.
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