[dd74]

I don't know - don't you guys think we sometimes take how we exercise a little too seriously? Like lifting weights until our biceps burst, or challenging everyone on the bike paths, or riding until we can barely turn the cranks?

What I'm saying is I think "moderate" might be the way to go. I don't think there's much benefit in going "all out" with the exercise.

One of the mother's at my daughter's school did the Tae Bo thing. She didn't know she hurt her back, and continued on with the classes. She ended up with massive migraine headaches that eventually hospitalized her. After a catscan, they found out her spine was leaking fluids. Three months and multiple transfusions later, she's still no better. She obviously "overdid" it. Not that she's the perfect example, but what I'm getting at is I think we're just to obsessed with getting in shape, as we are with food.

In Italy, the cyclists there look so relaxed on their bikes - they just motor along at a nice easy pace. Here, (well, at least here ) they look like they're torturing themselves as they try to race one another along with every bus, car, motorcycle and anything else that moves.