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Go check out The Healthy and Fit Algorithm, written by Adam Gilber of mybodytutor.com
It is a very good collection of hints for eating well and staying fit.   Yes, you’ve heard most of the points somewhere else, but here, they are nicely put together…

In particular, I love the first three dealing with exercise:

Do it 4 times per week for at least 30 minutes. Seriously, doesn’t matter. Basketball, jogging, weights, push ups, etc. Unless you have a specific goal just make sure to get it done!

The two day rule! You can’t miss 2 days of working out in a row. You can skip one day. But not the next!

Don’t let the “Exercise Monster” build up. When I don’t do laundry for a while it becomes what I like to call the ‘Laundry Monster’. It builds up in my mind and I avoid doing it at all costs. Until finally, I have to. And it’s never as bad as I think it’ll be! Don’t let it happen to you. Follow the two day rule!

My old rugby coach used to say: “For every 2 days you skip, you lose a day of work”   This means, that if you only work out three days a week (skipping 4) it means that you really once worked out once a week.

Similarly, one of my favorite Tony Horton’s quotes is: “If you are going to only work out 3 days a week, you might as well throw yourself down the stairs… you’ll be just as sore and no more fit”

As you can see… these things are all telling you the same thing.  Work out 5-6 days a week (even if you don’t kill yourself at it).  The benefts of doing some physical exercise almost every day are bigger than what you get from any single day.  In other words, the sum is greater than the parts.