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The Importance of Walking

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发表于 2010-1-29 09:56 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
Walking can add minutes to your life.0 ^- y7 j1 Z0 l: W# a
   This enables you at 85 years old
- V5 K8 o9 W; T   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing6 K8 X. e) K6 t' k
   home at $7000 per month./ V$ v7 k  `1 g
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    My grandpa started walking
7 X3 A' f& S. d. t( u4 G    five miles a day when he was 60.+ D6 ?- g# R) H% \/ R
    Now he's 97 years old' a! G1 g4 G- N) B% A" {
    and we don't know where the hell he is.
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   I like long walks,
* b. x- h1 z4 R3 v; C: }0 V    especially when they are taken
# J/ T. M" w; h/ h    by people who annoy me.
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   The only reason I would take up walking
4 O+ T$ \4 p# V' Z- B3 I: s    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
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: I2 U  e; x: P5 @; w    I have to walk early in the morning,- z: w9 u. ?5 o; a  R' b' O' A
    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..0 K" h, n$ U5 f9 a$ g9 N# c' S, ~
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   I joined a health club last year,$ {# @, a& T. f4 ~
    spent about 400 bucks.
! d0 ?" M& M9 D8 Z' _    Haven't lost a pound.
+ Q9 P; }* |6 P0 S+ i; S& a% K    Apparently you have to go there.& C$ S2 F* m# p  S
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   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',$ y0 u: T! ]7 Z; y# B0 F6 o
    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..% ^* g" h, q( L
  
' G/ h: Z# T( c0 ]4 \' t6 O  M; x, i   I do have flabby thighs,0 P( I3 _2 h* ]
    but fortunately my stomach covers them.
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    The advantage of exercising every day
5 S8 M! y5 U, }3 S( }+ q! t  &n bsp; is so when you die, they'll say,
" Y5 j5 P2 ^. X) n+ S: j6 \    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
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; i' ]6 x2 N4 O. y" j# i" S   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
! A, n3 `/ K( |4 J' i  start with a small country./ _4 B4 B: T( O6 I
   
' R' W" d. \% S* `   I know I got a lot of exercise
) o1 y" ^; B! A7 ]2 G" H. q, O    the last few years,......
; ?2 L* O, Q+ _& |3 ^; l    just getting over the hill.: Z! [7 c0 R. I" G% A! k# b
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  We all get heavier as we get older,
1 s9 E( L* w# g) S) |, [% Z    because there's a lot more information in our heads.
0 z/ q' S$ p# Z) l    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.) _+ P0 F% _4 k
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    Every time I start thinking too much
) T& n( d% q' ^* Q     about how I look,
8 j, V# W7 \' H& J    I just find a Happy Hour" u1 A3 h1 E+ r% v2 y
   and by the time I leave,
3 U8 x/ K6 l5 ?9 m7 A    I look just fine.
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