The benefits of physical exercise should be pretty obvious, but what does it really mean to be fit ?

If you really want to know... you should check out www.crossfit.com and see where you stand. 

Bikram Yoga

Since '98 I have done some form of Yoga. I started with one of the more gentle styles and about a year later I went to a Bikram's studio in Tempe, Arizona. I thought I was going to die. Hour and a half later I went home and slept for three hours straight. I was exhausted. That's when I realized I have some work to do... Bikram's is not for the faint of heart or for the just wanna be trendy. This type of yoga has been widely critiqued as well as being adored by thousands all over the world. It's the most acknowledged, commercial yoga in the world. It's the type of stretching that I've done that's given me the best and fastest results.  It's hard, it's an athlete's yoga. If you're not used to it, you'll be humbled and practice is the only thing that'll get you there.  And the calming mental benefits are unquestionable.  You'll meet yourself, whereever you're at - mentally and physically. You make a choice, you either keep going through the 26 poses in the 106 degree heated room for the full 1.5 hour class, or you don't.  If you do, and you keep coming back, you'll reap the rewards of staying healthy. www.bikramyoga.com. In the most insane periods of my life, I've gone as much as 9 times in a week.

First rule of Fight Club is...
Having done some form of martial arts since I was 11, but kept starting and stopping, trying new forms for twenty some years, I finally found my way into a boxing gym. Mountain's Edge Fitness Club in Boulder started their "Fight Club" back in 2002. The founder, Corey Wiegand, has always expressed that it's a boxing conditioning class. And that's what I like. Boxers are some of the fittest athletes in the world. To be able to sustain rounds and rounds in the ring moving, punching, blocking, feinting, jabbing, bobbing and weaving, you have to be in shape. I am one of the teachers at our local gym. 

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Skiing in Colorado...

I've skied since I was 8 years old, competed since I was 10. By the time I reached my late teens, I had enough of training twice a week and competing every weekend throughout the winter. I've taking a couple of trips in various mountains since then, but sort of lost my flair for it. Two of my best friends here in Colorado, who are both avid powder skiers kept harassing me over and over until I finally broke down and bought a pair of Extrem Sweet-O powder skis. I can honestly say that I've never had as much fun skiing as I have had this winter.

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Be young, be limber, be strong, be fit.