You know, there's a grain of truth in some of the things these folks are saying, like that functional fitness is important, or that weight bearing exercise builds muscles, or that flexibility is important, or that balance in life is important to overall health and that meditation might be a way for some folks to achieve that.
But much of the rest of it just sounds like some slavish little cult. More than the gimmicky-ness of it, that's what creeps me out. Like applying that arbitrary 10%/13% body fat guideline (and that's all it is, some arbitrary number they chose for no other reason than that they liked it) for people who are not elite athletes. If you're only supposed to do their 30 min. per day workout, it seems to me that the key to achieving that body fat level is severe calorie restriction, not the workout.
Last edited by mariposita; 08-18-2007 at 02:08 PM.
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