So much for 'functional fitness.'

You know, as the weather has gotten colder here, I've spent less time walking/running up the mountain behind our apartment, less time running up MP Hill on Yongsan main post, and MORE time using the elliptical trainer at one of the gyms on post. I FOOLED myself into thinking it was the same thing..."Hey, look at this cool heart rate read-out! I'm hitting 170 and it doesn't even feel that bad! My legs aren't getting tired! This is the workout of the future!" I'd even gone so far as to mock a friend of mine who's been running his ass off lately to get "back in shape" (he's already in shape...he just doesn't know it...). So have I found the workout of the future? A way to build functional fitness (take a look at the article in this link...good stuff) without teeth-gnashing, gut-wrenching hard work?

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