I have been truly enjoying the full body work out after my run. My long neglected back side is feeling stronger (back, glutes, and hamstrings) and by and by my piriformis is a little less irritated during the day while sitting down or driving in the car (and then suddenly standing up). But time in the gym means being surrounded by people. This is what I've noticed over and over. The thinnest, most fit people do not work out as hard or long as us fatties. This goes for both men and women. The good looking ones do light reps of whatever they are doing, and spend most of their time standing around talking, subtly observing the better looking specimens of the opposite sex. It leads me to believe that having a beautiful body is more luck than work. As long as you are 10-15 % body fat by nature, your toned muscles show up with minimum work. It always makes me sad, how it's never about the working out. For the ones who are not "naturally" thin, it's all about the amount of food and what kinds of food you consume. Usually, far less of it than you actually feel you need. It's surprising and depressing how little of it you actually need to get by. | 