I'm a fitness snob, I know that. I regard mainstream gyms as inferior places to get a workout: machines, neon, TVs, magazines, iPods. People focus on how they look rather than how functional and healthy they can get.

And of course, the big enemy is the treadmill. We use electrical energy, which contributes to pollution, global warming, and habitat destruction; we zone out and go nowhere indoors, when the beautiful world is waiting for us to explore her and reconnect with what's real; and we typically jog for long, boring stretches and don't build our capacity or burn fat effectively.

Or so I thought. But today my eyes were opened, thanks to an email from Good Experience.com's Mark Hurst. He pointed me to a video showing the right way to use a treadmill.

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A recent study reported in BBC News suggests than half the kids in Europe will be obese by 2020. Only one in ten kids gets an hour a day of exercise.

The suggestions by the study authors are heroic - 2 hours of PE and sport a day in school, make kids walk places instead of driving them, etc. Heroic, as in "that ain't gonna happen." Can you imagine the school system that will throttle back on math and science to make more time for gym class? And how many of us feel safe letting our kids wander through suburbs and cities to their destinations.

Luckily, the requirements for exercise aren't as stark as these researchers would have us believe. Walking, dancing, playing, climbing, jumping - the natural activities of childhood - all qualify. We don't need to get out our stopwatches and put kids on treadmills. In fact, mandating and formalizing exercise is a sure way to turn them off for life.  Keep Reading…

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