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From this New York Times article, Forget the Treadmill. Get a Dog:

Nearly half of dog walkers exercised an average of 30 minutes a day at least five days a week. By comparison, only about a third of those without dogs got that much regular exercise...

A 2008 study in Western Australia addressed the question when it followed 773 adults who didn’t have dogs. After a year, 92 people, or 12 percent of the group, had acquired a dog. Getting a dog increased average walking by about 30 minutes a week, compared with those who didn’t own dogs…

On average, they exercised about 30 minutes a week more than people who didn’t have dogs.

Some trainees want to go all out every time. Some trainees think they are going all out. They really haven’t revved up their engines as high as they think they have, but that is another matter. For those who like to go all out it is a good thing for awhile. After a time the most hardened trainee will suffer from burnout or become over-trained.

A good trainer will anticipate the burnout or the over-training and make pro-active adjustments for the trainee. Sometimes as trainers we miss the cues and have to make adjustments after the fact. I had one client who absolutely loved the workouts and trained very hard. He then became sporadic in his attendance. I asked him about it. He told me no longer looked forward to the sessions and would look for a reason to stay late at work so that he could avoid an appointment. Lesson learned; we made adjustments. We did not go hard every time after that. When we did he was really up for it.

Muscle tone or tonus is the slight contraction of muscle even when it is at rest. Muscle tone comes from having strong muscles. Athletes who look incredibly toned are that way because they are strong.

When the body is exposed to more of a stimulus that it is equipped to handle the body will makes a positive adaptation as a form of self-protection. That change will occur if the body has the capacity to change plus the needed time and resources to recover.

From this Science Daily article, Exercise Reduces Fatigue In Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy:

From this Science Daily article Lifting Weights Reduces Lymphedema Symptoms Following Breast Cancer Surgery, Research Shows:

My daughter Kaya, my dog Stella, and I were canoeing serenely in inlet along Townlake. The canoe tipped, and we ended up in the water. My mind raced, “Now what do I do with a small child, a dog, and an overturned boat to attend to.”

The Yahoo article What Chain-Food Favorites Cost in Exercise presents equivalents of how many calories there are in a food item and how much exercise would be needed to burn the calories in that food item.

If you are not fully recovered from your last workout before you do your next workout you will have nothing to gain from either workout. You will not have fully recovered, you will not improve, and you will have wasted valuable time and effort.

From this Medscape article Drinking Up to Half a Glass of Wine Daily May Increase Longevity in Men: