| Hey, Jen, I just got back from the gym, and, boy, are | | | | you can burn fat. |
| my arms tired! But while I was there, Tim told me | | | | You know those annoying commercials on television |
| about something awesome. He has heard about this | | | | about those pills that are supposed to reduce cortisol, |
| new whole body vibration machine called Noblerex. | | | | the stress hormone? That stuff is for real, and this |
| While we were working up a sweat (and let me tell | | | | machine even decreases it in your body. |
| you, Tim looks good in a sweat!) he was telling me | | | | But here's the best part. This isn't an exercise machine. |
| about how total body vibration can have the same | | | | It just sends vibrations through your body. Can you |
| results as all that work we've been doing. | | | | imagine? No more exercise. I can just see me in front |
| The gym was such a hassle today. You know how I | | | | of the television in the evening just vibrating away my |
| hate to stand in line waiting for a machine. I've got | | | | fat and my back pain while oxygenating my blood, |
| better things to do with my time than stand there and | | | | stimulating and flushing my lymphatic system, and |
| watch some blubber-belly wrestling with the ab | | | | strengthening my bones. All while sipping a Margarita. |
| machine. Plus, these machines are so hard on my | | | | This sounds like a bunch of baloney to me. You know |
| joints. I'm not as young as I used to be, don't you | | | | what a skeptic I am! But Tim says this technology was |
| know? But, as the nurse-practitioner said, exercise | | | | developed to help the cosmonauts keep their bone |
| boosts your metabolism, but the effect lasts for only | | | | density while in space. That means there's gotta be |
| 24 hours. So, if I'm going to keep my girlish figure, I | | | | some validity to it. |
| have to keep on going to the gym. Besides, if I don't | | | | I hear Madonna, Gwen Stefani, and even Lance |
| keep in shape I won't be able to get out of a chair | | | | Armstrong use whole body vibration to stay in shape, |
| when I'm eighty-eight. What's a girl to do? | | | | and we know what kind of shape they are in. If it's |
| So I continue to fight the traffic, wasting precious time | | | | good enough for Madonna, Gwen, and Lance, it's good |
| and gas driving from home to the gym and back. | | | | enough for me. What would you think of this idea? I |
| What with waiting in traffic and waiting for machines, | | | | think we should go halves on one of these machines |
| my exercise time isn't relaxing. It's just another source | | | | so we can both keep in shape Think about it and get |
| of stress. | | | | back to me as quick as you can. I'm sick of the gym! |
| So my ears perked up when Tim started talking about | | | | See ya, Bren. |
| this total body vibration machine that lets you keep fit | | | | The whole body vibration machine replaces exercise |
| without leaving home and without working up a sweat. | | | | with total body vibration. This fitness method also |
| He says that when you use this machine, you can | | | | strengthens bones, oxygenates the blood, and reduces |
| increase muscle strength, flexibility, and range of | | | | cortisol, among other benefits. |
| motion. He also said it keeps your metabolic rate up so | | | | |