CARDIO: A SOLID HOUR OF MACHINES. This should be a cakewalk by now; you should feel lean, confident, ready for anything. Spend the first five minutes warming up on the TREADMILL, then take it up to a run for fifteen minutes. Push yourself a little harder than ever before: add an incline, and picture yourself running across a field towards somebody special. Stepping off, head for the GAUNTLET. (If your gym doesn't have one of these, you can substitute the STAIRMASTER.) Climb for 15 minutes at a steady pace, taking nice, deep breaths. Mental image: ascending to a candlelit bedroom. Next, head for the ELLIPTICAL TRAINER (or a NORDIC TRAC) and glide for another 15 minutes (I'm hard pressed to come up with romantic imagery for this one, so use your imagination.). Finish with a 15 minutes on the ROWER (have you ever seen what people do in those boats in Central Park?! Focus on that.) End with a five minute cooldown. Spend extra time today stretching out your quads, hamstrings, and calves.
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