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least 10 benefits you will gain
by embracing a comprehensive
exercise program, chances are
you won't follow through, Mau-
rer says.
"We want these to be emo-
tionally charged reasons."
For lack of such reasons,
many people bum out not long
after warming up.
"Once you have the mental
edge, you address the physical
needs," Maurer says.
Among them: nutrition, mus-
cular strength, cardiovascular
endurance, flexibility and re-
generation.
The last component, giving
the body the rest it needs to re-
bound from physical stress, con-
stantly sabotaged Maurer
before he found the right path.
"I was lifting heavy, breaking
down tissue and not giving my
body enough time to rebuild,"
he says today.
In his 10-week program,
Maurer suggests five days a
week of aerobic exercise. Pick a
principal exercise, something
you like (or can consistently tol-
erate). Do it four days a week,
45 minutes to an hour.
On the fifth aerobic day, in-
troduce a cross-training alter-

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native. Rollerblading instead of
biking, for example.
"What I tend to do," Maurer
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