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The Art of Self-Improvement

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Lately I've been trying to get to the gym more often, but of course the gym is full of people transferring germs onto equipment and, if I get sick, I'll stop working out. Anyway, I often feel both hungry and virtuous after the gym and there's a Whole Foods nearby where I can buy stuff that completely undermines whatever I've accomplished which makes me feel stressed, which is also bad for me. 
 
If you worry about your health, you're alarmed by everything. The symptoms of a heart attack are pretty much identical to the symptoms of anxiety about having a heart attack. 
 
And every day we're bombarded with more information. You should see the health guests I'm offered every day by P.R. firms.  Today I was pitched The author of WARRIOR CARDIO: The Revolutionary Metabolic Training System for Burning Fat, Building Muscle, and Getting Fit." Whatever that is.
 
AJ Jacobs tried to make sense -- and fun  -- of all this stuff. Which one worked better?
 
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Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.

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