Download a training coach
An iPod's the one and only request on my birthday list. I can't wait to stuff my ears with motivating music as I jog this summer. Right now I'm stuck plugging headphones into the gym treadmill, trapped by the often boring TV flavors of the hour.
As MP3 players sweep through fitness, new downloadable fitness offerings are sprouting up. Downloadable training coaches are for sale touting audio, video or audio/video combinations to make sweat pour off the bods of fitness fanatics everywhere. If interested, don't miss this Consumer Reports-of-sorts article on downloadable coaches. You'll learn how to identify good sites from poor-quality, non-certified offerings. The article also shares feedback on several top sites tested such as:
That's Fit readers are constantly extolling the virtues of working out to a personalized mix of songs. I can't wait to join in the fun, and perhaps push a bit harder with a coach in my ear!
Okay, so I'm not really up on technology, but I've recently heard about this thing called Podfitness, which apparently is a customized audio fitness training service. Podfitness employs 'celebrities' as their 'personal trainers' and they've just signed a few more: Danny Bonaduce (from the Partridge Family and Breaking Bonaduce), Kathy Kaehler (Fitness expert on the Today Show) and Jay Cutler (Mr. Olympia.) 
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