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		<title>Going Solo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Otis -
I set out on a mountain bike ride recently on the back side of Pikes Peak in my home state of Colorado.  It was atop this behemoth of a mountain that Katherine Lee Bates wrote “America the Beautiful” in 1893, first as a poem. The peak dominates the west side of Colorado [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beating the Heat of Summer</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/07/16/beating-the-heat-of-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don S. Otis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Otis -
I can remember the first time I flew into Miami from Los Angeles. It was 3:00 p.m. and time for a workout after sitting on a long flight, right? What a big mistake!I learned a tough lesson after just a few blocks in that Miami heat. That was a long time ago [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stress Effect and Exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don S. Otis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Otis -
Who doesn’t feel some stress in life today? We struggle with unemployment, fear of terrorism, how to pay our mortgage, a bad relationship, or just the day-to-day pressure to get it all done. If we add ill health or fatigue to this list, any of us would be overwhelmed.A 45-year old woman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Overcome Your Workout Excuses</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/05/14/how-to-overcome-your-workout-excuses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 12:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don S. Otis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Otis -
I frantically dug through my workout bag in the locker room. Where was my workout shirt? (Have you ever kept looking for something in the same place even after you knew it wasn’t there?) Now, I had a decision to make that took some internal debate. Should I risk the humiliation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Failure is Inevitable in the Quest for Fitness</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/04/03/failure-is-inevitable-in-the-quest-for-fitness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don S. Otis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Otis -
How are you doing with your New Year goals? By February of each year, the average American (fifty percent of us) has already fallen off the wagon. By April, even more have given up on their goals.

We have discussed the importance of goals the past few months.* We don’t get anywhere without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing Your Workout Intensity</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/03/19/increasing-your-workout-intensity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don S. Otis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Otis -
There is a row of fifty running machines and as many elliptical trainers upstairs at the local L.A. Fitness Club. Below, one can see the dabblers, yawners, flirters, talkers and serious fitness junkies. It can be an entertaining glimpse into human nature seeing a handful of the 20 and 30-somethings talking on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Avoid Becoming A Resoluter</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/01/08/how-to-avoid-becoming-a-resoluter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don S. Otis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ By Don Otis
We are wired to want to change those habits we know are bad for us. Perhaps it is in our DNA. We establish New Year’s resolutions and then become discouraged when we break a diet plan, miss workouts, or simply give up. A few months ago in this column, we talked about “bucket [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Cure For Winter Malaise</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2009/12/30/a-cure-for-winter-malaise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don S. Otis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Otis
The days are short and cold. Is it any surprise that our motivation to get outside diminishes as the temperatures plummet? Only the hardiest of us wants to venture out after dark. The slick paths can lead to injury as footing and visibility become less predictable. The temptation is to sit inside, watch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting Realistic Goals for the Journey</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2009/11/18/setting-realistic-goals-for-the-journey-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2009/11/18/setting-realistic-goals-for-the-journey-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don S. Otis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Otis
What is on your “bucket list?” If you saw the film starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, you know what I mean. What do you want to accomplish in life? What habits do you want to change? As the old saying goes, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Is Over, Now What?</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2009/11/13/summer-is-over-now-what/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2009/11/13/summer-is-over-now-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don S. Otis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Don Otis
For many of us, summer is filled with activity. We take vacations. We get outside. Then comes the fall and we scramble to fill our woodshed or prepare our garden for the dormant winter months. Aside from shoveling snow, our winter workouts consist of channel surfing or shivering to stay warm.
I lived and [...]]]></description>
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