Some Gift Ideas for Movers and Shakers

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By Howard Schneider

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Okay, so what if Santa's a fat slob?

Just because he has earned the right doesn't mean we have.

As you work through your shopping list, here are a few ideas to keep friends and loved ones off the couch as we head into the new year, whether they are techno-geeks or old school.

Enjoy the season, go easy on the eggnog, and let's make a promise to model ourselves after the Three Wise Men: Next time you have an important appointment, walk, ride your bike or take a camel -- anything to exert a little effort.

PODFITNESS.COM: Take martial arts champion Bas Rutten, have him bark orders at you, and set it to tunes from "The Fantasticks"? No problem.

Sick of the goody-two-shoes music you hear at most yoga sessions? Think sun salutations could go well with Marilyn Manson? That's fine, too.

Podfitness lets you mix an extensive database of workouts with playlists from your iPod, Microsoft Zune or other MP3 player, customizing the soundtrack to a variety of exercise routines.

Sounds gimmicky, I know, but I have been playing with this for a few weeks and it's fun. The routines are diverse -- yoga, shake-your-booty aerobics, weightlifting, whole-body workouts, outdoor and treadmill running sequences, sessions devoted to the elliptical -- and they get sequentially harder each time you download a new session.

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