Excuses to skip the gym are easy to find, and I have a good one to share with you. Maybe it's your genes! Could your genes actually reveal the benefits that you will get from logging all those miles on your daily run/roll? According to an international team of researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, that is exactly the case. The team identified a subset of genes from the Heritage Family Study that could predict the amount of benefit that individuals would receive from aerobic exercise.

To read this month's FITT column, go to http://www.ncpad.org/809/4195/FITT~Column~February~~2010~~~I~m~Skipping~the~Gym~-~
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