There are people out there, who take a lifetime to accomplish something meaningful and relevant. They hone their art, spend time in the trenches and eventually achieve mastery in their respective fields. The problem is, by the time they do, they’re old and gray and approaching their dying days.

No so with Lee Boyce. I’m not saying he’s the end-all-be-all, but for a guy who’s well under 30, he’s managed to become a regular writer at T-Nation, works for one of the nation’s most respected medical clinics, is CPTN certified, a regular fitness expert on a National TV morning show, has appeared in Mens Health, The Huffington Post and other major fitness journals… and so on and so forth. Basically, he knows a shit load about about all the things you can, and need to do in a gym. Ya dig?

So needless to say, this is one man you should listen to. What lies below is a wealth of knowledge for your mental absorption.

The Interview…

me: Hey dude

coachleeboyce: Hey man

me: Glad to see you managed to figure out Gchat. You’re smarter than you look, fo sho!

coachleeboyce: haha. Whats up for the rest of the day?

me: I got coaching in the evening. Power Tumbling… teaching people how to flip without landing on their face. Though, some inevitably do.

coachleeboyce: nice

me: Yeah, so lets start this shebang. Welcome you tall freak of nature and hard work, and mad props for doing this lil interview.

coachleeboyce: No problem

me: Let’s start at the beginning, give us a lil run down of how Lee Boyce came to be from where you started initially. From what I heard, a mutual friend of ours told me you were a bean pole once?

coachleeboyce: Hell yeah. I was a skinny sprinter. I was lean, but I hit 6’2″ by grade 11… at 168lbs there was nothing much to speak for. Of course, being a typical highschool athlete, I FELT big. I got to around 185lbs by my senior year and looked like a basketball player; tall, athletic built but still considerably skinny.

The fact that many of the other guys were even skinnier made the buck eighty five go straight to my head.

me: So how long did it take to get to your level today (240?) and how did you do it? A little help for the young lads that are looking to pack on the pounds.

coachleeboyce: Hmmm… where to begin.

me: how bout nutrition since that’s what most people DONT focus on.

coachleeboyce: Well to start, I’ve been 240 for about 2 years now. I’m 24 years old.

Nutrition is huge. for a skinny bastard like I was once (ESPECIALLY if you’re YOUNG and skinny), you can’t be afraid of carbs and fats. You can be taking in TONNES of carbohydrates because bar a few, your metabolism will be burning calories like a furnace – especially if you’re even moderately active.

Learning how to train right and eating like a horse are the keys to weight gain.

And weight gain is the key to not being skinny. We’ll get to muscle gain after. There’s no point to working out hard in the gym in any way, shape or form, in the pursuit of size, if you aren’t taking in more calories than you put out, through basal metabolism and through your workouts

me: Agreed. It’s funny when guys think they’ll get “fat” when they load on carbs. I’d like to slap these mofos with an oatmeal bag. For the average young male, what macro break down would you usually prescribe?

coachleeboyce: Macro breakdown… lol. Just try to take in 1.5x your weight (lbs) in protein and 2x your weight in carbs in terms of grams. These are good basic guidelines. As far as meals go, a staple of mine was good ole’ chicken breast and sweet potatoes.

me: Y U NO ANSWER QUESTION?!

I kid, and those are basic solid guidelines.

coachleeboyce: lol. People overthink this stuff. I’m in no way a nutrition guru. Far from it. But making muscles grow, and making weight come up and come down is easier than young people make it out to be.

me: It’s true, I constantly have to stop myself from over-thinking. I think the problem(?) is that there is so much good info out there, that you want to incorporate it all. Then we gota bring ourselves back down to Earth and be like “one thing at a time”.

coachleeboyce: Exactly! Only after a certain training age will anyone realize that there are thousands of schools of thought on methodologies.

People who are spending time scrutinizing coaches’ styles in search of “the best method” will stay skinny for LIFE.

Why? because they’ll never find it.

me: You speak wisely, tall man. It’s true, I sometimes get emails saying “is your method the BEST method? If not I don’t want to train. I want to train using the BEST method”. I’m like its the best if you give me solid data and follow the fucking thing… Otherwise it’s shit

coachleeboyce: Your response is more than what mine would be. I’d log out. Drives me bananas.

me: Indeed. So while were on the topic of training, here’s quickie: The average Joe (or Juliette) is looking to make themselves a decent, not horrible program on strength. Three tips on decent program design?

coachleeboyce: The skinny average joe?

me: Sure.

coachleeboyce: Okay, my first tip would be to think of movement planes rather than muscles. Strength is created due to a sum of forces working against a resistance. Focusing on high volume biceps and triceps when you’re weak as a house of cards won’t get you any stronger.

Focusing on pulling and pushing muscles, however, can do alot for you. Make it directional: vertical pushing and pulling, versus horizontal pushing and pulling. It makes it easy to train the total body, release a lot of hormones, and perform many large functional movements.

2ndly I’d say to start from the ground up. I just did a segment for the morning show I’m on earlier this week about chronic pain, and I mentioned that things like the lack of tissue quality and structural balance are direct antecedents to joint discomfort. Long story short, if a skinny bastard expects to squat 300lbs in 6 weeks, he’s gonna have to make sure muscles like his VMO, Adductors, Glute Medius, and Psoas are all firing properly. Take the time to work on foundation movements in order to maximize strength, otherwise you could be exacerbating muscle imbalances. The aftermath is never fun.

3rd, Foundation aside, nothing beats standard, old school barbell training.

This is fact. My advice? Forget instability, and use Unilateral work sparingly when starting out. You cannot produce maximal force against an unstable surface, meaning you can’t train your strength to improve as effectively if you’re using these methods. This is where most kids go wrong. Training beginning strength is different than training strength of an intermediate, and both are different than training for hypertrophy. It is very important to make this distinction.

me: I think that 3rd tip will go a long way towards people not looking like complete morons. Awesome. Speaking of media, I saw you were on the CityTV, CTV and the likes. How’d that go? And what did you talk about?

coachleeboyce: Oh I’ve done several segments for all of them. One of my old clients was the late great Mark Dailey – anchor for cityNews. We got a couple of segments in together during the 2 1/2 years we worked with each other. Currently you can actually catch me talking training on First Look morning show on SunTV.

Generally I talk about a variety of training related topics – normally related to fat loss and the like, since our fat country is so fatly fat.

me: Tell me about it. Big market share for us, I say. It’ll take plenty of life-times to eliminate fatness from this world. Ain’t gona stop me from trying. And on a side note, it’s pretty awesome that you worked with Mark Dailey… know as “the voice of CityTv”. R.I.P

coachleeboyce: Oh yeah, he was a good guy. A friend, actually. Sad to see him battle the Cancer. And true, regarding market share.

me: Now I know you’re a TNation… or, TMuscle writer (whatever it is they call themselves these days). What I wanted to know was, do you have any tips for aspiring writers on how they can write for bigger publications (besides having to know their shit)? Give us a lil break down on how you ended up there.

coachleeboyce: To be honest, I’d start by picking a magazine that you’re interested in and getting into it waist-deep. There’s no point in making a mass proposal to publication after publication because editors will see that you don’t have too much knowledge of any one magazine – theirs in particular. To get into TNation, I had already been reading their material for a long period of time, which then led me to pursue the next steps in getting my thoughts in front of the editors.

My next tip would be to remember that persistence pays off. Pitches will get denied. People will not like everything you have to say. It happens, but how you act in response is what matters.

me: Right on. Yeah you’re one of the few authors on that site who’s content I’ll actually read. Now let’s discuss plateaus when it comes to strength and fat loss. How would you handle each respectively?

coachleeboyce: If it’s not a weak link that’s the issue, often time’s it’s some kind of physiological process that isn’t going the way it should. Strength plateaus, for example are usually due to CNS overload from, well… too much strength training. De-loading weeks are key.

Most fat issues are hormonal. So much of it is diet. The rest is stress. Keeping 2 hormones at bay (cortisol and insulin) will do wonders for getting lean and busting a plateau. luckily those two hormones are probably the most controllable ones in our body.

me: How about exercises that you see guys/gals do in the gym which are a complete waste of time?

coachleeboyce: lol, I see countless

me: Haha true. Top 5 then. So people don’t hate you and go cry in a corner

coachleeboyce: Hmmmm… its usually the “combos” that drive me nuts

me: Ah the mish-mashes

coachleeboyce: Like a stiff-arm pull down converted into a triceps press down at the end. Row – kickback combo. I once saw someone doing hang cleans on the BOSU ball… like… why? Kipping pullups. is that 5?

me: (in kipping’s defense, it’s needed in gymnastics for bar skills… but only if you’re in gymnastics)

coachleeboyce: yeah, and we know Crossfit junkies aren’t going to attack the pummel horse on their off days anytime soon.

me: Indeed. Actually, the correct term is “CultFit”

coachleeboyce: lol

me: Did you see this by the way? I thought it was an April fools… till I realized it wasn’t April: http://www.livestrong.com/video/3953-do-squat-bicep-shoulder-press/

coachleeboyce: OMG. I closed the window.

me: Haha. No one I know has gotten through the entire thing. It has almost become a DARE.

coachleeboyce: That can’t be serious. I don’t even know where to start, so I won’t.

me: She’s been a “certified” trainer since 1995. I didn’t know such stupidity existed back then…but I guess it did.

coachleeboyce: It’s a snowball effect as to where you get your start… regardless if you did university study, or just got a weekend certification, NEITHER of these have much carryover into real training scenarios.

It’s reading material and being coached that makes you into the trainer you become.

If you start by learning flashy stupidity that takes people further away from their goals, then you’ll get caught up if you don’t take a step back. When i started out I was 19 years old.. you should have seen the crap I put some clients through. Luckily I was able to turn things around, for their sake and mine.

me: Interesting theory, I think the snowball effect is a legit phenomenon if the mindset is whack. Those that get their certification in say, CultFit have such major blind spots towards anything else, that they reject it. And like you, in my early days I did some stupid shit… but one thing I never had was an ego. I searched for the truth. Speaking of which, who were your early influencers?

coachleeboyce: Well shortly after I turned 20, I hired a trainer myself at the local gym at which I worked. He taught me a lot of the basics on strength and hypertrophy training. I had ego. It was bad combination. Came from my skinny highschool syndrome I’m sure. Other early Influencers came from things I read. Eric Cressey, Chad Waterbury and Nate Green were definitely 3 notable names to me.

Nowadays I’m a fan of both Poliquin and Rippetoe (though their styles clash often), Gentilcore is great too.

me: I’m a huge Poliquin and Cressey fan myself. Seeing Cressey’s monster 600lbs pulls is what drove me to achieve 3x body weight pulls myself. Getting close. I’m like if THAT guy can pull such enormous load, sure, I’ll read his shit.

coachleeboyce: lol

me: So, if you could snap your fingers and change 1 thing about the fitness industry in an instant, what would it be and why?

coachleeboyce: The ease at which people can be deemed “professionals” in the industry. I get that people will all suck when they first start out, but there shouldn’t be any variables as to why they’re certified to train clients’ bodies. it scares me… basically there needs to be tighter standards to pass a training school. Perhaps even to enter training schooling.

me: But there are guys that slip through the cracks and do well, so I think there are pros to it as well. I hear what you’re saying though. When you train someone, their shit is in your hands. I think Dan John said it best when he explained his first rule of being a strength coach: “do no harm”.

coachleeboyce: True enough

me: Alright man, so let’s end off this interview with a Rapid Fire round. I’ll ask you 10 questions, you answer them as fast as you can in 1 sentence or less. Ready?

coachleeboyce: Lol sounds good. what’s less than 1 sentence though? haha.

me: Hmm, don’t worry it’ll be like the Oscars… I’ll cut you off when the time’s right.

me: 1. Three things people should start doing right now to be more awesome.

coachleeboyce: Stop limiting themselves. Stop making conclusions based on insufficient information.
Start exercising regularly.

me: 2. Current favorite supplement?

coachleeboyce: Fish oils

me: 3. One quick tip to attain monster strength

coachleeboyce: Gain weight

me: Nice

coachleeboyce: With size comes strength.

me: …and toilet clogging abilities. Now stop giving people an excuse to be fat!

me: 4. Three fitness books everyone should read

coachleeboyce: Starting Strength – Mark Rippetoe. Strong Enough? – Mark Rippetoe. Assess and Correct – Eric Cressey

me: 5. Personally, do you prefer to press or pull?

coachleeboyce: Pull

me: 6. You favorite pull exercise of all time?

coachleeboyce: The Clean

me: 7. Beer or the hard stuff?

coachleeboyce: Beer – but i don’t drink at all. Probably had 6 beer this year.

me: Then it’s settled, time to get you wasted. Wonder how many shots it takes to drop a 240lbs 6 foot + lurch

coachleeboyce: Bahaha

me: Haha

8. Top guilty pleasure?

coachleeboyce: McDonalds!!! Bigtime

me: Ew

coachleeboyce: Dude. EVERYTHING on that menu is gold. Minus the fillet o’ fish.

me: Yeah you shit gold bricks too.

coachleeboyce: Lol

me: (Tho I agree with the filet o fish… who the fuck eats that shit?)

9. Favorite movie of all time?

coachleeboyce: You’re probably expecting a “scarface”, “rainman”, “color purple”. Hard to say, but Remember The Titans is up there…

At this point, my stupid DSL WiFi modem decides to give up all hope and dies. Showing me more red lights than a busy downtown street. After a furious reboot, we continue with the awesomeness…

me: I’m back. Technology can really blow sometimes. Wifi died.

coachleeboyce: Ahaha

me: So favorite movie, what was it before my Bell modem decided to be French.

coachleeboyce: Haha, Remember The Titans, the memory of highschool football.

me: And finally…

10. Favorite bodypart you like to check out on a female?

coachleeboyce: Hmmm… the face and the hourglass shape in general. Girl’s gotta have hips.

me: Ah you’re a hip man. Means you’re subconsciously looking for someone to have babies with.

coachleeboyce: Bahaha

me: I myself am an ass man… which means I subconsciously want to have unlimited amounts of hot sex. And I have to say, it’s very true.

coachleeboyce: lol OR you’re gay. Subconsciously of course

me: Of course. I’ll give respect to a man with a great behind. But I’ll never touch.

coachleeboyce: Haha, oh jeez.

me: If you think I’m gay, I don’t know what you think of Bret Contreras… he backs up his ass fascination with SCIENCE!

coachleeboyce: Hahaha. A masters in Gluteology.

me: Seriously, it’s scary how much he knows about glutes. You have to be obsessed with the ass to do so. Anyways, this has been a solid talk my man. Appreciate you spending some time in Jerk Land.

coachleeboyce: No problem. it was a good one!

me: For sure. Just before we go, let the folks know where they can reach you.

coachleeboyce: You can hit up my website www.leeboycetraining.com, and also find me on Twitter and Facebook. Plus, you can catch me on TNation as a regular Contributing Author.

me: Good stuff. Take it easy

coachleeboyce: Later man

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Heh, yeah imagine that… lil ol’ FJ being an ignorant ass. Sounds impossible, I know. But now I’ve changed, I swear.

But you know who isn’t ignorant? The woman I’m interviewing today. In fact, she’s quite the sweetheart and happens to be a personal trainer and also an expert on ellipticals! Her name is Valery Fortei, and she is joining us all the way from Italy! You should know that English isn’t her first language but shit, I think she speaks it better than I do!

Valery is going to help de bunk a few ridiculous myths as well as give us some tips on how to best use an elliptical, which ones are hot in the market right now, how bodybuilders and MMA athletes can benefit from them, and her thoughts on the good ol comparison between an elliptical and the treadmill. Valery also goes on to reveal how she lowered her blood pressure and effortlessly lost 8lbs!

If you want to know more about her, check out her Elliptical Machines blog. Now, let’s get on with the interview!

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FJ: Hey Valery what’s up? How are you today?

Valery: Fine thanks! I’d like to start this interview!

FJ: Haha awesome, want to dive right in huh? I love your attitude already. So is it safe to say you’re an “elliptical expert”?

Valery: Of course, I’ve discovered this wonderful fitness equipment 2 years ago and I’ve doubled my fitness goals.

FJ: Really? That’s nifty and I want to hear all about how you did that. But before we get into the nitty gritty I want to ask you something. A lot of people (specially men) feel that ellipticals are only for women, girly men, or people with knee problems. They don’t feel that it’s as intense of a workout as say, lifting weights or doing a moderate sprint on a treadmill. What do you have to say bout that?

Valery: I could answer Your question with a “real life” example. My boyfriend is an ex MMA Thai Boxer. He was one of those guy that thought Ellipticals were for girls only. Now he uses it more than me!

FJ: Haha, I think you just gave subconscious approval to hundreds of MMA guys out there. So how exactly does he use it? I mean we both know there’s more to an elliptical machine than just hopping on and pedaling away. Can you give us his little routine?

Valery: Sure! Cardio is the essential part of MMA training. The main principle of cardio training for those types of sports is diversification. You need to train Your body at different conditions, so Ellipticals can help you alternate cardio training with swimming, running, biking or rope jumping. Another important thing to consider is that during these activities, knees are subject to considerable stress. Training the ligaments of the knee through the elliptical machine allows you to avoid unnecessary stress & damage.

FJ: So basically you’re saying that ellipticals make for a great, low-impact MMA warm up?

Valery: That’s right! I know that it is not usual, but the elliptical machine in my opinion can be an essential piece of equipment during warm-ups for all combat sports.

FJ: Noted (you hear that dudes… You’re not any less of a man if you use ellipticals!). Alright so let’s talk about the treadmill… Which is it’s biggest competitor I guess you can say. What benefits do ellipticals have over the traditional treadmills?

Valery: As you may already know, the treadmill is the older among the two because it has been around the fitness industry for what seems like forever. IMHO there are 3 main differences: Intensity, Calories burned and Knee impact. The treadmill is good if You feel exhausted, so you can walk slowly just to burn some calories. This cannot be done with Elliptical because they require a “core” intensity level to make them work effectively. It’s clear that Elliptical burns nearly the same amount of calories per hour as the Treadmill. Elliptical lets You warm-up/work the arms too.

FJ: Valid point, let’s talk about the arms involvement with ellipticals for a second. For those who haven’t used it before, or are just plain curious, tell us a bit about how it works and what type of arm workout you can experience while using the elliptical machine.

Valery: You do have the option of working on your upper body muscles, simply use the moving handle bars or carry weights as you slowly workout using the elliptical trainer. Mainly Ellipticals can work the deltoids, dorsal and upper pectorals. The biceps and triceps experience more workouts aimed at conditioning, it’s not indicated to gain muscle mass.

FJ: Of course. If ellipticals built muscle I’d be on that shit like stink on a monkey. I gota say that carrying weights while doing ellipticals is something I have yet to see, but it sounds like quite a workout. Now, you initially got in touch with me because you said you had a few ways that bodybuilders could effectively use ellipticals. Expand a bit on that because big meaty men on elliptical machines is not something you’ll see often, so let’s bring some change to our local gyms.

Valery: Sure, bodybuilders have 2 main training periods (I know I’m being simplistic here, but it’s for the sake of explanation). 1st is the Mass Gain period and 2nd is muscle definition [FJ: also know as "cutting" because you're basically dropping fat]. During the mass gain period, ellipticals are very good for a total body warm-up, especially upper body, 10-15 minutes of moderate elliptical workout would be good.

Now, during the muscle definition period, the bodybuilder needs to lose fat and water weight so extra cardio training is required. I think 30 minutes in the morning of elliptical workout would be great.

FJ: in those 30 mintues, what kind of intervals would your recommend while on an elliptical? And is there an average calorie burn that you can expect in those 30 mins?

Valery: I cannot provide a general rule because it depends on Heart Rate, metabolism and so on… As a general estimate though, you will be able to shed off a maximum of 720 calories in an hour when working out using an elliptical trainer.

FJ: awesome. I’m going to hop on one of these things the next time no one is looking and see the max calories I can burn in 25 mins.

Valery: Lol yeah. But everyone needs to remember that your total caloric burn can depend on any of the following factors: Interval training; settings of the elliptical trainer, Upper body usage, Your muscle-to-fat ratio, Your cardiovascular system, Your gender and weight.

FJ: Abso-friggin-loutely. Ok so let’s talk about the machine itself. For those that are thinking of buying one for their homes, what should they look for? What are the price ranges and maybe you can name some of the features that are a “must have” and some that are a waste of money or completely un-necessary.

Valery: Price is one of the most important things to look for. Ellipticals will range from $300 to more than $1500. You also want to look for: Stability and a fluid motion, Quiet operation, comfortable stride that is appropriate for your height, a variety of programs and the ability to change the resistance and the size of the machine.

FJ: That’s a hefty check list. Alright, now let’s say price was no object, what are the top 3 machines you’d recommend that are available on the market today?

Valery: Not in particular order: NordicTrack ASR 1000; LifeFitness X1 Elliptical Cross Trainer; Schwinn 418 Elliptical

FJ: …and what’s so special about these 3 units and would u know the price off hand?

Valery: They well balanced, solid and resistant. NordicTrack ASR 1000 899$; LifeFitness X1 Elliptical Cross Trainer 2,000$ and Schwinn 418 Elliptical 1,000 $. Consider it as a lifetime investment in Your health at your home.

NordicTrack ASR 1000

lifefitness_X1

Schwinn 418

FJ: Right on. Now I wanted to ask you about the “drive” or the placement of the motor. Some have it in the front, some in the back and now were seeing ones in the center. Does it make much of a difference during a workout? And if so which is the best option in your opinion?

Valery: The 1st elliptical design was the rear drive. The 2nd is the front-drive and the latest design is the center-drive. It does not make too much difference in the workout. I think it’s all about manufacturers benefits of projecting well balanced-high durance machines. IMHO though, the best would be the front drive.

FJ: You know, I think I’ve learnt more about ellipticals in the last 10 minutes than my entire lifetime so big ups for that! Let’s change topics just slightly. You’re a personal trainer yourself and just before we started the interview you had a few things to say. The first was the protein issue, do you want to expand a bit about that?

Valery: Oh sure. I’d like to start saying with my philosophy: “We don’t need nutritional supplements”. That’s why I suggested that you to stay away from proteins supplements. For instance, to ingest the branched amino acids we eat in the Parmesan, the proteins can be made from legumes and meat (especially the meat of wild boar or horse). But eating synthesized proteins can cause stress to the kidneys and liver, creating nitrogen compounds that pollute our bodies.

FJ: Yeah you totally turned into my mom when I told you I was grabbing a protein shake. You know, I can’t say that I’ve had any personal issues with protein supplements, nor have I seen many studies where the whey isolates have been proven dangerous but frequent kidney and liver tests is something everyone needs to do. Talk to your doctor about this one.

I do agree with the “don’t need” part though. I mean as you know I review supplements on this site. Some are shit, some are good but none are “absolutely necessary”. The problem is that people confuse supplements for substitutes. A supplement is supposed to “SUPPLEMENT” a good eating lifestyle… As in enhance the awesomeness that you’re already doing. It’s not supposed to fix your problems, but the marketing department would claim otherwise.

Valery: Ha, for sure. And some times you cannot provide the right protein amounts (i.e. Your’re out or You don’t have protein rich foods) so a supplement could help replace the natural food you should eat just for that one time. But as You said it’s not a permanent substitute.

FJ: Right. See, I love it when people are on the same page as me. Alright so now I want to get to the good stuff. You said in the beginning that you “doubled” your fitness goals. So what changes did you make to achieve this feat and what were you doing before that wasn’t working as wel?

Valery: Starting from my goals: Heart Rate from 70 to 60 beats per minutes, Blood Pressure from 120 to 110 Systolic and weight from 150 to 142 pounds (I’m 5 feet 9 “). It looks very simple but it worked. I bought an elliptical and an LCD TV. That’s the real “secret sauce”! Doing elliptical at home in the early mornings before breakfast for 30 minutes a day helped me improve my goals.

FJ: And how long did it take to go from 150 to 142?

Valery: 6 months to safely lose the weight.

FJ: And did you throw in any intervals or was it a constant steady pace?

Valery: constant. Doing workouts in the mornings can give you a decent metabolic increase for the day.

FJ: For sure, I recommend it. In the morning your body’s only source of fuel is FAT, so why not take advantage of that? I think for most people who are strapped for time that’s solid advice. For ones looking for more dramatic results, the fat loss can of course be accelerated. By the way, that TV show you were watching in the morning must have been good!

Valery: hehe

FJ: The morning shows we get here are pretty shit

Valery: hahaha

FJ: So basically, we’ve reached a paramount conclusion… if you want to lose 8lbs while watching TV and doing cardio, go to Italy!

Valery: Sure, in Italy there are the best weight loss (TV) programs!

FJ: Really, Id have to check one of these out. I don’t think they do that in North America anymore. They got hungry and realized that instead of airing it for free on TV it’s better to slap it on a DVD and sell it.

FJ: Actually I don’t know if that was a smart idea though. I mean it was painful enough to watch them when they airing themselves for free, now they’re asking to be paid so you can watch terrible programming on your own time? Id rather poke my eye out.

Valery: Haha. Well here the fitness commercials are fitness programs with workout models and exercises.

FJ: Yeah we get those too, but most of the time they lack “personality”. By the way, do you think I’d look good on Italian TV?

Valery: I don’t know about that because here in Italy, the TV people are complete idiots. So it’s not better for you.

FJ: haha, that’s funny because it’s not much different than over here. But thanks for that, much appreciated. I’ll keep my pretty face away from Italian TV.

FJ: So with that bombshell I think we’ll wrap this up. Valery, thanks for taking the time to answer my questions and enlightening us on the awesome elliptical machine. If anyone wants to reach you, is there an email where they can get in touch?

Valery: You can use info@ellipticalmachines.net, and it’s has been a pleasure.

FJ: Likewise. I’m due for a workout later this evening so I’m gona try and hop on one of these and get back to you. If you don’t hear from me, that’s because something went horribly, horribly wrong.

Valery: haha alright.

FJ: Oh, and damn you for having nicer weather in Italy… I’m experiencing extreme jealously.

Valery: Hehe you should be. But I think you’ll survive.

FJ: I think I’ll have to. Take care, ciao.

Valery: Ciao!

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Hope you learnt something new, I know I did. So, what are your crazy thoughts on the elliptical? Do you use it often? Are you gona start, now that you know more about em? Or do you still think they’re for pussies? Sound off in the comments below.

- FitJerk
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