I have an excersise that really works if you have access to a basketball court. I hate monotonous torture, so all the normal aerobic things wear me slick after a while.

I made up this game several years ago and lost 50lbs in three months. Played it every day because it was fun. Actually looked forward to it.

Stand at the free throw line to start. Take a shot. If you hit it it's a point. Go back and take another. If you miss, chase the ball. If it get's outside the arc, you have to shoot from the the point it crossed. If you miss, it's a negative point.

All rebounds inside the arc are played from the spot of the rebound. Miss and chase. Hit and go back to the free throw line and try to score a point. Play to ten. It will run you flat ragged unless you're a good free throw shooter,(which you will become after a while). So then move to the wing (or somewhere else) as the scoring position and play the same way. Oh yeah, if you don't draw iron, or the ball goes out of bounds before you get it, it's a negative point too. Eventually, my shot improved enough that it got easy to reach 10. So then I only allowed myself two consecutive points. After that, I took my next shot from the top of the key and played as before.

It will burn a lot of calories without your braincells dying from boredom. You can go: turn and shoot, or take your time and square up, so you control the pace and can change it depending on how winded you get. Plus, your jump shot will improve.

Now, that's an AG original, so don't anybody go off and make a million dollars with the next "fitness revolution".


ADAPT. OVERCOME. IMPROVISE.
-Tom Highway


Me: 43
W: 40
S12 & S9
Married 17yrs
Together 20yrs