I'm sure I mentioned CrossFit a while back. Their philosophy is sort of like aerobics with heavy weights. Not like jumping jacks, but squat thrusts for 10 reps, followed by sprinting 100 yards, followed by 20 kettlebell swings, followed by 5 pullups, repeat until you hit 10 minutes. So by the end you feel like you ran a marathon, and you worked your muscles really hard, too. They have a workout of the day of this sort every day, and they give them names. Like today's workout of the day might be called the 'Mary.' They are all girl's names.

I don't have the equipment for a lot of their workouts, but with access to a park with a place to do pullups, and my kettlebell, I can do some neat stuff. So I'm going to try my first CrossFit-like workout tomorrow, throw my kettlebell in the car, buy some gatorade at the gas station, and go to a nearby park. I'm going to name my workouts after liquors, and tomorrow will be called the jaegermeister. I'm going to save my favorite liquor for when I have tried this a few times and found a workout I really like, and that will be the tequila workout.

If your goal is to be "toned," rather than just get big, then these sort of workouts are the way you should go. They don't take too much time, they give you a lot of absolute strength, endurance strength, and cardio endurance. Your metabolism will rise, your fat will melt away, and the muscles underneath will get bigger and harder. You might not lose weight, but you will lose inches, and that's the important thing.