A. Would you pay for oxygen?0:29
I was flicking through a health magazine recently when an article about oxygen bars caught my eye.0:32
Some top athletes and rock stars are huge fans and use them to boost their energy, reduce stress, and improve their concentration.0:38
It all sounded like hot air to me, but then one day a friend persuaded me to try it out.0:46
Within minutes, we were choosing from a selection of oxygenated fragrances.0:52
Lemon, Relax, or Eucalyptus.0:55
We had to connect ourselves to an oxygen tank by putting small tubes up our nostrils and then waited to feel the effects.1:01
After the recommended 15 minutes, we both felt relaxed and much more awake.1:08
Also, the slight headache I'd had before had gone away.1:13
Who knows, the oxygen might have helped.1:17
B. A fintastic treatment.1:21
When you go for a pedicure, there's usually just one pedicurist.1:25
But imagine having your toes worked on by 150 miniature fish.1:29
This is exactly what I experienced recently when I agreed to try a fish pedicure at a local beauty salon.1:35
The treatment involves you plunging your feet into a tank full of toothless doctor fish.1:43
So that they can nibble your dead skin away.1:48
As I sat nervously at the edge of the tank and saw the huge number of fish swimming around, I was a little concerned that they wouldn't know when to stop eating.1:51
But as I finally dipped my feet in the tank and the fish swarmed over, I couldn't believe how gentle they were.2:00
In fact, it really tickled, and I couldn't help but laugh out loud.2:07
Afterwards, I was astonished by how smooth my feet felt.2:13
I felt like I should have thanked the fish.2:16
C. Feeling Weightless.2:21
I had always enjoyed yoga, but after injuring my wrist, I couldn't put much weight on it.2:24
My personal trainer suggested that I should try aerial yoga—yoga in a long silk hammock suspended from the ceiling.2:30
You perform various poses sitting, lying, or even spinning upside down in the hammock.2:38
It's supposed to tone your muscles and straighten your shoulders.2:44
It all sounded good to me, but when my first class started, I was so afraid of falling out of the hammock I hardly moved.2:48
I couldn't stop laughing either.2:56
To my surprise, aerial yoga was easy to pick up, and I've almost successfully managed to do the cannonball, hugging your knees while swinging upside down.2:59
After mentioning to my friend Brian that I wanted to lose a bit of weight, he said he had the perfect solution for me.3:15
He knows how much I adore my dog Brady, so he suggested I try canix racing.3:22
The idea behind it, he explained, is that instead of taking your dog for a walk, your dog takes you for a run.3:29
While you're attached to it by a harness and an elastic rope.3:36
It sounded hilarious, so the next weekend I gave it a try.3:40
Well, it was certainly no walk in the park!3:44
Brady took off at top speed, and within a few minutes I had branches in my hair, mud splashed all over me, and I was completely out of breath.3:48
When we finished, about 25 minutes later, I felt like I had run up Mount Everest.3:58
As for Brady, he looked up at me full of energy as if to say, "That was cool, let's do it again!"4:04
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