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'Drop Dead Healthy': 8 of A.J. Jacob's unusual get-fit regimens

From a working at a treadmill desk to practicing extreme chewing, here are 8 strategies A.J. Jacobs tried as part of his quest for perfect fitness.

4. Laughing with strangers

  • By Molly Driscoll, Monitor contributor

After hearing about the dangers of stress, Jacobs went to a laughter club, where participants are encouraged to laugh often to relieve life's problems. There isn't any joke-telling 鈥� Jacobs' instructor said humor varies too much from person to person for that to be effective 鈥� just laughing whenever prompted. Jacobs said he felt awkward, but that it was interesting. "I walk home, flushed, a bit elated.... but also relieved not to have to laugh on command," he wrote.

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