{"id":958,"date":"2011-02-12T23:00:29","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T22:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=958"},"modified":"2011-02-12T23:00:29","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T22:00:29","slug":"gotta-love-this-one-pay-to-skip-a-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2011\/02\/12\/gotta-love-this-one-pay-to-skip-a-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"Gotta love this one &#8211; pay to skip a workout!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The brilliant authors of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #99cc00\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Freakonomics-Economist-Explores-Hidden-Everything\/dp\/0060731338\/ref\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Freakonomics<\/em><\/a><\/span> via the <span style=\"color: #ffcc00\">New York Times<\/span>. <a href=\"http:\/\/freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/02\/11\/a-gym-where-it-costs-you-to-skip-a-workout\/\" target=\"_blank\">See the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-957\" title=\"GYM\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2011\/02\/GYM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"315\" \/><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The brilliant authors of\u00a0 Freakonomics via the New York Times. 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