Instead of exercising... take a pill

"Can you enjoy the benefits of exercise without the pain of exertion? The answer may one day be yes — just take a pill that tricks the muscles into thinking they have been working out furiously.

Researchers at the Salk Institute report they have found two drugs that do wonders for the athletic endurance of couch potato mice. One drug, known as Aicar, increased the mice's endurance on a treadmill by 44 percent after just four weeks of treatment...

Dr. Richard Bergman, an expert on obesity and diabetes at the University of Southern California, said the drugs could become widely used if they prove safe. "It is possible that the couch potato segment of the population might find this to be a good regimen, and of course that is a large number of people," he said."

Big Pharma must be licking their collective lips...