Get a tan and work out at the same time

I don't get the concept of tanning salons.

You pay money to lie there, doing nothing, while intense, potentially toxic lights are shined on your prone body.

What fun.

I don't mind a nice, healthy tan. In fact, a nice healthy tan indicates an outdoor lifestyle, which means fresh air and greater resistance to (or acceptance of?) the elements. But just lying there indoors so you can be fried by artficial light? I simply don't see the health benefit. Yes I know--vanity and all that. But meanwhile, you're just lying there. You may end up looking marvelous, but what does this do to you on the inside?

Walking, by contrast, is a good way to get a nice healthy tan. If you walk for 45 minutes-1 hour a day, you won't win a tanning contest, but you will have a nice glow that's a combination of exposure to sunlight and the result of good blood flow.

That's what I call a good, healthy tan.

Don't forget your SPF 45!