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Playing Hard

Pumped up: Elementary school teacher Tom Miller studies reps for his biceps at Gold's Gym, voted top of the class by our readers as a place to work out. Michael Amsler Best of local recreation According to the American Heritage College Dictionary, third edition, there is a surprising assortment of definitions for the word sweat, including one verb usage that describes the slow steaming of vegetables. There are, to be precise, 29 separate definitions for sweat, and any way you count them, that's a whole lot of variants for the secretion of perspiration through the pores. Not that this comes as a shock to the hard-pushing joggers and hikers, swimmers and boaters, horseback riders and rock climbers of Sonoma County; having so many ways to sweat is one of the reasons we live here. Unless, of course, you just wanna kick back. Consider the following ... Readers' Poll Staff Picks Best Place to Get in Touch with Nature Best Place to Live Your Life like a Country & Western Song [ Sonoma County | MetroActive Central | Archives ]