Prairie Fare: Set goals to help improve fitness in new year
I can increase the weights on the strength-training equipment. 3. Make sure the goal is “attainable.” Start simple and be sure you need to “reach” a bit toward your goals. The goals should not be beyond your grasp. If you are starting an exercise …
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Hit the gym for top fitness results in 2015
The choice of equipment and machines to include in a workout routine can vary, including Stairmasters, ellipticals, treadmills, free weights, circuit machines and bikes. Personal trainers are an option in establishing a workout routine and you can …
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Bob Bondurant Racing School
With the largest purpose built training facility, the largest collection of student cars, and one of the largest collections of student programs, the Bondurant Racing School is the biggest and one of the best options for anyone looking to improve their …
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Does Your Job Make You Happy?
On-site exercise equipment. Paid volunteer time. A wall of baking tools you can borrow. These may sound like the perks some flush tech companies extend to their engineers. But as Alana Semuels of The Atlantic reports, they're actually some of the …
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Challenges for the ECP
The new Chief Election Commissioner should then exercise his powers to implement objective reforms including electronic voting if feasible. … CEC must take note as to whether the Indian version of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) is already outdated.
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The midterm elections, voter turnout and the right to complain
Almost two-thirds of eligible voters, 63.7 percent did not exercise their right to vote, a shocking number given the issues facing America today. The exit polls for these elections agreed on one thing. The people who participated in these polls were …
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GYMWATCH Launches the First Fitness Tracker to Measure Both Strength and …
The sensor can differentiate between full and partial repetitions and the time under tension of eccentric, concentric and static muscle contractions in exercises using free-weights, machines or the user's own body weight. GYMWATCH tracks all of this …
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The Breath of Life
Unless you're consciously deep-breathing, the only other times you will tend to maximize your lung capacity with oxygen is during aerobic exercise or hyperventilation. Most sedentary people only breathe in as far as the bronchi in the chest and never …
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Thomas Woodham Smith :Life in the Arts Lane – Week 80 – Progress and Protest
The machines that move the work echo those that held it when Philip was cutting and welding it. The result is that the visceral, incredibly physica, nature of his work is beautifully … For me the joy of a London cab is the unique fact that they have …
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Fire/EMS Health and Safety Week stresses training and physical fitness
East Whiteland firefighters are regularly required to complete and hour of physical training per shift, but usually the exercise is completed on equipment inside the fire house. However this week about 25 East Whiteland firefighters are expected to use …
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Profit Motive at Play in Knee MRI Orders?
Also, bilateral scans were more than twice as commonly ordered by orthopedists with an ownership interest in the MRI machines (7% versus 2%, P=0.002). Patient age, physician years of practice, and proportion with specialized or fellowship training didn …
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Tips for Women Using Fitness and Exercise Equipments
Fortunately, there are several types of effective exercise equipment that are suitable for home use. While women hardly need gender specific fitness equipment, some gym machines are more appropriate for the average female height, torso and leg length.
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