Players ready! Go!
Dec0
In addition to riding the elephant that farts, Brian and Clay get excellent Thai food and drink. Prior to this, we saw this season’s first product placement plug as Jeff handed his Visa to Brian. Personally, I like product placement plugs. I’d much rather see the Survivors rewarded with a Snickers and a Mountain Dew than have to watch 2-3 minutes of commercials. In other words, give them Doritos to take back to their camp and give us more show time.
Exercising your Options
Dec0
Industry sales figures and user-preference surveys indicate that three of the most popular indoor machine-based exercise options are exercise cycles, treadmills and stair climbers. Each type of machine tends to appeal to individuals looking for a particular exercise “experience.”
Exercise cycles. Statistics show that the stationary exercise cycle remains one of the most popular pieces of exercise equipment in the United States. In general, exercise cycles can be categorized into two basic groups: standard stationary bikes and ergometers. The primary difference between the two is that ergometers have a feature that stationary bikes do not — a mechanism for calculating (and showing an exerciser) how much work is being done while the individual is exercising. This feedback enables individuals to better evaluate the effectiveness of their training efforts, and serves as a yardstick for monitoring progress and setting goals.
Ayurveda Isn’t What It Used to Be Views of an Indian Surgeon. Part 4
Dec0
Ancient Ayurvedists postulated that each bhuta in ingested foods and drugs augmented matching bhutas in bodily structures. They maintained that each part of one’s body is best nourished by substances whose qualities are similar to those of the part – for example, flesh by flesh, blood by blood, bones by cartilage, semen by semen, and fetuses by eggs.
Ayurveda Isn’t What It Used to Be Views of an Indian Surgeon. Part 3
Dec0
In a paper published in the Dec. 18, 1999, issue of The British Medical Journal, Leonard Leiboici correctly observed:
The deep model of alternative medicine is anthropocentric magic.
Ayurveda Isn’t What It Used to Be Views of an Indian Surgeon. Part 2
Dec0
The Vedas
It is curious that in most modern English-language trade books and articles on Ayurveda, the original Sanskrit name for this class of practices — “Ayurveda” — is the predominant collective denotation; whereas the ancient medical ways of China and Greece are collectively referred to with nonforeign words in such writings.
Ayurveda Isn’t What It Used to Be Views of an Indian Surgeon. Part 1
Dec0
The distinguished 19th-century British biologist Thomas Henry Huxley, who staunchly advocated Darwinism and coined the word “agnostic” to describe his view on religion, wrote: “It is easy to sneer at our ancestors .
Racqetball for Profit and Retention, Part 2
Dec0
Programming
Varied programming keeps members involved. Following are some programming ideas:
New member workshops. This is an important program for all new members. It should be led by an instructor who will make the workshop fun and lively, as well as informative. It runs best when participants are matched according to skill level, desire to advance and competitiveness. All new players should be given the most personalized introduction as possible.
Andro Not the Fountain of Youth
Dec0
A new study in the Nov. 13 edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine challenges the theory that taking androstenedione pills can delay muscle loss due to aging.
When men reach their 30s, they usually begin to lose the muscle strength and mass they enjoyed during their 20s — just one of the signs of growing older.
Racqetball for Profit and Retention, Part 1
Dec0
Clubs with racquet facilities have heard the drill: Convert your racquetball courts into a group cycling center and start collecting the profits! Or, fill your court with climbing walls and you’ll have new members lining up to pay their dues. But thanks to a big push from the United States Racquetball Association (USRA) and other groups, increased profits may be possible without court conversions or costly equipment purchases.
Learn New Skills
Nov0
Achieving new goals often requires learning new skills. You may need to learn some new skills and become proficient with them in order to reach your weight-loss goals. For example, you may need to improve the nutritional quality of your diet and eat fewer calories. This requires knowledge and skills in many areas: dietary balance, slowing eating, eating out, dealing with pressures from others to eat, etc. The casual weekend runner may set a new goal of participating in a local 10-kilometer run next summer. Many books and video tapes are available on this topic that will help the runner obtain the necessary skills to complete the run safely. A monthly running magazine could offer additional tips. Talking with runners who have competed in the past is another great way to develop the necessary skills for success.