Thirsty People Feel More Pain
Scott over at Straight to the Bar wrote about a study stating that thirsty people feel more pain.
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Exercise Helps Prevent Depression
The Health & Fitness blog discusses research on how exercise can combat depression. Quoting Briley: “exercise is not only cheaper than antidepressants (or the alcohol or illegal drugs many depressed people turn to for relief), its benefits are immediate. The drugs typically take at least two weeks to begin working, and significant relief often doesn’t…
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AVG Antivirus: New advertiser
It is not particularly fitness related, but for another site I have joined a new affiliate program with AVG Antivirus and the rest of Grisoft’s products. I am a big fan of their software, and have been using their free version of their antivirus for years. I have just recently upgraded to the professional version…
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Anaheim is out of luck for Los Angelos Angels
The city of Anaheim lost their court case against the Los Angelos Angels of Anaheim when a jury concluded that the Angels can use whatever name they want as long as the word Anaheim was in it.
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No More Yankees in New England
The Red Sox class A affiliate, the Lowell Spinners, are trying to get youth leagues to get rid of the yankee teams in their leagues. The Lowell Spinners have offered to pay for all new uniforms for teams that change their name to the Spinners from the Yankees. In a message on the Spinners’ Web…
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Texans keep David Carr for 3 more years
The Texans have decided to exercise an $8 million option to extend David Carr’s contract for 3 years today. A lot of people are taking this to mean that they will be selecting Bush as the first draft pick this year. I am not so sure that that is the case. I see three likely…
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Mead Memo Book product review
The Mead Memo Book is a small spiral bound notebook that is just the right size for recording workouts. It is what I use for recording my weight lifting workouts. I record what I want to do before I go to the gym, writing the day on the top. I record my warm up just…
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My beginner workout may not be so beginner after all…
I recently put up a retooled version of my beginner/rusty lifter workout. I wrote that workout in response to the less than ideal layout of my new gym. What I wanted to do was my original resuming weights after time off (or having never lifted) workout, but I couldn’t get my heart rate up since…
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NFL defends the SuperBowl officiating
The NFL has backed the officiating crew after Sunday’s SuperBowl. The NFL has defended the officiating in Super Bowl XL after claims that several bad calls affected the game’s outcome. […] The Super Bowl officiating crew, headed by referee Bill Leavy, comprised of officials graded as the best at each position during the regular season.
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How To: Dumbbell Bench Press with 1 arm
How to perform a dumbbell bench press with one arm with an animated image showing the move. Click on the picture to see the full sized animation.