Holiday Workouts
How do holidays affect your workout plans when you have to travel and will not be able to follow your normal schedule? Most of the time, I can just bring some running shoes and shorts (or pants) with me wherever I am going and make do, but right now I am lifting...Hannaford Turkey Trot 2005
The Hannaford Turkey Trot was this morning in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Devin Shaw won the race in 16:52, followed closely by 5 teenagers over the next half minute or so. Kristin Barry won the women’s race a minute behind Devin Shaw in 17:52. There were 419...George Best put on life support
Former soccer star George Best of Manchester United has had complications and has been put on life support. A hospital spokesman said on Saturday morning that Best was suffering from a lung infection, and that his condition was “serious”. Best, who had a...The Crunch Machine
I switched gears this week and started on my next fitness routine, which I will detail later. The item of note that I wanted to mention now is about the crunch machine, which I had never actually used before. I have done the gamut of situps, leg raises, crunches,...German referee jailed for 29 months
About a month ago, Robert Hoyzer and 5 other referrees went on trial for fixing German soccer games. Robert Hoyzer has been sentenced to 29 months for his part in the scandal.
How to Discover Your Effective Maximum Heart Rate
The Health and Fitness blog has an article about heart rate monitors. The article relates a story about how some joggers in the park were put off by the auther not providing the time because he was wearing a heart rate monitor and not a watch, and gives the usual 220 minus your age for finding your max heart rate. I include a discussion about a better way to calculate the max heart rate.
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