Firefighters will be conducting training on Saturday at the old Ponderosa building on state Route 309 near Interstate 75.
Perry and Bath township firefighters will be conducting exercises with the building during the day. The building will be set on fire for the exercises, Perry Township Fire Chief Rick Phillips said.
Of the findings, researcher Debby Herbenick said that they suggest that orgasm is not necessarily a sexual event, and they may also teach us more about the bodily processes underlying womens experiences of orgasm.
What workouts produced the most fireworks? Abdominal exercises were especially potent. The top pleasure generator in this category was a contraption known as the captains chair, where the user supports her arms and back against a frame, and she repeatedly raises her legs into a sitting position.
THE ELUSIVE FEMALE ORGASM
Women also reported orgasm-inducing effects from weight lifting, climbing poles or ropes (bootcamp anyone?), yoga, and biking and spinning classes.
Magazines and blogs have long highlighted cases of what they sometimes call coregasms, Herbenick added. But aside from early reports by Kinsey and colleagues, this is an area of womens sexual health research that has been largely ignored over the past six decades.
FlexEffect Facialbuilding is promoting the Third Edition of its facial exercises program, which features techniques backed by new scientific research.
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a capital increase arising from employee warrant exercises.
Since its inception in 1999, Galapagos has used warrant plans to incentivize
personnel and management and have them share in the success of the company.
Following warrant exercises during the exercise period from 16 March through 29
March 2012, Galapagos issued 137,414 new ordinary shares on 5 April 2012 for a
total capital increase (including issuance premium) of EUR1,099,662.27. No member
of the Board or Executive Committee exercised warrants.
To date, Galapagos total share capital amounts to EUR143,669,252.55; the total
number of securities conferring voting rights is 26,558,855, which is also the
total number of voting rights (the denominator), and all securities conferring
voting rights and all voting rights are of the same category. The total number
of rights (warrants) to subscribe to not yet issued securities which confer
voting rights is 3,190,376 which is also the total number of voting rights that
may result from the exercise of these warrants. Galapagos does not have any
convertible bonds or shares without voting rights outstanding.
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Anyone who has an inkling of knowledge about The Hunger Games knows that peak physical condition is one of the key elements to both the book and the movie — and gyms everywhere seem more than happy to get you into Katniss Everdeen-like condition for your everyday life.
In Toronto, trainer Brent Bishop has created the Hunger Games Challenge, consisting of eight weeks of combat and Crossfit-type workouts, training twice a week and supplemented by videos. At the end of the two months, there will be a competition judged on individual performances. (Theres also a team element, but since that runs so counter to the Arena, well just leave that aside for now.)
Bishop is taking the parallels to Panem seriously, focusing on both physical and mental elements of the training. Equipment like tires, sandbags, rope and weights will be employed, among other surprises to keep the body and the mind guessing, he says.
As for getting your head in the game, the approach is think like an athlete and challenge yourself, but Bishop recognizes that competition often must come from the outside.
Try putting a time constraint on your workout routine, he suggests. Each week try to beat your last time and that will keep you pushing yourself and avoiding plateaus. Also, get into a group scenario — trying out a class or inviting a friend or two into your workouts will automatically increase your level of intensity and therefore performance.
There will be no starving in the Hunger Games sense of the word, but Bishop has assigned participants a specific diet consisting of lots of protein, little fat, minimal simple sugars and more complex carbohydrates. Better than having to wait for a parachute to determine your choices, we suppose.
Check out five of the exercises included in Bishops Hunger Games Workout, and follow along with the supplementary videos on his site for more:
Fitness is a complex thing. Cardiovascular fitness can be achieved by engaging in aerobic activities like swimming, biking and running, while muscular fitness can be achieved through strength training with weights and other forms of resistance.
Yet people who regularly engage in standard types of exercise may still find themselves uncomfortably challenged by nontraditional activities; think moving furniture or lifting grandchildren.
Fitness enthusiasts who train regularly find themselves scratching their heads asking, “Why does this seem so hard?”
Good cardiovascular fitness and muscular fitness are important for your health. However, emerging research shows that there also needs to be a focus of functional fitness.
Functional fitness exercises train your muscles to work together by simulating activities you might engage in at home or at work. By incorporating functional fitness into your routine, you train your muscles in a way that make it safer and easier to do real life activities like carrying groceries or playing a game of soccer with your kids.
Functional fitness exercises can be done at home or at the gym.
Health and fitness facilities may offer classes that include functional fitness components like boot camp classes, while personal trainers will utilize tools like free weights, fitness balls, steps or kettle bells in functional fitness workouts.
Think about when you pick up a box in your garage and lift it to store it on a shelf above shoulder level. An example of a functional exercise that would address this type of physical challenge might be a squat, while holding dumbbells in each hand, and moving directly into an overhead press. This type of real life movement is not generally achieved using cardio or weight machines.
Before engaging in any exercise routine, be sure to speak with your healthcare provider, then look into a function fitness program for your home or at your gym that will prepare you for whatever life throws at you.
Judy Taggart is the Community Health Director for the Lompoc Valley Community Healthcare Organization. She can be reached at 736-5985 or taggartj@lvcho.org.
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Participants in a Silver Sneakers class do stretching exercises with handled bands Wednesday at the Bill Bartley Y.
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Mary Meyer practices some stretching exercises with a band Wednesday at the Silver Sneakers program at the Bill Bartley Branch Family YMCA. Meyer said she used to hate exercising but loves going to the classes.
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Joan Turman, left, and other participants practice yoga-like stretching exercises Wednesday during a Silver Sneakers class at the Bill Bartley Y. Turman has been attending classes for nine years, since her doctors recommended gentle exercise after a heart transplant. At least 12 insurances companies cover the costs of classes for seniors 65 or older.
Silver Sneakers-certified instructor Becky Swaydan leads a class through some stretching exercises.
The best-kept secret in Wichita Falls may be that the YMCA is not just for kids.
The Bill Bartley Branch Family YMCA began offering the Healthways Silver Sneakers fitness program more than 10 years ago.
The program is designed for active older adults, and includes gentle exercise to increase muscular strength and range of motion.
Benefits of regular exercise include increased muscle strength and a reduced risk for diabetes and heart disease.
Participants use free weights, elastic tubing with handles and resistance balls for seated and standing exercises.
Associate branch manager Noel Filer said, “Most people associate the Y with kids, but we love our seniors too!”
Filer said many people don’t know the program is completely covered under 12 insurance programs for seniors 65 or older. If a participant’s insurance does cover the class, they have access to all of the center’s facilities for free, she said.
Although the program is covered by some insurances for 65 and older, Filer said anyone can do the program. Costs start at $15 a month if not covered by insurance.
“It’s an amazing program. This is especially helpful for people that may be on a fixed income,” Filer said.
Joan Turman received a heart transplant nine years ago and said her doctors in Dallas suggested she take up, regular, gentle exercise.
Turman said the Silver Sneakers class was a perfect fit, and she’s been coming since.
She said her favorite part is the stretching exercises at the end of class and feels they have really helped her maintain strength and flexibility.
Turman said the good habits also have spread to the rest of her day. She gets in a daily walk and tries to eat healthy.
Retired teacher Mary Meyer, 82, said she began the classes about three months ago when a friend, Peggy Slack, suggested she try them for her arthritis.
Meyer and her daughter, Vicki Walker, also a retired teacher, go to classes together. Meyer said she hated exercise before she came to classes. She said there is a big difference between working out alone and with a group.
Another plus is their instructor, Brenda Scott, Meyer said. “It’s like having our own psychiatrist. We tell her our problems, she tells us hers. And she’s so knowledgeable (about the Silver Sneakers program).”
Becky Swaydan, another Silver Sneakers-certified instructor, said this program is huge in other parts of the country and is just starting to grow in our area.
Swaydan said classes in other states often accommodate 40-150 participants.
“You have to keep moving. You use it or you lose it,” she said.
Swaydan said she enjoys teaching the class because each group bonds and makes the class their own.
“They come here thinking it’s just about the exercise, but the greater benefit is social,” she said.
People move at their own pace, choose which weights to use and when to take a break.
“We have fun,” she said. “You do the best you can, you smile, you giggle, you move on.”
A Silver Sneakers Celebration will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, which will include a free lunch before the class. Anyone who brings a new friend to the event will get a free YMCA water bottle.
Silver Sneakers classes are offered Monday through Friday at the Bill Bartley Branch, and a Silver Splash class is offered at the pool at the Downtown Branch YMCA.
For more information, contact Noel Filer at 761-1000.
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Nevada Dahn Yoga instructor makes a positive difference through international community outreach activity. With Dahn Yoga meditation and exercises as part of her healing journey and connection to family and friends in the Philippines.
Gilbert, Arizona (PRWEB) March 22, 2012
Community outreach has long been part of the Dahn Yoga practice; the tradition began when its creator, Ilchi Lee, started teaching classes in a local park in South Korea. Since that time, Dahn Yoga is mostly practiced in studios, but it is still a natural fit for community-based activity. Dahn Yoga instructors instinctively bring the practice to their communities, especially if those instructors happen to be immigrants to the place where they learn it. It is the simple connections between people that has taken Dahn Yoga around the world.
Recently, Lea Ramos, a uniquely dedicated nurse practitioner and Dahn Yoga instructor from Las Vegas, Nevada went home to her native Philippines on a medical mission. While there she had the opportunity to share the Dahn Yoga practice with her family and friends. She led them in Dahn Yoga meditation and exercises. Ramos said ” I love the simple tools for sharing energy principles and collaborative healing…One day, we visited a beautiful waterfall and we did meditation there. I taught them stretching exercise and breathing meditation. During the meditation, we read part of ‘The Call of Sedona’. I shared with them the guided meditation at the back of the book, and how they can continue to practice the breathing meditation. They really appreciated the experience and benefits of Dahn Yoga.”
After taking a special course near Sedona, Arizona, Ramos was motivated to share what she learned to help others. She was also inspired by the book, The Call of Sedona:Journey of the Heart by Dahn Yoga creator, Ilchi Lee, which features some of the exercises and meditations found every day in Dahn Yoga classes. A New York Times bestseller, the book has found popularity beyond the Dahn Yoga community.
About Dahn Yoga:
Dahn Yoga is a dynamic mind-body practice originating in Korea. Dahn Yoga classes combine stretching, flowing movement, deep breathing exercises and meditation in a simple and easy to learn format. Dahn Yoga is often taught alongside Tai Chi, QiGong and Mediation classes.
In the United States, Dahn Yoga classes are offered at Dahn Yoga amp; Health Centers, Inc., a national leader in health and wellness. Dahn Yoga classes are also offered at Body amp; Brain franchise, affiliate and community-based locations.
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He was not the first person you might expect to see as an official guest at a US military exercise. But, nonetheless, there he was. Tucked among the ambassadors, diplomats and North American Treaty Organization (NATO) liaison officers watching US Marines and Georgian troops prepare for Afghanistan on March 20, was one of Irans Tbilisi defense attachÃs.
The guest list for the annual Agile Spirit 2012 exercises had been the task of the Georgian Ministry of Defense, and, granted, Georgians are renowned for their hospitality to foreigners. The countryâ??s open-door policy with Iran is also well documented.
But so is its desire to please Washington. The US long has maintained that Iran actively works to sabotage NATO operations in Afghanistan; a charge Tehran denies. On March 17, General Masoud Jazayeri, Irans deputy commander of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, urged Afghans to create «resistance groups» and set about «hitting American interests,» the Associated Press reported.
So, against that backdrop, you might think that having an Iranian military attachà at a US-Georgian military exercise for Afghanistan might make for an awkward moment.
But US Ambassador John Bass, observing the exercises, declined to comment to EurasiaNet.org about whether or not the Iranian attachÃâ??s inclusion among the guests for the event gave him cause for concern. With an accredited delegation in Tbilisi, Iranâ??s presence on the guest list is â??standard diplomatic protocol,â? he said.
In terms of Georgian supra protocol, though, all is done to please the most honored guest (in this case, the US); could including Iran among the spectators for this show-and-tell have been a deliberate tactic?
The Georgian Ministry of Defenseâ??s press department only echoed that its invitation to the Iranian embassy to attend the military exercises had been standard procedure , and could not say whether or not it had been the topic of debate.
The Iranian attachÃ, for his part, appeared to put his time to good use. Unlike his counterparts from NATO member-states, during an eight-minute PowerPoint presentation that included video footage of military vehicles, he took notes furiously — to the amusement of one Georgian defense ministry official. The live exercise showcased a model insurgency attack and joint techniques for capturing terrorists.
Georgian troops in Afghanistan serve with the Marines mostly in Afghanistanâ??s southern Helmand province, where Iran has been accused of backing Taliban insurgents.
Tbilisi has committed 1,685 troops for NATOâ??s International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan, making it soon to be the largest, non-NATO military presence on the ground.
The Pentagon pays for most of the Georgian soldiersâ?? military training for Afghanistan; in 2012, $14.4 million will be spent on training within Georgia and $1.9 million on training at American military academies, according to the US embassy in Tbilisi.
Stand beside a dresser or table and lift one foot as high as the knee on the other leg. If you wobble and need support, touch the dresser or table. Slightly bend the knee and ankle of the standing leg so its relaxed, not stiff. Time how many seconds you can stand on one foot without support. Next, do the same on your other foot.
Do this exercise daily, until you can stand one-legged, stable and balanced, on each foot for at least 30 seconds. This will affect your entire life – youll definitely notice how much more sure-footed it makes you.
Another quality-of-life issue for boomers is flexibility. When you stop being as active, when you dont physically use your body as much, your tissues contract and get stiff. You cant reach as far or bend as easily. That makes it harder to do something as simple as putting on a pair of socks.
While every boomer should do a full daily stretching routine to remain flexible (which helps prevent injury in a fall), heres an exercise that will give your hips and lower back more range of motion, so you can put on socks or stockings quickly and easily. Sit on a bed or chair and put one ankle across the thigh of the other leg. Gently press down on the knee of the crossed leg, while turning the torso from side to side. You should feel the stretch in your back, groin and thigh. Continue for one minute, then switch legs.
Stiff shoulders are a big quality-of-life issue. First, theyre much more prone to serious rotator cuff injuries. But just as important, stiff shoulders reel in your reach. Since everyone loses an inch or more of height as they get older, you dont want to increase that problem by not being able to reach as far. Having to ask someone else to hand you something or having to stand on a stool to grab an item from overhead adds another element of complication to life.
To prevent that, work on loosening up your shoulders and upper back by stretching the muscles used in a reaching motion. The exercise is simple: you just practice reaching. Stretch first one arm, then the other, up to an overhead shelf. Support your lower arm on the shelf, then turn your thumb as far to the right as possible, then as far to the left as possible. This works the rotator cuffs and tendons in the shoulder and upper arm. Put your hands at your side and reach behind until you feel the stretch in the back of your upper arm. Next, put your hands on your chest and lift your bent elbows high, holding that position for 30 to 60 seconds.
Do these exercises every day – twice a day if you can – and youll notice a subtle but distinct improvement; a younger quality of life.
Wina Sturgeon is an active boomer based in Salt Lake City who skis, skates on both ice blades and wheels, lifts weights and runs to stay in shape.
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