This week we're serving fitness news, funnies, poultry, and adulthood.
Oh... and it's National Margarita Day!
One of my favorite margaritas ever EVER is a grapefruit margarita made as simply as possible: grapefruit juice + tequila + triple sec. Cheers!
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| Grapefruit margarita |
The more you know (about yoga)
I love yoga. I would not, and could not, claim otherwise. However, yoga is an athletic pursuit, just like any other, which means that there are risks to yoga. Muscle strain and... surprisingly... stroke are among the potential hazards.
This does not mean that yogis need to roll up their yoga mats and quit, but it is important that participants have full information, just as it is important for runners to know about the risk of stress fracture, and football players to know about the risk of concussion.
William J. Broad's new book The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards
aims to fill in some of those gaps in knowledge - documenting both the risks and the benefits of yoga practice.Effing PF
Surprise, surprise... Doctors and scientists have no idea what causes plantar fasciitis, but new tests indicate that it is not caused by inflamed tissue. (Does that mean I can stop icing my right foot? Maybe heat would be a better treatment after all?)
Because you know we're all thinking it...
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ABCs of PE
In an attempt to protect physical education classes from budget cuts, and to ensure that every second of the school day is used to prepare children for standardized tests, schools are turning to math and vocabulary instruction during gym class.
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As a teacher, I know that different students have different learning styles, and perhaps physical learning will illuminate subjects that a classroom lecture might not. On the other hand, as a runner, I know that sometimes the mental "down time" of my workout is the time when my brain makes connections and gathers insights that do not flow when I am engaged in active thought.
Wild Turkey
Turkeys are terrorizing one California town...
The turkey takeover started in November. Perhaps it's payback for Thanksgiving?
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| Florida Governor poses his daughter for a photo with the Thanksgiving turkey before dinner (Thanksgiving 1959). No wonder the turkeys are mad. Source. |
Adulthood
This week I did adult things like meet with a lawyer to do the paperwork for a will and power of attorney, surf real estate ads for property, apply for jobs in DC, and... load the dishwasher:
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Quote of the week:
(Learning to count while working out)
At the gym doing push ups... "1... 2... 3..."
Attractive person walks by... "97... 98...99."
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Happy Friday, friends!
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