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Sticking point in your fitness program

You have been working out consistently on your fitness program, making steady progress, but all of a sudden you just don’t seem to be able to progress in a particular exercise.� It could be a time you are trying to reach in your run, or a particular amount of weight you are trying to lift.� [...]

I was talking to a friend of mine?s little girl

I was talking to a friend of mine’s little girl the other day. I asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up and she replied, “I want to be President!” Both of her parents are liberal Democrats and were standing there. So then I asked her, “If you were President what would [...]

Isometric Exercises

Yesterday, I talked to friend who said he was exercising by doing Isometrics.� Isometric exercises or static exercises involve holding muscles contractions for a period of time (usually seconds).� They were popular when I was a kid.� They are not useful for fitness because they do not strengthen the muscle throughout the entire range of [...]

There are the unavoidable laws of the natural universe?

Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease your nose will begin to itch or you’ll have to pee. Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. Law of probability: The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act. Law [...]

Signs your Bank is On Shaky Grounds?

The members of the board of directors have changed?from local citizens to three from Zaire, two from the United Arab Emirates and one from skid row downtown. The bank president turned in his Lexus for a Humvee. They keep giving you change in shekels. They used to give you a free toaster when you started an account. [...]