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Exercise Ball - Used to Strengthen Abs
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Added on June 27, 2007 by team g20 (1092)The exercise ball is a great tool for strengthening the abs, but it also helps you reach those hard-to-get-to muscles as well as improving your balance and overall coordination.
The numerous applications of the exercise ball follow a range of difficulty levels, and the benefits for back pain can be felt at each level. From merely sitting on the exercise ball to doing structured aerobic exercise routines, the basic support needed by the back and stomach muscles are the same.
For a person with low back pain, the exercise ball can be used for a variety of purposes. Some of the reasons the exercise ball is used are to learn proper posture, increase lumbar (low back) mobility, increase abdominal and back muscle strength, increase balance and stability as well as develop overall control and strength of the core body muscles.
Even limited exercise helps overweight women: study
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Added on May 16, 2007 by team g20 (1092)Quote:
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science EditorWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just 10 minutes of exercise a day can help even the most inactive overweight women, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
Tests on overweight and obese women, many of whom had high blood pressure, showed that even small amounts of exercise improved their fitness and toned them up enough to lower their overall risk of early death.
The study is the first to reinforce using hard medical data what other studies have suggested -- that exercise does not have to be an all-or-nothing venture, Dr. Timothy Church of Louisiana State University and colleagues said.
Soup or salad before a meal helps weight loss-study
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Added on May 16, 2007 by team g20 (1092)Soup or salad before a meal helps weight loss-study reports Reuters Life.
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NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters Life!) - Eating a low-calorie soup or salad at the start of a meal to curb hunger could be the key to dieters' success, according to a U.S. rating of eight popular diet plans.Consumer Reports magazine, published by a non-profit consumer research group, rated eight diet plans that have been studied in clinical trials, with results after three to six months and after 12 months and at least 40 subjects per diet.
Top 5 Exercise "Hacks"
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Added on May 16, 2007 by team g20 (1092)Was trolling around the web the other day and found a great article on zenhabits.net about 42 "exercise hacks". It is worth a read for sure.
Here is a list of my favorite 5 hacks from the list:
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Start slow. The biggest mistake that people make when starting an exercise plan is starting too fast or too hard.Forget about weight loss. Yeah, many of us would like to lose some weight. But if you’re motivated solely by weight loss, exercise will be a tough proposition. The reason is that you might not lose weight right away. Oh, it’ll come, if you can keep it up over time, but in the beginning you might be disappointed (especially if you haven’t changed your eating habits). Just get into the habit of exercise, and worry about the weight later. First things first.
The `running` web links thread
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Added on April 5, 2007 by team g20 (1092)Hey everyone -
If anyone has any websites to share, please respond to this thread and post your favorite running sites.
I'll start things off with wicked little app that lets you share running routes:
Jules from Bikely stopped by to let me know that they have created a new site for running, walking and hiking called Stepwhere.
Your turn!
Weight Training for Bicyclists
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Added on March 30, 2007 by team g20 (1092)There is a great list of exercises specifically targeted at bikers over at about.com.
J
Where art thou moderators?
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Added on March 30, 2007 by team g20 (1092)Hi everyone -
Things are getting pretty busy around here lately, and we'd love to share some of the moderation responsibility with the community.
Does anyone want to become a moderator for this 'Getting Started' group?
J
Updated User Profile pages
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Added on March 25, 2007 by team g20 (1092)Hey folks -
Just to let you all know that because of your feedback we have changed the user home pages.
1) Your latest 5 blog posts will now spill out onto your user page. Many people gave us feedback that their blogs are very important to them. We listened :)
2) Profile's appear at the top, followed by shouts and the blog posts.
Enjoy, and thank you for your suggestions.
The Gimme20.com Team
Slight database outage today - some data lost
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Added on January 31, 2007 by team g20 (1092)Hi everyone -
Today at about 4:30PST we had a corrupted database which forced us to reload Gimme20.com from backup. What this means, is that anyone who reported results within the last 12 hours will have lost their workout results data from that time period.
Rest assured that we take daily backups of Gimme20.com, to make sure your workout data is safe and cozy.
Again, apologies to anyone whom this affected.
Kind Regards,
Jordan | Gimme20.com
Web 2.0 fitness website Gimme20.com seeks partner
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Added on January 25, 2007 by team g20 (1092)
Gimme20.com, a web 2.0 social fitness community and workout tracking site is seeking a new partner.
The website is a new online fitness product that provides members with the ability to discover workout routines, track their workouts, and share workout routines with others in the community. There is even support for members using their mobile phones inside the gym to record results.
Our previous partner simply became to successful as a physical world personal trainer, that she had to leave the project in order to dedicate full time to her career.
