Adidas have recently released a series of ‘miCoach’ gadgets that monitor heart rate, distance and speed when running. Unlike usual heart rate monitors, the data is not output on a watch; instead they pair with software downloadable for all smartphones.
The miCoach gadgets separate themselves from the popular Nike+ pedometer by not pairing exclusively with Apple technology, although the software for the iPhone is likely to be the most popular. The devices will also pair with an array of mp3 players and hardware.
Rather than charging a high price for the software, it is free to download from app stores and the website; this will most likely prove popular as it incorporates GPS enabled smartphones to allow fitness training without purchasing the hardware.
The software can be used on its own but the addition of heart rate and pedometer are much more effective in performance analysis, which Adidas hope will be an incentive to buy the full price gear.
The software in the app analyses data from the GPS, heart rate and footfall to determine how effective your training is, it will provide on the go feedback from a pre-recorded voice that can instruct you to pick up the pace, relax a little and will direct you through a predetermined, personalised training schedule.
The products are a bid by Adidas to compete with rivals Nike over their Nike+ products, although much cheaper, the Nike+ has limited functions and only provides a basic analysis. The miCoach provides one of the most in depth analyses of any personal training device, data can be uploaded to an online database to track your progress and provide useful feedback.
If your training is going well and you are feeling boastful, there is an ability to upload data to a variety of social media platforms. The results can be streamed wirelessly so your friends can track where you are and how fast you have been running. Adidas hopes a friend’s judgement will encourage users to train harder.
Due to their sponsorship of some very large footballing names, some stores are offering discounted miCoach equipment with the purchase of a pair of Adidas Predators and Manchester United Football Shirts.
Posted on 25 August '10, under Business. No Comments.
Mixed martial arts is a contact fighting sport which allows a large variety of combat skills and techniques. Traditional martial arts competitions only allow one style of fighting, but mixed martial arts incorporates moves and tactics from multiple fighting techniques. Mixed martial arts allow grappling and striking techniques, and fighters scan combat either on the ground or standing. These kinds of competitions allow fighters from many different backgrounds to be able to compete.
Sprawl and brawl is a tactic that uses effective standing combat moves, while trying to avoid ground fighting and take downs. This kind of fighter is usually a kick boxer, boxer, thai boxer, or karate fighter who is trained in wrestling. These fighters also study submission style wrestling in case they find themselves taken to the ground. This style is very different from normal kickboxing, so almost all traditional competitors will need to alter their techniques.
Most mixed martial arts competitions have weight classes so fighters can take on opponents who are close to their own body size. There are nine main weight classes which are super heavyweight (120+kg), heavyweight (120kg), light heavyweight (93 kg), middleweight (84 kg), welterweight (77 kg), lightweight (70 kg), featherweight (66 kg), bantamweight (61 kg), and flyweight (57 kg).
During mixed martial arts combat, the fighter’s hands are protected by small open-gloves which cushions the force on fist when throwing a punch. These gloves help keep the hands from cutting and encourages fighters to use their hands more for striking. The majority of mixed martial arts fighters use 4 oz gloves with minimal protection, but amateurs are required to wear slightly heavier gloves which provide more protection for the wrist and hands. The standard mixed martial arts gloves were first worn through the Shooto promotion by Japan, but they were later used by UFC when it started to become an international sport.
Time limits were made to give the competitors rest at regular intervals, allowing them to build up their strength for short bursts. There are matches without time limits, but often they contain less action because both sides are trying to conserve their strength. Most professional mixed martial arts matches have 3 five minute rounds, while championship matches have 5 five minute rounds. Both competitions have the stand up rule, where referees can pull up the fighter if it appears they are resting on the floor or not trying to gain a dominant position in the fight.
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Posted on 5 August '10, under Schools. No Comments.
THE TOTAL BRAIN BODY FITNESS CONFERENCE www.mindbodyfitness.org
Date : Summer 2001 expected attendance three hundred
Place: Holiday Inn Crown Plaza Redondo Beach California
- fifteen minutes from LAX – conventional hotel shuttle supplied / available ?
Time Schedule 8-5 Fri Sat Sun dollar 299 early registrations ( due May 1st )
Price: dollar 349 regular sign up contains all 3 days as well as supplies .
Room Requirements : 4 rooms to carry 50 people each
Company Vendors: Major Sponsor :Living Arts, FIT TV
Stability Bar, SOBE green teas, Twin Lab Vitamins or Good Earth Nutritional vitamins or Natures Best Vitamins, Kiss My Face Skin Products or Rachel Perry Items , Aveda Proper Hair Care Products, Reebok or Nike or even Adidas, Starbucks Coffee, A travel business ,
a newspaper ( Therapeutic excursions plus Spas ? , Normal Health ? )
classes:
Friday:
Taking Yoga exercises Into your current Group Exercise Courses; step, cycle as well as kick – Dede
Right Brain/ Left Brain and Soma Mindsets – Claudia
Led Meditation, Relaxation and Visualization – Kara
Variants, Modifications and New Sensations – Beth
Saturday:
YogaFit level One – Beth together with staff members
YogaFit Level Two – Mark
HypnoFit – Claudia
Seniors – Yvonne
Sun:
YogaFit level One- Beth together with staff members
YogaFit stage Two- Mark
HypnoFit- Claudia
Prenatal – Teresa plus Melissa
ACTION POINTS:
1.DATE NAILED DOWN having rooms reserved – Amy expected ASAP
2. Sales brochure Copy to Wade by Monday Jan 8th – Beth
3. Teachers informed, content material due schedules placed – Beth
4. Sponsors – Terry ? Linda ?
5. Sales Space Marketing – Terry ?
6. Ads asap – Beth along with Wade
7. Ace subscriber list – Linda
8. Strategies and Stage strategies – Terry
9. Enrollment Documents – Susan , Beth
10. Submitted upon Internet site yogafit – Beth to Alan Dale
11. Completing bmf.org – Terry to coordinate up by February 28
12 . Campaign started – Joanne Feb 1st
YogaFit is the number 1 resource for anything that has to do with yoga. YogaFit also has great advice pertaining to all features of yoga training, exercise poses, and yoga programs. YogaFit also has a variety of yoga exercises meetings various times per year led by Beth Shaw, known around the world as a yoga guru and business mogul.
Posted on 7 July '10, under Education. No Comments.
People do not straightaway jump at the chance to try out a spa just because it is new. Keep in mind that people want some quality alone time to re-energize and rejuvenate themselves, thus they will certainly do a fair amount of research. With the many spa establishments today that are offering innovative treatments and competitive prices, how do these clients choose?
First of all, clients want a safe environment. They want an ambience that is relaxing, a lightly fragranced room, with filtered lighting and soft music and proper ventilation without being clinical. A gentle subtle scent is imperative. They also pay close attention to the therapist, who should be impeccably well presented.
People also want a polished service, with punctual, friendly and knowledgeable staff. Service levels are very important, and a lot of people do not want to be kept waiting in spas. Most of spa clients are bound by time constraints and keeping them waiting defeats the whole objective of going to a spa. The client should also feel the warmth of the welcome. Clients want a genuine smile, friendly chat and hospitability in a spa.
Your spa should also be impeccably clean. The entrance, the shop front, the treatments and the toilets should be neat, clean and hygienic. Most establishments keep their instruments sterilized and replace used items, but there are still a few spas who choose to overlook the basic principles of hygiene. Clients prefer disposable items to be used on their faces and bodies such as gloves, gauze, wax, needles, etc.
People also want competitive prices from a spa for all their treatments. A spa should be able to justify the prices it asks for. It would be unfair and dubious if your spa is located very far from major public transports, is crowded, cramped and unkempt and the therapist could barely answer the questions of the clients.
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Posted on 27 June '10, under Business. No Comments.
The cost of a gym membership may be the only thing stopping you from getting fit. If so, you can still work out effectively at home gym. In fact, many North Americans need to get fit somehow and the home is a great place to start. Choose the residential fitness equipment which will help you to build muscle and burn fat. What you choose may be dictated by space or finances, by there is something out there for everyone. If you have some kind of fitness equipment, it may become just as easy to start working out as it would be to find something to eat.
One simple, inexpensive accessory is a set of free weights. Use these simply to work muscle, or combine them with a cardio work out. Even gentle movements and poses with your weights will work your heart. Choose from various weights, as little as one pound or ten pounds at a time. Select a colored weight with comfortable grip or all metal one. Building muscle will help you to burn fat and support weaker parts of your body.
Vary your weight work out with resistance bands. These are harder to lift with momentum, requiring pure strength, and are easy to travel with. Other options include ankle and wrist weights which attach via velcro or other fastener. Wearing these during a walk or run intensifies the work out. Even wear these while you perform exercises at home.
The fitness ball has become increasingly popular for home fitness. This accessory comes in handy for use with weights, while practising yoga, during aerobics and more. Even sitting on the ball requires the use of core muscles. Children like the ball too and if you have more than one you can perform simple routines together. Imagine: your child may get stronger while playing and never even realize.
Your aerobic step can really increase your quota of sweat per work out. Most brands come with risers to make you step up higher as your fitness increases. Adjust your height for the way you feel on the day. Use your step as a bench when doing sit-ups or chest flies.
For those who consider running or walking boring, set-up a treadmill in your living room. Set your goal on the digital controls, then watch a movie or television show while you work out. Before you know it, the exercise will be over. Program your treadmill for walking or running speed.
You stationary bike needs no lock so no fear of forgetting your combination. Take it for a spin while catching-up with programs you have been recording. The most technically advanced models include digital options to simulate real bike riding conditions. Slip a tourist DVD of France into your player and pretend your are pedaling along scenic Alsace trails.
Maybe money is not your concern. Just motivating yourself to get out the door may be the problem especially if sweating around other people makes you feel self-conscious. For those with a bit of money to spend, many mechanical devices exist, simulating sports activities. Try a rowing machine or an elliptical trainer for high-tech exercise.
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Posted on 15 May '10, under Business. No Comments.
You know the documentaries that show the results of fast food restaurants such as McDonalds being placed in low-income areas? They always prove that this can cause obesity to the residents in the area.
People with little money don’t really have much of a choice when it comes to eating out options. A cheap fat-filled hamburger looks like a great deal and they can get a few of them but they are full of empty calories and a terrible health risk.
There hasn’t just been one documentary on the subject either. This has become a huge issue in many areas and many people have covered reporting this situation. New York’s Area Council got involved and put into effect new labeling laws that it thought would help to handle this issue.
Even with the new laws things haven’t changed. According to a recent survey New York’s poor people are still victims of a terrible diet in their low-income neighborhoods.
Companies such as McDonalds and KFC seem to think that this is wrongful information however and report that men and women are ordering food that is lower in fat and calories. This makes no sense. How could they have such different information than the independent survey?
One way to look at it is that chains like Subway sell healthier low cost sandwiches and lots of them and those figures are being considered in the survey of the more unhealthy chains like McDonalds and KFC. This throws a wrench in the figures.
In all reality thins is misrepresentation of facts that could end up being deadly. The studies by the metropolis are looking at what occurs in wealthier neighborhoods where the people can afford and tend to get their fast food at restaurants like Subway. They are using this information to pad’ the numbers in the poorer neighborhoods.
Basically the City’s report is of no use. People in poor neighborhoods are continuing to the exact same thigh they were in the first place.
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Posted on 10 May '10, under Education. No Comments.
Without muscles there is nothing the body can do. One would be unable to walk, use their arms and hands to work a computer or carry out the motions of everyday life. In humans and in animals these muscles need to be in good condition to carry out these tasks. The stimulation of muscles to increase their strength and development is not new. The fact was discovered over a hundred years ago. As time has progressed the practice has, by trial and error, arrived at today’s advanced knowledge on the subject. A method that is being used to achieve this is called Russian stim.
A person paralyzed from a broken neck or back does not, as a rule, have any feeling in their muscles below the break. The medical community is working very hard to find a way to restore activity to these limbs. To keep these extremities from deteriorating this type of stimulation is being used.
This type of increasing activity of body mass has been adapted by the medical community. It is used in rehabilitation and other areas where reviving muscle activity is necessary. This method is now being actively tested on people with paralysis to attempt to revive nerves in the affected areas. It has also been used in the training of athletes who are entering other types of competition.
Many body builders and others wishing to increase a certain area size, in order to compete or just feel good, use this method to achieve their goal. Exercising is one way to provide this increase of mass but using this type of apparatus does not require excessive movement of the body. The two activities are often used simultaneously. Many of these people are training for a specific purpose such as competitions or have some other reason to want a large display of muscle, which can be easily achieved with the use of an electronic muscle stimulator.
A program using this process does not aid in weight reduction or calorie burning. That can only be done by actual exercise and/or correct diet. It is said to be effective in injuries to bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles. It is not used for pain control but simply to prevent muscle atrophy and keep the limbs active. It’s main purpose is to improve muscle tone by stimulating particular areas.
Using this program to enlarge the muscles has been adapted by many different types of people. Some are athletes preparing for an event. Others might want to compete in body building competitions, or simply improve the overall look of their body by retrieving muscle tone.
This device has been approved by the FDA in two areas. One is by prescription only and must be used under the guidance of a therapist or other member of the medical profession. This unit has very strong electrical charges. The over the counter unit and may be purchased by anyone and has a lower power charge.
Using this method, known as Russian stim, produces the same result as voluntary flexing of a particular area where changes are desired. The electrical current hits the area and causes it to respond, then relax, then respond and so forth. Over a period of time this will cause the muscles in that area to build up in size. This will not completely replace regular exercising but will help tone the muscles.
The electronic muscle stimulator is extremely useful for medical rehabilitation and physical therapy. One specialized ESM product that stands out is the Russian Stim. Known for its pain relief and minimum disturbance, the Russian Stim is a popular technique among many Asian countries.
Posted on 9 May '10, under Education. No Comments.
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Posted on 1 May '10, under Business. No Comments.
When we refer to gay spirituality we aren’t necessarily referring to a “gay church.” We, as a community, were often subject to the teachings of our own childhood churches that found us to be completely unacceptable in our current state of being. This naturally led to a falling away from the church, but not necessarily the end of one’s spirituality. You can take just a small step, for the journey is great and long, but well worth every step.
Many of us began our own form of gay spirituality when we were young. Growing up in our churches we heard things, realized things, and felt like an outsider standing within the ring of fire.
It is not surprising that a great number of individuals chose to go from their churches directly into movements and social causes. Small groups have formed that help to deal with the whiplash many were left with.
If you want to look elsewhere, you don’t have to go digging around in a church to find your gay spirituality. Sometimes finding a church is the best thing. Other times finding the answer all on your own makes more sense. While there have been many figures reaching out to us in the past, there are now safe places for us to congregate and be accepted for our character.
If your family is particularly religious it can be difficult to reconcile your emotional and spiritual ideas. Your emotional side remembers the prayers, the “treatments, ” and the casting out while your spiritual ideas look further inside. There is no admission from the religious affiliations that cast you aside, and there is no confirmation from their view that you are just fine the way you are. That’s for you to find out. Many would say that’s for you to feel.
Sometimes your spiritual answers are all around you. You might find that the miracle of your partner or the miracle of having a family together is enough of an answer. You may be wandering the world and simply gathering bits of a spiritual journey. You don’t have to receive your gay spirituality badge from an actual religious figure if you don’t want to. Your journey is very much within your own control and you have many choices. You can change your options whenever you please as well, making your choices ever more abundant.
Historically, religions and spirituality do not even have to mean the same thing. While we make the associated connection, spiritual beliefs are of a totally different make and model. Religion is a taught belief system. Spiritual beliefs are a felt and internal belief system. Bringing the two together can be make for interesting spiritual journeys but one that can be done in your own way. Having the option to figure out what works for you is really the key.
You can join the open and affirming churches and learn to grasp your gay spirituality if you choose. It can be a great place to debate and discuss. Or you can create your own gay spirit that offers you a reflective chance to decide for yourself. The journey simply never really has to end.
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Posted on 17 April '10, under Education. No Comments.
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Posted on 8 April '10, under Business. No Comments.