Free weights are preferred over machine weights because they force both sides of your body to carry an equal load. Cyclists experiment with PowerCranks to prevent one leg from slacking off during a race. The exo ball is popular because it, likewise, is based on the premise that a happy, fit body is a balanced body. Yet we live our daily lives so physically out of whack it’s a wonder we can stay upright.
The weekend 115
As you go about your weekend, here’s something to think about from page 35 of Barry Popkin’s “The World is Fat: The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fattening the Human Race”:
“The average American Adult consumes 115 calories more per day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday than they consume on weekdays.”
Let wildflowers put some spring in your step
Looking to jump-start — or simply start — a hiking program? There’s no better time than now, the start of spring. Temperatures are on the rise, there’s more daylight and choose your trails wisely and there can be a whole lot to see. After a brief delay thanks to an unusually cold winter, the spring wildflower display is on.
Playground Boot Camp
“I oughta be doing that with you,” the moderately overweight mom who was watching her son yelled.
“We’re starting a class in April,” Polly Eslinger yelled back. “You’re welcome to join us.”
Eslinger’s response seemed to surprise the woman: We were on Cary’s Middle Creek Park Playground at the time, six grown-ups mixed among kids cavorting on the equipment. A class in what, the woman probably wondered — playing on a playground?
Walking the walk at lunch
April 28 is National Walk@Lunch Day. I could have sworn it was today.
I had the lunch shift down at the rickshaw plant and I knew right off I was in trouble. All along downtown Raleigh’s Fayetteville Street, along key side streets, and on up to the state government complex all I could see was a sea of white — white walking shoes, that is.