Health and Strength Links - 9th October

~ The effects of over exercising – “While exercise has obvious benefits for health and mind, some of us can overdo ourselves. In fact, a recent psychological study of gym rats found that 23 % of people who regularly exercised did so at excessive levels. It is important to keep in mind proportion when incorporating intensity into your exercise routine.”
~ Questions – “When was the last time you reviewed your personal training goals? Do you have your goals written down? Have you selected a date of accomplishment for your goals? Are you keeping a written journal of your daily tasks required to achieve your goals? If you aren’t, how will you know when you get there?”
~ Question of Strength: October – “The true Master Blaster pontificates on shoulder training, adding muscle without putting on fat, BCAA's, whole eggs vs. egg whites, hot Asian chicks, recruiting more motor units, dumb exercises, bar speed, and his inability to love. (We made up that last one.)”
~ Muscles Can Be Strengthened at Any Age – “You are never too old to enlarge and strengthen your muscles.”
~ Nobel Prize For Medicine Goes To Scientists Working In UK And US – “The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2007 this year has gone to three scientists working in the US and the UK for their work on the genetic modification of embryonic stem cells. Their discoveries led to the creation of powerful “gene targeting” technologies that are now used extensively in research and therapy.”
~ Classtime: reading, writing, downward dog – “In-class yoga helps elementary students in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, get re-energized in the middle of the school day, the teacher says. She hopes it will help them better retain the material they're working on and fight pre-test jitters.”
~ How to break bad eating habits – “Bad habits are made to be broken. Learn these easy tricks to help you eat better every day.”
~ How Do Cannabinoids Make Us Feel That Way? – “Marijuana and its main psychoactive component, THC, exert a plethora of behavioral and autonomic effects on humans and animals. Some of these effects are the cause of the widespread illicit use of marijuana, while others might be involved in the potential therapeutic use of this drug for the treatment of several neuronal disorders.”