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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
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Crunch time for abdominal workouts |
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The most effective workouts don’t need fancy
gadgets
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By Rome Jorge, Lifestyle Editor
On home television shopping networks they market all sorts of
devices to give you “washboards abs,” “six-packs” and “sex
cuts”—colloquial for lean and defined abdominal muscles. People
want to showoff a svelte and firm tummy and they are willing to pay
for it.
But according to scientists, the most effective
and least injury-prone abdominal exercises need no fancy devices.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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MARTIAL
TALK
By Perry Gil S. Mallari
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Jutsu or Do?
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Two terms that are essential in distinguishing the character of
various Japanese martial arts are “jutsu” and “do.” The
kanji or character used for jutsu connotes “art, technique or
method” while that used for do means “way or path.”
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COME
FLOW WITH ME
By David C. Montecillo
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Doctors still don’t
get it
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I recently spoke with a group of doctors about stress management. In
their experience, they told me that they’ve encountered a good
number of cases with patients with physical complaints but the tests
resulted in being normal.
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LIVE
IT
By Greggy Romualdez
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Fitness beyond vanity
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From losing those couple of extra pounds gained during the holidays
to packing on as much muscle mass as humanly possible, most of us
are, at a sub-conscious level at least, inclined towards a so-called
fitness goal.
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Performance and beauty booster
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David’s Salon all-women triathlon team reveals
winning formula
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Watching nine women, well-toned, skin glowing, suited up and all set
for a triathlon race reminds you of the wonderful benefits of
keeping fit and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
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Milk for grownups
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AS women age, their nutritional needs inevita-bly change. With
problems like obesity and osteoporosis looming ahead, adult milk is
a must to be able to address nutritional requirements.
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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Addicting addiction
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The biggest problem in treating alcohol and drug addiction is
getting the alcoholic and the substance abuser to accept that he
needs help. You surely know of alcoholics who need treatment now and
who do not believe they are “heavy enough” to need help. The
same is true of the drug addicts.
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