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What is Parkour?

By on March 12, 2010

This post is pretty much just for me. I doubt anyone reading here would know the word parkour to be asking about it but odds are if you work in an office then someone has sent you a video of people doing crazy climbing and stunts. These are often labeled with something like free running, russian climbing, urban climbing, freestyle walking, parkour or crazy indian monkey man . These amazing videos will feature things that nearly no one can do because the people in them are the best in the world.

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Massage therapy may be the answer to pain

By on February 28, 2010

By Leah Bray Nichols I found out the hard way that trying to do everything all at once can come with a price. Living in a state of stress leads not only to short-term tension, but it can also create long-term pain. My constant anxiety as a 32-year-old undergraduate student led to chronic pain that [...]

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The truth about cardio

By on February 28, 2010

By Scott Lebowitz What’s so great about cardio? First of all, aerobic exercise (meaning with oxygen) as defined by The Academy of Sports Medicine is “any activity that uses large muscle groups, can be maintained continuously, and is rhythmic in nature.” Simply put, large muscles, like your legs, require large amounts of energy to work. [...]

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Give ‘em Health

By on January 26, 2010

Trying to stay fit? Out with the old and in with the New Year’s Resolutions By Star Ritchey There’s nothing better than a new year. A new year means we can start over, right? Right! The starting over couldn’t come at a better time—after Thanksgiving and Christmas, when most of us have let our diet [...]

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