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If you want
to work out at home, you might embark on something as
complicated and costly as setting up an entire gym, or
you can simply buy a few inexpensive items to make
exercising easier. This week we focus an Top 10
At-home Exercise Equipments to get you started on a
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Warming up and cooling down should be an integral part of any type of exercise
or sport, particularly aerobics, for its dangerous and inefficient to leap
immediately from rest to maximum activity. When you are at rest, your blood
circulates more or loss evenly through the body, facilitating the healthy
functioning of all vital organs. When a specific part of the body is called into
action a greater blood supply carrying oxygen is sent to the working parts. Warm
up and stretching is essential to signal your body that a certain group of
muscles will be in need of increased supply of oxygen.
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Dealing with Obstacles
An old farmer had plowed around a large rock in one of his fields for years. He
had broken several plowshares and a cultivator on it and had grown rather morbid
about the rock.
After breaking another plowshare one day, and remembering all the trouble the
rock had caused him through the years, he finally decided to do something about
it.
When he put the crowbar under the rock, he was surprised to discover that it was
only about six inches thick and that he could break it up easily with a
sledgehammer. As he was carting the pieces away he had to smile, remembering all
the trouble that the rock had caused him over the years and how easy it would
have been to get rid of it sooner.
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"I figured
that if I said it enough, I would convince the world
that I really was the greatest."
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BELL PEPPER & CORN PANCAKES
Serves: 1
Ingredients:
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2.4 cups Corn, 1 cup
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1-3/16 large Egg yolk
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5/16 cup Cornmeal, yellow
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5/16 cup All purpose flour
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0.6 teaspoon Salt
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5/16 teaspoon Pepper
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2.4 Tablespoons Basil, fresh
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0.6 medium Pepper red
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1 medium Pepper green
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4-13/16 large Egg white
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2.4 Tablespoons Vegetable oil
Direction:
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Combine corn, egg yolk, cornmeal, flour, salt and pepper.
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Chop peppers and fresh basil and add to cornmeal mixture.
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Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold half of egg whites into cornmeal
mixture, then fold in the rest. Do not over mix.
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Coat medium-hot skillet with oil. Drop batter into skillet by the
tablespoonful. Do not let edges touch. Cook until golden brown; turn
carefully and cook on other side.
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Repeat until all batter is used.
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Serve with salsa, if desired.
Nutritional Information: (per serving)
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Calories: 176.55cal
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Protein: 6.46g
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Fat: 7.52g
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Fiber: 4.88g
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Cholesterol: 42.60mg
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Vitamin C: 23.58mg
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Thiamine: 0.22mg
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Riboflavin: 0.26mg
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Potassium: 262.52mg
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Top 10 At-home Exercise Equipments
If you want to work out at home, you might embark on
something as complicated and costly as setting up an
entire gym, or you can simply buy a few inexpensive
items to make exercising easier.
Mats
If you want exercise at home, you probably won't
want to lie on the bare floor, you certainly won't want
to stretch out on hard tile, and you might not even want
to be that close to a padded carpet. If you are going to
be doing any floor work, such as crunches or leg raises,
you probably will want a real exercise mat - sooner
rather than later.
Mats come in a number of different styles, sizes, and
colors. You can buy mats specially designed for yoga or
exercise, and you can select from styles that roll up,
fold up, or stay flat for storage. They usually are made
from some type of foam encased in a flexible plastic
covering that wipes off easily.
Mats generally are about two feet wide, but they come in
a variety of lengths, thicknesses, and heights. If you
want to be able to stretch out and fit all or most of
your body on the mat, you will need a longer one. If you
don't mind having your legs and feet off the end of the
mat, look for one as short as three feet. Even that
length should cushion your head. Thickness varies from
as thin as 3/8 inch to as thick as two inches. If you
are buying a mat for home use, these are all criteria
you will have to consider. Decisions should be based on
where you will be using the mat, how hard the floor is
in that area, and how much space you have to store a mat
when it's not in use.
Home Weights
If you want to buy weights to use at home, you have
a number of options. Hand weights or dumbbells, similar
to those you might use at the gym, are available in
pairs in a variety of weights ranging from one pound to
110 pounds. You can buy them vinyl-coated, which gives
them a better appearance, makes them easier to clean,
and is more forgiving on a wood floor if you drop them.
In addition to hand weights, you can purchase leg
weights. These generally are made from some type of
heavy Cordura with straps and Velcro to attach them to
your wrists or ankles.
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