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Archive for March 3, 2011
Coconut Oil – Making a Comeback!
01 year ago
My recent post about Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil is very timely it seems. Here’s an article in the New York Times about Coconut Oil:
Once a Villain, Coconut Oil Charms the Health Food World
A FEW years ago I noticed something odd at the health food store. There, rubbing elbows with the extra-virgin olive oil and cold-pressed canola oil was virtually the last fat I expected to see in such esteemed company: coconut oil.
The last time I checked, coconut oil was supposed to be the devil himself in liquid form, with more poisonous artery-clogging, cholesterol-raising, heart-attack-causing saturated fat than butter, lard or beef tallow.
Its bad reputation caused a panic at the concession stands back in 1994, when the Center for Science in the Public Interest put out a study claiming that a large movie-theater popcorn, hold the butter, delivered as much saturated fat as six Big Macs. “Theater popcorn ought to be the Snow White of snack foods, but it’s been turned into Godzilla by being popped in highly saturated coconut oil,” Michael Jacobson, the executive director of the center, a consumer group that focuses on food and nutrition, said at the time.
Tomorrow is Dress in Blue Day for Colon Cancer Awareness
01 year ago
When is Dress in Blue Day?
It is celebrated on the first Friday of March. In 2011, Dress in Blue Day is Friday, March 4th.
What is Dress in Blue Day?
The purpose of Dress in Blue Day is to promote awareness about colon cancer and encourage people to get their colon checked.
Why do we need to raise awareness of colon cancer?
Because:
- * Colon cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S.
- * Approximately 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer each year.
- * Colon cancer often has no symptoms at all until it’s at an advanced stage.
- * Colon cancer is 80% preventable when detected early.
- * You can reduce your risk through regular screenings.
- * Beginning at age 50 (or earlier if you have a family history), everyone should get their colon checked.
The Trouble with Bright Girls
01 year ago
Successful women know only too well that in any male-dominated profession, we often find ourselves at a distinct disadvantage. We are routinely underestimated, underutilized and even underpaid. Studies show that women need to perform at extraordinarily high levels, just to appear moderately competent compared to our male coworkers.
But in my experience, smart and talented women rarely realize that one of the toughest hurdles they’ll have to overcome to be successful lies within. Compared with our male colleagues, we judge our own abilities not only more harshly but fundamentally differently. Understanding why we do it is the first step to righting a terrible wrong. And to do that, we need to take a step back in time.
Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.: The Trouble with Bright Girls.
Deadliftin’
01 year ago
Oh deadlifts! It’s a love/hate relationship with them. They are Tough but you feel so satisfied afterward! Or at least I do –
I also kept doing straight leg DLs instead of a straight up DL — so Coach Jerry would stop me and help me reconfigure — it’s amazing how hard it is to retrain for form. I am such a thinker when it comes to doing certain exercises that really focus on technique, so I stop – think, readjust, resume — and that could go on for a while until it ‘feels’ right.
Warmupx2
sampson stretch
10 Pass Thrus
10 OH Squats
10 sit ups
10 Pull ups
10 Ring Dips
10 Good Mornings
Skill
Deadlift
WOD
Deadlifts
1-10-1-20-1-30
total weight: 814lbs
To do this WOD, you have 2 bars & one has a whole lotta weight on it — do one rep. Then you drop down to a certain % to do a set of 10, then you go back to the whole lotta weight which you can even add more if it wasn’t enough, do 1 — then go back and do 20 reps, so on —and add up total weight at the end.
