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100 Mile Club—Take 2

I had such a great time last year doing the 100 mile club at Rosedale Elementary School that I decided to set up another club this year at Sumpter Elementary.

I thought last year went really well after we worked out the kinks and got the kids running. But this year has been going even better. We got the kids started about a month earlier and since Sumpter is about 3 times as big as Rosedale, weve got over 70 kids signed up (and a couple of parents as well) to make a run at 100 miles during the school year.

Here are some stats so far:

# of 25 milers: 13 # of 50 milers: 12 # of 75 milers: 22 # of 100 milers: 10

The rest of the kids either dont show up or show up only occasionally.

But the numbers arent important. Whats important is how many kids are moving after school 2X per week instead of sitting in front of their TVs or computers. And you know what?

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CDC Study Finds 58% Of Public Pools Tested Positive For E.Coli

Many parents probably remember that popular primer on bodily functions called Everybody Poops.

Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning that human feces are found in more than half of public swimming pools, confirming that E.coli is in 58 percent of samples tested from pool filters.

People, when they swim, obviously their whole body goes in the water, so anything that is on their bodies is likely to end up in the water, says Dr. Ronald Voorhees, the acting director of the Allegheny County Health Department.

Chlorine, the primary pool disinfectant, should handle most microbes.

But some E.coli, which can cause serious gastrointestinal illness, can be stubborn if chlorine levels are not adequate.

So anybody thats had diarrhea recently, until they are over it, they should not use a pool,” Dr. V

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Fluoride Reduces The Ability Of Decay-Causing Bacteria To Stick

In an advance toward solving a 50-year-old mystery, scientists are reporting new evidence on how the fluoride in drinking water, toothpastes, mouth rinses and other oral-care products prevents tooth decay. Their report appears in the ACS journal Langumir.

Karin Jacobs and colleagues explain that despite a half-century of scientific research, controversy still exists over exactly how fluoride compounds reduce the risk of tooth decay. That research established long ago that fluoride helps to harden the enamel coating that protects teeth from the acid produced by decay-causing bacteria. Newer studies already found that fluoride penetrates into and hardens a much thinner layer of enamel than previously believed, lending credence to other theories about how fluoride works.

The report describes new evidence that fluoride also works by impacting the adhesion force of bacteria that stick to the teeth and produce the acid that causes cavities. Read more…

How to get “Michelle Obama arms”

 Being a personal trainer means you listen to your clients needs and focusing your workouts on their goals. I guarantee every trainer has heard women talk about their bat wings or flabby arms.” Plastic surgery doctors are now noticing a pattern of women coming into their clinics asking for Michelle Obama or Jennifer Aniston arms.” Some are going to extremes to have work done to relieve any excess fat or skin from the back of their arms.

As Americans keep pushing toward a perfect body, we seem to keep taking the easy road – lap band surgery, tummy tucks, liposuction, and so on. Is it too strange to think of other ways to achieve this greatness? If you are one of many women who are looking to get a leaner, more defined upper body, perhaps you should try the following strategies that you can include in your workout that skips the surgery and adds confidence to your figure.

  1. Youre probably trained to think that low weight, high rep upper body exercises are the way to go and you are mostly right.

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