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...thought I’d had a good race, but I was apprehensive about getting excited too early,” Sprague said. “The way I found out was I was coming back from my cooldown when two freshman girls on our team ran up to me and started tackling me. It was way better than finding out by reading a sheet of paper...
...Africa and popularized by African-American fraternities and sororities. Routines include foot stomping, military formations, chanting and hand clapping. It's an especially good workout for hamstrings and calves. Zumba, popular in South Florida, combines low-impact cardio moves with Latin dances such as salsa, cumbia and samba. The cooldown features tango steps. Zumba gets the heart rate up while tightening the torso and leg muscles. Thanks partly to Shakira, belly dancing is hot again. Classes abound in most major cities, including St. Louis, Mo., and Washington. It strengthens abs, increases flexibility in the lower back and hip joints...
Third, prepare yourself properly. The best way to avoid muscle aches is to start slowly and incorporate gentle stretches into your pre-exercise warm-up and post-exercise cooldown...
...people call it the last frontier," says Woody, 55, a retired truck driver, after a cooldown in his outdoor bathtub. While Woody dunked his derriere, fellow resident Linda Barnett, under a military camouflage net, delivered the nightly CB broadcast of camp doings and items for sale or barter...
...Golden State Warriors' leading scorer and biggest hothead, took a short break during practice last Monday to throttle coach P.J. Carlesimo, who had just told him to "put a little mustard on the passes" during a shooting drill. After the two were separated, Sprewell took a 15-minute cooldown in the locker room before heading back to fight through teammates to get to Carlesimo again and yell "I'm going to kill you! You better get me off this team, or that's what I'm going to do." It was the most dramatic moment of the Warriors' inept season...