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...room; prisoners can play soccer or volleyball outside up to nine hours a day, eat meals together and read Agatha Christie mysteries in Arabic. Less cooperative detainees typically live and eat in small, individual cells and get to exercise and shower only twice a week. A new, $16 million maximum-security facility can hold up to 100 of the most dangerous detainees...
INTENSITY The American College of Sports Medicine recommends exercising at 60% to 90% of your maximum heart rate. (To calculate your maximum heart rate, subtract your age from 220.) During exercise, you can monitor your heart rate manually by counting your pulses per minute. If your goal is weight loss, exercise at low or moderate intensity for longer periods, which burns more...
...TRENDS Individualized VO2 testing (oxygen volume uptake) and heart-rate monitoring to identify your maximum workout zone; elliptical machines and dance-based classes are also catching...
INTENSITY In weight training, start with a weight that allows you to do 8 repetitions. Once you can complete 12 reps, increase the weight 5% and try to do 8 reps. For each exercise, 8 to 12 repetitions using 70% to 80% of your maximum resistance (the heaviest weight you can properly lift one time) is recommended...
Steel will succeed Peter M. Nicholas who has served as chair since July 2003. Trustees serve a maximum of two six-year terms, and Nicholas’ term is set to expire in July. Nicholas is also the founder and chairman of Boston Scientific Corp...