Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were the first to master the running man. Your roger rabbit rocks the party that rocks the party. Luckily, classes at the MAC and Radcliffe have just started, so your inner Nureyev can stretch, chasse and find a beat...
...possible, though, to injure yourself by stretching improperly. Always warm up for at least five minutes to get blood flowing before stretching. Don't bounce during stretches and breathe freely to stay relaxed. If you feel you don't have time to stretch before your exercise routine, concentrate your stretching afterward, when your muscles are nicely warmed...
...patient. Research shows that most stretches have to be held for at least 30 sec. to provide lasting benefits. "The stretch that you're doing today is not going to be of any great benefit today," says William Evans, an exercise expert at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. "But it will help you tomorrow and the day after...
...shouldn't go criticizing other people's good works. But the adopt-a-highway program may be the lamest charity I've ever heard of. What goes through these people's minds? "Yeah, homelessness is a bummer, but, my God, have you seen what's become of that westbound stretch of I-80?" Or "Honey, should we adopt a Somali orphan or a small section of road...
...know all this makes me sound like a big hypocrite. But is it better to be a person of integrity or a guy with a sweet, sweet stretch of superclean road...