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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...yard freestyle in 54.22. Part of the team’s success came from the fact that they have been putting in many hours at the pool. “We have been training really hard,” Pangilinan said. “We brought our workout equipment to the meet. We practiced before.” Even though the team sustained a hard-fought win, there are some aspects that can still be improved upon. One is the squad’s cohesiveness, which is not yet fully formed. “We just have to work...

Author: By Alison E. Schumer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rookies Pave Way in Ivy Sweep | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...Done correctly, yoga increases strength and might head off osteoporosis. And Ashtanga yoga sure fires up my cardio system. So I suppose a limited workout done by an infrequent weekend warrior would probably offer little benefit and may cause injury. But for those of us who practice consistently, the benefits are quite clear and compelling. Steve Crawford, Jyvskyl, Finland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...lobby of Groupe Danone's headquarters on the Boulevard Haussmann, the company's television ads from around the world play on a video monitor. In a Spanish ad, an attractive woman wearing a jogging bra sweats through her workout, then gulps a bottle of the company's Lanjarn water. This vision of radiant, healthy beauty seems a bit at odds with the packaged cookies tempting visitors at the reception desk. More delicious cookies are waiting in the conference room. But, says Laurent Sacchi, Danone's senior vice president of communications, eyeing one of the cookie packets, these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Danone Cuts Out the Cookies | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...Then, too, there's lack of exercise - a growing problem in the Western world. People who work on farms and in factories may get a workout all day long. But the more a globalizing world shifts from fields to offices, the less moving we do. Research released in February by the University of Southern California showed that among a sample group of 110,599 people, women who engaged in strenuous activity five hours a week had, over the long term, a 20% lower risk of invasive breast cancer, particularly ER-negative tumors. Doctors aren't certain about the precise mechanism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Changing Face of Breast Cancer | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...same time, others see yoga--a practice originally conceived to help people achieve inner peace and tranquillity--as a way to get a vigorous workout. More than five times as many people take yoga classes at health clubs today as did a decade ago, and enthusiasts have devised all kinds of variations appalling to purists: hip-hop yoga, disco yoga, power yoga, not to mention controversial hot yoga, or Bikram, which incites people to push themselves to their limit in sweltering rooms in which temperatures are set at 105F (41C...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Yoga Hurts | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

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