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Motivational Quote Of The Day

Motivational Quote of the DayAnything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.


-Franz Kafka

Word Of The Day

Inebriated- (adjective) [in-EE-bree-ay'-tid]

1. stupefied or excited by or as if by alcohol: "On an empty stomach, Jayme was helplessly inebriated by her second drink."

In Action

"Many of the arrests are for what Cpl. Wes Hite calls 'acts of stupidity,' such as vandalism, urinating in public and flouting the borough's ban on open containers.

One such incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, when police caught an inebriated 18-year-old IUP student trying to drag an orange traffic barrel to his apartment at South Seventh and Washington streets."

Mike Bucsko. "IUP gets tougher on drinks, drugs in wake of deaths," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (December 4, 2005).

"Q: Was it difficult to keep track of Pete's different levels of inebriation over the course of shooting?

A: It was like having a drunk-o-graph. But it is so funny because there are subtle variations (to drunkenness) -- what's the difference between inebriated and pie-eyed? The way I saw it, he starts out, he goes from plastered to pie-eyed to inebriated.

He gets kicked in the crotch -- there was probably some adrenaline dump there -- and sobers up a little bit there. He also throws up, so the blood-alcohol level goes down and then he sleeps."

Susan King. "His only crime? Stealing the show: Character actor Oliver Platt's first-rate performances are second to none." [Movie Review: 'The Ice Harvest'] Los Angeles Times (November 30, 2005).

"A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity, and gifted with an egotistical imagination that can at all times command an interminable and inconsistent series of arguments to malign an opponent and to glorify himself."

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881). British statesman, author. [Referring to Prime Minister Gladstone. On another occasion, Disraeli said of Gladstone, 'He has not a single redeeming defect.'] Speech (July 27, 1878).

"There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness."

George Steiner (b. 1929). French-born U.S. critic, novelist. Daily Telegraph (May 23, 1989).

Workout Tip

Part 2 picks up where Part 1 left off, as Natalie addresses strength and power development using bands and the practical application of using heavy resistance bands for outdoor training sessions.

Strength and Power Development

Strength is defined as the ability to apply force and/or overcome large or heavy resistances to movement. Maximum strength is best developed by lifting heavy resistances for lower repetitions. When lifting heavy weights in traditional strength exercises (i.e., squat, deadlifts, bench presses, chin ups, etc), the movement speed can be quite slow, which is not ideal for power development with more experienced athletes (however, it may still work to enhance power in less experienced athletes though). But heavy weights and low reps in the basic exercises are best for maximal strength.

Nutrition Tip

At a meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine held in March in San Diego, researchers distinguished “long-term weight loss maintainers” from the “treatment-seeking obese.” Those who shed the most pounds had these five traits in common:

* self-monitoring

* high-intensity physical activity

* lowered fat intake

* scant amount of time spent watching television

* fewer meals eaten in restaurants

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Natalie Pyles