Social Workout

Wake Up Call

The Call of the Child

The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity.

~ Ludwig Wittgenstein

Scientific

Annals of Conflicting Research: Calorie Restriction and Convenience Stores

• Remember how we told you living close to convenience stores, fast food establishments and supermarkets actually lowers your risk for obesity? Unfortunately, it's not true for kids. Kids who live close to convenience stores are fatter. Sad, but makes sense since they're darling little sponges and 99% of food ads aimed at kids are for junk food. Literally, 99%.
• Remember how we told you new research showed calorie restriction may not be the holy grail of life extension it claims to be? Well that was two weeks ago. Even newer research shows that restricting glucose increases the life span of lung cells, which are, um, kind of important. Unfortunately, to lower your own personal glucose levels to the levels in the study, you'd only get to eat like 4 almonds and a leaf of lettuce for the rest of your life. So you might want to cling to the earlier study. 

Wake Up Call

On Divine Exercises

Any action without the remembrance of God is either a diversion or heedlessness excepting four acts: Walking from target to target [during archery practice], training a horse, playing with one’s family, and
learning to swim.

~Prophet Muhammad
(c. April 26, 570 -- June 8th, 632 CE.)

Workout

Running on Empty

Two kids sick
and one with croup
Today I'm tired
Feel like poop

Grammy came
so i could run
and get my third
May workout done

i felt like crap
but i knew i should
and three miles later
i'm feeling good

Kids Incorporated

K! I! D! S!

No time for the gym today so fit a workout in with the family. Kids and I did push-ups and sit-ups this morning (for me 30 and 150 respectively. And for once, the 30 push-ups were all legit, w/none from my knees). This afternoon, went out for a 40 minute walk while they rode their bikes.