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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Your Meds Could Be Making You Fat

The effect of drugs on the body's ability to burn body fat and glucose.
Most people forget that any medication, or drug, you take affects your entire body. Some medications increase appetite and food cravings, especially for sweet foods. In contrast, other medications reduce appetite and result in weight loss. Drugs alter taste, mood, ability to digest food, ability to burn fat and ability to maintain a normal workout.
How medications affect nutrients in the body is complicated and poorly understood. For example, some drugs mimic the shape of, and are mistaken for vitamins, so they block any real vitamins from participating in metabolic reactions. Some bind to a nutrient and limit its absorption or, because a drug can reduce the time that food is in the intestine it can limit the absorption time of nutrients.
Chromium picolinate has generated a lot of interest in the strength building environment because limited research shows that moderate increases in chromium picolinate might maintain or even increase muscle mass while fat is lost. Although chromium is essential in protein and carbohydrate metabolism and thus may participate in muscle growth and function, there is no evidence that these "anabolic" effects are significant. In fact, the study that precipitated interest in this product was conducted on six college male body builders. The study has not been replicated and it's mostly media hype, not research or statistical data that supports the strong sales of this compound that is readily available in diets that are high in green, leafy vegetables.

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Sunday, May 11, 2014

Cancer caregiving at home? Here’s a guide from A to Z

Cancer Caregiving
from A to Z
By Peggy Sarlin

If you're a caregiver to someone with cancer, you're forced to be a hero. Suddenly, you're the Comforter-in-Chief, consoling your loved one through hours of anxiety and pain. You're the Master Scheduler, supervising appointments, treatments, and transportation. You're Chief Financial Officer, handling insurance paperwork, while keeping the family finances from vaporizing. And that's just for starters.
Cancer patients often need skilled nursing care when they come home – and you might have to provide it, even though you lack training. You may be so tired that you finally understand the phrase "bone-weary": your bones really do hurt. You may just want to fling yourself down on your bed and cry. But you've got to pull yourself together and give your loved one his medications, or monitor his symptoms, or hook up his intravenous antibiotics.
If any of this sounds like you, or someone you know, I can help. . .
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You need all the help you can get, so I want to recommend a book. I asked my friend Cindy, a home care expert, to find a truly useful book on cancer caregiving. She recommended Cancer Caregiving A-to-Z: An At-Home Guide for Patients and Families, and now that I've read it, I can see why.
It's surprisingly tough to find a caregiving book that feels user-friendly. Most of them are filled with thick, technical paragraphs that give you a headache just looking at them, or they contain encouraging, but empty fluff.Cancer Caregiving A to Z is different.
For one thing, it's organized in the easiest possible way, alphabetically addressing topics from Anxiety to Weight Changes. (They cheated; there is no Z.) Each section gives you crucial background information, then lists "What the Patient Can Do", "What Caregivers Can Do"; and "When to Call the Doctor." Even if you're so exhausted that you can barely open your eyes, you'll still be able to read this book. Order on Amazon, if you're interested.
I'm glad I did. I found much here to interest me, since I'm the caregiver to my husband, who's recovering from a major stroke that paralyzed his left side. I need to learn as much as I can about Poor Appetite, Pressure Sores, Seizures, and lots of other topics that are well-covered here.
But I'm also impressed by the plentiful advice on problems specific to cancer caregiving. For instance, suppose your family is facing chemotherapy. You can quickly read the chapter devoted to that topic for a good overview of what's coming, and to learn how patient and caregiver can make informed decisions during treatment.
But, in addition, you'll find separate chapters on each of chemotherapy's most common side effects, with expert advice to help ease their difficulties. When should you call the doctor if your loved one is vomiting? What kind of grooming techniques will help you minimize hair loss? What is the optimum time for giving pain medications to a patient with mouth sores? This book's straightforward, easy-to-find answers could make all the difference for your loved one.
As the introduction points out, cancer patients are now living longer, which is good news indeed. But patients are receiving treatments in outpatient settings that used to be performed in a hospital. And often they get discharged early from the hospital, while still suffering from the side effects of the treatment.
These policies force patients to come home in pain and discomfort, putting tremendous demands upon their caregivers. Even if you're already acting as a skilled nurse, home health aide, housekeeper, cook, and chauffeur, you can't neglect your crucial role of medical researcher. Cancer Caregiving A to Z will help to make that role a bit easier, and caregiving heroes need all the help they can get. Click here to order the book from Amazon.

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Big Train College Round-up

Bethesda Big Train News UpdatesMay 9, 2014
College Round-Up 5/9
Bo Logan (BT '12-'14) pitches 0.2 innings of perfect relief to help the Owls defeat the 26th ranked UCF Knights.
 
The Florida Atlantic Owls walked away with a huge win this week, defeating No.26 UCF behind the strength of their pitching.  Brandon Rhodes (BT '14) pitched 2.1 perfect innings for the Owls, while Bo Logan (BT '12-'14) contributed with 0.2 perfect innings of his own.  Mitch Morales (BT '12) also went 1-3 in the game with a hit and a walk.

At San Diego State, Ty France (BT '13) continued to swing the bat well, going 6-for-14 with an RBI, two walks, three runs scored and a hit-by-pitch. Bubba Derby (BT '13) also recorded his second-longest outing of the season, going 8.0 innings and picking up his sixth win of the year. Derby is now 6-2 on the season, while France is first in the Mountain West Conference with a .467 on-base percentage and third in the conference with a .367 batting average.

In the SEC, Cody Brown (BT '14) had a solid week for Mississippi State, going 4-for-10 in the team's three games. Brown hit his second home run of the season in the Bulldogs' 3-0 victory over the Auburn Tigers on Friday, and finished the week with two RBIs and two runs scored. Mississippi State currently sits at second in the Western Division of the SEC with a 31-18 record (14-10 in conference play).
2014 Season Passes
 
Season Passes are now available for the always low price of $125.  Season Passes include admission to all Big Train regular season games, exhibition games, the Cal Ripken League All Star Game and Home Run Derby, and the Cal Ripken League Playoffs at the end of the season!
 
A Family Season Pass is a great way to entertain the whole family for many nights throughout the summer for a very low price.  At only $125 for up to six family members for up to 30 games over the summer, the Family Season Pass pays for itself in just a few trips!  Great family fun awaits you at Povich Field!

To purchase your 2014 Season Pass, click here

Friday, May 9, 2014

Today's Scoreboard Mall Deals

Bad News....

Nate @ GilmanHi, Nate here again,

Three days ago I told you about my new 21 Day Rapid Fat Loss Program that starts 05/12/2014.

Well, the response to my 21 day rapid fat loss online bootcamp has been huge.

I have more information for those of you who want to start this fun 21 day life changing program.

Here's the deal. We only had room for 12 new participant (as this camp will run concurrent within our existing online bootcamps) ...now there's only 4 spots remaining.

The 21 day rapid fat loss boot camp is an Online fitness bootcamp that you take with you (to your gym or favorite workout space) either printed, or on your mobile device, that will last (three weeks) and starts 05/12/2014. The best results will come if you attend 3-5 days per week.

Call in sick to work for those three weeks if you have to (just kidding).

Since it's a group class everyone will participate at their own level so it doesn't matter what shape you're in... you're going to get amazing results during these 21 days.

Here's what you need to know:
  • You workout at your schedule . (We ask that you commit to at least three days a week for best results)
  • Its free for that 21 day period, then only up to 66 cents per day after.
  • We're also including a free 21 day personalized, calorie and life style specific meal plan to help you get even faster results.
Since the response to this was bigger than I anticipated and since we only have room for 4 more participants we are doing the registration on a first "call" first serve basis.

We want to get everyone registered for this 21 day fun fest as soon as possible. So here is what you need to do to get in on the action.

Go to this special webpage Here I have set up and register there.

Remember, there are only 4 spots available so it's all about first come first serve.

Committed to your success,

Nathan Lewis CSCS
5715015306
 

Clayborne and Flint Named to CIAA Commissioner's All-Academic Team

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HAMPTON, Va. - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) has announced the 40 student-athletes from the 12 member institutions selected to the 17th annual CIAA Commissioner's All-Academic Team. Bowie State University's Cassandra Clayborne was named to the All-Academic First Team while Hayley Flint earned All-Academic Second Team Honors. COMPLETE TEAM ATTACHED

Mark Thomas of Livingstone College and Danielle Williams of Johnson C. Smith University were named the Male and Female Scholar Athlete of the Year, respectively.

The 2014 CIAA Commissioner's All-Academic Team consists of 20 male and 20 female student-athletes, 10 on the First Team and 10 on the Second Team, as voted on by the CIAA Sports Information Directors' Association. The average grade point average of the First Team is a 3.889, and the average for the Second Team is a 3.697 GPA (on a 4.0 scale).

Clayborne, a junior, Biology major is a member of the Lady Bulldogs softball team and earned All-Academic recognition for the second straight year.  She l
ed the team in Batting Average (.404), Runs Scored (29), Total Bases (57), At Bats (99), Slugging Percentage (.576), Hits (40), Triples (5) and Stolen Bases (19).  Clayborne’s career accolades include All-CIAA First Team (2012 and 2013), CIAA Rookie of the Year (2012), CIAA All-Rookie Team (2012) and Capital One Academic All-District (2) Team (2013).

Flint, a Marketing major carried a .174 batting average
 in 69 at bats, scored 10 runs, had 12 hits (which included two doubles), walked 13 times and recorded four RBI over the 2014 softball season. Career accomplishes for Flint include  BSU Honors Program, Deans List Every Semester, All-CIAA Rookie Team (2012), Captain (2013, 2014), DII Athletic Directors Scholar Athlete Award 2013, Elected to Golden Key International Honor Society (2012), National Society of Leadership and Success (2012), Elected to Delta Mu Delta (National Business Honor Society - 2013), Alpha Chi (National College Honor Society - 2013), Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honor Society 2013, Secretary 2013 – present) American Marketing Association and Bowie State AMA Chapter President (2013 – Present), Scholar-Athlete (2012, 2013 and 2014)

To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed one full academic year at a CIAA institution, earned a minimum 3.20 overall grade point average, and played as a starter or important reserve in a CIAA sanctioned sport.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Today's Scoreboard Mall Deals

Sports Specific Strength and Conditioning Programs


Hi Athletes! Nate Lewis Here.
First a little 'tough love' the following information is for Serious Athletes Only. If you are not serious about getting into your best shape for your sport, there is really no need to look any further. Let me let one of the world's best known leaders explain:
"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."
If you are ready to sacrifice your comfort and replace it with the aforementioned sweat, determination, and hard work, then read on and let's get started today!

 

 
Sports Specific Workouts
The Sports Specific Programs are designed to give people an exercise program tailored to the demands of their chosen sporting activities. All sports, from Golf to Football, have specific movements and physical demands that can be improved with proper training. The knowledge and experience that goes into each of these sports specific programs is what makes them so effective.

The most important attribute of any quality training program is injury prevention. Knowing how to start a program is the first step. These Sports Specific Programs provide injury prevention by first establishing a strength and conditioning base. The sets, repetitions, exercise prescription, and actual weight of the programs are based off an initial fitness level and specific strength to bodyweight ratio's. With simple feedback, the progression of the program will follow the body’s unique adaptation process to exercise.

Whether the goal is performance enhancement or simply the enjoyment of participation in a favorite activity, these Sports Specific Programs can and will provide great results!

Click on the link to your sport and specify your more detailed goals on the appropriate form during signup.  

Step 1: Choose Your Fitness Goal
Golf
Football
Tennis
Basketball
Softball
The Softball Programs have everything needed to maximize the physical tools used for playing softball...
Swimming
The advantages of a quality strength training program for a swimmer has been well documented as more ...
Wrestling
The Wrestling Programs are designed for a combination of strength, power and muscular endurance. Wre...
Boxing
The Boxing Programs will enhance general strength and increase muscular endurance. There are also bo...
Cycling
The focus of the Cycling Programs is to develop muscular endurance and strength. The program will be...
Track and Field
The Track and Field Programs will work the body to increase strength and power. These key elements a...
Baseball
The Baseball Programs have everything needed to maximize the physical tools needed for playing baseba...
Ice Hockey
The Competitive Ice Hockey programs were developed to help with the specific strength and muscular en...
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The sport of Soccer requires the combination of muscular endurance, strength and the ability to gener...
Diving
The Diving Program is a great strength and power maintenance program. In this program there are shou...
Triathlon
The 12-Week Triathlon Programs focus on developing muscular endurance and strength. The program begi...
Walking Strength
The focus of the 12-Week Walking Strength Programs is to develop balanced muscular endurance and stre...
Winter Sports Program
The Winter Sports Program was developed to enhance the physical qualities required in skiing, snowboa...
Rugby
Martial Arts
The Martial Arts Program was built specifically for developing full body power for use in the Martial...
Surfing
The Surfing Power Program helps to get the most out of the sport. There are many different exercises...
Volleyball
The Volleyball Program was built specifically for developing full body power for use in the sport of ...

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

The 21 day fitness solution

Nate Training JayHey, Nate Lewis here,

I've been getting a lot of emails asking if we have a fast solution to help with the shrinking the waist, hips and buns area...

... while there is no quick fix (I don't care what the infomercials claim) I did go to the drawing board and crafted a new 21 day rapid fat loss program that's right up your alley – if you want fast results.

You probably know that our Online program is pretty much full, but we do have room for another small group so I thought I'd let you know that my NEW 21 Day Rapid Fat Loss program starts Monday May 12, 2014 and the best part is that the 21 day program is FREE for that period and INCLUDES a 21 day meal plan program.

The only catch is that this online fitness boot camp is almost full and we can only take on 12 more participates. So if you're ready to fit into your skinny jeans again and want to firm and tone your body all while dropping inches and pounds then make sure to register for our 21 Day Rapid Fat Loss Online Bootcamp.

Here's how to register...

Click here to reserve your spot

The class will take place Monday May 12, 2014 (Online)

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Nathan Lewis

5715015306

P.S. Like I said we only have room for 12 more participants for the 21 Day Rapid Fat Loss program and since this email is going out to 5000 of our fitness enthusiasts I'm sure it will fill out quickly.