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Help, I need advice!!! My coworker has had to be out of the office alot because her 3year old is sick...at least 2 if not 3 times a month, with various colds and infections. Is this normal? My boss says it's not, and is fed up with my coworker's absences. She's an excellent employee, a good...

I need advice!!! My coworker has had to be out of the office alot because her 3year old is sick...at least 2 if not 3 times a month, with various colds and infections. Is this normal? My boss says it's not, and is fed up with my coworker's absences. She's an excellent employee, a good...

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I found this article in a podiatric sports medicine web site andthought it might be interesting to people: Q: How can I prevent injuries during step aerobics? A: :Step aerobics was first introduced in Atlanta by a injured aerobics instructor, Gin Miller. She started climbing her porch steps as...

I've been power walking for a few weeks and am considering training for a 10k this spring. I'm not sure how to start scheduling my training, and what speed to aim for. I've been walking to tapes that push me to a 4.3-4.35 MPH, and I've done up to 4 miles at that pace. What sort of pace do I...

I thought this might be of interest, from Miriam Nelson, author of Strong Bones, Strong Bones. Also, interesting info on flax STRENGTH TRAINING AND FRACTURES To date there have been no strength training studies that have looked at fractures as an outcome. Finally, scientists from the Mayo...

Just got my B&T Rocker this weekend, tried it out yesterday and really like it. I'm curious....lots of you have had yours for a while. I know Honeybunch saw results in about 9 weeks. Honeybunch, have you continued to see further results? What about the rest of you? Have you seen results? Do...

This may not apply to you young'uns, whose skin is more elastic, but as a fast approaching 60 year old, who is losing weight slowly but steadily, I see the muscles I am building from my lifting, but I also am beginning to see wrinkles and puckers in my underarms where I am losing weight. Am I...

I read something from last year here about rebounding; no one seemed all that hot on the experience, but I thought perhaps with new people viewing that there might be a different response. I have just ordered a rebounder, and would like to know what people's experiences are. As a middle-aged...

Thought I would let you, my friends, in on a little secret I've found for building my arm and shoulder muscles. You might wish to adopt this regimen -3 days a week - if you would like. I start by standing outside behind the house and, with a 5 pound potato sack in each hand, extend my arms...

Cathe, I've joined one of the threads, and a question arose which I hope you've researched and can help with. I am a breast cancer survivor, had a lumpectomy on my right breast three and a half years ago, and still retain a number of my lymph nodes. I was doing some lifting at the time, and...

I have been visiting the site for the past week and everyone seems so in shape--and young! compared to me. I am 59, about 30 pounds overweight, but have been walking regularly (2-4 miles fast clip, a day), and over the past year have created my own strength routines from books taken out of the...