2011年10月24日星期一

but try to keep the chatting to a minimum until

You can always ask questions, but try to keep the chatting to a minimum until you determine the mood and vibe of the class.Time Most pilates group classes are 60 minutes long. You can always come 5 minutes early to stretch out if you want but you might not be able to if another class is still in session.Breathing As with any physNIKE FREE RUN,ical activity, the breath is very important in pilates. I encourage them to do this because I always make my way around the room and give individual advice where I can.Not all teachers are like me and many do stand at the front of the class basically telling people verbally what to doChaussures DG Pas Cher without any touch cues. Go at your own pace. If you are attending a group reformer class for the first time, avoid wearing shorts or loose shirts because it can get quite embarrassing for you, me and everyone else! Just err on the side of caution so that you are comfortable but not too comfortable! LOL.TalkingEach pilates group reformer class is different. If you've never tried Pilates, this might be a good month to start! It's September, the beginning of Fall, enough time to form the habit of good health before the holidays blast us with sugar treats. Be prepared for this. The instructor will most likely tell you exactly what to do. It happens.Take your time, breathe and don't worry if you can't do everything or need to do things at a lower spring resistance.Now you are ready for your first pilates group reformer class!Are you ready to try your first pilates class? What questions do you have about pilates? Tell me about your first reformer class!For more information on how you can get started with Pilates, check out certified pilates instructor Anne Samoilov's website. Try to get a pair that have some gripping on the bottom. Just remember that everyone has been in your position - even the teacher.Music Most classes have some sort of music playing in the background, but I've taught classes where I forgot to turn on the radio or the ipod. Don't worry! You won't break anything. Good teachers won't set you apart from the others if they see you struggling with the equipment or moving through exercises for the first time.Equipment You will need to make adjustments to your machine during the course of the class. When you sweat, your feet will get slick because of the lotion the salon probably put on them.ClothesComfort is the most important element in the clothes you wear to class. Try not to get a pedicure the day of class. The teacher will most likely talk about the type of breathing that will enhance your abdominal muscle and pelvic floor recruitment, so listen up and don't be afraid to breathe in and out with audible breaths. You know Pilates isn't just for dancers--I mean, come on, David Beckham even takes it!I encourage you to start looking today for a studio, class or pilates teacher who can give you your first lesson! Once you find a class you want to try, just get yourself ready to move. Pilates often becomes a "moving meditation" as you get more and more comfortable with the exercises.Class Pace Different teachers instruct their classes at different paces. Don't expect a yoga class - the only similarity will be that you are in a big room with mats and maybe some other small props...and often there are the reformers if you want to work on the machines.When new students come to my class I always spend a few minutes talking to them about why they came to pilates, if they have any issues that I should know about and explain that they should move at their own pace. Sometimes,Tn Classic Nike Pas Cher Femme the class could be very chatty, sometimes very quiet and only the sounds of breathing/and machines squeaking will be heard. You'll be bending, stretching and twisting your body, so you'll want to wear something that will stay put. Many people are barefoot, but you can also wear socks. Don't be afraid...you won't be singled out or made an example for others to see how "not to do it".Here are some simple things to get you through your first class, no matter where you take class.ShoesPilates is done without shoes. Many classical studios teach with this approach. If things go too fast for you at first, don't worry. If you choose to go barefoot, give them a once over before class - maybe even rinse them off with cool water. Most everyone has heard about Pilates and its claims to increase abdominal strength, build a toned, lean body, give you more flexibility, decrease your stress and even relieve minor back pain. Anne teaches pilates in the Los Angeles, CA area.Sign Up For Anne's Free Fitness & Pilates Newsletter: Sign Up Here.





If there was any recent rainfall which drenched the track,

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The countless Friday dinner dates with my wife and the Sunday treats for the entire family were all vanished in an instant, together with my pride and self-esteem.My new job as a Manager in a fashion retail company demands time more than what I can give to myselfNIKE FREE RUN, and family. Our life improves a bit and we were slowly picking up fragments of our broken dreams. While I was toiling away in a foreign soil, I managed to exchange communications with my family and she makes sure to update me every time even the smallest and trivial things that are happening back home. My sister-in law was so furious and berated her nephew by saying, "di mo ba alam itinitira ko yun para sa huling subo? (Don'tAir Max Ltd Nike Pas Cher you know I reserved it for my last bite?). How often we failed to visit our mother on her birthday because we are busy with our work? How many times did I forget to greet my wife on our wedding anniversary because I was preoccupied by my thoughts of work? Life is short and we have to make the most out of it every single day. It's almost past 12 noon and still never received any text messages from my wife or my children. When I came back to my room that Sunday evening, I saw the balikbayan (returnee) boxes sitting in one corner of the room. That Sunday proved to be the most difficult test of my life. My health succumbed to the pressure of stressful work and so as the intimacy in the family. Thinking that her aunt no longer wanted to eat those, he tweaked it from his aunt's plate and PRESTO! It was all gone in seconds. My two younger daughters were slightly injured for they were cushioned by the bodies of other passengers that filed on top of them.My eldest daughter was thrown out of the vehicle because of the impact of the collision and escaped death only by a hairline; thank God that there were no oncoming vehicles to the spot where she landed. When the dinner was about to end and it was time to foot the bill, my son saw the peeled off shrimp near her aunt's plate. With her remaining strength, she struggled to reach for my daughter who was crying in pain while being lifted by a bystander to safety. My wife who happens to be sitting in the last row near the vehicle egress absorbed most of the injury that could have been for my children. She cried for help from other bystanders to remove my two younger daughters still pinned inside the jeep with files of bleeding and unconscious passengers.Saving the Best for LastWhen that news was relayed to me, I was in the office and I couldn't remember if I cried. After having been thrown outside the jeep, though conscious but her vision was too blurred caused by the impact of her head hitting the pavement. Gone were the days of family's usual weekend get-away outside Manila. I sent a text message to my wife to check if everything is okay but still haven't got a reply from her. All I know is that I was dumb-founded, motion less and I don't even know how I would react. With the kind of lifestyle, we found ourselves in the difficult situation of transition. Everybody was laughing at my sister-in law for how the best that she had saved ended as the last bite of my son.The Test of LifeIt was also that same year when we experienced life's most difficult test. At that instance, I realized that everything I saved, the people I cared about and good future that I hope for can render futile in just an instant. Though quite unusual but I thought they are just busy. As everybody is having their meal, I noticed my sister in-law painstakingly peeling of the shells of a large size sugpo (shrimp), and carefully set it aside her plate. "This is the kind of break I need", I quipped.The TragedyA month before Christmas, I was busy filling up and checking the list of my pasalubong inside the balik-bayan box and making sure that everything is complete and that nobody will be missed out. The vehicle they were riding was rammed by a wayward truck while it is crossing the intersection of San Andres Street and Osmena highway. The old lady; a 'balikbayan' (returnee) sitting next to my wife didn't have the luck; she died on her way to the hospital. We were ecstatic in our preparation to delight these balikbayan relatives at the very least, letting them experience once again how is to be Christmas in the Philippines. While Chaussures Timberland Pas Cher packing the boxes, I remember my daughter's constant prodding, "Daddy, kailan mo papadala yung yung gift mo sa akin?" (Daddy when will you send your gift for me?) "Malapit na, basta bago mag Pasko" (In due time, I will send it before Christmas) was my reply. We decided to have our dinner in a sea food restaurant along Macapagal Boulevard, known for its festive ambiance come night time. With no other options left but abroad, for me is a bitter pill to swallow.Gone for abroadAugust of 2007, I packed my things for abroad armed with hope of giving better future for my family. After consulting my wife, I decided to leave the company and settled for small business at home. The business though profitable didn't provide enough for the family's needs and we were facing then the toughest question; can we still afford our children's high cost of education? That time, I was considering to downgrade my children's school; - from private to public, an option that my wife doesn't agreed. I received news that my wife and three daughters ages 2, 7 and 12 got involved in a vehicular accident while inside a jeepney on their way to the church. Canned goods, chocolates, toys, shoes, perfumes and clothes were all perfectly selected based on my kid's preference. At the dinner, I remained timid as always though bit observant of almost everything that is going on around the dinner table. "This time I'm sure they all going to' like it because these are nothing but the best" I remember telling myself.Days had past and Christmas is just around the corner and it was Sunday, just a typical working day for me in the office. My desire to achieve the best of everything out of this world defines the kind of life that most of us is creating in the process, hence neglecting the very purpose of our life. The young lady sitting beside her was badly hurt and her leg was later amputated due to the severity of the injury. There I left my wife, a son and three daughters. December of 2006 when my wife's relatives from Australia came to the Philippines to spend their Christmas holiday. We often enslaved ourselves to work limiting our role as a parent to just a provider. I left my lucrative job in the semiconductor industry because of personal differences with my boss and settled for another job that pays relatively lesser than what I used to receive. I opened the boxes and saw how the stuffs were carefully and neatly arranged inside but almost could be rendered nearly worthless by that accident.Learning CurveThat accident had opened my eyes on the deeper understanding of life. The love that we keep inside should be expressed for no one knows what will happen tomorrow..





2011年10月22日星期六

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The Hornets came in having lost 7 of their last 10 but were at least healthy. Of the 6 players in double figures against Houston, P.J Brown and Chris Anderson were not among them NIKE FREE TILBUD,because of foul trouble and double-figure scorer Bostjan Nochbar was injured. Yao, Anderson, Barry, Alston, and Sura were all out with one malady or another and gave Houston just 10 healthy players to work with. Houston and Oklahoma City have mediocre records and came with losing tendencies.Nike Air Max 90 Femme Desmond Mason got the bulk of his 13 points in the 1st, Claxton got most of his 13 in the 2nd and J.R. To stay in it, the Rockets got two massive performances that kept them in the game. But even without an injured Yao Ming, this game came down to the Final seconds.The Rockets on paper shouldn't have even had a chance to win. Both the Hornets and the Rockets had numerous chances to clinch the game before the David West jumper: Oklahoma City missed 12 free throws and Juwan Howard clanked two bank shots at point-blank range with about a minute left in the 4th.Houston would rather not play Lonny Baxter and Moochie Norris yet had to with the bench as thin as it is. Stromile Swift had a career game off the bench with 26 points and 13 rebounds. In the closing seconds, David West was left wide open at the top of the key and drilled a 20-footer to give Oklahoma City a tight win. To this point the Rockets have been scathed by injuries. Smith not even playing in the 4th. Tracy McGrady had a season-high 38 points and made up for Yao's absence. They too are consistent contributors giving the Hornets a fairly deep bench when available.Chris Paul chimed in with 12 points and 8 assists. Smith scored the majority of his 16 in the 3rd.In the 4th, the Hornets finally adjusted to McGrady, double-teaming him and forcing him to pass it. Several players stepped up at different portions of the game. It was with that strategy that Oklahoma City took control of the quarter. Hornets SF Rasual Butler made three 3's in a row scoring 15 in the quarter after being nonexistent in the previous parts of Shox Nz Femme Nike Pas Cherthe game.The resilient Rockets fought back and tied the game at 92-92. Houston was carried between the two and lifted the Rockets to a 6-pt 3rd quarter lead.The Hornets led for most of the game. The Rockets will need McGrady to score 30+ for every game Yao is out (which is until mid-January) and will no doubt have a new season-high in points when Ming does return.The Hornets strength is definitely in numbers. They had 6 different players in double figures with leading scorer J.R. Dikembe Mutumbo had only 1 point but grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds.Visit Basketball Betting Articles for more expert articles on sports.http://www.nbabettingsystems.com.





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2011年10月19日星期三

.Eighteen years, wow! Seems like yesterday.

He had several ministries and ran Christian Youth Camps right up until the time of his death.Eighteen years, wow! Seems like yesterday. The NCAA at the time did not permit first year students to play varsity ball so Maravich promptly began his career by averaging 43.6 ppg for the Nike Requin,Tiger freshman team.His next three years at LSU are legend and his scoring records will never be broken. Maravich still averaged 23.2 ppg and was named NBA Rookie of the Year. As I checked my mail, I heard my mother yell from the kitchen, "You better turn on the TV, that basketball guy is dead!""That Chaussures Timberland Pas Cherbasketball guy is dead? What basketball guy?", I said.I walked over to the TV and turned it on. After four tenuous years with the Hawks he was traded to the expansion New Orleans Jazz for Dean "The Dream" Memminger and draft picks.Maravich played five years for New Orleans/Utah before being released in 1980 and finishing his career as a bench player for the Celtics. Normally, people have three making his career all the more remarkable.Like most other unique talents, Maravich was dogged throughout his life for not having won. Thirty-five (yes 35) foot pull up jumpers with two guys all over him were generally nothing but net.The quintessential gym rat as a kid, the 6'5" 200lb Maravich burst on the scene with his mop of hair and baggy grey sweat socks in 1966 when he enrolled at LSU to play for his father, a former pro and long time collegiate coach, Press Maravich. The "Pistol" was a five-time all star, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987, and named to NBA all-time Top 50 in 1996.As it turned out, Maravich was born with a congenital heart anomaly and had only one coronary artery. In his final season with the Celtics, Maravich averaged 6.0 ppg on a team that lost to the Lakers in the NBA final.Maravich, who had suffered with knee problems throughout the second half of his career, was invited to the Celtic camp the following year and had made the team but retired after scoring 24 points in just 16 minutes of Boston's final exhibition game.Maravich and Dick Butkus were my only two sports idols growing up so his premature death was especially disturbing to me. Details are unclear at the moment but we'll have a full report on Live at Five."I sat down stunned.For those of you too young to remember, Pete MaravichAir Max 90 Femme Pas Cher WAS Showtime 20 years before there was a Showtime. LSU was 49-35 during his career, 20-8 as a senior and finishing third in the NIT. In his collegiate career, "Pistol Pete" averaged an incredible 44.2 ppg in 83 contests and led the NCAA in scoring three times. The Hawks had only one winning season during his stay and NO/Utah was an expansion franchise. I'd just froze my arse off for fifteen races at Freehold Raceway and was getting ready to spend the night betting Harness races at the Meadowlands. Maravich was first team all- NBA in 1976 and 1977, leading the league in scoring in '77 with a 31.1 ppg average. Eighteen years ago today I walked into my mother's house to grab some dinner. The three point basket wasn't introduced until the 86-87 season or Maravich would have easily averaged in the 50 ppg - FOR HIS CAREER!Maravich was drafted third overall (behind Bob Lanier and Rudy Tomjanovich) in the 1970 draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He quickly alienated himself with his veteran teammates with his play and 1.9 million dollar rookie contract, far and away the largest of it's time. He also set an NCAA record by scoring more than 50 points 28 times, and was named a three-time All-American.Maravich holds nearly every major NCAA scoring record, including most career points, highest career scoring average, most field goals attempted and made, and most 50-point games. Unquestionably the greatest ball handler and arguably the best "pure" shooter in NBA history, Maravich was undeniably the most creative offensive basketball player ever! Behind-the-back no look passes were common place and Maravich could throw a length of the court one-bounce bounce pass to a wingman on the fly of a fast break and put it in a tea cup. Besides the sox and hair (who can forget those Vitalis Dry Control commercials), my personal rememberances of the Pistol were a shootout with Notre Dame's Austin Carr, the 68 point game against the Knicks, and the Horse and One-on-One haftime competitions that were shown at halftimes of the games of the week.The Pistol had numerous off the court difficulties following retirement until finding peace with the church. Maravich was 40. I didn't eat or go to the races that night. Rest In Peace Pete Maravich.Dennis Macklin is a documented member of the Professional Handicappers League. We always watched the ABC affiliate in New York and the evening drive sports commentator was Warner Wolf. I watched him drop his career high 68 points on the Knicks while being guarded by one of the five best defensive guards of all time in Walt "Clyde" Frazier. Within seconds, "We've just confirmed that former NBA great Pete Maravich collapsed during a pickup game in Los Angeles, was rushed to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. In his three years as a Bayou Bengal, Maravich scored 3,667 points -- 1,138 points in 1968, 1,148 points in 1969 and 1,381 points in 1970 -- while averaging 43.8, 44.2 and 44.5 points per game. Read all of his articles at [http://www.procappers.com/Dennis_Macklin.htm].