Gaia: Health and Fitness

Re: Look with in

http://grantdwalker.gaia.com — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:12:14 GMT

Some nice words Rickey.

It can be really hard to realise our success, happiness, purpose, path...

I know I had to strip back alot of stuff before I believed that I was on a true path. Of course I was on the path all the time; but I just couldn't feel it because of all the stuff in my life.

Look with in

http://rickeycaldwell.gaia.com — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:29:22 GMT

What lies before us, and what lays behind us pales in comparison to what lies with in us.

-Sensei Dan Timlin

American Advance Combat System

Remember that we are all born winners and the key to our success is ourselves. Don't look outward for the answers, there aren't any mystics that have the answers, only smoke and mirrors, in the end you have to the action steps to produce what ever results you want. Whether planned or stumbled upon by accident, the answer is with in you. In order to find them you must focus on the solution and not the problem. Many people spend hours or even days focusing on what ails them. In stead only think about the problem for one minute and then spend the rest of your time thinking about the solution. Brainstorm possible solutions and get the positive thought processes flowing in that direction. Rather than ... poor me, why me, I can believe this, Hey Bob guess what happened to me. NO, STOP THAT; instead try, well this happened how can I fix it, what resources do I need, who can I ask for aid, how much will it cost, how can I generate the money need.

Well enough talking to the choir.

Fitness

Coffee and Green Tea

Studies have shown that drinking 6 oz of coffee before cardio will increase the number of calories burn during your workout and additionally, may help increase the intensity. However be sure to drink plenty of water, because the caffeine that gives you that boost is also a diuretic.

Re: Happiness

http://grantdwalker.gaia.com — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:45:40 GMT

For me, thinking is suffering. To act is a joy.

Happiness

http://rickeycaldwell.gaia.com — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:53:33 GMT

Happiness - The absence of suffering! Question: What is the cause of suffering in your life?

Purpose of life - To find happiness

What are you doing to find happiness?

Happiness in you life

With yourself

With others

With work

With you kids

With you parents

With you colleagues

Some Chest exercises

Bench press

Close grip bench press

Wide grip bench press

Medicine ball push up

Close grip push up

Dips

Smith machine push up (bar on back padded by a towel)

Decline bench press

Cable crossover (low, medium, and high)

Flyes

Pullover

Re: The extra mile

http://grantdwalker.gaia.com — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:50:37 GMT

Hey Rickey, good to hear from you. Some sound medical advice there.

I had to read your quote a few times before I got it; it's a good one.

The extra mile

http://rickeycaldwell.gaia.com — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:57:24 GMT

Message of the day: Go the extra mile,

There was something I read in Napoleon Hill's Book Keys to Success that has always stuck in my mind.

"There are two types of people who will never amount to anything, those who can't do what they are told, and those who only do what they are told."

Fitness:

My fitness tip is the following, get yearly physicals. No matter how well you feel or how much you work out, get yearly physicals if you can. Aliments caught early can be treated with higher success rate. For example Lance Armstrong

Until tomorrow!

Re: Body Types

http://grantdwalker.gaia.com — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:28:32 GMT

I agree with persistence.

There's no rush, because there's no goal. There's no competition, only personal satisfaction. As soon as you try to beat someone, you've lost.

You're intuition is your life guide; if you're not closely listening to your inner guide; you're lost. Our best guide to intuition is our emotions.

Know the difference between quiting and changing to a better direction. Don't totally quit on anything you've ever learnt; you learnt it for a reason, you just don't realise why yet.

Re: Not Forgotten

http://grantdwalker.gaia.com — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:18:56 GMT

Glad to hear you're back on deck Rickey.

Body Types

http://rickeycaldwell.gaia.com — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:34:29 GMT

Message of the day: Persistance

In life things don’t always goes to the swiftest, strongest, or smartest – but to the person who refuses to quit.

Body Types

Ectomorph – characterized by a short upper body, long arms and legs, long and narrow feet and hands, and very little fat storage, narrowness in the chest and shoulders, with generally long, thin muscles. (Think Skinny basketball players)

Mesomorph – Large chest, long torso, solid muscle structure, and great strength (Randy Couture)

Endomorph – soft musculature, round face, short neck, wide hips, and heavy fat storage.

(Andre the giant or NFL linemen)

There are 88 subcategories, which are arrived at by examining the level of dominance of each basic category on a scale of 1 to 7. For Example 1- ecto, 2 – meso, 5 endo is one type. Depending on your body type you can tailor your fitness routine to optimize your results.

Not Forgotten

http://rickeycaldwell.gaia.com — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:40:29 GMT

Sorry all, I have been ill with 2 back to back sicknesses. First a Noro-like virus that I suspect I contracted from a local eatery. The second, a migraine which lasted for four days. All is well now and I will resume the newsletters as close to daily as possible.

Thanks,
Rickey

Re: Obstacles and Protien Question Answer

http://grantdwalker.gaia.com — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:37:04 GMT

I think Obstacles are what makes life great. We don't grow when everything is sweet, I think we grow after we take on an obstacle, and how we grow after the obstacle is determined by our attitude at the time of impact.

I subcribe to the Toaist principle of Wu Wei or non action. I refuse to plan my life. This doesn't mean that I refuse to book a flight when I know I need to get somewhere, it means that until I get on that flight I might not even be going. I don't 'lock in' anything, I recently got a great job, but I wont think about the job until I turn up at the office in a fortnight's time, that's if I even start with them.

With this approach I have removed anxiety from my life. So when I catch my flight or start at my new job, all I bring is myself, fresh, on time, ready to move and with no anxiety.

I even used this principle in my training, I've got a few injuries that I carry with me and in the past I have always trained around them, cautious about the impact on any future sessions. But with Wu Wei I have been training with abandon, I don't have to worry about my next work out because I might not even be training, my life may change dramatically and I may not ever train again, so I might as well enjoy the training session at hand.

Obstacles and Protien Question Answer

http://rickeycaldwell.gaia.com — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:29:36 GMT

Message of the day: Expect Obstacles

On our journey to achieve anything in life one must expect obstacles along the way. The trick is not to get discourage and to view these challenges only as road bumps. For example in our quest to better health, some of us have to change our eating habits. 2 doughnuts for breakfast, Value meal #2 for lunch, and the pizza special for dinner does not create the foundation for a healthy life. How about the one day rest from the gym, turns into 2 day, into I will really go tomorrow and now its next week.

Well don't beat yourself up, stop and regroup, you just hit an obstacle. Create a plan to get back on track with specifics. For example 6 am tomorrow wake up: 6:15 walk the dogs for 30 min; 6:45 take step daughter to bus stop; 7 am feed dogs, 7:30 crate dogs; 8 am GO to the gym. Be specific- list times and become gun hold about your plan. Think about how good it will feel to accomplish it, and then do it.

After you achieve your goals, reward yourself with praise, and a protein shake. (Not the doughnuts)

So... regroup, create a plan, attack, and celebrate your victory.

Hoowaaa!!!!

Fitness:

Instead of reinventing the wheel I have cut and paste and article from Muscle and Fitness a Weider Publication to answer a question on protein intake and what to eat on training days and non-training days. Plus this gives people an opportunity not to just hear my opinion on the matter ( which normally coincides with the mainstream)

Story by: Chris Aceto
Art/Images by: Charles Imstepf Studios

Bulking up: It's a scary thought for many guys at the gym because it seems like there's always a string attached. Everyone wants to add lean mass, but - and it's a big but - a lot of us don't like the idea of gaining bodyfat, even as little as a couple of pounds, which is the norm with most mass-gaining meal plans. Seriously, what's the point of gaining 20 or 30 pounds if a good portion of that is fat? If you can't see the muscle you've added, is it even worth having? In this case, we say no, which is why we provide you with the tools you need to add muscle while maintaining, not increasing, your current level of bodyfat.

SMART GROWTH
You may be wondering, "How do I bulk up without adding unwanted pounds of fat?"

The answer: by being careful, precise and paying close attention to food timing.

Building muscle requires an increase in calories; that is, to gain weight you must eat more calories than you burn each day. But if you go overboard and eat too much, you'll kick-start the fat-storing process. So the key is to eat just enough to facilitate the muscle-gaining process but not so much that you'll add fat along with it.

One way to do this is by controlling portion sizes at mealtime. For most meals (not including postworkout), aim to get 40-60 grams of protein and 40-80 grams of carbs, depending on your size; bigger guys weighing more than, say, 225 pounds will shoot for the higher end. The meal plan on the facing page gives a guide to particular food portions that will get you to these gram targets. Dietary fat should be as low as possible, except for healthy fats (from nuts, olive oil, fatty fish), which can amount to 5-10 grams per meal.

Meal timing is the other key to staying lean while bulking up. When you eat not only supports mass gains but also plays a pivotal role in controlling bodyfat levels. If you're trying to gain only quality mass, increase the size of your meals at breakfast and after training. These are the two times of day when muscles crave more calories and nutrients - at breakfast because you're nutritionally depleted after a night's sleep, and postworkout because the stressed muscles are in dire need of replenishment to jump-start the recovery process. Providing the body with what it can put to use during these Windows facilitates optimum growth and keeps bodyfat levels down.

In short, smart growth - muscle sans bodyfat - is contingent on manipulating calorie intake. Yes, you have to eat more to gain mass, but when you eat more can determine whether you'll gain fat or muscle. If you stick to a large breakfast and a substantial post-training meal and evenly divide your other meals into smaller portions, you can boost your total caloric intake, ensuring that those extra calories go to the muscles when they need them.

And one final consideration: how to eat on days you don't train. Muscles require rest days to grow, but you shouldn't scarf down the quantity of carbohydrates you do on training days since the demand for carbs can fall considerably when you're inactive. This is where people often get into trouble - they continue to maintain a high-carb intake on days they don't hit the iron and aren't burning through a lot of carbohydrates. The end result?

A rise in unwanted bodyfat, especially around the lower back and midsection. The basics of our lean-mass meal plan sum up what you've just learned. As far as portion size goes, the diet delivers a roughly equal amount of protein and carbs for most meals. You'll eat six times per day to supply your body with critical nutrients, especially aminos, for driving muscle growth, and meal timing focuses around workouts and time of day. On training days, you get to eat more carbs overall (almost 2.5 grams per pound of bodyweight) and your postworkout meal is loaded with them - the meal plan on page 113 includes 177 grams of carbs after training. Try this at another time of day and it could lead to fat gain; here it will spur muscle growth.

You'll get most of your carbohydrates early in the day (up to nearly 100 grams at breakfast), while your later meals are mostly protein. This gives your body the amino acids it requires without the carbs it won't necessarily need at this time of day. Since insulin sensitivity tends to be lower later in the day, avoiding carbs helps to prevent fat gain. Protein intake stays the same on both days (almost 2 grams per pound of bodyweight, roughly 330 grams in our sample meal plan), so the drop in carbs also means a much-needed drop in calories. On workout days you need about 18-20 calories per pound of bodyweight, but on rest days you require only about 12-14 calories per pound. Swapping these days will spur muscle growth without seeing your midsection grow as well.

So there you have it: a mass-gaining diet that allows you to gain only the kind of mass you desire - muscle. M&F

To order Chris Aceto's books Championship Bodybuilding and Everything You Need To Know About Fat Loss, visit nutramedia.com

THE SCIENCE OF TIMING
Three cups of rice, pasta or even a couple of bagels at a single sitting? Sounds like it'd make you fat, right? Not if you consume it along with lean protein immediately following a training session. Carbs remain the mismanaged nutrient. While they have the ability to be stored as bodyfat, they're crucial to the muscle-building process. When you eat a lot of carbohydrates after training, it sets off a cascade of hormonal changes that favor the rebuilding of muscle mass. This includes a rise in insulin, which not only forces protein into muscles for growth but also stabilizes testosterone levels, which often fall as a result of too few carbs after training. On the flip side, if you eat too many carbs and just sit around being fairly inactive, some of those carbs might end up as bodyfat. That's why you should eat fewer carbs on days you don't train. While you need them to grow on days you work out, your need for them goes down considerably on days when you don't hit the iron.

BUILD MUSCLE, STAY LEAN MEAL PLANS
These are examples of the types of meal plans you should follow when you want to build muscle without gaining fat.

Training Day Menu

Meal 1: 8 a.m.
10 egg whites
11⁄4 cups oatmeal (dry measure) or 11⁄2 raisin bagels
8 oz. orange juice or 1 cup mixed fruit
Meal Totals: 669 calories, 58 g protein, 93 g carbs, 7 g fat

Meal 2: 11 a.m.
8 oz. chicken breast
1 small to medium potato*
Meal Totals: 409 calories, 56 g protein, 37 g carbs, 3 g fat

Meal 3: 1 p.m.
Whey protein shake (2 scoops)
6-8 rice cakes*
Meal Totals: 450 calories, 48 g protein, 58 g carbs, 2 g fat

Meal 4 (postworkout): 3 p.m.
8 oz. turkey breast
2-3 cups cooked pasta or white rice*
1 whole-grain roll^
Meal Totals: 1,096 calories, 78 g protein, 177 g carbs, 4 g fat

Meal 5: 6 p.m.
8 oz. ground beef (95% lean)
1 slice low-fat cheese
2 slices whole-grain bread
1 piece fruit^
Meal Totals: 593 calories, 59 g protein, 57 g carbs, 13 g fat

Meal 6: 9 p.m.
Whey protein shake (2 scoops)
Meal Totals: 170 calories, 40 g protein, 2 g carbs, 0 g fat
DAILY TOTALS: 3,387 calories, 339 g protein, 424 g carbs, 29 g fat
* If you have a hard time staying lean, eat the smaller portion of carbs at this meal.
^ Optional. If you start the plan and find you're adding bodyfat, drop this menu item.

Non-Training Day Menu

Meal 1: 8 a.m.
10 egg whites
2 slices whole-grain toast w/ low-sugar jam
Meal Totals: 344 calories, 46 g protein, 35 g carbs, 2 g fat

Meal 2: 11 a.m.
8 oz. chicken breast
1 small to medium potato
Meal Totals: 409 calories, 56 g protein, 37 g carbs, 3 g fat

Meal 3: 1 p.m.
Whey protein shake (2 scoops)
Meal Totals: 170 calories, 40 g protein, 2 g carbs, 0 g fat

Meal 4: 3 p.m.
8 oz. turkey breast
1 cup brown rice
2 cups mixed vegetables
Meal Totals: 734 calories, 75 g protein, 70 g carbs, 4 g fat

Meal 5: 6 p.m.
8 oz. ground beef (95% lean)
1 slice low-fat cheese
2 slices whole-grain bread
Meal Totals: 483 calories, 59 g protein, 27 g carbs, 13 g fat

Meal 6: 9 p.m.
8 oz. chicken breast
Medium green salad w/ fat-free dressing
Meal Totals: 302 calories, 55 g protein, 10 g carbs, 3 g fat

DAILY TOTALS: 2,442 calories, 331 g protein, 181 g carbs, 25 g fat

20 - MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CALORIES PER POUND OF BODYWEIGHT YOU SHOULD EAT ON TRAINING DAYS

Re: Time Management Workout 1 of 3 Unilateral

http://grantdwalker.gaia.com — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:14:01 GMT

I like the sound of number 3, priorities.

I'm about to start 4 days work a week, I haven't worked more than 2 days a week, basically since my daughter was born (18 months).

So it will be interesting to see how number 3 will go when the 'pressure' is on.

I like your values Rickey.

Time Management Workout 1 of 3 Unilateral

http://rickeycaldwell.gaia.com — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:56:46 GMT

Message of the day: The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Time Management

There are many things to pull our attention every which way in our lives, and if we are not careful we will start feeling overly stressed and out of time. The problem with some people is that they have not learned effective time management skills. Sure they have their little planners, and write everything down but that is just a start. Here are the levels of time managements.

Level 0: I keep everything in my head

Level 1: To do lists - I write down everything that has to be done and do it.

Level 2: Appointment book I schedule a time to do things and do it

Level 3: Priorities: I have overall goals and a mission statement or purpose statement. I prioritize things in my life according to that statement and my goals and schedule things accordingly. I politely say no to people requests of my time that does not fit in with my goals and statement.

For example my step-daughter is in the seventh grade and is in a school play. Suddenly she finds out that one of her friends plays basketball at the YMCA and wants to do that, and the another dances and now she wants to do that too. Because I value her and want her to explore as much as she can my initial reaction is to say okay. However she would have to practice each activity, attend events, attend practices, get her homework done, and so on. This would be a strain on her as well as me. So the rule of the house is during the school year, School is first, then one activity choice at a time. This teaches her how to set priorities while allowing her the freedom of different activities through out the year. I'm not stressed driving her everywhere, and I have time to do the things I feel are important to me. As a martial arts instructor I witness moms with baggy eyes and tired postured who were slaves to their kids activities. In fact 2 years into there martial arts training most kids parents grows tired of driving the kids to martial arts, soccer, violin lessons, chess club, and to play dates. So the parent cajole the kids into "taking a break" and when in my office they are saying "Mr. Caldwell I am just tired, I have no life, all I do is drive the kids everywhere. I can't go on like this."

This is just one example and I am sure every one can think of others. Like always there are extremes levels. You don't want to have zero time management skills, and at the same time you don't want to become an egocentric time Nazi.

So what values are important to you?

Some of my values are Humanity, Enrichment, Health, and Happiness.

Set Priorities around your values

Fitness: The focus now is unilateral exercise (working out one side of your body at a time) ( Three weeks for this type of training)

Week 1

Day 1: Chess, Back, front delts:

One armed deck flye: 3x 8
One armed dumbdell bench press (old the other weight for counterbalance) 3x8
One armed seated rows (3x10)
One arm Front delt raises 3x8 (use light weights here)

Cardo: 30 Minutes 50% MHR

Day 2: Active Rest Cardio 30 Mins (something fun ie basketball, walking with friend, I love ping pong with the Team at Michigan state)

Day 3: Biceps, abs, middle delts

One armed bicep curl with your back against the wall 3x8 (teaches good form and you cant cheat) 3x8
one arm bicep curl machine 3x8
reverse crunches 3x 10
Lat raise machine 1 armed 3 x 8

Day 4 Complete Rest

Day 5: Rear delts, traps, legs

bent over lateral raises
dumbbell shoulder shrugs
one leg - leg press

each exercise 3 x 8 use one leg or arm and light then normal weight. You can hold dumbbell in other arm for counter weight.

Cardio 30 min 50 %

Day 6 Active Rest; Cardio Activity

Day 7 Rest

Action and Heart Rate and Heart Rate Zones

http://rickeycaldwell.gaia.com — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:01:37 GMT

Message of the day: Action

In order to achieve any goals we must take actions. Very few things worth-while are accomplished without any work. Even to have the extraordinary luck of winning the lottery one must first buy a ticket. Relationships, Career, Happiness, Health, Fitness, all require work. What have you done today or plan to do today to make yourself happy, the significant other in your life happy? What have you done to further your career at work such as adding to the bottom line, learning new skill and knowledge? What have you done today for your personal health and fitness?

Some things require daily actions, some things require weekly or monthly, quarterly, or even yearly actions. So have a PLAN, have a PLAN, have a PLAN, and take ACTION, ACTION, ACTION.

Fitness:

Heart Rate Zones.

Your heart rate is like the tachometer of your body, the harder you work the faster it beats. (Up to a point) Have every over long period time you can get in better cardio shape or worse. Both of these can be revealed by your heart rate.

Heart rate is measured in beats per minutes, and there are several ways to measure this. You can get a heart rate monitor which will have a chest strap and a readout device usually a watch. Another way is the measure it your self on your wrist, arm, or neck. You will need a watch or clock and your fingers. Place two finger in a pulse location, and count the number of pressure waves you feel through that vein or artery for 15 seconds and multiply by 4 and that's your HR. You can count for 30 seconds for and multiply by 2, or for 1 minute and not multiply.

Resting heart rate is a good indicator of overall cardiovascular ability. Ideally when you wake up in the morning without getting up, measure you heart rate. However most people consider non-active resting heart rate as the resting HR. For example when you go for a physical this would be considered your resting heart rate. Normal around 50 BPM is good. 30 BPM or lower is considered a world class athlete. Now back to the original purpose by working out in different HR zone you can optimize fat burning, cardovascalar health, anaerobic conditioning.

The Zones are a percent of your maxiam heart rate which is considered in the main stream to be 220 - age. However there a several other ways to find out you MHR

At 50%- 60% MHR - light exercise such as walking and the body uses fat as fuel

60 % -70 % MHR - jogging body uses some sugar and fats as fuel

70%-80% Aebroic Zone really increases you Carovascular endurance and burns blood sugars first and then you will hit "the wall" when you body starts burning fats and you will find your "second wind"

80%-90% (85-90%= Anaerobic Threshold) - this level is where you cross over from aerobic training to anaerobic training which is called the anaerobic threshold or AT. This is the point where the body cannot effectively remove lactic Acid from the working muscles quickly enough. Lactic Acid is a by product of glycogen consumption by the working muscles. This zone is primarily for people who want to increase their performance levels. You would characterize this zone as hard. During this zone your muscles are tired, your breathing is heavy and your fatigued. The benefit of training in this zone is you can increase your bodies ability to tolerate and deal with lactic acid for a longer period of time as the enzymes in your muscles responsible for anaerobic metabolism are increased. For competitors it is good to know your anaerobic threshold as many fit athletes can compete at or about their anaerobic threshold.

(90 - 100% of MHR)(VO2 Max) - You will only be able to train in this zone for short periods of time. You should not train at this level unless you are very fit. In this zone lactic acid develops very quickly as you are operating with oxygen debt to the muscles The value of training in this zone is you can increase your fast twitch muscle fibers which increase speed. You will not be able to stay at this level very long and should be used in intervals or sprinting work at the track.

There are many different views of what begins where do some research and main find what best fits your body. Currently I work out around 50% to ease my body up to 60% in weeks and a month later 70%. Then 2 months later varying workout from 60% up to 90 %.

Workout week 3

http://rickeycaldwell.gaia.com — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:14:11 GMT

Message of the day: We are the sum of our habits.

You are what you do on a regular basis, or the sum of your habits. If you exercise regularly then you are fit. If you show up on time; punctual. Well you get the idea. Habits are being formed every day, and as some people say- it take one habit to form a new one. Many people quitting smoking replace it with eating, or chewing gum, or other things. Questions to ask yourself what are my good habits? What are some of the habits I need to change? What would happen if I change by bad habits? What will happen if I don't? What type of person will I become if I do?

What is your answer to these questions.

Fitness

Workout goal for then next two weeks is to get use to the resistant training, and increase your cardio exercise.

Day 1.

20 Min Cardio at 50 % MHR

Assisted Pull ups 2 sets 10 reps

Assisted Dips 2 sets 10 reps

Leg press 2 sets 10 rep

Day 2.

30 Mins Cardio at 50% MHR

Triceps extensions 2 x 10

Standing dumbbell curls 2 x 10

Front delt raises 2 x10

Lat delt raises 2 x10

Day 3.

45 Mins Cardio

Day 4 - Rest

Day 5 - Day 1

Day 6 - Day 2

Day 7 - Day 3

If you want to try supplements I would recommend HMB.

Nutrition

Better than This

Raw Spinach Iceberg Lettece

Brussel sprouts Green Beans

Cauliflower Potato

Look up the nutrient information to find out why.

(source Muscle and Fitness Magazine, July 2004 pg 248)

Re: What am I will to do to be happy? HR3

http://grantdwalker.gaia.com — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:24:29 GMT

I'm willing to do anything that maintains my positive frame of mind.

What I wont do...

I will try not to compromise my integrity.

Re: What are you most proud of?

http://instanttruth.gaia.com — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:31:58 GMT

I am most proud of the non choices that enter into my life and steer me to where I am. Last year I joined a gym and began lifting weights, cardio and eating better. I cut back on a lot of sugers.

A year later I get a rush out of working out and my skinny 6'2" 165 body is now basically the same but full of muscles. I have been skinny my whole life. I feel great, strong and have not had a cold, flu, sickness of anykind all year. I am 42, I skateboard in the neighborhood with my kids, play baseball with them and can outrun any dad my age where I live.

Best part of all of this is.... I didnt do it.. it just happened...

I work out on the bike and often notice... who is peddling... who is lifting.... who is sweating......no one just Oneness sharing the gym in all forms.

What am I will to do to be happy? HR3

http://rickeycaldwell.gaia.com — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:31:57 GMT

Message of the day: What am I willing to do to be happy? What am I will to no longer do to be happy?

What is your answer to these questions.

Fitness ( I am not expressing my view just providing your with information)

My apologies to non American subscribers

Legal issues regarding fitness and health. The United State House of Representatives has passed HR3 with a 100% yes vote for everyone that voted. Now the bill is going to the Senate. HR3 states the following

AN ACT

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH.

Part H of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 498C the following:

`SEC. 498D. HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH.

`(a) In General- Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any regulation or guidance), the Secretary shall conduct and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells in accordance with this section (regardless of the date on which the stem cells were derived from a human embryo).

`(b) Ethical Requirements- Human embryonic stem cells shall be eligible for use in any research conducted or supported by the Secretary if the cells meet each of the following:

`(1) The stem cells were derived from human embryos that have been donated from in vitro fertilization clinics, were created for the purposes of fertility treatment, and were in excess of the clinical need of the individuals seeking such treatment.

`(2) Prior to the consideration of embryo donation and through consultation with the individuals seeking fertility treatment, it was determined that the embryos would never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded.

`(3) The individuals seeking fertility treatment donated the embryos with written informed consent and without receiving any financial or other inducements to make the donation.

`(c) Guidelines- Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of NIH, shall issue final guidelines to carry out this section.

`(d) Reporting Requirements- The Secretary shall annually prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report describing the activities carried out under this section during the preceding fiscal year, and including a description of whether and to what extent research under subsection (a) has been conducted in accordance with this section.'.

Passed the House of Representatives January 11, 2007.

Now B 1,2,and 3 are the important parts. Let your views be known to your Representatives and Senator. I would contact your Senator first (because now the bill is going to the Senate) and then your Rep. because the Senate will add amendments to the bill and it will be sent back to the House.

Re: What are you most proud of?

http://grantdwalker.gaia.com — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:48:38 GMT

I watched a gourmet food show last night and it was celebrating Australian Greeks and their food.

Now they use a lot of olive oil, a whole lot. To generalise, they looked pretty happy with themselves; they definitely get into their cooking. To generalise again, they seemed very passionate about their food.

I guess anything that I am passionate about, makes me proud. I'm passionate about being myself, im passionate about my young family, i'm passionate about relaxing and taking it easy, i'm passionate about people and communication, i'm passionate about choice.