May 28, 2014
By Nancy Shute
If you think that teenagers are becoming weaklings, you're right. (click here)
Less than half of youths ages 12 to 15 are even close to being aerobically fit, according to data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That's down from 52 percent of youths in 1999 to 2000, the last time this survey was conducted. It measures "adequate" levels of cardiorespiratory fitness, which children need not only for sports but for good health.
And that was true regardless of a child's race and family income....
Every woman beautiful and every man dashing. (click here)
True story. I was raised to accept people as they are and not as some image of them 'should' be. I had a very rich life because of it and never lost an opportunity to make friends and expand my life experiences.
Ready for this? My best friend at High School graduation was the Valedictorian of our class. We had fun. We also had great boyfriends and never missed a minute of happiness. My boyfriend was on the track team and her's was a musician.
Me? Equestrian. No whips, spurs and rode to fences. My four legged friend was an athlete. He had other four legged friends. His name was "Oat Scoot." Quarter Horse registry. Retired race horse at the age of seven years old. Her? Gymnastics. Uneven parallels. We were busy people and had a ton of friends. No drugs.
No excuses for men and women of any body shape or size. Americans are great at being spectators. Whatever happened to the seventh inning stretch?
The 7th Inning Stretch - A Historical Perspective by Michael Aubrecht (click here)
...The first (and more popular) retort that has been presented by countless baseball historians gives sole credit to the 27th President of the United States, William Howard Taft. One of America's less memorable leaders, Taft was an obese man, tipping the scales at over 300 pounds, and probably spent more fervor on following his favorite game of baseball than he did on running the country. Also credited with being the first U.S. President to throw out the first pitch, Taft attended the Opening Day game against the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics on April 14, 1910 at Griffith Stadium.
By Nancy Shute
If you think that teenagers are becoming weaklings, you're right. (click here)
Less than half of youths ages 12 to 15 are even close to being aerobically fit, according to data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That's down from 52 percent of youths in 1999 to 2000, the last time this survey was conducted. It measures "adequate" levels of cardiorespiratory fitness, which children need not only for sports but for good health.
And that was true regardless of a child's race and family income....
True story. I was raised to accept people as they are and not as some image of them 'should' be. I had a very rich life because of it and never lost an opportunity to make friends and expand my life experiences.
Ready for this? My best friend at High School graduation was the Valedictorian of our class. We had fun. We also had great boyfriends and never missed a minute of happiness. My boyfriend was on the track team and her's was a musician.
Me? Equestrian. No whips, spurs and rode to fences. My four legged friend was an athlete. He had other four legged friends. His name was "Oat Scoot." Quarter Horse registry. Retired race horse at the age of seven years old. Her? Gymnastics. Uneven parallels. We were busy people and had a ton of friends. No drugs.
No excuses for men and women of any body shape or size. Americans are great at being spectators. Whatever happened to the seventh inning stretch?
The 7th Inning Stretch - A Historical Perspective by Michael Aubrecht (click here)
...The first (and more popular) retort that has been presented by countless baseball historians gives sole credit to the 27th President of the United States, William Howard Taft. One of America's less memorable leaders, Taft was an obese man, tipping the scales at over 300 pounds, and probably spent more fervor on following his favorite game of baseball than he did on running the country. Also credited with being the first U.S. President to throw out the first pitch, Taft attended the Opening Day game against the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Athletics on April 14, 1910 at Griffith Stadium.
According to reports, as
the game continued to drag on, the six-foot-two president grew
increasingly uncomfortable in the small wooden chair that was no doubt
weaning under the weight of its presidential patron. By the middle of
the seventh-inning, Taft was unable to bear the pain any longer and
stood up to stretch his aching legs. In those days, the leader of the
free world commanded a tremendous amount of reverence and as his fellow
spectators noticed him rising, they followed his lead as a sign of
respect. A few minutes later, Taft returned to his seat and the game
resumed.
Thus the Seventh-Inning
Stretch was born! True? Maybe - maybe not. As often happens with the
constant research and rewriting of history, experts sometimes come upon
less romantic tales that may be more accurate, but ultimately less
entertaining....
