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stroller panic..
Make sure you try it out first. We have a Combi stroller that my wife loves but it is too short for me to push comfortably (and I'm not a giant - only 6'1")
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at 12:30 PM on July 11, 2008
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Phat Fat?
Check out the Dietary Reference Intake Macronutrient Publication by the Institute of Medicine . Good primer on fat.
Clinical effects of inadequate intakes, requirements at different life stages, etc.
posted to Ask Metafilter by tiburon
at 9:34 AM on July 9, 2008
And here is a review paper that would be a good starting point regarding genetic and nongenetic determinants of regional fat deposition
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at 9:37 AM on July 9, 2008
"Why is a really low body fat percentage unsafe?"
This is a tricky question because it often isn't the low body fat that it is unsafe, but rather a confounding factor that is related to both a deleterious health factor and the low body fat itself. For example it could be protein-energy malnutrition, an underlying disease, the female athlete triad, sarcopenia, substance abuse, intentional weight loss in response to a medical diagnosis, etc etc... [more]
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at 9:47 AM on July 9, 2008
"he believes that dangerously low body fat levels (ie 5% on a guy, 12% on a woman) are practical and reasonable."
It is perhaps also worth noting that these "dangerously low levels" are often seen in healthy, well-conditioned athletes such as boxers and sprinters.
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at 9:52 AM on July 9, 2008
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Help me workout for the day!
If you want to build size/mass, buy Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe. Squats, cleans, deadlifts, press, etc. Those will get you huge. (Stop wasting your time with biceps curls and triceps kickbacks.)
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at 10:12 AM on May 27, 2008
Do you want to get BIG or do you want to get STRONG?
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at 12:58 PM on May 27, 2008
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A Summer in Cambridge
Join a sports team, like Softball or Ultimate Frisbee. Check out BSSC or BUDA.
Get a ZipCar membership so you can get out of the city, like to Crane Beach or to Cape Cod or to hike the Welch-Dickey in New Hampshire.
Drink in the basement of Redbones every chance you get.
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at 12:14 PM on May 19, 2008
A neat book to explore Boston is Walking Tours of Boston's Made Land
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at 12:31 PM on May 19, 2008
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My foot is broken......help...
Go to a doctor.
I had a non-dislocated fracture of my third metatarsal, didn't get it treated, and it still bothers me 15 years later.
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at 9:42 AM on May 12, 2008
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Why aren't there more pink cars?
I have heard that Ford is bringing back the "Playboy Pink" Mustang next year. Also, there have been a few pink cars for Breast Cancer Research.
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at 10:29 AM on April 24, 2008
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Give me feet of steel.
Squat Squat Squat. Just make sure your form is PERFECT. Buy Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe.
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at 8:58 AM on April 24, 2008
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It burns, it burns!
How close to the skin is it? Could be shingles. If you get any spots in that area in the next couple days, go to urgent care. (IANAD but I like shingles.)
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at 8:05 AM on April 18, 2008
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The more things change, the more they stay the same...
This has been attributed to Ty Cobb:
"The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it."
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at 9:05 AM on April 16, 2008
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Moving tasks
Put a flyer up in the gym and pay the football / lacrosse / hockey teams with beer and pizza.
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at 9:03 AM on April 16, 2008
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Help with my lower back pain issue
From Mark Rippetoe at Starting Strength
Here is the tried-and-true injury rehab method for muscle-belly injuries we got from Starr and that has worked for years better than any other method I've ever used. It also works well on orthopeadic injuries in general, and should be tried before anything more elaborate is used. Wait 3-4 days until the pain starts to "blur",which indicates that the immediate process of healing has stopped the bleeding and has started to... [more]
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at 10:07 AM on April 14, 2008
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On the plus side, I've never had my bottom pinched.
Is it in fact a totally innocuous gesture to (knowingly or unknowingly) send a former student porn and something that is so not a big deal? or is it actually really creepy, and did I do the right thing in telling him how uncomfortable the present made me?
Creepy
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at 9:27 AM on April 10, 2008
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How do I get started using a treadmill?
Awesome! Good luck!
Throw some pushups and pullups in there too, to add some variety to your workout and build up general strength in addition to cardiovascular fitness.
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at 11:31 AM on April 9, 2008
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Can martial arts really teach me to fall safely?
What about building strength in your hands / wrists / forearms so that if you do fall again, you will be less likely to get injured? Deadlifts are one of the best exercises for such strength.
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at 11:27 AM on April 9, 2008
