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SMWI*: Now if this doesn’t get you off the couch…

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Source: nbcnews.com. May 17, 2013.  Excerpts from new research in a study on more than 17,000 men:

  • Fitness can protect you from cancer — even 20 or more years down the road
  • Men who were the most fit in middle age were the least likely to die a quarter century later even if they were unlucky enough to get cancer
  • Men who were the most fit at age 50 back in the 1970s were the least likely to develop lung or colon cancer 20 to 25 years later
  • Men who did get lung, colon or prostate cancer, the fitter they were in their early 50s, the less likely they were to die of it.
  • Two things you can’t change are your genes and your age,’ she said. “But you can get more fit.
  • This important study establishes cardiorespiratory fitness as an independent and strong predictor of cancer risk and prognosis in men
  • These results indicate that people can reduce their risk of cancer with relatively small lifestyle changes.”
  • Many studies have shown that exercise lowers the risk of cancer, but this one is one of the first to show it can also reduce the risk of dying from cancer.
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SMWI*: Just Do it!

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  • SMWI*: Saturday Morning Workout Inspiration.  Spoof of Nike’s “swoosh” symbol and “Just Do It” exercise ad campaign.
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Unstoppable

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This is my youngest brother Lorne.  This photo was taken one year ago yesterday after his successful bone marrow transplant.  He celebrates another year of a remarkable life.  This man, my Brother, carries himself with such grace, with such gentleness, with such kindness and with such optimism – – I shake my head in wonder.  It makes me believe that he was “selected” because of his indomitable spirit and strength.

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Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration: The Color Run

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Two short one-minute clips to prod you out the door, or at minimum bring a smile to your face…which has to be worth a few clicks on the calorie count burn…

They will tell you that you can’t get it done…

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All your life you are told the things you cannot do.  All your life they will say you aren’t good enough or strong enough; they will say you’re the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or achieve this.  They will tell you no, a thousand times no, until all the no’s become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no quite firmly and very quickly.

And you will tell them yes…”

                                                                                                                 ~ NIKE

I read it.  And my immediate reaction was “cheesy.”

I read it again.  I’ve heard this.  Been there.  No. No. No.

The whispers…

“You can’t get a full athletic scholarship.  You started playing too late.  You are too slow.  Short on fundamentals.”

“Prep school kids are simply better prepared (you attended a public school).”

“You didn’t attend a leading undergraduate school.  It will be difficult to get accepted into a top graduate school.”

“We’re not sure that your work experience and background are adequate to handle the rigors of our firm.”

Go ahead.

Tell me I can’t get it done.

Make my day…