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Reaching for answers
posted: 05/13/2013 1:51 a.m. Discuss
Many years ago, on oval tracks behind elementary schools around the state, little boys and girls ran — or walked, in some cases — the five, or eight, or 10 laps required to make a mile in the hopes of competing in the district track meet.
Ditch the Keys targets pollution
posted: 05/13/2013 1:45 a.m. Discuss
So it’s Ditch the Keys Week in central Arkansas and all residents must throw away their car keys. How will you get to work?
Group receives grant to complete lake trail
posted: 05/13/2013 1:44 a.m. Discuss
The Friends of Lake Ouachita have won a $74,000 grant to complete the Lake Ouachita Vista Trail (LOViT ) by extending it to Blakely Mountain Dam.
ASK THE TRAINER: Big swig of pickle juice: No cramps
posted: 05/13/2013 1:43 a.m. Discuss
Personal trainer Janet Roget will answer questions submitted by readers of ActiveStyle.
New workouts
posted: 05/13/2013 1:40 a.m. Discuss
Title: Core Power Yoga — Calorie Blast Yoga What’s the goal? To burn calories, increase flexibility and tone the body by combining cardiovascular endurance and toning exercises with traditional yoga.
Ditch the Keys convoy routes
posted: 05/13/2013 1:40 a.m. Discuss
Here are contacts for Friday’s Ditch the Keys bike convoys in central Arkansas.
Food as a reward for exercise will sabotage weight-loss effort
posted: 05/13/2013 1:36 a.m. Discuss
Long ago I had one of those “choose-your-own-adventure ” books based on a James Bond movie, and I made bad choices: The poor British spy kept being consumed by molten lava or impaled on spiky things.
MASTER CLASS: Dynamic stretching mimics motions of exercise
posted: 05/13/2013 1:35 a.m. Discuss
Discussing stretching in a fitness column can come across as somewhat “vanilla” in comparison to the fanciness of strength training or core stabilization.
REALLY?
posted: 05/13/2013 1:33 a.m. Discuss
Is it true that most of the excess sugar in the American diet comes from sweet drinks like soda, teas and energy drinks?
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
posted: 05/13/2013 1:33 a.m. Discuss
Happy birthday. You’ll be attracted to more mature and reasonable people, which will make your life easier and drama-free. Save your money!
ON CHRISTIANITY
posted: 05/13/2013 1:26 a.m. Discuss
DEAR REV. GRAHAM: My aunt is in hospice with untreatable stage 4 cancer, and she keeps asking me why God doesn’t just let her die and go to be with Jesus.
Super Quiz: Mormons
posted: 05/13/2013 1:26 a.m. Discuss
1. He founded Salt Lake City. 2. Lost presidential bid in 2012. 3. Star of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. 4. Boxing champion known as “The Manassa Mauler.”
HELPFUL HINTS
posted: 05/13/2013 1:14 a.m. Discuss
DEAR HELOISE: Do you suppose you could suggest that manufacturers of clear plastic wrap produce a box of a narrower size? Normally it comes 12 inches wide. But sometimes I have just a bit left over, and I have to unwrap a 12-inch-wide strip. A thinner size would save plastic.
Cartwheel dream has head spinning
posted: 05/06/2013 2:38 a.m. Discuss
This is the first in an occasional series of essays about cartwheeling.
Still on the path
posted: 05/06/2013 2:36 a.m. Discuss
The plan was to get ourselves up Bear Mountain, admire Arkansas’ largest man-made lake from an overlook, then mosey downhill to the car and drive around to Crystal Springs Road, where we could check out more loveliness on a new 10-mile section of the Lake Ouachita Vista Trail (LOViT).
