Check progress on their existing program and make sure that they’ve moved beyond the level at which they started. If they learn how to use both free weights and strength training machines, they will have innumerable workout options and they won’t have to skip a muscle group if they are in a hurry to do their workout. It also ensures maximum usage of all areas of your fitness center.

There are a slew of programs for cross training in the cardiovascular area. They range from simple to complex but the best ones are always the ones your staff gets enthused about.

The Bel Air Athletic Club in Bel Air, Md., returns annually to their Wheel of Fitness program. In this takeoff of the popular television game show “Wheel of Fortune,” members earn points for each workout, and use those points (or Bel Air bucks) to buy letters and vowels. Each letter has a different value. When they spell out “Wheel of Fitness 1995″ (or whatever expression you’d like them to spell), they are entered in a drawing for a grand prize. If they spell it out once, they are entered once and they earn a T-shirt. For each additional time they spell it out, they earn additional prize entries.

From what I hear, Roger Ralph, owner of The Bel Air Athletic Club, went so far as to dress as Vanna White for the final party where they announced the winners. This kind of playful staff participation can inspire more members to get more involved and inspire the staff to want to do more.

The ever popular “Race Across America” involves members in a race from coast to coast (or whatever route works best for you). As members work out, they accumulate points that “move” them across the map of America toward prizes on the other side.

A variation on that theme could encourage more cross training. Some clubs, for instance, require members to do specific types of activities to cross certain areas of the country.

For example, if you were crossing a river, your members could swim in the pool, use a rowing machine, or take aquatics classes to get their points. If they were climbing over mountains, they would be able to use climbing machines, climbing walls or participate in a club hiking trip. To get across snow-laden tundras, you might have them use the ski machines; if they have to go across flat lands, they can bicycle, run or walk on the treadmills or track, or join a club-sponsored race, etc. Fitting in your aerobic classes and racquet sports takes some ingenuity, but it’s been done.

Another way to get members to cross train is to set up an express workout circuit where they use three different pieces of cardiovascular equipment for 10 minutes each to get a complete 30-minute workout without boredom. Details on this program are provided in the April 1995 issue of Fitness Management in the article “Maximizing Your Existing Space.”

How to Wear a Seat Belt Safely

Buckle the seat belt low across your hipbones and adjust it so that it fits tightly across your hips. No matter how big your belly becomes, the seat belt will fit and do its job if the car stops suddenly.

Use the shoulder strap if there is one. It should go across your chest between your breasts.

Wear a seat belt regardless of where you are sitting in the car or how long the trip is. Many accidents occur on side streets just blocks from home.

If you follow these simple guidelines, you and your baby will be properly secured. Don’t worry if you stop suddenly and the seat belt presses your abdomen — the baby is well cushioned and won’t be harmed. The airbag also won’t hurt the baby (and it protects you, too, as long as you are wearing your seat belt properly). Direct damage to the baby in an auto accident is quite rare if the mother has been properly restrained.

Some people, pregnant or not, refuse to wear seat belts because they believe if they are involved in an accident they will be trapped in the car. The fact is, if you’re not wearing a seat belt, you are far more likely to die from being thrown out of the car than from being trapped inside it.

If you are in an auto accident, especially if you are at least six months pregnant, tell the police or emergency medical personnel that you are pregnant. Their first priority will be to check you for injury, but they need to know about the pregnancy, too. It might affect what hospital they take you to, if you need to go to one.

If you are injured, they should take you to the nearest appropriate hospital to be evaluated. You will need to be monitored for contractions and the baby’s well-being. In a crash, the sudden impact can cause the placenta to separate from the wall of the uterus, which can cause labor or drops in fetal heart rate. Sometimes vaginal bleeding can occur due to separation of the placenta. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor the baby’s vital signs.

You would never put your baby in the car without a car seat. By the same token, you should never ride in a car without buckling up first.

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Everyone is hungry. They’re eating chicken feed and are begging for food, which segues into the reward challenge with the reward involving food.

The challenge was a pretty nifty 4-stage obstacle course, which pitted the survivors against each other. The reward being a special Thai experience in which, as Jeff explained, “Visa, baby, is picking up the tab!”

Jake didn’t get a partner so he had to sit out. Near the end, Clay had to choose between Brian and Ted and Clay chose Brian, who ended up winning the challenge. Brian then got to choose someone to share the reward. He chose Clay.

Ted was bothered that Brian chose Clay, which opened Ted’s eyes that he’s not in as strong a bond with Brian as he thought.

During their reward, they got a boat ride, a helicopter ride, then a bus/van ride into the jungle where they were greeted by an elephant and a “Thai lady with two things of juice.” Brian was terrified of the elephant. Clay liked it. “Nice ass” he said. Then the elephant farted, more than once even. Finally, they got an excellent meal of Thai food, which had absolutely nothing to do with the elephant fart, thankfully.

Back at camp, Jake heads out with Helen to get water and he speaks yet another truth that Helen dismissed; “Just between you and I, Brian and Clay are going to win the game.” He tried to convince Helen that the only way she can win is to get rid of these two. She pretended to be intrigued by the idea but ended up just calling him “Jake the Snake.” I imagine Helen is kicking herself now as she watches herself on TV.

Brian and Clay brought back beer and shrimp and soup in a canteen. Everyone loved them and oohed and aahed over the delicious feast.

Jake and Penny comment about how Chuay Gahn doesn’t talk strategy or vote as an alliance. “And if they do, I never see it,” says Penny.

Penny also explains how she is fighting for her life and that she must do something – anything – to stay alive. And what this means is she’s going to dump Jake and try to make it clear that she’s no longer connected to him. Of course, this is too little too late. And thus, everyone will simply see her as a backstabbing person instead of someone fighting for her life.

Clay affirms to Penny that she’s in the final four. “Everybody that’s asked me, ‘Who’s going to be in the final four?’ I kick out a person and put in their name. I’ve done it with everybody up there. I’m going to continue to do it. And if they don’t think I’m not, that’ll be real damn stupid for Clay to say, ‘Penny, you’re not in the final four’ and put her totally against me.”

Some people don’t like how Clay’s playing. To me, this is exactly what needs to be done in order to win. He’s right. If he was honest to everybody and told them, “Well, I’m sorry, but I’m going to vote you out soon” then they’d all be trying to kick him off the island.

The only problem with what Clay (and Brian) is doing is that eventually people are going to start comparing notes and realize they are getting played.

The immunity challenge consisted of a test of their knowledge of Thai culture. If they get a right answer, they get to snuff out somebody else’s torch. Each person starts with three.

Penny was the first person to snuff out a torch and who did she go to first? “Sending a little love to Jake,” as Jeff explained. I think this little gesture just switched everyone’s vote from Jake to Penny. It continued until only Helen and Ted were left. Ted answered incorrectly and Helen snuffed his last torch.

 There are five stages of breast development:
Stage 1 — No development.
Stage 2 — Breast bud with growth under the areola only.
Stage 3 — Breast mound with growth beyond the areola.
Stage 4 — Double mound with an areolar hump above the breast mound.
Stage 5 — Adult size and shape with fully developed nipple.

Some girls skip stage four while others remain in stage four. Most girls are at stage four when they have their first period. Remember that there is a wide range of normal breast sizes — small, big and everything in between.

Normal Stuff
Here are some normal things about breasts:

Breast buds may be sore.

One breast may start developing before the other.

One breast may develop faster or more than the other. This can usually be hidden with loose shirts or bra padding.

A nodular or lumpy breast texture is normal in adolescents.

Period-related changes (breast swelling and soreness) are common.

Breasts swell during pregnancy and breast-feeding.

Stretch marks may appear on developing breasts and during pregnancy. These marks usually fade but may not disappear.

Some nipples are inverted or point in.

Hair may grow around the areolae. Plucking or shaving these hairs can lead to infections so either leave the hairs alone or carefully trim them.

An extra nipple occurs in 1 percent to 2 percent of women. This can be left alone or removed for cosmetic reasons.

What About Breast Self-Examination?
To make sure you are developing normally your doctor will examine your breasts during routine checkups. Don’t let embarrassment get in the way.

When should teens like you be taught to routinely examine their breasts? Experts actually disagree on this:

Some experts believe that since breast cancer is so rare in adolescents, their time with their doctor is better spent discussing other important health issues.

Others argue that teaching adolescents breast self-examination helps them become more comfortable with their body and prepares them for examining their breasts as adults.

If you do want to learn breast self-examination then ask your doctor to show you how it’s done. When you become an adult, though, you should definitely start examining your breasts. The American Cancer Society recommends that all women over age 20 do breast self-examination every month. That’s because a woman’s risk of breast cancer increases with age.

Remember What’s Really Important
Our society attaches such importance to breasts as sex objects that it’s easy to forget breasts are a marvelous creation designed to nourish a new human life.

It’s also easy to forget that breasts have their own types of health problems that should not be ignored. Never be afraid to seek healthcare for a problem involving your breasts.

Becoming comfortable with your body and with who you are is what’s really important, not the size of your breasts.

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No doubt you had strong emotions about your newly developing breasts. Did you feel excitement? Pride? Total embarrassment? Were you concerned that your breasts were too small, too big, too uneven, or that they started growing too early or too late?

If so, you’re not alone. Many women have concerns about their breasts. Ours is a culture that pays so much sexual attention to breasts that it’s common for women to think their breasts are inadequate.

Take heart: Your breasts do not define you as a person and there is no standard or ideal by which your breasts can or should be judged. True, your breasts are an important part of your body image and your sexuality — not to mention nature’s perfect design for nourishing a baby — but they are not the most important part of what makes you who you are.

So put aside the erotic hype and attention given to breasts today and discover some important information about breasts and common breast health problems.

Breast Basics
Your breasts are specialized glands designed to produce milk. They each contain:
fifteen to 20 lobules of milk-secreting glands connected to the nipple by milk ducts
adipose (fatty) tissue
fibrous (connective) tissue

Your nipples are surrounded by areas of pigmented skin called areolae and are full of nerve endings, which can make stimulating them sexually arousing. They are also filled with smooth muscle fibers, which contract during sexual stimulation or exposure to cold and make them erect. Sebaceous (oil-secreting) glands may be visible on your areolae as small bumps.

Many women think their breasts are too small and some women get them surgically enlarged. Here’s the real scoop on breast size:

Preference for breast size varies from person to person.

Breast size does not determine sexual sensitivity.

The ability to breast-feed is not determined by breast size. That’s because women’s breasts have a similar amount of glandular tissue no matter what their size.

The amount of fatty tissue determines breast size: Bigger breasts are more fatty breasts.

You can’t change your breast size by diet or exercise.

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LifeQuest monitors the system tightly through the accounting department, treating all transactions as cash, ensuring it only barters for yearly expenditures, and bartering only with companies that have already been approached and refused to become “cash” customers. Avoiding bartering with current paying members and most businesses that solicit them for trade ensures their financial stability.

The benefits in this past year include securing $19,000 in advertising services, $17,000 in promotional services, $18,000 in maintenance and other services, $6,000 in light construction, $6,000 in materials, $7,000 in equipment, and approximately $37,000 in miscellaneous labor (mostly through an intern program).

Wayne Caparas, president and CEO for LifeQuest, says, “Not only has this program added $72,000 in membership sales to our books (we do not include interns here), but it has also eliminated $54,000 in cash flow requirements to date.”

The program was so innovative that it won LifeQuest recognition as a 1995 Blue Chip Enterprise by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Nation’s Business Magazine.

Whatever factors subsequently influence the decision of what exercise machine to use, it is in every person’s best interests to train on an exercise modality that is orthopedically safe, highly productive and relatively compatible with that individual’s personal expectations (with regard to the time required to achieve a noticeable training effect, the level of enjoyment offered by the exercise environment provided by the machine, the desire to receive performance feedback while exercising, etc.).

Those individuals who take the time and energy to select an appropriate exercise machine will be rewarded in a way that more than justifies their efforts.

At minimum, their quest to maximize the benefits of sound exercise will be enhanced. Subsequently, their motivation to exercise should also be reinforced. In other words, by refusing to settle for less, the exerciser will ultimately receive substantially more.

Here are some tips to keep healthy while aging:

Exercise
See a doctor first if you have problems with your heart, high blood pressure, asthma, bone or joint problems, or diabetes.

Start slowly, whatever exercise you choose, and apply the “talk test”: You should be able to talk while you exercise.

Drink plenty of water.

Stretch before and after.

Exercise in the morning. Statistics show that people who exercise in the morning make a habit of it.

Your goal should be to do 40 minutes of vigorous activity three to five days week, plus some muscle and endurance exercises.

Mental Health
List what is making you stressed and think about how those things affect you.

Take control to change what you can.

Do not commit yourself to things you cannot or do not want to do.

Set limits by deciding what things in your daily life you will not sacrifice, such as eating dinner with your family.

Take time for yourself to relax and do something you enjoy each day.

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Exercise intensity

Fitness professionals commonly prescribe aerobic exercise for clients in terms of exercise frequency, intensity and duration. Descriptions of frequency and duration leave little room for confusion or misinterpretation. Everyone understands instructions like “four times a week” and “45 minutes per session.” But descriptions of exercise intensity may elude people.

When it comes to measuring intensity, a measurement that’s easy is often not accurate. A good example is the sing/talk test. This test has exercisers stay at a level where they have enough breath control to talk but not enough to sing. Easy? Yes. Accurate? Well, probably close enough for many people, but not accurate enough for a personal trainer to monitor.

Can you picture a line of trainers standing next to clients who are working out on cardiovascular equipment, holding up a sheet of music, and asking them to sing and recite? If they can sing, the trainers increase the intensity. If they can’t even recite, trainers decrease it.

On the other hand, measurements that accurately reflect the intensity of exercise in terms of metabolic demand are often inconvenient. Oxygen consumption, blood lactate values and blood pressure limit testing to a laboratory setting. Even heart rate, the most easily measured physiological indicator, poses some inconvenience. Many people, especially beginners, have trouble finding their pulse or miscount the beats.

The new system keeps tabs on reservations for the club’s racquetball courts, pool lanes, cycling classes, treadmills and other selected equipment. It shows the number of people registered for each and creates a waiting list if needed. Should someone cancel a reservation, the system automatically moves the first person on the waiting list. Safeguards in the program’s software keep members from scheduling back-to-back sessions, helping to ensure access for everyone wanting to use the facilities. The system also prohibits two reservations within four hours.

Reservations can be made at the club or on The Sports Barn’s Web site 24 hours a day. Members can quickly determine whether a court or piece of equipment is available from the comfort of their home or office. The system requires an ID number and password to make or cancel a reservation, so no one can be “bumped” out of position.

Members consider the TouchFit system to be innovative and user-friendly. Many of the club’s members are computer literate, and they appreciate being able to simplify their lives with this state-of-the-art product. In fact, the accuracy and convenience of the system has increased so much that the number of “no- shows” has dropped.

After only three months in operation, 50 percent of the reservations are now being made from the kiosks and Internet, and the percentage of users is increasing every month. This has freed up staff at the front desk and allowed the fitness trainers to spend more time with members on the gym floor. The end result is a more efficient reservation system that gives the staff more time to provide individualized instruction to members. This unique system has also differentiated The Sports Barn from other health clubs in the Chattanooga area, which has enhanced its position in the marketplace and helped to increase its membership roster. With outcomes like these, automated reservation systems may well be popping up in health clubs across the country in the near future.