Health and Fitness

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Super Squats Challenge

In the first half of this year, many of you participated in a fitness challenge inspired by commenter Rina (and First Lady Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres). You’re in good company, Rina! The goal was to complete 25 push-ups by June 25th and several of us got there but more importantly, many more were encouraged to exercise and better our health along the way. So what next?

Planking was suggested as a goal, but in a bit of selfishness, I am choosing a different challenge to give my shoulders a break. I also think this is more appropriate as we careen towards the holiday season, when some of us tend to overindulge. Something a little more DYNAMIC and focusing on the, ahem, bottom half of the body during the back end of the year. Continue reading

Chinese Government: Beijing’s Air Isn’t Dirty, That’s Just Fog

Beijing’s air quality is usually a taboo subject. The state-run media there usually refers to the capital’s smog as “mist,” “fog” or “bad weather.” But even the government-owned China Daily couldn’t ignore the situation earlier this week.

The picture in the bottom left corner was taken on Monday.  Continue reading