Lacrosse has been a popular sport in North America for several centuries, and a sport generally played by men. Since the 1970’s, women have gained more esteem and press as participants of the game of lacrosse. Women’s lacrosse is the fastest growing segment of the sport and yet it still does not receive the same coverage as men’s lacrosse. Fewer women play the game than do men and as with most women’s sports, there are fewer spectators for women’s lacrosse games.
While looking at an article by a leading fitness guru, I was struck by her emphasis on making exercise a priority and finding a way to fit in your gym time at any cost. Although she’s right in principle, I couldn’t help thinking that this woman cannot possibly be a working mom with small children!
Those of us who are balancing multiple roles – as parent, worker, spouse, school volunteer, household manager, and responsible citizen — often find that 24 hours per day simply aren’t enough. Fitness gets put on the back burner.
If you experience back pain with any of these ab exercises, stop and check with your doctor before continuing.
1. Tilt your pelvis. Lie on the floor, arms at your sides and knees bent, feet flat on the floor. Next, press your lower back to the floor so that your pelvis tilts upward. Maintain this tilt as you straighten your legs by slowly sliding your heels along the floor. Stop when you can no longer hold a full tilt position. Hold and count aloud to six. Bring one leg, then the other, back to the starting position, maintaining the pelvic tilt throughout. Hold the starting position for six more counts. Relax. Repeat 12 times. The next two exercises trimmed nearly 4 inches off the waistline of Poughkeepsie, NY, resident Marion Alexandra Licchiello, 35.
If it were a medicine, it would be branded a wonder drug. If it were a new therapy with an exotic name, people would be queuing for a session.
No treatment in the history of medicine has achieved what moving your arms and legs about can achieve. Yet more than a decade of effort to persuade us to up our dose has failed.
Every 15 minutes a Briton dies because he or she did not do enough exercise. Two thirds of the population failed to do the minimum to maintain health - 30 minutes of moderate physical activity five times a week.
A survey was done by Heart Foundation and it found that fewer than four out of 10 people said they would take more exercise even if their lives depended on it.
“With our busy lifestyles and labour-saving devices, we’ve stopped getting the exercise our bodies desperately need. Exercise has become an ugly word, some thing to avoid.”
