Did You Know?... Interesting facts about exercise and health.  The National Center for Health Statistics has found that a quarter of all Americans get virtually no exercise at all, putting them at higher risk of having a heart attack, diabetes and cancer.  Levels of education, income and marital status seem to affect whether or not someone exercises. One in four adults with an advanced degree do high levels of exercise compared with only one in seven with less than a high school diploma. Men are more likely to exercise than women. People from the Southern States of America do the least exercise. The poorer you are the less exercise you do. Adults with incomes below the poverty level are three times less likely to exercise than adults in the highest income group.  Exercise and your heart. Get a heart workout. Your heart is the most important muscle in your body and you must keep it in shape. It is this organ that you start with to build up your levels of stamina and strength. One of the most effective ways to do that is do regular aerobic exercise. That is exercise that works the large muscle groups. Cycling, swimming, stepping, and brisk walking are the easiest and cheapest. Use your pulse as a monitor to maximize the effect of your workout with the minimum input. Using a wrist monitor that displays your pulse rate makes this easier. Calculate your cardiac training range (CTR) by first getting your maximum cardiac rate (MTR), something that you should not exceed during any form of exercise. To do this subtract your age from 220. Your Cardiac training range is between 70 and 85 per cent of your maximum training range. For example, if you are 40 years of age, the MTR is 180 (220 minus 40) and your CTR is 126 to 153 (70 to 85 per cent of 180).  Knowing this, you can adjust your workouts to get the most from the time you spend exercising. It is this area that you may need to adjust if you have a medical complaint and you should ask your doctor what range you should be aiming for.

Tip of The Month How To Learn More: 77 Tips To More Knowledge And A Better Life

How would you like to improve your life a little each and every day?  After all, thats how almost everyone achieves overwhelming success.  Its easy to look at the achievements of a great athlete or neurosurgeon and think they were born that way with all that knowledge and skill.  Thats because you only see the final product.  The truth of the matter is when you see the fastest man or woman on the planet winning a gold medal at the Olympics, its not only about what happened in the 10 seconds of that race.  Whats REALLY important is the 20 or more years it took them to get to that moment and all the small things they did consistently to get there.  And the same is true about knowledge, health, and just about anything else you want to master.  So heres a great list of 77 tips related to knowledge and learning that can help you a little every day.  Theres not enough room here for all 77, so this is just a teaser.  If you like what you see, the rest can be viewed at: http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/hacking-knowledge.  So heres a partial list:  Food for thought: Eat breakfast. A lot of people skip breakfast, but creativity is often optimal in the early morning and it helps to have some protein in you to feed your brain. A lack of protein can actually cause headaches.  Reduce stress + depression. Stress and depression may reduce the ability to recall information and thus inhibit learning. Sometimes, all you need to reduce depression is more white light and fewer refined foods.  Sleep on it. Dr. Maxwell Maltz wrote in his book Psycho-Cybernetics about a man who was paid good money to come up with ideas. He would lock his office door, close the blinds, and turn off the lights. He'd focus on the problem at hand then take a short nap on a couch. When he awoke, he usually had the problem solved.  Change your focus. Sometimes there simply isn't enough time to take a long break. If so, change the subject of your focus. Alternate between technical and non-technical subjects.  Focus and immerse yourself. Focus on whatever you're studying. Don't try to watch TV at the same time or worry yourself about other things. Anxiety does not make for absorption of information and ideas.  Take a bath or shower. Both activities loosen you up, making your mind more receptive to recognizing brilliant ideas.  Listen to music. Researchers have long shown that certain types of music are a great "key" for recalling memories. Information learned while listening to a particular song or collection can often be recalled simply by "playing" the songs mentally.  Speed read. Some people believe that speed reading causes you to miss vital information. The fact remains that efficient speed reading results in filtering out irrelevant information. If necessary, you can always read and re-read at slower speeds. Slow reading actually hinders the ability to absorb general ideas. (Although technical subjects often require slower reading.) If you're reading online, you can try the free Speeder Web-based application.  Use acronyms and other mnemonic devices. Mnemonics are essentially tricks for remembering information. Some tricks are so effective that proper application will let you recall loads of mundane information years later. Every picture tells a story. Draw or sketch whatever it is you are trying to achieve. Having a concrete goal in mind helps you progress towards that goal.  Use visual learning techniques. Try gliffy for structured diagrams. Also see Inspiration.com for an explanation of webs, idea maps, concept maps, and plots.  Stimulate ideas. Play rhyming games, utter nonsense words. These loosen you up, making you more receptive to learning.  Brainstorm. This is a time-honored technique that combines verbal activity, writing, and collaboration. (One person can brainstorm, but it's more effective in a group.) It's fruitful if you remember some simple rules: First, don't shut anyone's idea out. Second, don't "edit" in progress; just record all ideas first, then dissect them later. Participating in brainstorming helps assess what you already know about something, and what you didn't know.

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