09.27.2007 JAYPLAY
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STEAMY SHOWERS AND SOOTHING STRETCHES
When you run into class panting loudly, sweating profusely and chugging away at your liter of water, you feel the immediate effects of climbing. Mount Oread to get on campus. Yet when you settle into your air-conditioned and oh-so-comfortable abode, you discover that your hilly trek to Wescow Hall made the muscles in your thighs go berserk. Jenny Roberts, personal trainer at the Student Recreation Fitness Center, says that a post-shower stretch is the best way to relieve tightness. Take a hot shower.
relieve tightness. Take a hot shower, keeping the door closed and the steam in. Afterward, dry.
steam in. After you get out, do a quick stretch of your entire or just the problem areas if you're short on time. Roberts says you can improvise as much as you want."You can do a lot of standing stretches for comfort," she says:"I don't know anyone who has a mat in their bathroom." Chris Horn
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GERMY GYMS
Hitting the gym to stay healthy? Turn out fitness centers are ideal breeding grounds for many germs that can make you sick. "It's a good environment to transfer organisms because it has many people over a short period of time using the same equipment, and they're doing a strenuous activity
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