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I work in an exercise rehabilitation clinic and prescribe hundreds of different types of exercises.
Yet I am surprised at how few adults in our society continue to play their favourite sport once they hit their 30’s and beyond. Usually, once the demands of family and work set in, they turn to mechanical treadmill and dumbbell routines. Fitness has officially become a “must do” and not a “I wanna do!” This is highly unfortunate and in the long term promotes increasing sedentary lifestyles.
One simple alternative is to play a sport as part of your fitness approach. There is far less routine in an individual or team sport than in a repetitive gym routine. Further, sports tend to use the body in a safer and more natural manner than many exercise machines and heavy weight workouts do. And they almost inevitably work the core muscles much more than most people’s weight lifting or cardio routine.
Everyone who already plays a sport should add sport-specific exercises to improve their performance.
That’s what the pros do. Yet most people who are not professional athletes usually do not see playing sports as a legitimate means of getting or staying fit.
there are no “all out” avenues for them in their beloved sport. Thankfully, this is is false.
With a 5 minute phone call to your local rec centre or YMCA, you will be shocked at how much friendly competition is available for the average joe.
I feel that because competition is missing from many individuals’ fitness lifestyle so is the natural motivation to do better and better. If you are willing to compete at something, the psychological and physical rewards increase tremendously. And please don’t get me wrong. I know how life can get crazy busy. You don’t have to join a league that comes with fees and a tight practice schedule, etc, etc.
But you can join rec leagues that allow you to jump in and compete any time you are free.
My wife and I are raising and homeschooling 4 young children. I have my own practice and am involved at church. Yet 4 times per week my wife attends the YMCA and does a lot of TRX group classes. This group factor is an indirect but real form of competition. It is as much competition as she wants and so she thrives on it. It pushes her harder than solo workouts.
I have fallen in love with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I train under Adam Zugec at ZUMA. Whenever I show up I have the opportunity of getting friendly competition. The competitive element keeps my mind focused, gets me off my worries and I workout harder than I otherwise would without even noticing it!
Whether it is swimming, racquet ball, tennis, hockey or a running group, the social and physical benefits of a group or competitive environment is available for the non-professional athletes. I highly recommend it.
A recent study by the Edinburgh University showed that people over 70 who walked during the week had less brain shrinkage then those who were sedentary. Researchers followed nearly 700 people for 3 years, performing before-and-after brain MRI’s to determine their findings.
The study also claimed that reading books or doing crossword puzzles does not seem to help as much as regular, non-strenuous exercise.
Seniors who walked during the week had less damage to the inner part of the brain (i.e.: the white matter) and they had more outer brain (i.e.: gray matter).
So it appears you can increase your brain size with even a mild form of regular exercise.
A Harvard Medical School article stated that a review of literature on depression examined evidence going back to 1981 and concluded that in younger and older patients with depression, regular walking was an effective treatment for emotional problems.
It appears something even as simple as daily walks can significantly enhance mental and emotional well being.
If you are simply starting out with an exercise program, walking 3 to 5 days per week is enough to see a boost in your brain’s health.
As time goes on, a good idea is to diversify your activities. Joining a local recreation centre offers access to swimming, weight lifting and other fitness activities. This keeps you interested and it keeps your brain and body adapting to new acitivities. Which increases the degree to which your brain grows and benefits from an active lifestyle.
So you see, it’s easy to make your brain healthy and stave off unwanted ailments!
Get out there and enjoy a nice walk today.
Sign here: The Jericho Board of Education held a special book-signing event Oct. 17 to mark the publication of "Sweet and Savory Serendipity."
A “valued nexus” between a Long Island School District and a global imaging supergiant has been energized in a surprisingly tasty way.
Canon Solutions America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Melville-based Canon USA Inc., has brought its lauded Future Authors Project – a digital-learning experience that’s thrived for a decade in Florida’s Palm Beach County School District – to Nassau County’s Jericho School District.
The arrival – marked by the publication of “Sweet and Savory Serendipity,” a short-stories anthology by Jericho students and teachers – represents the first stop for the Future Authors Project outside Palm Beach County, en route to what Canon Solutions America describes as a national proliferation.
The Future Authors Project is actually a holdover from Océ North America, a U.S. subsidiary of Netherlands-based printing/copying manufacturer Océ, which was absorbed by Canon in 2010.
Océ North America launched the community-enrichment program in 2007 as a way to inspire youngsters to consider writing and editing careers – and, of course, as an ingenious marketing tool. After the Japanese conglomerate took over, it kept up the Future Authors effort in Palm Beach County, and in the seven years since the program has “grown exponentially,” according to Canon Solutions America Senior Sales Director Robert Ricottone.
Its success prompted Canon to explore the possibility of replicating the Future Authors Program elsewhere – and thinking focused first on Long Island, Ricottone noted, where Canon USA’s Melville headquarters looms large.
The Future Authors Program’s new Jericho chapter actually launched over the summer, with a weeklong collaborative workshop for students and teachers covering the writing and editing process.
Wordsmiths: Jericho’s “Future Authors” enjoy the fruits of their labors.
Participating students also took part in a field trip to Canon USA’s state-of-the-art Melville mothership, where they toured showrooms and took an instructional imaging class designed to help them complement their writing with vivid photography and other compelling visuals. As part of that “valued nexus” referenced by Canon Solutions America, the company also provided digital-imaging tech to Jericho schools for use on the project.
“The combination of our dynamic workshop, which helped spur story-development ideas and critical-thinking skills, with the cameras provided by Canon helped truly bring these great stories centered on food to life,” Valenza said.
Suzanne Valenza: Food for thought.
The Future Authors Program took center stage at an Oct. 17 meeting of the Jericho Board of Education, where students and teachers who contributed to “Sweet and Savory Serendipity” participated in a book-signing celebration.
Some 13 district students are featured in the anthology, which according to Jericho High School English language arts curriculum associate Daniel Salzman “embod(ies) the spirit of Future Ready education” – a reference to the national Future Ready Schools movement, which accelerates the use of digital-learning tools in the classroom.
“We couldn’t be prouder of the hard work and concerted effort put forth into this beneficial program,” Salzman told the board.
Canon, meanwhile, is also focused on bringing the program to other districts, “and not just on Long Island,” according to Ricottone.
“We are looking to expand this to many new districts,” the senior director said. “We already have conversations going on with schools in Houston and other districts throughout the country.
Lots of things have long term trends: financial markets, weather patterns, life expectancies, education costs, marriages, earthquakes, societies and the world’s economy to name just a few. The long-term direction of a trend (up or down) is not inevitable – the direction can be changed. But not often and not easily.
Suppose that for a 50-year period of time, the stock market grew at 6% per year on average. Yet there may not be a single year in 50 in which the return is exactly 6%. Some years returns are higher, others are lower. Yet on average, the return would be 6% per year (in this example).
In markets and in life, the pendulum swings from one side to the other, passing over “average” or “normal” on a somewhat regular basis, but never staying for a more than a moment in time. If you’re hoping for a smooth path or predictable timing for the swinging of the pendulum, you’re going to be disappointed.
Just know that the farther away from “normal” you get, the more likely things will swing back in that direction.
But allow me to insert a word of caution: timing the turn is really hard. Betting that the turn will come eventually is as close to a sure thing as you’ll ever get.
So what can you learn from all this?
2. Work with (not against) the long term trends. Most investment trends revert to the mean. At least they have so far. If you want to bet on something blasting out of the stratosphere in a way nothing ever has before, go for it. Just understand the gods of finance and history are against you.
3. Pick your battles carefully. If everyone stuck with existing long-term trends, I suppose we’d still be riding horses and hunting for our food. So if you are a trend busting entrepreneurial type, bless you! We need you. Just understand that you’ll lose most of your trend-fighting battles. So pick them carefully and prepare for an uphill slog. It won’t be easy. But if this is you, you’re not looking for easy and predictable, are you?
4. Enjoy the ride. Most of us need to work with the trends. A few of us are called to work against them. Which one brings you energy, joy and fulfillment?
Your answer may help you what you need to do…while you wait for things to get back to normal.
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Jesse Winker will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery. He was batting .299 this year with 7 homers and 43 RBI.
Throughout the last couple of seasons, Jesse Winker dealt with pain his right shoulder.
The Reds placed Winker on the 10-day disabled list Thursday with a right shoulder subluxation.
"Man, I have no idea it is," said Winker. "I know my shoulder hurts. That’s all I know."
Winker said the pain was "off and on" all season but Monday was essentially the final straw.
On first base during a comeback win over the St. Louis Cardinals, Winker ducked under a line-drive single from Tucker Barnhart in the ninth inning and fell to the ground on the base paths. Winker later scored the game-winning run.
Speaking to reporters Thursday, Winker was emotional about the end of his season.
"Obviously, I was hoping that surgery wasn’t the end result but I’ve been dealing with this for 2-3 years," Winker said. "Just got to the point now where it’s time to go fix it."
It's a tough loss for the Reds' lineup, which was already without outfielder Scott Schebler. On the DL, Schebler began a rehab assignment Wednesday, going 1-for-3 with a walk as a designated hitter at Triple-A Louisville.
Winker, based on what he's been told from doctors, said his goal is to return by Feb. 1, 2019. He said he felt the pain when he completed "any baseball move."
"There were times where it affected his swing," Reds interim manager Jim Riggleman said. "He altered his swing path because of the pain. That’s a tough way to play at the Major League level. He did a heck of a job. I don’t think anybody realized that he was going through it as much as he was."
Mason Williams, an outfielder at Louisville, was called up to fill Winker’s roster spot. Williams played in 25 games with the New York Yankees over the past three seasons.
A left-handed hitter, Williams signed with the Reds as a minor league free agent last offseason.
Williams was batting .280 with six homers and 30 RBI in 87 games at Louisville. He recorded a hit in 13 of his last 14 games.
"It’s been a matter of me being healthy and staying on the field and playing my game and just having confidence in myself," Williams said.
Williams, once considered the Yankees' top prospect, learned of his promotion to the big leagues Thursday morning.
He played on the same high school team in Florida as Cardinals pitcher Austin Gomber, who had a no-hitter against the Reds for six innings Tuesday. The two players will sometimes train together in the offseason.
To make room on the 40-man roster for Williams, the Reds moved injured infielder Alex Blandino (torn ACL in his right knee) to the 60-day DL.
"He’s had productive at-bats, competitive at-bats, against both left-and-right-handed pitching," Riggleman said of Williams. "He’s a good athlete. We’re confident he will come up here and do a good job."
SCHEBLER STILL PROGRESSING: Schebler was in Louisville's lineup as a designated hitter for his second rehab game Thursday.
But the key to his return will be when he's comfortable making throws.
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Businesses use shared services to streamline HR activities, concentrating transactional activities into a centralised function. This model can reduce costs and increase the efficiency of processes within the business, whilst freeing up time for a greater focus on strategy.
HR Shared Service functions can add a lot of value, but if you get it wrong it can have a huge consequence. Employee experience is ruined and relationships throughout the business with HR can be damaged. But why does it fail?
When you implement an HR Shared Service Centre (HRSSC), there are two groups of people who need to be communicated with and engaged: the people working there and those who will be using it. Both of these groups are equally important. You need to take your customers on the journey with you, so they understand how and why you’re changing things. If either of these groups isn’t engaged, the HRSSC simply won’t work.
It is crucial to establish the right metrics to analyse. This allows you to monitor data to see how your teams are performing and highlight current inefficiencies, as well as potential problem areas that may need investigation.
Measuring results and data enables informed decisions to be made that drive your HRSSC to continually develop and run better. This gives your HR teams the resources they need to be successful, provides employees with a better experience and ultimately gets the business results you want.
Delivering an HRSSC into a business takes time. It isn’t something you can decide to do and then implement within 2 weeks and you can’t do it half-heartedly. There are a lot of things to consider – from mapping out processes and ensuring you have the right technology, right down to hiring and onboarding the right talent. If you rush any areas or don’t give them the focus they need, the chances are they will fail.
Having the right leader is important for any team, but particularly in a shared service environment. The wrong leader can create an unhappy, disengaged team who lose their passion for delivering excellence. When this happens, the knock-on effect across the business can be immense.
A good shared service leader should be able to look beyond the HRSSC and take into account the impact it has on employees, as well as customers and clients.
Technology is a fundamental component of any HRSSC – without the right technology, it just won’t work. It’s really important that you check your current HR system is fit for purpose – and if it's not, fix it!
HR tech is a big investment, so make sure you choose the right one. Meet multiple vendors, get demonstrations – and challenge them, to make sure the system does everything you need it to. Modern technology allows HR to manage incoming requests, review case histories and related employee files, provide consistent responses and escalate a case when necessary.
You would be amazed at how often people miss out one of the key elements to ensure their HR Shared Service Centre is a success. Make sure you’re not one of them!
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