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Jerusalem excavation reveals diet of ancient Israelites during Second Temple period The Jerusalem Post We already had a basic idea of the diet then, but when you conduct research at a garbage dump, you see everything, so this is the most comprehensive study of its kind. Apart from the animal bones, Gadot said numerous antiquities, including coins and ...

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At 6 foot, 1 inch, with a chiseled physique and Popeye arms sculpted by heavily stacked barbells, youd think Bryce Mitchell was preordained to be a personal trainer. Not so. About 10 years ago, he was muscular but rail thin from a running obsession.

He ditched his running shoes for weightlifting, changed his diet and soon his body became the perfect advertising mechanism for a boutique fitness business he didnt have ... or want.

After a year working what he calls a dead-end job at RadioShack, he decided to get a personal training certificate, because it was a constant topic of conversation with strangers.

People would talk to me about working out all the time. All. The. Time. Id be out eating somewhere and have to put the fork down to talk, said Mitchell, now 33. At the time, he laughed it off. He was flattered but politely refused all requests to train others. He couldnt imagine he could make a living doing it and hadnt even heard the term boutique gym until recently.

Like the boutique hotel market, boutique gyms are smaller and more exclusive than regular gyms. They tend to focus on specialized training, but the cachet of membership comes with being part of a tribe, and being in the know about a best-kept secret or stellar new workout.

Participation in boutiques doubled from 21 percent in 2013 to 42 percent in 2014, according to research from the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association.

And boutique chains added new studios at a rate of 450 percent per year between 2010 and 2014, according to the fitness-focused investment firm Piper Jaffray. That makes them the fastest-growing part of the annual $22 billion U.S. health club industry, according to the investment bank.

The boutique experience is meant to be intimate, trendy and intense a blast of training that releases enough endorphins to carry people through the rest of their day with a sense of accomplishment. Mitchell offers thunderous claps and cheers to spur on a group class during his Manic Monday class (a class that some takers have dubbed Murder Mondays). As he laughs, they groan. Its almost over. Come on now. You got this! he tells them.

Mitchells small fitness studio is self-funded, and he jokes that for the price of the studio maybe he should set up a bed in the back. But nationally, private equity money has been pouring into boutique fitness businesses as workouts are branded and a large population of fitness enthusiasts sustain a $3.4 trillion global wellness market, according to the Global Wellness Institute in Miami.

In a nation where two out of three people are classified as overweight or obese, its easy to scoff at the viability of a fitness craze.

But Mary Ellen Bryan of Central Studio in the Central West End explains that people arent just looking to attain a beach body. Many are looking for an energetic outlet for stress, injury prevention or recovery, and perhaps staving off the need for medicinal health interventions.

Her four-year-old studio includes about five multipurpose rooms and a roster of 50 Pilates, dance and fitness classes a week, many branded as Central exclusives. She said there is no trick to maintaining a boutique fitness business, you just have to care about your students, physically, mentally and spiritually. She estimates that there are about 150 new and returning students each month, but her database includes at least 3,000.

Although national boutique fitness growth comes from strong neighborhood support, both Bryan and Mitchell say that they have clients who drive past a handful, if not dozens, of gyms and fitness offerings to work out at their studios.

In the area of Brentwood and Highway 40 (Interstate 64), there are more than a dozen fitness offerings within a short jog of each other Shred415, Core3, The Refinery, Studio Element Personal Training, CrossFit St. Louis, St. Louis Spinning, Iron Tribe Fitness, CrossFit 26, Club Fitness, Bar Method St. Louis, Complete Fitness Results, Club Pilates, ATT Evolution, Stone Strength Systems and the Mid-County Family YMCA.

It benefits from being a highly trafficked crossroads region, but each facility fills a niche from surfboard workouts to ballet barre fitness.

Roxanne Borger, director of client education for MindBody Inc., a company based in San Luis Obispo, Calif., that provides business management software for the wellness services industry, says most business resources say ignore the competition but keep them in your periphery.

You need to be aware of what your competition is doing and how people will be comparing you, she said. The biggest priority is finding what you do that is uniquely excellent in your community, although that might not be apparent up front.

Small studios dont need to fear huge chains, but they have to pay attention, she said.

Private equity firm TPG Growth, known for investing in Uber Technologies Inc. and Airbnb Inc., took a stake in Club Pilates, the biggest chain of Pilates studios in the U.S., with 179 active studios, including one in Chesterfield and the location in Brentwood. More than 300 other cities have been identified as locations opening in the very near future, according to the Club Pilates website.

In March, the first local CycleBar, 1657 Clarkson Road, opened in Chesterfield and soon after a Creve Coeur franchise opened at 11625 Olive Boulevard. Founded in 2004, the Cincinnati-based CycleBar began franchising two years ago and now has 122 open studios but boasts that more than 200 new locations are in the pipeline nationwide. About 100 have or are opening this year, according to Jordin Cooper, CycleBar director of marketing in an interview with the Post-Dispatch earlier this year. Locally, two other locations are in the works.

And though boutique fitness runs the gamut from international to nascent, the common thread includes creating a niche and providing a thrilling experience.

Mitchell said he wasnt sure he was up to the challenge of joining the fitness industry, but now he understands it. At first, he said, I didnt want to (train others). I thought Id get burned out. But he says that training others gives him a rush of adrenaline he never expected.

One day, he said, it just clicked that I could do this as a business, soon after he found that owning a gym was viable. One of his first clients owns the space that he leases for New Era Fitness at 3165 Morganford Road. The two initially struck up a conversation while walking down the street together, his future landlord started confessing his health goals and desire to drop some weight. At the time, Mitchell had just begun to train people out of his Spartan garage setup.

By the time he was ready to open New Era Fitness last year, he had built up a solid clientele, including his landlord and his wife.

Its a common boutique fitness trajectory.

People are always looking for something to inspire them, said Victoria Lyon, who teaches a class called Pound at Central Studio. The lower-cost class starts at $5 compared to private Pilates sessions at the studio that can cost as much as $65.

For Pound, participants get weighted drumsticks that they use to rhythmically strike the floor and click together in the air as they squat, lunge and bounce to the beat of pop rock music.

Lyon, who is also a Zumba instructor, said, I call the drumsticks weapons of mass distraction because it gives people this liberty. Its permission to get loud that adults dont usually get. I think people come back for that and the sweat.

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The Mexico coach must balance his players' health with the urgency of preparing for World Cup qualifiers followed by the Confederations Cup.

This summer is so busy for the Mexico national team it's hard to keep everything straight. Saturday begins a whirlwind of a minimum of a dozen matches between now and the end of July, with that number likely to increase by at least two or three should El Tri progress in the Confederations Cup and/or the Gold Cup (which they will).

Ahead of the opening friendly in Los Angelesagainst Croatia, Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio has plenty of decisions to make, none of which is more important than what exactly to do about his players' fitness.

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There's little doubt the coach has a plan, and plenty of doubt about what exactly that plan is. Osorio isa coach so concerned about how the body responds to various factors that in March, he moved training for a home World Cup qualifier to Cuernavacanearly two hours away from Mexico City to ease his majorityEurope-based squad into the high-altitude situation. The team is stopping over in Denver to train after Saturday's friendly in L.A.on the way to the New York City area for the second friendly ahead of June's World Cup qualification matches.

"The physical demands have been exacting since Monday, we've talked about it with some of the guys," Osorio said. "They've been feeling it, but everyone understands that at the end we're going to benefit from it and we believe that we'll have a good match with the preparation in the altitude."

Osorio also claimed the team is still looking to get a result against Croatia, saying he's going to put out a group that gives Mexico"every chance to win."That always is Osorio's first stated goal to win games. To be fair to the coach, he's done pretty well in achieving that goal, with a 15-1-3 record since taking the helm. But it will be as easy to forget about a loss to Croatia in Saturday's friendly as it's been difficult to forget about last summer's defeat to Chile. What will matter is how the team comes out of these friendly matches.

it's not even as simple as the old, "Well, you want everyone to come out of this friendly without an injury." Sure, that's true, but exactly how Mexico achieves that will be tough.

Osorio has a group of Europe-based players in a range of situations. Some, like Hector Moreno, Andres Guardado and Carlos Vela are coming off long campaigns with lots of minutes. Others, like Carlos Salcedo, Diego Reyes and even Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez saw their time limited with their clubs.

Then there are the domestic-based players, some of whom played as recently as last week and others who have been in the offseason for weeks. Some are still with their clubs, with Chivas and Tigres playing the second leg of the final Sunday and LA Galaxy forward Giovani dos Santos continuing the regular season.

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"As has always been our practice during our time here, we're going to take advantage of these two preparation matches to give an opportunity to the players who are on the way to strengtheningthemselves in the national team," Osorio said. "We're basically going to mix (the groups) together in the best way, keeping in mind that the two games are ahead of two qualifiers, which for us continue to be the most important."

The Colombian coach could use this first match to rest some of his European playersand give opportunities to players like Pachuca midfieldersJorge "Burrito" Hernandez and Erick Gutierrez, who have yet to see regular time with the national team. His words hint at that, but even so with only 22 players available he's going to have to use some players who have just arrived from Europe.

Finding the right balance and making sure neither fatigue nor the sapping effects of altitude will be a high-wire act for Osorio and his staff during the next two weeks. It would be very easy to get it wrong and have players suffer injuries or simply be out of gas when they need to have a full tank in the qualifier against the United States or in the Confederations Cup matches in Russia. The first step comes Saturday, and the coach will be watching closely to make sure his players are at their best when it really matters later this summer.

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The last piece of the $2 million overhaul to Hawthorne Park is like a natural evolution for adults who remember getting exercise on a playground.

An outdoor Fitness Zone, complete with a shade structure and eight specially constructed outdoor exercise machines for arm and leg workouts, had a ribbon-cutting Thursday by city officials.

The 20-acre park, at 510 E. Main St., now includes a large play area, spray pad, dog park,skate spot, fenced futsal court, basketball court and tennis courts. The cost for the new Fitness Zone was approximately $80,000.

Recreation and Facilities Department Director Rich Dahl said the Fitness Zone, which has been open for a week, is already seeing regular use by adults who visit the park.

Dahl said the exercise area was the vision of City Manager Brian Sjothun, who was parks and recreation director when the Hawthorne remake began in 2014.

"The exercise zone was the last planned piece of the Hawthorne Park renovation and of that $2 million urban renewal investment," Dahl said. "The renovations have been an absolute smashing success and something the policy makers and residents alike should be very proud of.

"We saw this exercise zone as a nice opportunity for adults to be able to go work out when they bring their kids to the park," Dahl said, noting that the exercise zone was the first at a city park in Medford.

"The adults can exercise, and the kids could play on the playground. It's really come a long way from where Hawthorne Park was, not only in function; but also public perception. It's really transformed how people think of not only Hawthorne Park but that entire area of downtown."

Medford resident Mara Williams tested the new equipment Thursday with her 11-year-old daughter and said they planned to frequent the park this summer.

"It's fun they have something for everyone here," said Williams, as she sat on a piece of equipment.

"It's like being able to go to the gym while your kids are getting exercise on the playground. This makes it like a playground for both of us."

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Installer Mike Hamilton puts one of the machines together. He also tests new equipment for his company, Life Fitness Cybex.(Photo: Submitted)

In the early days of cardio equipment, repetition and fixed resistance was pretty much the standard for workouts.

Today, these machines bristle with technical innovations that can emulate hill climbs, downslopes, various posture choices and even transport users via screens to American and overseas roads in very realistic virtual reality fashion.

This past week, The Greater Marco Family YMCA took possession of a truckload of brand-new workout machines, and perhaps nobody was more excited than the Ys healthy living director, Deborah Passero.

Theyre biomechanically engineered, Passero said of two new Life Fitness ellipticals, which were joined in the Ys big L-shaped fitness room by a new upright bike, four recumbent bikes and five treadmills.

Y member Keely Stiner tests out one of the new treadmills earlier this week at the Y.(Photo: Submitted)

They have a true ellipse, egg-like shape that can be easier on joints at whatever level and resistance, said Drew Lamontagna of the supplying company, Life Fitness and Cybex out of Orlando. And the recumbent bikes have embedded TVs as well as handrails, he said. Its the same basic system as the ones the Y (replaced with new-lease machines), except that the technology has improved.

Working out on one of the new treadmills early this week, Y member Keely Stiner said they were indeed similar to the older models, but that she liked the smoothness that comes with new ones.

Ill be watching Law & Order on Saturday mornings here, Stiner said.

Earlier, while putting together the new machines after delivery, installer Mike Hamilton of Life Fitness Cybex said he enjoys his job because he also has to test the very latest equipment that comes onto the market.

Thats obvious from his excellent physical shape, which is an endorsement for the equipment itself.

Unloading takes place outside the Ys workout gym.(Photo: Submitted)

The Ys Passero said the assorted video riding courses available to elliptical users will likely be a boon.

They can go to Utah or Italy. They can choose mountainous courses and wonder whats going to be around the bend. The nice thing is that nobody will get bored, she said.

Passero added that the treadmills were also chosen with safety in mind. They are lower to the ground, providing ease of mounting to less agile people still keen to work out.

For information on what the workout room has to offer, plus the assorted Y programs and activities for youth and adults, call 394-3144 or visit marcoymca.org.

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Prescott Junior High PE program stars in documentary Modesto Bee The La Sierra program took exercise to the next level, creating hundreds of lean, disciplined teens whose daily gym routine brought spectators and so impressed President John F. Kennedy he encouraged other schools to take up the program. Thousands of ...

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T-R FILE PHOTO Yoga in the Park is one of several outdoor fitness activities available in Marshalltown during the summer.

With the gloom and cold of winter and early spring (mostly) gone, many Central Iowans are planning their summer activities, including new exercise programs and fun things to do in the area.

Anybody can throw on a pair of tennis shoes and go for a walk or go for a run, said Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA Health and Wellness Director Angie Paxson. Biking is also very popular here in Marshalltown.

She said Marshalltown-area residents have a plethora of fun outdoor activities available this summer.

Theres also Yoga in the Park, which is on 13th Street, and that is free of charge, Paxson said, adding the yoga practice takes place in front of the Echo sculpture on North 13th Street. Yoga is very beneficial, no matter where youre at in your life. It helps to increase muscle tone [by] holding poses for an extended period of time, increases flexibility, it can help decrease blood pressure.

Yoga can also help with the connection between body and mind, as well as breathing, she Paxson said.

The Marshalltown Family Aquatic Center, which opens first on Memorial Day and then for the summer on June 3, was another place recommended for outside activity. Until Aug. 20, open swim hours are 1-7 p.m. Monday-Friday and 1-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Our water-walking is extremely popular, said Becky Baedke of Marshalltown Parks and Recreation. They (participants) walk through the Lazy River, so instead of riding a tube, everyone is walking through, the water flow is turned off, so it is the energy of the walker going through at their pace.

Water walking and lap swimming will also be available Memorial Day, and will be open from June 3-Aug. 27.

Swimming lessons will also be provided by Parks and Rec.

We want all [children] to be able to swim, and you can enjoy the water and be safe, Baedke said.

Day camps for a variety of ages will also be available this summer.

For the younger ones we offer morning day camps, for the 6-8-year-olds, we offer afternoon day camps, Baedke said. Summer Blast is our day camp for kids entering first through sixth grade, and it is extremely popular.

Staying healthy

While getting outside and having fun is a quintessential part of summer, there are health factors to keep in mind.

One thing is sun exposure protect yourself from the sun, said Marshall County Public Health Nurse Pat Thompson. If youre going to be outside, even if you think youre going to be out for just a short time, put on sun protection.

Over-exposure to heat can be another hazard during the years hottest months.

Drink plenty of fluids, dont work during the hottest part of the day, seek shade, Thompson said.

Keeping hot food hot and cold food cold was another health tip, as well as keeping children away from grills during cookouts.

Also important to keep in mind, Thompson said, are ticks and mosquitos, which can spread illnesses like Lyme Disease and West Nile Virus, respectively.

Ticks climb up, she said. Youre supposed to tuck youre long pants into your socks so they wont get to your body check yourself for ticks at the end of the day.

Bug repellent was also recommended to fight of such creepy-crawlies.

On exercise, Thompson said one safety tip would be to talk to an expert before beginning any new workout program.

Dont hesitate to consult your health care provider if youre wanting to get back into shape, she said, adding that proper stretching and hydration are key during exercise.

Paxson said being healthy and happy in the summer is possible for anyone.

Youre only one workout away from a good mood is a popular saying, she said. Doing any type of exercise, especially being outside and being in nature and doing exercise, really does help to enhance mood.

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Child safety experts say a new law in South Carolina matches the longtimepediatrician recommendations for child passenger safety.

"For the longest time, we have just been so behind the times when it came to the laws about child passenger safety," said Lee Penny, Manager of Safe Kids Upstate."The evidence has been out for a long time and, unfortunately, our law was just outdated."

Achild passenger restraint bill, signed into law last week, makes several changes to the existing rules for child passengers, most notably how long they should ride in rear-facing car seats, when they can graduate from a booster seat.

According to the new law, children under 2-years-of-age "must be properly secured in a rear-facing child passenger restraint system in a rear passenger seat of the vehicle until the child exceeds the height or weight limit allowed by the manufacturer of the child passenger restraint system being used."The change makes South Carolina one of just five states to require children to remain in rear-facing seats until age 2.

Penny said the rule matches what American Academy of Pediatrics has been recommending for years because rear-facing car seats can offer morehead, neck and spine support in an accident.

"In watching the crash test videos, it's amazing to see how much safer children are when rear-facing," said Penny, adding that statistically they're about five times safer than forward-facing car seats.

A second big change is the recommendation that children under 8 years of ageor shorter than 57 inches should be restrained in a belt-positioning booster seat.

Even if a child reaches the age requirement, Penny recommends making sure children fitsafely in the seatbelt meaning the seatbelt is square on their shoulder, snug on their hips and their knees fold over the front of the seat before letting them graduate from the booster seat.

The new law also changes the age at which children are legally allowed to ride in the front seat of a vehicle to 8. It was previously 6.

Understanding the law and best practices can save lives, according to Penny.

"I don't think people realize how dangerous South Carolina roads are, unfortunately. We lose a child every week in South Carolina due to preventable injury from a motor vehicle collision."

Safe Kids Upstate estimates at least 80-percent of all car seats in Greenville, Pickens and Oconee Counties are not installed or used correctly, putting lives at risk. The non-profit organizationoffers free car seat inspections at nine locations across the Upstate. Appointments can be scheduled by phone or online.

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WANT to lose weight and fast? Follow these top tips to tone up in time for your summer holiday.

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With the hot weather finally here, many Brits will be wanting to shed a few pounds.

Especially because, losing inches around your waist not only makes you feel better, but also improves your health.

As you are your body in skimpier outfits you might be worried youve left it too late.

But there are some simple way you can shed a few inches in just a matter of days.

Follow these three top tips to melt away stubborn belly fat faster:

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1. Cut calories

If you want to lose the pounds and the inches from your waist,you need to burn off more calories than you consume.

One pound of fat has 3,500 calories, so if you cut calories by 500 to 1,000 calorie a day tough diet or exercising you can lose 1-2lbs a week.

Losing more than this is not recommended as it can lead to los of muscle, rather than fat.

2. Change your diet

Counting your calories is important when it comes to weight-loss but so is the type of food you eat.

If you want to shed the pounds quickly cut out all alcohol and refined carbs such as white bread and sweets.

Instead, eat a diet full of fresh fruit and vegetables, chicken, fish and refined carbs like oats and lentils.

Swap unhealthy snacks for various nuts and seeds, rice cakes and carrots with hummus.

You should also stay away from foods high in salt, as sodium can cause abdominal bloating.

If you find it too hard to quit booze altogether, here are nine low-calories alcohol swaps.

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3. Keep fit

The other main component when it comes to losing weight is exercise. If you currency dont do anything start with low impact exercise like walking and swimming.

If youre already quite fit try going for a run three times a week jogging is one of the most efficient ways to burn calories.

Swap up cardio exercise like boxing and running with weight-training. Building muscle will help you burn fat faster.

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Many of us know from experience that losing weight is a feat of endurance. Some diets will work, others won't, and despite our best efforts, it might seem at times as though a diet makes us put on even more weight. So why does dieting not work? A new study finds a mechanism that may explain how our body limits weight loss, working against us when we are trying to lose weight.

New research published in the journal eLife has uncovered a mechanism in mice that may be responsible for those frustrating moments in a dieter's life when nothing seems to work.

Mice, our fellow mammals, share enough similarities with the human body to provide a good model for understanding how our body responds to weight loss efforts.

The team of researchers - led by Dr. Clemence Blouet from the Metabolic Research Laboratories at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom - examined a group of neurons in the brain's hypothalamus and their role in regulating appetite.

The hypothalamus is a brain area responsible for producing hormones that regulate a series of bodily functions, ranging from body temperature and hunger, to mood, libido, and sleep.

This brain region contains a group of neurons called "agouti-related neuropeptides" (AGRP), which play a key role in regulating appetite. When AGRP neurons are "on," we want to eat, but when these neurons are deactivated, they can make us stop eating almost completely. AGRP neurons have the same effect in animals.

Dr. Blouet and team used genetics to switch these neurons "on" and "off" in mice. They used transgenic mice that had been modified to have the hM3Dq designer receptor, which can only be activated by designer drugs.

This genetic "shortcut" was tested in previous studies, which used evolved G protein-coupled receptors to control the neural activity in mice remotely.

The mice were examined in special "metabolic chambers" that can measure energy expenditure. They were also fitted with probes that measured their body temperature - which is also an indicator of how much energy the body is expending.

Dr. Blouet and colleagues took energy expenditure measurements in different situations - namely, in situations where food was either more or less available.

The experiments revealed that "artificially activating the neurons in mice that don't have access to food increases the animals' activity levels but reduces the rate at which they burn calories."

This helps the mice to maintain the same weight. However, when the small rodents were allowed to eat - or even just smell or see the food - their energy expenditure levels went back to normal.

"Finally, exposing mice to a high-fat diet for several days inhibits their AGRP neurons, and causes the animals to burn calories at a faster rate," report the authors.

In other words, AGRP neurons regulate our appetite depending on the amount of food that is available.

The study's lead investigator explains further:

"Weight loss strategies are often inefficient because the body works like a thermostat and couples the amount of calories we burn to the amount of calories we eat. When we eat less, our body compensates and burns fewer calories, which makes losing weight harder.

Our findings suggest that a group of neurons in the brain coordinate appetite and energy expenditure, and can turn a switch on and off to burn or spare calories depending on what's available in the environment. If food is available, they make us eat, and if food is scarce, they turn our body into saving mode and stop us from burning fat."

Dr. Blouet goes on to speculate that from an evolutionary perspective, such a mechanism may have evolved in order to help animals cope with famine. Evidently, in the case of dieting, the brain cannot tell that the person is intentionally trying to lose weight.

The study's first author, Dr. Luke Burke, also explains what these findings mean to the person who is trying to lose weight:

"This study could help in the design of new or improved therapies in future to help reduce overeating and obesity. Until then, [the] best solution for people to lose weight - at least for those who are only moderately overweight - is a combination of exercise and a moderate reduction in caloric intake."

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