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		<title>A Second Chance for a Golden Voice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoy being optimistic and catch myself operating from that frame of reference. I have spent a good amount of my life with a negative bias and still find things that leave a bad taste in my mouth from time to time now. More often than not however, I choose to look at the glass [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I enjoy being optimistic and catch myself operating from that frame of reference. I <em>have</em> spent a good amount of my life with a negative bias and still find things that leave a bad taste in my mouth from time to time now. More often than not however, I choose to look at the glass 1/2 full. The media&#8217;s attachment onto this story may just have been for ratings and the reporter that &#8220;broke&#8221; this story was doing his job and looking for something to get him attention, but I can&#8217;t help but feel good about it. It brought a smile to my heart and almost a tear to my eye.</p>
<p>We are all in the need for a second chance in life, most of us will need many more chances than that so it was nice to see this homeless man in Columbus Ohio get his. He has been no angel in his life with addictions to alcohol and drugs in his past but his persistence and twist of fate have provided him opportunities that he has probably never even dreamed of. Word has it that he will accept an offer to become the voice of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese in addition to appearing on the Today shows and several other job offers.<br />
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<p>Who can you give a second chance to? Thanks for reading. </p>
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		<title>Merry Christmas from a Corrective Exercise Specialist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, I made a short video for you and put together a list of Christmas presents if you were still looking for a gift for me;) Here is my Merry Christmas video; Here are some things I want for Christmas; The iGallop-30 second video The Shake Weight Certification; The ButtMaster; (30 second video) Just [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I made a short video for you and put together a list of Christmas presents if you were still looking for a gift for me;)</p>
<p>Here is my Merry Christmas video;<br />
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<p>Here are some things I want for Christmas;</p>
<p><strong>The iGallop-30 second video</strong><br />
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<p><strong>The Shake Weight Certification</strong>;<br />
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<p><strong>The ButtMaster; (30 second video)</strong><br />
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<p>Just mail them to me or have Santa drop them off;)</p>
<p>Thanks for reading!</p>
<p>Eric Beard<br />
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		<title>Shoulder Stabilization for Christmas Tree Decorating</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the earliest that I ever remember getting a Christmas Tree. It usually takes until the second or third week of December for me to get into the holiday spirit, but I had a great day with the wife and kids decorating the tree and may warm up to the season a little earlier [...]]]></description>
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<p>This is the earliest that I ever remember getting a Christmas Tree. It usually takes until the second or third week of December for me to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">get</span> into the holiday spirit, but I had a great day with the wife and kids decorating the tree and may warm up to the season a little earlier this year. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I am not one of those people whole play or can even bare to listen to Christmas music before Thanksgiving, that&#8217;s where I draw the line, but I listened to a Christmas song on the radio today with my daughter and did not have an urge to rip the radio out of the console.</p>
<p>One thing I did notice as I was taking the endless boxes of Christmas decorations down from the top of the closet is that this stuff get heavy and hard to handle! If I did not keep up with my shoulder or low back stabilization work, I could have <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">easily</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">drooped</span> a box or tweaked something. The last box was the largest and most <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">awkward</span> and it was a bear to move.</p>
<p>A shoulder stabilization exercise, like the one pictured, should be incorporated into the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">pre</span>-activity warm up with body <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">weight</span> or resistance bands. It can also become part of a strength training routine when volume and load are increased. At the top of the exercise, make sure to; retract, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">depress</span> and downwardly rotate the scapulae and externally rotate and horizontally abduct the humerus.</p>
<p>Back to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">hanging</span> ornaments!</p>
<p>Thank you for reading.</p>
<p>Eric Beard<br />Corrective Exercise Specialist<br />Athletic Performance Specialist<br /><a href="http://theericbeard@blogspot.com">theericbeard@blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="http://ericbeard.com">www.ericbeard.com</a></p>
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