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Exercise drops when teens enter college - UPI.com - 0 views

  • The amount of regular exercise teens get drops off severely once they enter college, especially among males, researchers in Canada say.
  • 24 percent decrease in physical activity during the 12 years from adolescence to early adulthood
  • The steepest declines were among young men entering university or college.
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  • Using data from Statistics Canada's National Population Health Survey, the researchers tracked 683 Canadian adolescents ages 12-15, who were interviewed twice a year until they were ages 24-27.
  • This is a critical period, as the changes in physical activity during the transition from late adolescence to early adulthood represents the most dramatic declines in physical activity across a person's life
  • The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found the rate of decline in physical activity was greater for men than for women, who showed only a modest 1.7 per cent decrease in their overall activity levels
  • "It may be that girls experience the greatest declines in physical activity earlier in their adolescence

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Quick and Efficient Workouts - 0 views

  • Packing an hour worth of fitness into 20-30 minutes can be done
  • Choose a cardio activity that you enjoy such as running, or biking
  • Do a short warm-up session to get the blood pumping and muscles warmed up
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  • do a few stretches to help prevent injury and soreness after your workout
  • do a vigorous period of which ever activity you choose for 30 seconds
  • really push the limits of what you can do
  • After the intense spurt take down the intensity level a few notches and exercise for roughly a minute and a half at this level
  • Continue this rotation for about 15-20 minutes, remembering to take about another 2 minutes to cool down and bring the heart rate back to normal

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How to Make Homework Less Work - 0 views

  • Create a Homework Plan
  • First, be sure you understand the assignment. Write it down in your notebook or day planner if you need to, and don't be afraid to ask questions about what's expected
  • It's much easier to take a minute to ask the teacher during or after class than to struggle to remember later that night!
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  • Second, use any extra time you have in school to work on your homework
  • Many schools have study halls that are specifically designed to allow students to study or get homework done
  • It's tempting to hang out with friends during study periods or unstructured time, but the more work you can get done in school, the less you'll have to do that night.
  • Third, pace yourself
  • If you don't finish your homework during school, think about how much you have left and what else is going on that day, and then budget your time
  • Most high-school students have between 1 and 3 hours of homework a night.
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Quick Exercises for the Morning - Military Fitness - Military.com - 0 views

  • Here are some ideas for those of you who only have a few minutes a day to exercise
  • 1. Wake up with Crunches
  • - Regular Crunch: 10-20 reps - Just lift shoulder blades off the floor - Reverse Crunch - 10-20 reps - Lift hips off the floor - Double Crunch - 10-20 reps - Lift BOTH hips / shoulders off the floor simultaneously - Left Crunches - 10-20 reps - Take right elbow to the left knee - Right Crunches -10-20 reps - Take left elbow to right knee - Bicycle Crunches - 10-20 reps - Take right/left elbow to left/right knee by bicycling the legs - Plank pose - 30-60 seconds - Stomach stretch - 30 seconds
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  • 2. Jumping Jacks / Pushups
  • Do 10 jumping jacks / 10 pushups and repeat the non-stop cycle 5-10 times depending on your fitness level. This takes 3-5 minutes if you push all 10 sets.
  • 3. Replace Pushups with Squats
  • If you want to add in a leg workout try replacing pushups with squats above.
  • 4. MJDBs - Multi-Joint Dumbbells Exercises
  • With a set of dumbbells mix in a few exercises into one movement: - Bicep curl, military press, tricep extensions - do 10-15 reps - Squats, bicep curl, military press, tricep extension - do 10-15 reps - Squat thrust, pushup x 5, stand up, bicep curl military press, tricep extension - 5-10 reps
  • 5. CARDIO Option
  • You can skip all the above and just run, bike, walk, elliptical glide, or row for 15-20 minutes or you can add in a quick burst of cardio for the remaining time you have.

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College students' performance suffers from lack of sleep - USATODAY.com - 0 views

  • Colleges are starting to wake up to how sleep deprivation cuts into the academic and athletic performance of their students.
  • All-nighters have become a habit in higher education, but a handful of small new studies
  • Sleep experts say the amount of sleep each person needs is largely dependent on the individual: Some people can get by with only five or six hours. The National Sleep Foundation says adults need seven to nine hours a night.
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  • Sleep (deficit) built up over just five nights can significantly stress the heart
  • Many students believe that it's a "rite of passage" to stay up all night during college and that "it's kind of fun," Thacher says.
  • A study this summer in the journal SLEEP examined the heart conditions of 39 adults, ages 22 to 45, whose heart rates were tested twice — the morning after a 10-hour sleep and then again after five consecutive four-hour sleeps — using a portable monitor.
  • if you use all-nighters, your GPA is slightly lower on average,
  • "You can't do your best work when you're sleep-deprived
  • "It's not common knowledge, because if people understood how much of a difference (getting more sleep) could make athletically," they'd incorporate it more into their lives and not focus solely on nutrition and exercise.

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Extra Sleep Improves Athletic Performance - 0 views

  • Participants in this ongoing study were five healthy students on the Stanford University men’s and women’s swimming teams
  • For the first two weeks of the study, the students maintained their usual sleep-wake pattern
  • The athletes then extended their sleep to 10 hours per day for six to seven weeks.
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  • Athletic performance was assessed after each regularly scheduled swim practice. After obtaining extra sleep, athletes swam a 15-meter meter sprint 0.51 seconds faster, reacted 0.15 seconds quicker off the blocks, improved turn time by 0.10 seconds and increased kick strokes by 5.0 kicks.
  • The study also monitored daytime sleepiness and weekly changes in mood
  •  Daytime sleepiness decreased significantly with extra sleep, while mood improvements related to getting extra sleep included higher ratings of vigor and lower ratings of fatigue.
  • Typically, many athletes accumulate a large sleep debt by not obtaining their individual sleep requirement each night, which can have detrimental effects on cognitive function, mood, and reaction time
  • These negative effects can be minimized or eliminated by prioritizing sleep in general and, more specifically, obtaining extra sleep to reduce one’s sleep debt.”
  • Mah and colleagues reported similar results in a previous study of six players on the Stanford men’s basketball team
  • also has worked with the football, tennis, golf, cross country, and track and field teams at Stanford.
  • It is interesting to note that many of the athletes in the various sports I have worked with, including the swimmers in this study
  • Make sleep a part of your regular training regimen.
  • Extend nightly sleep for several weeks to reduce your sleep debt before competition.
  • Maintain a low sleep debt by obtaining a sufficient amount of nightly sleep (seven to eight hours for adults, nine or more hours for teens and young adults).
  • Keep a regular sleep-wake schedule, going to bed and waking up at the same times every day.
  • Take brief naps to obtain additional sleep during the day, especially if drowsy.

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The Importance of Sleep - 0 views

  • We don't need to know that rats who generally live 2 - 3 years die within 3 weeks when deprived of sleep to understand how important sleep is to our bodies and health. But it does emphasize the importance of sleep!
  • brain wave activity during sleep and how the eyeballs roll around rapidly during certain stages of sleep
  • Sleep is the time we rest so that the body can rejuvenate and recharge.
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  • The body needs sleep and rest time to build and repair itself.
  • babies can sleep up to 20 hours a day
  • children need 10 - 12 hours of sleep every day on average.
  • importance of sleep is obvious when we look at how it's necessary for physical growth and health!
  • One thing that definitely affects sleep is a certain hormone that your body produces called melatonin
  • Sleep (or lack of sleep) has a direct impact on your health and energy levels
  • The main factors that determine wellness or illness in addition to sleep are: Nutrition Physical Activity and Stress Management

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What Are The Causes Of Teen Stress? | LIVESTRONG.COM - 0 views

  • Teens often lack the maturity level to be aware of the issues that are causing their feelings of stress.
  • School is the number one source of stress for teens according to a poll conducted by the Associated Press
  • Stress comes from homework demands, after school activities and over scheduling
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  • From the early high school years teens start to hear about the importance of grades to get into the college of their choice and to be constantly vigilant about succeeding.
  • teens work jobs after school to either pay for gas or to help parents who may be struggling financially
  • teen years are a time when many emotional and physical changes are occurring.
  • teens experience significant psychological, academic and behavioral problems before, during and after their parents' divorce
  • Some teens, however, experience conflict, arguments, and pressure from their friends and acquaintances
  • The pressure to conform and fit in can be overwhelming
  • Many times, teens place undue stress on themselves.
  • The American Academy of Pediatrics points out that often teens tell themselves that they need to lose weight, get better grades, score more points in the game and prove themselves to their parents
  • Many teens feel different from their peers and never feel good enough. Self esteem can suffer another blow if they are made to feel inferior, different or are made fun of by others.

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