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POPSWeight Lifting for Kids The American Society of Pediatrics recently issued guidelines for strength training and weightlifting in adolescents. The report concluded that weightlifting indeed presents no harm to adolescents (other then the same general risks of injury to any weightlifter) and in fact it does lead to increased strength and muscle growth in adolescents and pre-adolescents.
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POPSWeightlifting and Body Mass Index One of the ways that medical professionals determine if you are overweight is by a rating called body mass index. BMI is an approximate measure of body fat based on weight and height proportion. BMI was designed to get an approximation or snapshot of body fat - it can over estimate Body fat in those with a lot of lean muscle mass, like weightlifters. BMI is calculated by taking your weight in pounds, multiplying by 703 and dividing that number by your height in inches squared. Compare the results as follows:
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POPSChristina Aguilera URGES KIWIS TO END THE VIOLENCE Of course, Aguilera has been playing “a bunch of roles” in the public eye for most of her life: painfully cute Mouseketeer, curious virgin schoolgirl, high-end hooker, sexually aggressive nympho, happily married glamour queen. But what’s she really like?
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POPSSanjaya Malakar to meet with George W.-Mohawk Fashion Tips? Ok, this is the point where I shoot myself.American Idol Sanjaya Malakar may have the president's ear this weekend and what do you suppose the conversation might sound like.Maybe George W. can use some singing advice from the former Idol wannabe,or perhaps tips on a new Mohawk