JUST 22 Minutes of Walking Can Offset Health Risks of All-Day Sitting BY Lisa O'Mary
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Oct. 25, 2023 – To combat the health risks of sitting at a desk all day or indulging in an all-day Netflix binge, head out for a brisk 22-minute walk. New research shows that people who do at least 22 minutes of physical activity daily reduce their risk of early death. The findings were published Tuesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Most people in Western countries spend between 9 and 10 hours being sedentary when they're not sleeping, most of which occurs during a person’s workday, the researchers noted. Sedentary time is linked to early death, while it is well-establis ..read more
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The Ethos, Short History and Relevance of the Firefighter Challenge®
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6M ago
The Firefighter Challenge® is a content-valid physical ability test based upon the empirical research of Dr. Paul O. Davis, and his team of Exercise Scientists and a Cardiologist in the 1970s at the University of Maryland, Human Performance Laboratory, School of Public Health, Department of Kinesiology, in cooperation with the Washington, DC, Council of Governments Fire Training Officers subcommittee and the participation of five career firefighting jurisdictions who provided 100 veteran firefighters as test subjects. The results of the study were published in the peer-reviewed journal of the ..read more
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Open Letter to Congress from over 200 Retired Flag Rank Officers
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8M ago
We respectfully request that Congress, pursuant to its constitutional powers "…to raise and support Armies…" and "… to provide and maintain a Navy…," take legislative action to remove all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs from the Department of Defense (DoD). Additionally, we ask that you ensure no DEI-related policies, programs, or funding are included in the 2024 NDAA. As our Nation faces looming threats from "foreign" adversaries/enemies, our military is under assault from a culture war stemming from "domestic" ideologically inspired political policies and practices. If not s ..read more
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These 8 habits could add up to 24 years to your life, study finds
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8M ago
July 24, 2023 / 10:45 AM Want to add years to your life? Following a few healthy habits could do just that, according to a new study. The observational study presented Monday at the American Society for Nutrition's annual meeting in Boston examined data on more than 700,000 U.S. veterans and how their life expectancy shifted based on the number of healthy habits followed. The findings? Adopting eight healthy lifestyle habits by middle age can result in a substantially longer life than those with few or none of the habits. Those habits include: Being physically active • Being free from opioi ..read more
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It's (mostly) about the Nozzle
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8M ago
The Five Essential Funtions™that comprise the "engine" of the Firefighter Challenge have their origin in the original JTA (job task analysis) that I conducted as a part of our FEMA-funded research while a faculty member of the University of Maryland.  The criteria for inclusion were: 1. Frequently Performed Tasks; 2. Arduous, and 3. Critical. Anything to do with hydraulics was axiomatically inclusive as an "Essential Function" of fire suppression. I knew from experience that with water weighing 8.3 pounds per gallon, moving supply or attack lines was hard work.  We measured the physi ..read more
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Weighting game
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9M ago
Weighting game While there’s nothing particularly new about people trying to manage and keep their weight down, the number of people who may be tempted to experiment with medical remedies like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro is higher than ever as obesity rates have risen in the US. The CDC has been taking periodic surveys of the nation’s health since 1960, when the overall share of obese US adults (those whose Body Mass Index exceeded 30) was just 13%. That figure, as well as the number of Americans who are severely obese (BMI at or over 40), has soared in the years since, hitting 43%, acc ..read more
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Woke U.S. Military Crisis: What’s Behind the Recruiting Declines?
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9M ago
Brutal Honesty: Spend 25 minutes watching this video on the sorry state of our military recruiting crises  ..read more
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The 15 Principles Upon Which the Country Was Founded
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9M ago
1. That man is created equal under God, and, as such, human life is a sacred gift of God. 2. That the Natural rights of the individual are inalienable and superior to the will of the state. 3. That government exists to protect the Natural rights and liberties of man, not to provide man with public benefits and favors. 4. That a man is innocent until proven guilty, that he has the Natural right to a trial by jury and the right to a defense attorney. 5. That people have a Natural right to choose their own form of government. 6. That individuals have a Natural right and duty to bear arms for ..read more
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The Transgender Athlete Debate and the Limits of Inclusion in Sports
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9M ago
Should governing bodies bear the burden of proof when determining who is eligible to compete in women’s sports? Martin Fritz Huber Jun 28, 2022 A few years ago, the journalist Michael Lewis started a podcast called “Against the Rules.” The first episode had the promising title “Ref, you suck!” and began with the simple observation that animosity towards NBA referees seemed to be at an all-time high. This, Lewis eventually argues, is consistent with a larger trend of distrust and anger towards individuals and institutions who are supposed to be the arbitrators of fairness in our society. Imag ..read more
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Victor Davis Hanson, Ph.D.
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10M ago
Part One - June 6, 2023 We can calibrate the decline in the quality of American life by comparisons to both societies of the past and contemporary civilization elsewhere. And the result is not encouraging for Americans. I believe I may have visited 80 percent of the so-called first world countries in Europe and the Middle East, and in most of the major capitals and large cities—Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Nicosia, Paris, Prague, Rome, Warsaw, etc., as well as the first-, second-, and third-world non-European cities of Algiers, Amman, Ankara, Baghd ..read more
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