Didn't read the exercise article (some sort of registration required), but I've read something very like it before. Scientists measured people's strength or recovery or something depending on whether or not they had warmed up first, and found that those who stretched further got less out of the exercise. This always grated when I was doing fencing, because one of the instructors seemed to think that if you weren't stretching like a yoga master, you weren't doing it right.
Having said that gentle stretching is okay, but you can get that extremely well from doing things like spider crawling around the room.
The real shock of that Citigroup story was that in that part of the city there were enough heterosexual men working in that bank for it to be a problem.
Dear me, that was some astonishing level of stupidity in the PsychoDM story. Now I know it's in the US, but as far as I am aware the law re trespass is the same as it is in England (not sure about Scotland*) - all it takes to turn someone from an invited guest to a trespasser you are entitled to remove via reasonable force is to say "you must leave now". The guy did the right thing though - calling the police and then very politely asking them to ask the jerk to go.
I suspect what really freaked PsychoDM out was the breach of one of the Geek Social Fallacies - that you never, ever, ostracise someone. I've seek geeks and fans get very upset when they are actually told plainly that they are out of order, because in their view of the world that never happens.
*Scotland's legal system is actually more different from England's than that of most US states. The exception is Louisiana, which has substantially French-based law.
Oh great, more 'women shouldn't take any responsibility for social problems that affect them' crap. We're taking the piss out of carrying whistles now? What's the positive takeaway from this article? That women should take no action to protect themselves at all and if they do get attacked, simply cry "But it wasn't my fault" ? Cross reference this with the "3 simple rules" article. If you have to be told this stuff, you're a lost cause.
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Having said that gentle stretching is okay, but you can get that extremely well from doing things like spider crawling around the room.
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(plus, of course, even the legit MA information often looks dodgy because it's trying too hard to sell itself)
However, thinking about it, I believe that nearly all Pilates exercises are either dynamic or isometric.
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I suspect what really freaked PsychoDM out was the breach of one of the Geek Social Fallacies - that you never, ever, ostracise someone. I've seek geeks and fans get very upset when they are actually told plainly that they are out of order, because in their view of the world that never happens.
*Scotland's legal system is actually more different from England's than that of most US states. The exception is Louisiana, which has substantially French-based law.
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why was this amusing and funny, and not horrific to you?
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