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Tracking Running Wolf: Happy New Year- 2013-My Healthy Year Plan with Running Wolf Fitness Center!

Written by editor on 10 January 2013

By Connie Norman

Now that the holidays are over, what”'s next in the Minnesota long, cold winter! How about trying something new for your fitness routine or if you don”'t have a fitness routine come to Running Wolf Fitness Center and get started! Here are some tried and true suggestions for your better year!

1.Â Keep the alcohol and desserts to twice-a-week. We all want to go a little crazy on the sweets and drinks during the holidays, and if you eat “clean” the other five days of the week you can afford a little indiscretion in your diet. A lot of my clients even commit to a “dry” January to help them get back on track ”” no alcohol until February 1st.

2. Add intervals to your workouts. Study after study show that working past your comfort zone by varying the intensity of exercises, no matter what your fitness level is, can elevate your metabolism for up to 36 hours AFTER your workout; this extra boost can be what keeps you from putting on a few pounds even with some indulging!

3. Take a Yoga or Tai-Chi class to help de-stress. Increased levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) have been shown to add inches to your mid-line, and a few peaceful mantras might be just what the doctor ordered when you”'re going to be dealing with your in-laws.… Read the rest “Tracking Running Wolf: Happy New Year- 2013-My Healthy Year Plan with Running Wolf Fitness Center!”

Lincoln & Silver Linings Playbook

Written by editor on 10 January 2013

Lincoln

Lincoln (2012)

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Cast: Daniel Day Lewis (Abraham Lincoln), Sally Field (Mary Todd Lincoln), John Hawkes (Robert Latham), Jackie Earle Haley (Alexander Stephens), Tommy Lee Jones (Thaddeus Stephens), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Robert Todd Lincoln), Michael Stanton Kennedy (Hiram Price), Jared Harris (Ulysses Grant), Hal Holbrook (Francis Preston Blair), John Hutton (Senator Charles Summer), Gloria Reuben (Elizabeth Keckley). (PG-13) Running time: 150 minutes. Director: Steven Spielberg. Writer: Tony Kushner.Â

There”'s something special about “Lincoln” even though it”'s been done in film before, Spielberg”'s Daniel Day Lewis swallows the Lincoln character whole like nobody”'s business.

In the advent of Spielberg”'s “Lincoln”, Daniel Day Lewis”' Lincoln has a conversation with two Black Union soldiers; one of the men complains about the lower pay for Black soldiers compared to white, absence of Black commanding officers and often overall mistreatment by white officers. Once the two Black soldiers walk away, Lincoln still sitting on a chair one of the soldiers disappearing into the darkness starts reciting from one of Lincoln”'s speeches. If there is a scene to be included in the etching of film history that is the one.

As the Civil War nears its end, Lincoln methodically studies the Thirteenth Amendment for passing in his Congress as well as his unsteady hand on abolishing slavery and ending the war.… Read the rest “Lincoln & Silver Linings Playbook”