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JULY 13-19, 2016 UCW 31 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM WEEKLY HOROSCOPE ADVICE GODDESS Skinny Genes I've always been a very athletic guy. I do jujitsu every day. When I don't exercise, I feel depressed. My girlfriend, however, has never been very physically active. She has a great body — naturally slim — without doing anything, which is probably why she's unmotivated to work out. I just think that if she did — even a little — she'd look like a superhero and feel better. I keep urging her to exercise, but it's not working. How do I encourage her? — Concerned Numerous studies find that exercise is a mood booster and improves our cognitive abilities (like memory), even protecting them into old age. Incredibly, a study on female twins by geneticist Tim Spector found that those with fitter leg muscles showed fewer signs of aging in their brain 10 years later. It's sweet and loving that you want her to have the benefits of exercising. Dr. Michael Eades and Dr. Mary Dan Eades, low-carb pioneers, dug into the research on exercise after meeting professional fitness trainer Fredrick Hahn. They were surprised at what they found and ended up writing a book with Hahn —The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution. In their book, they note that many of the ways people exercise actually don't do all that much for their bodies or long-term health. For example, they say that many endurance workouts — like the 7-mile runs I used to do — are "tremendously inefficient" for improving health and often come with some serious costs, like the need to have your knees rebuilt with medical Tupperware. They also write that many sports that people consider exercise — including tennis, skiing, and (sorry!) martial arts — have some fitness benefits but would better be considered play. They explain that exercise should do all of the following: 1. Make you stronger. 2. Improve your cardiovascular system. 3. Help you lose excess body fat. 4. Improve your endurance. 5. Improve your flexibility. And 6. Preserve or increase your bone density and muscle mass. The one exercise that does all of these things is slow-motion strength training. This involves lifting extremely heavy weights — weights that you can barely lift at all — extremely slowly. You do just three to six reps in 60- or 90-second intervals — to the point where your muscles just scream and give out. By the way, though it says on the cover of their book that you can change your body by working out like this for just 30 minutes weekly, Mary Dan Eades told me that you really only have to do it for 12 to 15 minutes a week but they figured nobody would believe that. Copyright Amy Alkon NEWS OF THE WEIRD by CHUCK SHEPPARD In May, an apparently devout woman named Katy Vasquez of Winter Park, Florida, posted a sincerely written entry on Facebook (and told Huffington Post in an interview) that she had just seen a "sign from God" — a cross — as a smudge in her infant's soiled diaper. "I prayed to God for a sign that everything would be okay," she gushed to the reporter. "It might not be the prettiest sign, but he put it where he knew I'd see it." (Hence, News of the Weird retires the recurring theme begun in the 1980s with Jesus in a rust stain on an abandoned refrigerator.) [Huffington Post, 5-20-2016] Fine Points of the Law To their great surprise, Sophie Scafidi and friends, on an outing in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, in June, learned that a man spying on and photographing them through a camera lens hidden in a Gatorade bottle painted black was not violating any law. Although the lens was rigged to the man's phone, which contained beach photos, including some of children, police informed Scafidi that even surreptitious photography in sleazy circumstances, as long as done on public property, was legal — and that the only law broken in the incident was by the person who snatched the "camera" to show police. [WBZ-TV (Boston), 6-7-2016] A court in Canberra, Australia, found Wesley King not guilty of a 2014 burglary despite his DNA's having been found at the crime scene — on underpants containing his fresh feces. Wrote Chief Justice Helen Murrell in June: "There is a 'reasonable possibility' that the burglar was someone else who was wearing unwashed underwear that had previously been worn by the accused. (Thus, she found King not guilty of all charges.) [Australian Broadcasting Corp. News, 6-15-2016] In June, a federal appeals court revived Adrian King's lawsuit against the Huttonsville Correctional Center in West Virginia for emotional distress and invasion of privacy in forcing him into surgery to remove the marbles he had implanted in his penis before going behind bars in 2008. King did not allege that he misses the marbles but only that he had chosen body-modification and that the surgery was against his will, causing pain upon touch (or whenever it gets cold, or rains or snows). Prison officials initially ordered the surgery because it was unclear that the objects were not contraband. [Reuters, 6-7-2016] COPYRIGHT CHUCK SHEPPARD ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, even if feel like you're running yourself ragged, all of your hard work will pay off in due time. Just be sure to avoid falling victim to exhaustion; scale back if necessary. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, bide your time until you find the right moment to express your true feelings. You don't want to come across as premature, and patience can help you fine-tune your thoughts. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 It seems like you cannot move beyond the preparation stage of a new project, Gemini. Make an effort to narrow down your choices so things can start moving forward. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, overcome any lingering doubt by examining your thought process on past successes. Trust your gut instincts, and you probably will not go wrong this week. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, speak up if demands on your time have become unmanageable. Your loved ones will understand if you need to slow things down and take a breather. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, evaluate all of your choices when a significant project is entrusted to you. There's a reason you have been given this responsibility, so don't be too hasty. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you may need to be more efficient with daily tasks. Dilly-dallying won't get the job done, so make a concerted effort to improve your focus and avoid distraction. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, now is not the time to worry about what others think. Your willingness to choose the road less traveled has helped you get where you are and will continue to do so in the future. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, maintain your focus no matter how challenging that proves this week. You have some tasks to complete, and they will only grow more difficult if you lack focus. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you do not have the time to cater to every person's whim this week. Let others know you want to help but need some time before you can offer any assistance. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, take a few days off, even if responsibilities are calling. Sometimes you need to reorganize your priorities, and some time off can help you do just that. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, the week ahead is full of opportunity. 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