<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Fitness</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/fitness?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><description>Fitness</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Calvert to Get Indoor Pool After Long Wait]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35602-2005May4.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35602-2005May4.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Calvert County will partner with the College of Southern Maryland to build the county's first indoor aquatic center, the Calvert commissioners announced this week.]]></description><author> Amit R. Paley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pregnant Question: How to Exercise?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32723-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32723-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Among the many benefits of serving as Crew Chief is the opportunity to investigate fitness matters I would never pursue for my own benefit  --  for instance, the question of exercising during pregnancy, one of the queries we receive most frequently during our online chats. An Internet search on the topic yields pages of information, much of it (I learned) misleading, alarmist or wrong.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CALENDAR]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32736-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32736-2005May3.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Classes, Workshops and Seminars  <br>   ADOPTION <br>May 4, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Potomac Library, 10101 Glenolden Dr., Potomac. A seminar, sponsored by the Datz Foundation, for anyone interested in international or domestic adoptions. To learn more, call 703-242-8800...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A World of Fun in Prince George's County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5087-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5087-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Are you prone to sitting around soaking up the sun on a summer afternoon? Likely to while away a winter day channel-surfing? Haven't been on a stimulating hike or riveting boat ride in years, if ever? Are you basically lazy?]]></description><author> Avis Thomas-Lester</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the City Meets the Country]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3619-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3619-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ One of the beauties of Prince William County is that it has almost all the eclectic restaurants of a big city without a drop of big-city pretension.]]></description><author> Stephanie McCrummen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glenelg Country Marks  Half-Century of Growth]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49817-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49817-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ryland O. Chapman III likes to give his students at Glenelg Country School a handshake on their birthday and a pin shaped like a red dragon, the school's mascot.]]></description><author> Ylan Q. Mui</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something of a Stretch]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45099-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45099-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Twenty years ago, Liz Torbert of Cathedral Heights noticed she was shrinking.]]></description><author> Laurie Burkitt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Just Rest Between Sets -- Do Something]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45321-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45321-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Today's maddening puzzler: Short on time as always, you enter the gym, dutifully warm up with 10 minutes of light cardio then hit the weights. You've heard you need rest between sets to maximize your strength training benefit. But the clock says you're late again. So: Do you skimp on the rest periods? Or do you cheat yourself out of a few exercises?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Play With a Madman]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8263-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8263-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  "I hate working out indoors," Dean Karnazes tells me as we jog along the bike path in Rock Creek Park on a cool, rainy, windy day. "I hit the gym now and then, but I'd always rather be outdoors."]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Treadmill: Keep Hope Alive]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55837-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55837-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Okay, you bought a treadmill a few months back and here it is, late March, and your routine is stale. That once-sleek, addictive toy has become the Dreadmill. Here's your ticket off the plateau.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week In Health]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35322-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35322-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Moving Crew <br>   Measuring Curves  University researchers explore the fitness question of the 21st century: Just how much good does a Curves circuit workout do, anyhow? F3]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calculating the Curves]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35340-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35340-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Curves for Women circuit training gyms are among the stickiest fads in recent fitness history. But how much exercise does the workout really provide? An adequate but unspectacular amount, according to a small study conducted by university researchers on behalf of the American Council on Exercise (ACE). The typical workout burned off about as many calories as in half a Krispy Kreme.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feeling the Pull of Thai Massage]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14270-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14270-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Often called the "lazy man's yoga," the Thai massage promotes longevity and flexibilty by manipulating the body into a series of yoga- like postures and stretches.]]></description><author> Dana Scarton</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week In Health]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15504-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15504-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Heart Matters <br>   Arterial Procedure: A Clearer View  A device used to clean arteries during a heart attack doesn't improve patient outcomes. F2]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Bush Put His Budget Where His BMI Is?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15511-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15511-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Fitness advocate John F. Kennedy famously encouraged citizens to ask what they could do for their country. But here at The Moving Crew we dare to ask the tough, unpopular questions. Like: What is government doing for you? More to the point, what is the government doing to help a nation of increasingly inert, ill and overweight citizens? Is the proudly fit President, who so diligently protects his own exercise time, investing in our healthy activity, too?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Girls Fit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61405-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61405-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The FitNut program targets adolescent African American girls who are overweight or at risk for being overweight.]]></description><author> January W. Payne</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the Running? Friends Can Help]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61622-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61622-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  My alarm blared at 7:15 a.m. last Saturday. Outside temperature: 18 degrees. My mission: Running. I could have dozed on, but I rose, applied layers of high-tech outerwear and headed out. Why? I needed column material.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repairing Ties With U.S. Is Key, U.N. Officials Say]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54639-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54639-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Personnel changes and visits to the Hill are part of a campaign to mend relations with the Bush administration and with congressional critics who have questioned Secretary General Kofi Annan's fitness to lead the organization.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passing P.E. Can Be (Almost) No Sweat]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47179-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47179-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_health/fitness</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 16:08:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Dear Extra Credit: <br> Why are freshmen not allowed in the National Honor Society?]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item></channel></rss>