From sao paulo to san antonio – a fitting experience

From Sao Paulo to San Antonio – A Fitting Experience

As KGS Bikes develops the Global Bicycle Studio concept, more and more people will travel great distances to experience bicycle design at a world class level. This story is about our friend Paulo Pontes who contacted me after seeing pictures of the KGS bicycles on Flickr.com. Here is a snippet from his initial inquiry. Paulo said, “I’m a big collector of Road Bikes… top end Bikes! Now I want a true Dream Bike. I’m in doubt in which one to buy; Parlee Z1 or Serotta Meivici. I want Carbon! Stiff but at the same time a very light bike to climb the mountains of Italy.”

I am always intrigued when people are drawn to the pictures and stories published on the website. It is gratifying yet humbling because I want to work ten times harder to make sure my new friend is thrilled with his investment. I asked Paulo why he was interested in a KGS bicycle and he said, “I consider your work as the best out there! Every single Bike from your store is unique…it has soul, it has identity! I want something made for myself …I have this dream bike in my head and I think you can help me building this masterpiece!

Something that I can build with you guys and that I can take care to my kids as an heritage…do you understand that due to exchange rate in Brazil this Bike will cost more than a nice car down here! This experience is once in a lifetime…”

No pressure, right! Actually, I take all projects just as seriously as this one. The first thing we have to do is to arrange to meet so we can derive some bicycle dimensions. We originally spoke about Paulo flying to San Antonio but I found out from my good friend Clayton Arhelger, the General Manager of the Cooper Fitness Center, that Dr. Cooper was famous in Brazil. He developed a fitness training program for the Brazilian World Cup soccer team at one time and apparently did such a great job that he is still remembered there. Since Dallas is much easier to get to than San Antonio, we agree that Paulo will fly to Dallas.

I drove to Dallas and got everything set up at the Cooper Fitness Center and the next morning headed out to DFW Airport to pick up Paulo. Since my Parlee Z1 was on the back of the car, I didn’t want anyone to “borrow it and forget to bring it back”, so I took the bike into the airport with me. Some people thought it was a little odd but Paulo spotted the bike when he came to baggage claim and we had a good laugh. Since he is getting a Z1 as well, it was fun to show him what he could expect when he got his bike.

As we drove back to the Cooper Fitness Center I got a chance to get to know Paulo more. He is young and fit, and passionate about cycling. He is a lucky man, too, as his wife still lets him keep bicycles in the living room! I was reminded how safe we are in America, as Paulo could not keep a bike on an auto rack without fear of theft and will not ride alone in Brazil because of muggers and thieves. The axiom, Safety in Numbers, has real meaning in other parts of the world!

I helped Paulo get settled into the Cooper Fitness Center and found him a locker that happened to be right next to George W. Bush’s locker. Without any reference to Mr. Bush’s popularity in America or Brazil, Paulo knew he was at a special place where excellence is the game. I was thankful for my Cooper relationship as I always am each time I go there to consult.

The next two hours involved the details of our fitting consultation. Paulo and I went from cleat placement, to ankle technique when pedaling. We then optimized his saddle height and found his balance point at about 200 watts. Paulo trains with power and was able to see differences in his power output by this stage of the fitting process.

Once we got the saddle located, we focused on Paulo’s handlebar placement. The goal is to be balanced on the saddle with one’s back in a comfortable position and then bring the handlebars to the point where all three positions, tops, hoods and drops, are comfortable without reaching. A side benefit is, one can put forearms onto the handlebars a la triathlon positioning, to use that position if needed. Once we finished locating the handlebars, we did some further testing at speed.

The final test to determine proper positioning is to see if anything moves at high power output. With a good setup, nothing happens. Predictably, nothing happened here with Paulo, except lots of power being generated! We were finished. The setup bike now had Paulo’s exact position and my next job was to document it. A few measurements here and there and the data was captured. This is all we needed to design Paulo’s dream bike, a Parlee Z1.
I took him back to DFW airport and we discussed the day. Paulo had a whirlwind trip to Dallas and could honestly say that he had not experienced anything like this in his life. We now have his bike in production and the next trip Paulo will take to America will be to take delivery of his new dream bike. Thanks, Paulo, for giving me the opportunity to make a new friend and to help you enjoy our wonderful sport while halfway around the world.

World firefighters games an extraordinary sporting event

World Firefighters Games An Extraordinary Sporting Event

The World Firefighters Games is an internationally prominent sporting event that was found as an alternative to the World police & fire games. It was setup by an American entrepreneur and a group of international firefighters.

This was started keeping in mind the welfare of all firefighters and not just an individual. Based on this a non-profit organization called World Firefighters Games WA Inc was started which was volunteered by employees and retired staff of the fire force.

To participate in the game, the eligibility criteria are to be a full time employee of industrial and military fire service who is a volunteer with the organization. This included retired firefighters as well as full time employees of a Fire department or brigade. Spouses of eligible participate also could take part in certain event. All participants must be above 18 years of age.

These games promote health and fitness to the volunteers, provides a platform for information exchange between the members, encourages positive relationship between the firefighters and also encourages their family members to participate in the events.

The World Firefighters Games is quite like Olympics but on a much smaller level. It contests a number of events that emphasizes the role of a firefighter, and the critical and urgent nature of his work. This takes place every two years in different parts of the world. This being a non-profit organization, the profits made by the host country is donated to some charitable institutes.

There are a vast range of games that takes place in this event which are common. Besides those, there could be particular events based on the host countrys traditions and probably their national games. Nevertheless, invariably the main attraction is always the enchanting Toughest Firefighter Alive competition. This is specifically a World Firefighters Games based event inorder to find out who is the toughest, bravest and most daring firefighter of the lot.

The Toughest Firefighter Alive or TFA event is carried out in full firefighting Kit and tests competitors in a number of firefighting related disciplines. It is considered to be the most challenging game.

There are four parts to this TFA competition. One of it is the Hose run. This is performed with full firefighting kit and carrying a breathing apparatus where the competitors are tested in running the hose and also carrying it. Second part of the competition is the obstacle course which is also in full firefighter gear where the participants carry different parts of the equipments while fighting walls and tunnels which are placed before them as obstacles. Tower is the third part in this category where the competitors have to carry the firefighting equipments up using ropes. In the last part of the competition called the stair climb, the competitors climb to the top of the tower, the height of which could be between 100m-200m.

This extraordinary event decides who would be the Toughest Firefighter Alive, and the winner will be crowned with this title, which is indeed an achievement.

Extreme weight- loss devices

Extreme Weight- Loss devices

However, many women still struggle with setting aside count on behalf of implement. The strain next to piece and next to home town plus drive many women to make for on behalf of all single comfort food they can catch their hands on. Being confined to their undersized cubicles from 9 to 5 all single calendar day makes a fitness center workout a short time ago any more demand on their wild schedules. In the role of minimal it may possibly seem, on behalf of several women, working elsewhere and untaken on a diet are out of the question tasks. Many desperately say with the purpose of they a short time ago don’t gain the count and a short time ago resign themselves to the theory with the purpose of corpulence before attractive plump is inevitable.

But trailing the battle of the bulge need not occur all woman’s destiny. In attendance are instantly alternatives and innovations voguish science and medicine with the purpose of would allow women to lose stress even if they cannot give away up their careers before schedule their schedules.

Comes voguish and this is not your norm weigh loss diet pill. We are conversation around untaken under the knife…

Liposuction

“Lipo” is on behalf of individuals who gain the money to undergo to this extreme determine to free stress. As a rule celebrities take this calm route. According to the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, liposuction has been the the majority fashionable cosmetic surgery procedure voguish America since 2003. The procedure involves the identification of parts of the body with the purpose of are predisposed to calm formation of greasy acids like the front, the arms, and the hips. Liposuction is really a surgical system with the purpose of involves the insertion of a probing device into the patient’s body. The poke about is used to liquify the fat facing the doctor suctions it elsewhere. An outpatient procedure takes an hour and a partially to play. Later than a procedure, the serene be obliged to wear a binding wrap on behalf of a numeral of weeks. A sizeable amount of medication is essential to cope the ache with the purpose of comes later than the setup. However, “Lipo” procedure is simply incomplete to the subtraction of 10 pounds of fat for each setup and, in the role of such, is considered new in the role of a cosmetic procedure pretty than a real stress loss encode.

Hormone Therapy

Any more weight-loss contact involves taking anti-aging medicine. In the role of the body ages, hormone levels make for down, the pituitary glands break producing growth hormones, and one’s metabolism slows down too. All this makes stress add easier and trailing stress a greater challenge. The goal of this method is to bring the body’s function back to while a woman was still voguish her 20s—the age while the body is next to its reach your peak.

The procedure starts with a progression of four tests with the purpose of include growth hormone faction which tests the state of the pituitary gland; DHEA which checks the testosterone level; the T3T4 with the purpose of tests the thyroid gland; and a day after day morning warmth with the purpose of is intended on behalf of read-through the metabolism rate of the original. Based on the results of these test, a mix of drug, injections, and creams may possibly occur prescribed by the doctor. This procedure is paramount on behalf of persons whose hormones are not voguish tip-top outline. The lay bare of this therapy are overdose and hyperthyroidism.

Bariatric Surgery

This is recommended on behalf of individuals who suffer from could you repeat that? Is called dark obesity—being plump by 100 pounds before new. The procedure involves stomach stapling, which is around falling the size of the stomach so with the purpose of a serene feels filled later than a undersized amount food. The predictable conclusion is a decrease voguish calorie intake and the long-term reduction voguish stress. The doctor creates a pocket by stapling across the top of the stomach. At that moment a section of the undersized intestine around two to five feet voguish extent is attached to it so with the purpose of food can bypass the duodenum—the to start with portion of the intestine. It reduces calorie and fat combination. This procedure can instantly occur through laparoscopically—with narrow tubes through which a undersized camera allows on behalf of accurate incisions and stitchings. This is paramount on behalf of ruthlessly obese persons before who are plump by 100 pounds before new. Aside from the same lay bare the comes with all foremost surgeries, death is an added lay bare voguish several setup on behalf of patients who are dangerously plump. At that moment, in attendance is plus the lay bare of gastric tear (tear voguish the stomach wall) at some stage in before later than the procedure with the purpose of might have an advantage to any more surgery.

Lipo-Dissolve

Plus celebrated in the role of Mesotheraphy, lipo-dissolve is a new-fangled management specifically designed to eliminate contained pockets of fat voguish the body such in the role of be attracted to handles, underarm flabs, knee flabs, increase by two chin, and eye bags. The procedure entails the injection of Lecithin into the flabby body part voguish question. Lecithin is unsurprisingly made by the body to break down dietary fats, helps keep in good condition lipid balance. The element upshot causes the fat to soften and occur expelled by the body through the lymph glands. Every one session live around 30 to 60 minutes and treatments are set as soon as weekly. This is paramount on behalf of persons who gain wiry bodies. The lay bare of this method is simply incomplete to minor staining.

Women be supposed to until the end of time consider their stress loss goals and the pros and cons of undergoing these checkup procedures. Getting to one’s desired stress and feature need not until the end of time occur around sweating it elsewhere and depriving one’s self of food. At times, these shortcuts to stress loss might occur the sooner, easier alternative to lose overload pounds.

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Chelsea edge out liverpool to go through to semis

Chelsea Edge Out Liverpool to Go Through to Semis

The Curtain Raiser After an unforgettable encounter in Anfield two weeks ago, the stage was set for another classic in the second leg match between arch-rivals Chelsea and Liverpool. Last week, the Stamford Bridge side beat Liverpool away from home through the heroics of Branislav Ivanovic. The stand-in defender scored a double last time out which helped Chelsea defeat the 5-time European Champions away from home 3-1. This meant that Liverpool had quite a task in their hands and in order to win the tie, would have to do something similar to their Istanbul comeback two years ago. Liverpool were already branded as comeback kings after making a habit of scoring goals during the last quarter of games which meant that not even Chelsea fans were counting them out just yet. Both captains were unable to take part in the game as Chelsea skipper John Terry was suspended, while Liverpool main man Steven Gerrard failed a late fitness test. The First Half Not even half an hour had gone and Liverpool was already on the verge of yet another sensational comeback. Chelsea’s defence had not been as formidable as it was a few years ago, and questions had been asked whether goalkeeper Petr Chech was still the best in the world. The absence of Terry did not help their cause as their weakness in set pieces was yet again exposed. Fabio Aurelio scored from more than 30 yards out through a cheeky free kick that fooled Chech in the 19th minute. Branislav Ivanovic, the hero from the first leg, gave away a penalty in the 28th minute, which Xabi Alonso converted emphatically. Suddenly it was Liverpool who had the momentum with the aggregate score being 3-3. Chelsea was ahead only on away goals and another goal from Liverpool in the second half would complete the upset. The Second Half It looked like Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink gave his boys the hairdryer treatment during the break as the Blues came out with an invigorated spirit in the second half. The team showed their character by scoring six minutes into the half through Didier Drogba, who was showing glimpses of why he used to be, and probably still is one of the most feared strikers in the world. Stand-in captain Frank Lampard scored again in the 76th minute which calmed Chelsea nerves as they looked to be home and dry. However, Liverpool were not going out without the fight as they scored another two goals in two minutes courtesy of Lucas and Dirk Kuyt. The aggregate score was now 6-5 and it was going to be a nervous last 10 minutes for Chelsea as they knew that another Liverpool goal would send them crashing out. It was Drogba again who was key as he linked up with strike partner Nicolas Anelka to set up Frank Lampard with his second, and the goal that would finally end all hopes for Liverpool in the 89th minute. Final aggregate score: Chelsea 7, Liverpool 5. Chelsea will now be facing Spanish champions Barcelona in a fortnight’s time. The Catalan side defeated Bayern Munich 5-1 on aggregate to setup another memorable date with the Blues.

You’ve heard it a million times from people trying to burn fat, “I just don’t have time to get to the gym.” Well that really shouldn’t be a problem once you understand how you can get a proper fat burning workout done with basic or minimal equipment.

In order to get a great high intensity fat burning workout, like students of my Fat Burning Furnace system get….one that stimulates the growth of lean muscle tissue, accelerates your metabolism and fat burning, and provides cardiovascular conditioning…you need to perform a variety of exercises that work all of your major muscle groups in the same workout.

Keep this in your home and it takes very little space and is always accessible for those fat burning workouts you’d have to skip otherwise. After all, the proper workout I’m talking about averages about 15-20 minutes…but if you factor in the transit time to and from the gym, it can become more difficult to stick to your routine.

I highly recommend getting a basic setup at home for those times, or you can even use this exclusively. I personally always workout at home and it has its advantages. You don’t have to wait for the next station or machine on your routine at home. This is very important in relation to pulling the maximum cardiovascular benefits out of the same muscle building and fat burning workout…keeping your time between exercises down to 60 seconds or less.

Home workouts are also great for those that might be a bit intimidated by working out with weights in public at the gym. If you feel this way, don’t fret, you’re not alone. This is especially true for some of the ladies, as weight training is traditionally thought of as the guy’s territory in the fitness center. Nothing could be further from the truth, but if you’d rather perform you fat burning workout at home, then do it! Now, when working out properly, like I teach my Fat Burning Furnace students, you’re only exercising for 2-3 days per week, but if you’re workout day falls on a day when you’re out of town, what to do?

Yeah, you could try and find a local gym to go to, but that can be a hassle. There are actually several fat burning bodyweight exercises you can do without the use of any equipment.

Movements like the pushup, chin-ups, sit-ups, etc. can provide enough muscle stimulation to keep you conditioned until you get back home. You’re using your bodyweight as the resistance, rather than dumbbells, barbells, or machines.

So don’t let those standard excuses work their way into your vocabulary…you can get a great fat burning workout wherever you are, anytime!

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