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The Pulldown is an excellent exercise for working the Latissimus Dorsi muscles of the back (also known as the lats). It is a little known fact but there is a way you can dramatically improve the effectiveness of this exercise by performing one simple movement before each rep.

Many people have a hard time feeling their lats working when they do pulldowns. The biceps may have a tendency to take over the movement. Some people just don’t feel anything in their back at all.

This little movement trick can change all of that.

The movement is simply a shoulder drop and even though it may seem like a SMALL thing, it can have a HUGE impact on your back workout.

To demonstrate this movement, start by sitting in a pulldown machine with a moderate weight on the stack. Take a close grip on the bar with your palms facing you (known as a reverse grip). Do a few reps using your normal technique so you have a gauge to measure against.

Now we will add the shoulder drop. Let your arms go straight and let your shoulder girdle rise up as though shrugging. Your shoulders should be up by your ears. Now drop your shoulder girdle down in the opposite movement to the shrug, pulling the weight down as you do so. The range of motion is small, being only a matter of a few inches. Repeat this drop and raise several times to get the feel for the movement. You should feel your entire shoulder girdle moving up and down.

We will now do a rep with the shoulder drop movement. Start in the stretched position with your shoulders up by your ears. Drop your shoulders down, lean slightly back then do a pulldown. Be sure to keep your lower back arched and your chest puffed out to meet the bar on the way down. You should feel your lats working harder than usual.

Squeeze hard as though trying to touch your shoulder blades together as you come to the bottom then let the weight back up slowly. You can repeat the shoulder drop movement at the start of every rep or you can simply keep your shoulders down and locked in that position throughout the set.

Dropping your shoulders down like this serves to lock the lats into the movement and helps to minimize the biceps involvement in the pulldown. You should find that you get a much more effective lat workout using this technique.

About The Author

Nick Nilsson is Vice President of BetterU, Inc., an online exercise, fitness, and personal training company. Check out his latest eBook “The Best Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of” at http://www.thebestexercises.com or visit http://www.fitstep.com. You can contact him at betteru@fitstep.com or subscribe to BetterU News, his fitness newsletter at betterunews@fitstep.com.

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Voice quality and reliability

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The Importance of Telling Compelling Stories

The cover article in Fast Company’s May-05 issue is Change or Die. The author, Alan Deutschman, says the latest findings in psychology and neuroscience have something important to say about stories. Stories can change a person’s “frame of view” much more powerfully than dry concepts. Instead of fear-based facts told in conceptual form, you need to offer people a compelling, positive vision for the future told in narrative formif you want to motivate people to act in new ways. In fact, most people in a leadership role are now expected to know how to structure their message in story form.

Here is a simple example. I coached a woman named Mandy who worked in a hospital and she was responsible for internal customer service. She wanted to pitch the idea of a calendar for a staff gift. This was right around the time that calendar-making software programs were a new thing. Mandy’s first attempt was to use fact-based, fear driven concepts. She left a voicemail for her boss.

Hi Carol, I just wanted to run an idea by you. What do you think about a calendar as a gift that’s full of staff pictures from the Christmas party? Morale has been very low. We just got through the downsizing and the merger. It’s low budget and you know how tight things are right now. Let me know. — Mandy

She never heard back from Carol, so Mandy sent an e-mail with the same basic message. Carol replied that they would talk about it at the next staff meeting. But they never got around to it. That is when Mandy and I worked on a simple but different pitch.

This is the second way she ended up trying it. She asked if she could see Carol for about 10 minutes face-to-face. She agreed. Here is how Mandy tried it this time.

“I was over at the house of a friend the other night for dinner and I noticed on her refrigerator was a calendar. For the month of October there was a picture of my friend, Wendy, playing air guitar with people. She said that photo was taken at last year’s Christmas party. They had an air band contest. Several of her co-workers were secretly huge Abba fans and so they memorized then lipsynched the lyrics to Dancing Queen. They took photos of the whole evening then turned it into a calendar and gave two calendars to all the staff members. I have it right here - take a look”.

Mandy showed the calendar to her boss and it was full of photos of people laughing outrageously, a picture of Santa Claus juggling giant candy canes, a photo of another group of employees on stage doing comedy sketches, and one fellow dressed up like a giant exclamation mark.

Many continued, “Everyone loved this gift better than any gift before or after. My friend bought an extra one for the Fitness facility where she teaches part-time. They had been having trouble recruiting new nursing staff. After a nurse at the Fitness Centre saw the calendar- she applied for a job there. She said it looked like a fun place to work where people seem to care about each other.”

Mandy finished her story by starting to explain about the cost involved, but Carol interrupted her and said, “I don’t care what it costs, let’s do it! I love it.”

The calendar was a big hit with all the employees in Mandy’s hospital. Not only did staff buy more at their own expense, even seven years later people still have that particular calendar up on their walls.

The Five-Part Mythic Story Structure

Everyone loves a good story. A story paints a verbal picture in people’s minds and is remembered much more than linear facts. Stories help you create emotional intimacy with people. People are more moved to take action on your message if they feel moved emotionally. Below is a brief synopsis of the mythic structure used in some of the biggest movie hits in history - such as Star Wars; Schindler’s List, The Full Monty, Tootsie, the Wizard of Oz, etc. Whether you are telling a comic story or a tragic one, whether it is 3 hours long or 5 minutes, using a mythic structure will definitely capture people’s attention. I use the story inside the story example above as an example of a mini mythic structure:

1. Set the Platform: You must establish the present situation or status quo.

Mandy wants to pitch the calendar idea to her boss because morale and budget are low, but she is getting little response.

2. Tilt the Platform: You need to rock the boat and bring in a new element. The main character of your story must make a new decision or discovery, or bring in conflict or trouble. Mandy decides to use a story approach and tells about how another facility in the same position used the calendar idea.

3. Consequences: You now need to describe what happens as a result of this change in #2 above. The calendar is easy to produce, people love it and word flies that their facility is a great place to work.

4. Getting Back to Stability: You now need to describe how the hero deals with those consequences or is affected by them. This is usually a small or big heroic act, something new, unusual or creative. Mandy gets her boss involved in the story and then shows her the calendar with gets her hooked.

5. New Platform: Finally, you need to describe the new status quo or how this story changed the main character. Mandy’s boss decides to go ahead with the idea and it is just as successful with their staff.

The key to writing your own mini mythic story is to think of a time in your life when you had conflict, or went through a big change, or got into trouble, or you had to face something challenging, or life threw you a curve ball. I’m sure you have more than one of these incidents. Make of list of them. Pick the most compelling ones for you that include a message you can relate to your topic. You will need to have passion and emotion behind it. Also choose a “Platform Tilter” that feels complete for you, otherwise you won’t have an ending to your story yet. In other words, don’t talk about your struggle to quit smoking if you are still struggling with it. Once you have a story in mind use the Five-Part Structure to write it out. Then edit, edit, edit, for as Shakespeare once said “Brevity is the soul of wit”.

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Tired of having stare-downs with those boxes of Krispy Kremes, trays of brownies, and platters of cookies some well-intentioned but nutritionally clueless co-worker brings into the office? Be prepared for these and other nutritional setbacks at your office by stocking up on a few key items that will have your desk a veritable nutritional emergency kit.

Water: Bottles and bottles of water. Small bottles, big bottles, plastic bottles, glass bottles, whatever it takes. Having enough water within your reach everyday will keep you well hydrated as well as keeping your stomach filled when you’d otherwise fall prey to the lingering office munchies.

Fruit: Each week, bring a bag of fresh fruit to the office and store it in your desk. And don’t just stick with the common fare of apples and oranges. Berries, mangos, kiwi will keep for several days, more if you have access to an office refrigerator, and provide variety to whet your appetite for something other than those fudge brownies.

Protein bars: You can also use these as part of one of your daily meals. Be careful and read the labels. Many “nutritional bars” are nothing more than candy bars in deceptive packaging. Stay away from the ones with high sugar and fat content.

Vegetables: Bring a couple of small ziplocked bags of baby carrots, celery or your other favorite veggies that will keep.

Low-fat cottage cheese/low sugar yogurt: Small containers of these on hand will provide nutritional meal options.

Ricecakes: A bag of low-sodium ricecakes tucked away can satisfy a need to eat something crunchy. Just stay away from the ones loaded with flavored sugar coating.

Toothbrush/Mouthwash: I learned this trick from a friend who was a competitive bodybuilder. During pre-contest dieting, he would attempt to deflect the temptation to eat blacklisted foods within his reach by brushing his teeth. He said the last thing he wanted to do after brushing with minty toothpaste was chew a gooey piece of fudge or candy. Not bad for keeping your breath fresh, either.

Utensils: Make sure you have a serving or two of utensils at your desk, along with something to cut your food if needed.

Thermal-Lunchbags: Perfect for storing food when a refrigerator is not available. Available in many sizes.

The first step to staying on track with your eating, particularly at work, is planning. You don’t have the power to control what your co-workers bring into the office, but you can help ward off temptation by stocking up on a few items of your own. Remember, the point is to not make your own desk resemble a supermarket aisle, but to have enough options on hand in order to substitute for the really bad stuff should the need arise.

About The Author

Jon Gestl, CSCS, is a Chicago personal trainer and fitness instructor who specializes in helping people get in shape in the privacy and convenience of their home or office. He is a United States National Aerobic Champion silver and bronze medalist and world-ranked sportaerobic competitor. He can be contacted through his website at http://www.jongestl.com.

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Unlike the stock market, forex trading has no central exchange. With forex, you can make a profit whether the market is up or down vs. only making money when the stock market is on the rise. By taking the long position with a pair of currencies, the forex trader buys at one price and sells when it reaches a higher price. The other option for the forex trader is to go short by selling currencies, anticipating depreciation, and then buying back when the value falls. The forex trader can pick either direction, long or short, and if correct, he will generate a profit. You can also set up a certain point (limit order) based on the amount of profit you want to earn to automatically limit the order. In the same way, you can stop or close an order to automatically liquidate if the currency trade is going against you.

In general, the strength of a country’s economy determines the value of its currency. Other factors to take into consideration in forex trading are the political and social status of the country, interest and employment rates, and the overall stability of its government. You will learn to see patterns or trends as you become more familiar with the in’s and out’s of forex trading.

The Forex market is a 24-hour trading place, Sunday through Friday, giving you the option of trading at any time of the day or night. Unlike the stock market, it doesn’t close with the ringing of the bell. Forex online firms provide demos, guidance, and market news for the beginning investor. You can practice your skills in forex trading before actually investing real capital. Once you’ve learned the basics, a minimum investment is made, sometimes as low as $200.00. These “mini-trading” accounts are a good way to begin forex trading and often there is no commission attached to your trading. You don’t have to be a seasoned market analyst or economist to learn, enjoy, and make money with forex currency trading.

World Health Organisation states one out of four worldwide suffer from various forms of mental, behavioral, and neurological disorders. Are you one of them?

It has also been estimated that depression would be the second largest illness by 2010 keeping in mind its pace by which it is affecting people world over. Here is some statistics for you: Experts in the field of mental health claim that more than half a billion people worldwide suffer from psychiatric disorders, which include abuse owing to drugs and alcohol, epilepsy, dementia, schizophrenia and stress related disorders. To break up, we have around 400 million people suffering from anxiety disorders, 340 million from mood disorders, 250 million cases of personality disorders, 100 million cases of alcohol dependence and 45 million cases of schizophrenia. Rest, calculation is left for you.

The definition of health as been stated by World Health Organisation includes physical, social, emotional and logical well being. Out of these four parameters, three are related to mental health. So, now you know how important is mental health for you and we tend to ignore it the most.

Most of us believe, especially who are suffering from mental illness, that Depression and other mental disorders are not curable. Again the specialists, doctors and psychiatric in this field totally feel the opposite. Not just its their profession but it has been proved too. With proper aid, guidance and medicines treatment of mental health is very much possible.

Depression is basically psychological disorder involving your body, mood, feelings, and even thoughts. Depression causes the change in the way you think, feel about yourself or about other things, behavior, and your well-being. Depression, if left as it is, can last for months or even years.

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