Something fishy Something Easy - Something like burning fats with just two exercise !

A few months ago, I asked Alwyn Cosgrove, C.S.C.S. -- one of the world's top trainers -- to create a cutting-edge fat loss program for Men's Health. And, of course, he obliged. But a curious thing: One of the workouts in the plan featured just two exercises.
That's right: When asked to create a super-effective, calorie-torching routine, Cosgrove gave us a workout that had readers do only a kettlebell swing and a squat thrust. This confused some folks, who wondered, "How can you lose fat with just two exercises?"
Cosgrove's response: "Running is just one exercise, but no one questions that when it comes to burning fat."
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He makes a good point. And in fact, once you understand the philosophy behind Cosgrove's routine, you start to see why it works so well. But first, an explanation of the actual routine itself.
Here's how it works: You do 15 repetitions of the kettlebell swing (you can also use a dumbbell for this), followed immediately by 15 reps of the squat thrust. (See below for descriptions of both exercises.) Without resting, do 14 reps of the swing and then 14 reps of the squat thrust. Continue this pattern until you complete only one rep of each exercise. This is called a countdown workout.
Sure, that's just two exercises, but do the math: If you complete the entire routine -- from 15 down to 1 -- you'll do 120 repetitions of each exercise. That's 240 repetitions. And these aren't just any exercises: They're movements that challenge your entire body.
(Click here to see The Best New Exercises for Men.)
They're also done at a fast pace. On average, it'll only take you about three seconds per rep. So you'll do those 240 reps in just 12 minutes or so. That'll light your muscles on fire, and have you gasping for air (in a good way).
If you think that sounds too easy or too fast, I suggest you try it. You may find you can't even finish. But that's okay -- you can just start with a lower number, like 8, and work your way up as you improve your fitness. (In fact, I recommend this strategy.) What's more, if you want an even greater challenge, you can always take a breather and repeat the routine.

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98-year-old woman becomes first woman

ever to earn Judo's highest-degree black belt

Is earning a black belt on your life list? Then this

 elderly woman in San Francisco just might be

 your ultimate hero.

Just two years before her 100th birthday,

Sensei Keiko Fukuda has  become the

first woman to achieve a tenth-degree black 

belt—the highest rank in the martial art and 

combat sport Judo. Fukuda is now one of only

 four living people who've earned the 

tenth-degree (or dan) black belt. To put the

accomplishment into better perspective, 

throughout history, only sixteen people 

have ever achieved this honor.

Fukuda began practicing Judo in 1935 and is

the sole surviving student of its founder, Kano

Jiguro. At her teacher's urging, she learned English 

to help spread Judo internationally.

During a time when getting married, building 

a family, and becoming a housewife was the 

norm, Fukudo bucked tradition, opting out 

of marriage to pursue the martial art.

"All I did was Judo...this was my marriage,

" Fukudo reflected tearfully to the San Francisco

Chronicle. "This is when my life destiny was set.

I just never imagined how long this road would be."

She described the Jiguro’s school, known as the

Kodokan, as "old-fashioned and sexist about 

belts and ranks." In fact, an edict that prevented

women from achieving any higher than a

fifth-degree black belt kept Fukuda at that level

for thirty years. She was finally elevated to 

sixth dan in 1972 when a woman's division was

created.

Fukodo said she approached Judo and her life

with the intent to "be gentle, kind and beautiful, 

yet firm and strong, both mentally and physically." 

Fukuda says

this kind of beauty is decidedly not external. 

"A compassionate soul is inner beauty," 

she explained to the paper. "I believe this is true

beauty...All my life this has been my dream."

Dream realized, the 98-year-old Sensei Keiko 

Fukuda continues to teach Judo three times a 

week at a woman's dojo.

OH what the hell .

End Times? Texas Lake Turns Blood-Red

A Texas lake that turned blood-red this summer may not be a sign of the End Times, but probably is the end of a popular fishing and recreation spot.

A drought has left the OC Fisher Reservoir in San Angelo State Park in West Texas almost entirely dry. The water that is left is stagnant, full of dead fish — and a deep, opaque red.

The color has some apocalypse believers suggesting that OC Fisher is an early sign of the end of the world, but Texas Parks and Wildlife Inland Fisheries officials say the bloody look is the result ofChromatiaceae bacteria, which thrive in oxygen-deprived water.

"It's just heartbreaking," said Charles Cruz, a fish and wildlife technician with Texas Parks and Wildlife in San Angelo, Tex.

Blood red reservoir

Texas is experiencing major drought this summer, with 75 percent of the state's area in an "exceptional" drought, the highest level, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC). The state had hoped for some relief from Tropical Storm Don last week, but the system fizzled and brought only an inch or two of rain to areas near the coast.

The drought has taken its toll on a number of reservoirs in West Texas, Cruz told LiveScience. OC Fisher has never been completely full, Cruz said, but it was stocked with catfish, bass, sunfish and other popular targets for fishermen.

"We surveyed the lake, I believe it was last year, and we had a pretty good fish population out there," Cruz said. "It was pretty sickening going out there, watching lake levels just drop and drop and drop and seeing these nice trophy-sized bass just floating dead."

End times predictions

As of last week, all that remained of the lake was a small pond a few feet deep, Cruz said. There were thousands of dead fish, he said, but no sign of life.

Pictures of this blood-red pool circulated online in fishing forums and caught the notice of Indiana preacher Paul Begley, who said in a YouTube video that the lake might be evidence of the apocalypse as predicted by the Biblical book of Revelation. [End of the World? Top Doomsday Fears]

"The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died," the passage Begley cited reads. "The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood." 

Begley may not have any more luck at predicting the end of the world than did Harold Camping, the radio preacher who set the date for May 21, 2011. But for as long as the drought persists, the OC Fisher reservoir is a reservoir no longer.

"I don't know what's left in there now. We haven't been back," Cruz said. "But I would guess it's probably pretty much gone already."