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Rachel Maddow and Low Back Pain

admin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:26:09 +0000

The stress of being a busy media star with MSNBC and a history of competitive sports injuries may have taken a toll on Rachel Maddow’s low back.

Rachel Maddow Tweet …
Bad things come in 3s, right? So far in the last 24 hrs, I got a ticket & have thrown out my back. Cowering in fear of bad thing #3.

According to an article from SFGate (Sept. 11, 2008), Rachel Maddow, 36, is 5′ 11″ tall and was a competitive three-sport athlete. She participated in volleyball, basketball and the swim team at Castro Valley High School. She was “the sort of intense player who was frequently injured diving for balls.”

700 Club Pat Robertson on Yoga: Stretching Is Great, Mantras are Prayers to Hindu Gods

admin — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:30:00 +0000

In Pat Roberston’s “Bring It On” segment with the reading of viewer mail on the 700 Club network, there is a question that asks Pat Robertson about the Christian view of Yoga and whether it’s true that Yoga origins are rooted in evil. Roberstson says that Yoga is a form of meditation in the Hindu religion and that some of the mantras actually involve saying prayers to Vishnu and Krishna. Yoga promotes higher conciousness and the merging of your spirit into the ever-present god … and god is everywhere … that gets into pantheism, and that’s spooky. He basically says, watch out for the mantra and by all means, go out and stretch.

CBS NEWS 60 MINUTES: Joel Osteen, Pastor Benches 300 LBS, Twice His Body Weight

admin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:44:00 +0000

Sequence of Joel Osteen bench press video stills from 60 Minutes broadcast of Joel Osteen interview by Byron Pitts on October 14, 2007.

Joel Osteen is shown in a segment of his 60 Minutes interview on the Smith Machine performing a bench press for at least three or four repetitions at what appears to be 215 or 225 LBS (45-LB Olympic bar, 45 LBS X2, 25 LBS X2, 10 LBS X2, and 5 LBS X2 … or another two 10-LB plates). The successful minister reportedly keeps his life simple — spending time with family and friends, and getting exercise, which includes weight training and basketball.

Joel Scott Hayley Osteen (born March 5, 1963 in Houston, Texas) is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, North America’s largest and 2006′s fastest growing church, averaging more than 47,000 attendees at weekly services. He is married to Victoria Osteen, who serves as co-pastor. The Lakewood was formerly the arena of the Houston Rockets and the nearby Interstate has ramps designed especially to bring people to this facility. Osteen credits that design to the act-of-God.

Joel Osteen was featured as one of Barbara Walters’ “10 Most Fascinating People of 2006″ and was named “Most Influential Christian in America” in 2006 by churchreport.com He is also the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Your Best Life Now. It reached the top of the New York Times bestseller list, and has sold more than four million copies since its release in October 2004. The book is available in 19 languages. His television ministry is the most watched inspirational program in the United States.

Joel Osteen’s second book, Become a Better You, (products on Amazon) was released in October 2007 with a first printing of three million copies.

Joel Osteen has been interviewed on 60 Minutes, FOX NEWS Fox & Friends, CBS Early Show and more.

Part II of 60 Minutes video segment with Bench Press exercise by Joel Osteen.

More information …
CBS NEWS 60 MINUTES
Joel Osteen Answers His Critics
Tells Byron Pitts “We’re Not Perfect

joelosteen.com

Katie Couric Photoshop Diet

admin — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:27:00 +0000

The New York Post reports that workers at CBS quarterly publication Watch! apparently edited a recent photograph of Katie Couric to make her look about 20 pounds slimmer. The original photo was taken at Carnegie Hall in May when she appeared at a CBS ‘Upfront’ presentation.

Katie Couric was reportedly unaware of the edit.

Flashback to a little controversy in 2004 when CNN Larry King (in an interview with Katie Couric) quotes a statement by executive producer and mutual friend Wendy Whitworth. Responding to a book quote [Katie Couric 'may spend $7,500 a week on a personal trainer'] from the book Spin Sisters: How the Women of Media Sell Unhappiness and Liberalism to the Women of America by Myrna Blythe; Wendy says that “you [Katie Couric] wouldn’t spend $7,500 a week on anything, much less a personal trainer.”

Katie responds that ‘Wendy thinks I’m a little frugal.’

SOURCE:
‘Weighing Anchor: CBS Photo Trickery Takes A Load Off ‘Slimmer’ Couric‘ in the New York Post by Don Kaplan (August 30, 2006)

CNN Transcripts March 04, 2004

Pat Robertson Leg Press 1000 Lbs, 10 Reps

admin — Sat, 27 May 2006 01:06:00 +0000

A video posted on CBN.com appeared to show Pat Robertson performing 10 repetitions of a leg press of 1,000 lbs on an Icarian Angled Leg Press machine (Precor.com, see 601 – Angled Leg Press). The reps were performed with partial range of motion (no deep knee and deep hip flexion was performed). Also, Pat Robertson used his hands with slight assistance, as if he was spotting himself while he performed the leg press repetitions ten times on the warmup sets. On the first rep he used a lot of hand press assistance on his thighs to lift the first rep of each warmup set. He first warms up with ’550 pounds’ (actually 10, 45-lb plates — he’s probably counting the machine plate as part of the load) for 13 reps. He then has two assistants add a 100-lb plate on each side to bring the weight to ’750 lbs’ and cranks out 10 reps (the video is edited and starts the count at five). Continuing in the video, he moves up (another 100-lb plate on each side) to ’900 lbs’ (wouldn’t that be 950 lbs by previous method?) for 10 reps. Finally a 45-lb plate is added to each side — he calls that a total of 1,000 lbs. All reps on the ’1,000-lb’ set were performed with strongly applied hand press assistance on the thighs. All sets showed his toes just at the top rim of the plate with a slight toe-out (<15 degrees). The feet were placed very close together with the knees together at the latter part of the range of motion of extension.

2000-lb Lift?
A text posting on the Christian Broadcasting Network website also claims that Pat Robertson worked out at the gym on an incline leg press machine with weights up to 570 pounds. He is reported to have worked with his physician, who is also a strength trainer. Robertson is reported to have worked up to 800 pounds, then 1,000 pounds. Then one day he was able to leg press 1,500 pounds one time. Then over the succeeding months, he trained with multiple reps of 1,200 pounds, 1,300 pounds, and 1,400 pounds. One Saturday morning, his physician said, “I’ll get you bragging rights. Let’s go to 2,000 pounds.” Then he worked up multiple reps of 1,400 pounds, 1,500 pounds, 1,600 pounds, 1,700, pounds, 1,800 pounds and 1,900 pounds. When 2,000 pounds was put on the machine two men got on either side and helped push the load up, and then let it down on Mr. Robertson, who pushed it up one rep and let it go back down again.

Some fitness and strength coach experts are doubtful about the 2000 lb claim, especially since it is not on video. CBS Sportsline columnist Travis Clay published serious doubts about the claim and added that Robertson would have broken the all-time Florida State University leg press record performed by Dan Kendra by 665 lbs. CBN.com does not publish a date of the 2000-lb lift, but an Associated Press report states that CBN.com spokesperson Angell Vasko claims that Pat Robertson performed the 2000-lb leg press in 2003 when he was 73 years old.

The CBN website also promotes an ‘age-defying protein shake’ that includes soy protein isolate, whey protein isolate, flaxseed oil and apple cider vinegar.

SOURCES:
http://www.cbn.com/communitypublic/shake.asp
http://www.sportsline.com/spin/story/9454343