Stay in Shape with a Ropeless Jump Rope

Posted January 6, 2008 by Rosalind Gardner · Filed Under Health Products

How’s this for a cool gadget for staying in shape on the road?

This ropeless jump rope lets skip rope in limited space indoors and will not interrupt the flow of your workout routine by getting caught in your feet.

You input your height and weight into the device, and the LCD on one of the handheld units informs you of calories burned, jump repetitions, and exercise time, or the device has a “talking” mode that informs you of exercise progress.

Part of the training regimen of professional boxers and Olympic wrestlers, jumping rope exercises your cardiovascular system while exerting less stress on knees than jogging, strengthens your arms and shoulders, and ten minutes of jumping rope can burn as many calories as running an eight minute mile.

The handles of each unit have three 2 1/2-oz. re movable weight inserts, a snapping sound occurs with every jump to help you maintain proper jumping rhythm, and the unit comes with a workout DVD and bag for ease of travel. 10″ L x 1″ W. (1 lb.)

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The Ropeless Jump Rope is available at Hammacher Schlemmer.

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Drinking Water Safety on the Road

Posted October 14, 2007 by Ed Szajniak · Filed Under Health, Health Products

Clean safe drinking water is something that many of us in the developed world take for granted. Unfortunately this is not the case for most of the world population.

Traveling to countries where the safety of drinking water is suspect you should boil or disinfect and filter water that is to be used for drinking, food preparation, or even to brush your teeth.

Microscopic parasites that can be found in water. Giardia and Cryptosporidium are two of these parasites that can be found in untreated water. Even municipal water can be suspect and authorities will issue a boil water alert. Giardia causes an intestinal illness called giardiasis or “beaver fever.” Cryptosporidium is responsible for a similar illness called cryptosporidiosis.

Diarrhea, gas, malaise, abdominal cramps and weight loss are the most common symptoms caused by these parasites. Vomiting, headache, fever and chills also occur. These symptoms usually manifest from 2 to 25 days after the initial contact and can continue as long as one month. In healthy individuals the symptoms clear after about a month.

Being very ill is not the way you want to spend your long-awaited vacation. Ros and I don’t take chances. Before we leave we take DukOral which helps protect you from cholera and E.coili bacteria the most common cause of “travelers diarrhea. We also always prefer to drink bottled water. If the situation occurs when bottled water is not available we use water filters.

We use a Katadyn® Exstream Water Bottle that has a built in replaceable water filter. On a long hike it is nice to be able to recharge our water supply rather than have to hump the extra weight.

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