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Wednesday, July 5,1989 THE GAMECOCK 3
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Fighting battle of bi
By CAREN CAMPBELL
Features editor
If any of you went away to the beach this
weekend then you are now probably painfully
aware of a problem plaguing us all.
We first noticed the problem when we tried on
last year's bathing suit which is either too tight or
shows too much now. Then, when we got to the
beach there was always someone around without
an ounce of-Tat on his body (totally destroying
our psychological well-being, of course).
We all know that the best way to get rid of that
extra bulge or two is the dreaded diet and exercise
routine.
If you don't exercise regularly, or if your potato
head doesn't even think about getting your potato
butt off that all-too-comfortable couch, you are
not alone. Even with all the hype about fitness and
health, about 70 to 80 percent of Americans don't
exercise.
Exercise naturally elevates your moods, reduces
stress and promotes psychological well-being. So,
why does the thought of exercise cause so many
people so much stress?
Maybe scenes straight out of Jane Fonda's
workout emerge from the dark recesses of your
mind, or maybe you just can't picture yourself running
down Greene Street in a health-conscious
daze.
Well, guess what. If it increases your heart rate
for an extended amount of time, that's exercising
and you might be doing it anyway.
Try dancing at any Five Points' club for over 30
minutes and you know what exercise feels like.
When people talk of "getting into a sensible exercise
program" it doesn't have to be painful. Try
July has many
By CAREN CAMPBELL 7 P weekd:
Features editor ^ p.m. on
July 4th is over and you've got tions call 799those
summer school blues. Cheer up The Trustus
because July doesn't end on the sexy love sto
fourth in Columbia. Johnny in thi
Here's a few things you and ten of show will rut
your closest friends might want to try Saturday nigl
this month. ^2. The b
The Wnrkshon Theatre will pre- at 7 p.m. Call
sent through July 15 Relative tion and reser
Madness, a comedy about a Southern Casey at the
family reunion. The show will run at by the Sumrm
Boom Boom albi
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Staff writer 'Don't Know '
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dancing in your dorm room for 15 to 20 minutes a
day or taking a brisk walk to see the sights of
downtown Columbia.
What ever you decide to do, try to set up a
regular scheduled time for exercising. Fitness
should be considered a part of your life, not an obtrusion
to it.
If you're going to dedicate yourself to shaping
up that bod, don't go off half-cocked. Make sure
to prevent unnecessary injuries by wearing the right
shoes and clothing and stretching your muscles so
they are ready to exercise. Drink lots of water to
replace body fluids. But, most of all, pay attention
to what your body tells you ? pain is not always
gain.
However, if you step on the scale and instantly
resign yourself to those workouts with Jane, you
might not be giving yourself the benefit of the
doubt.
Experts reveal that the amount and location of
fat might be more important than your actual
weight.
Research suggests that fat on the torso increases
health risks more than fat on the arms and legs.
The theory is that the torso is more metabolically
active, allowing fatty tissue there to dump more
lipids and other nasty substances into the
bloodstream.
So, how do you find out how much body fat you
have? Although there are a number of ways to
measure body fat including the use of metal
calipers and devices that use infrared light, the
most accurate body fat measurement is determined
by underwater weighing.
The only way to get a more accurate assessment
of body fat at present is if you take a deceased perr
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lys and Saturdays, and and the USC Dance Com
Sundays. For reserva- 7-8. The audience will be
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? Claire de Lane. The July 8 kicks off the Care
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its at 8 p.m. through chestra performing at the
iar and box office open Coliseum. In addition, tf
254-9732 for informa- Pops will perform July 26tl
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' Bat will be performed call 777-51 11.
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'daily exercise routine'
son and strip their body fat of them and weigh it,
said Erie Shoup, graduate assistant at the Blatt
Physical Education Center.
Shoup added that although it is a longer process
than a skinfold measurement that takes about 10
minutes, it definitely gives people a better assessment
of their true body fat measurement.
One reason for this is that people on a diet and
weight loss program generally put on muscle while
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and lose five pounds of fat, the scale will show you
a three-pound weight loss while the underwater
weighing method will show you that you've lost
those five pounds of unwanted fat, said Carol
Spelman, graduate assistant in exercise an
physiology.
A person is first weighed on traditional scales,
then weighed underwater by computer while sitting
in a harness. Using a series of conversion charts,
specialists can calculate the difference in land and
underwater weight to derive the exact percentage of
body fat.
Acceptable body fat percentages range from 18
percent for men to as high as 27 percent for
women.
The program which started in April will hopefully
be an ongoing service to the public, Spelman
said.
"We're just getting our feet wet with it now,"
she said.
USC's Physical Education Department will offer
the underwater weighing service this summer for
$30 which includes a review of results with a consultant.
Those interested should call 777-5262 or
777-3331.
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pany July blockbusters like Batman or
seated on "The Karate Kid 111 , get ready tor
at a real the release of the James Bond film
s limited. "Licence to Kill" which premieres
ion. July 14 and "Shag" on July 21.
ilina Pops Bon Jovi with special guest Bad
Pops Or- English will be appearing at the
Carolina Carolina coliseum ai is p.m. juiy io. |
,e Boston Tickets are $18.50. ^
i as a part New Edition with Stephanie Mills
formation and other guests will also appear at
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the title track both fail to produce pii
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China odyssey
y JACK STRKKT and Kingdom By the Sea.
aff writer In China, even Theroux's
iding the Iron Rooster, Paul figurative boat was forced off the
heroux. 1988. Ballantine Books. shoals of familiarity-bred contempt
>1 pages. and his vessel floated freely on
A 20,000 kilometer odyssey is the deep, alien seas. Xiamen enchanted
ibject of Paul Theroux's 1988 Theroux and he could "find no
?st seller, subtitled By Train fault." Those familiar with
hroagh China. Theroux know how rare and
The intrepid Theroux has, no beautiful such a city must be.
nibt, seen more of China than And what a place China is! Take
most any native. He takes the a look at National Geographic's
ader Irom Harbin's ice sculptures photographs of March 1988 and
fro/en Heilongjiang to people- March 1989.
icked Guang/hon (Canton); from Traveling overland by train from
e waterless Xinjiang region to the Lurope to China allowed Theroux
eat port city of Shanghai. The to avoid jet lag and the Chinese nampelling
descriptions leave you tional airline C.A.A.C. ("China's
-ling as though you've been there Airline Always Crashes"). Train
urself. travel also lends an old-time atThrough
many previous travels mosphere and pace. In fact, China
the Americas, Asia, Africa and is the only country in the world still
irope, Theroux has gained an manufacturing steam trains,
ormous amount of insight into Many travelers seek to feel like a
tional characters. He has a huge . stranger in a strange land. Theroux
ow ledge ol the foreign collective cuts through that and tries to be in/che
that he, in fact, fits no na- visible. He wants to fit in. For this
nal peculiarity. reason, he learns the language. Ol
Riding the Iron Rooster main- course, he still sticks out like a sore
ns a tradition of country-bashing thumb and is self-conscious of his
vel literature. The author's style big Western nose:
orporates chronic complaining. When the temperature drops
inese nationals can hardly be of- below zero degrees Fahrenheit in
ded as Theroux has a long, un- the train, Theroux keeps his hands
judiced record of literary whin- in his mittens in his pockets and
, including The Old Patagoniun turns pages with his nose. The
oress. The Great Railway Bazaar Chinese on the train thus
discovered what Westerners use
their big noses for, besides sticking
them into Chinese business.
LvjT ft Ik*******4 f Theroux pesters people with
questions about the Cultural
1 |T " Revolution. Mao's actions still infl
fluence societv. Manv are embar
rassed and won't talk about those
^ jk times.
J" Funny, sad, faseinating and sur/"5Tk
prising events happen along the
CJllfS 11 fl J way. The relaxation of xenophobic
j iiiles allowed solo train travel by
3 foreigners in the mid- to late 1980s.
^\lfinri)/7flf2)/Q ?' Fheroux plays a hilarious game of
j' cat and mouse in trying to escape
?-A?j . rsArsizr* xa/itlj >' from his "escort", the forlorn Mr.
iEAM LOADED WITH j,. Fang. Certainly no visitors today
3E, WALNUTS AND }> would be allowed the freedom of
EAM AND A CHERRY! \ [ movement which Theroux enjoyed
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