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THE MIX
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Get Pumped
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Annual bodybuilding competition measures
muscle definition, ability to strike a pose
Daniel Terrill
THE GAMECOCK
The annual Mr. and
Miss USC Bodybuilding
& Fitness Competition
will take place April 1 at 7
p.m. at the Blatt Physical
Education Center.
“This will probably be
the biggest Mr. USC we’ve
had in a long time,” said
third-year political science
student Patrick Kelley, who
won the title in 2004 and
was runner-up in 2005. “It’s
going to be huge.”
Competitors are divided
into three different weight
classes to be compared and
judged. Winners from each
weight class compete against
one another and an overall
winner is decided. There is
also an award for best pose,
usually judged in terms of
style and difficulty.
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contestants flex every muscle
for a specified amount of
time. Some judges will
request bodybuilders hold
one pose for more than 20
seconds. There are several
poses the athletes must
know and perform.
First, the competitors
pose individually. Next,
contestants line up side-by
side and perform “quarter
turn” poses that show
every part of the their
body. Next, they stand in a
“relaxed” stance with heals
close together, arms down,
chest out and lat muscles
expanded. In this pose the
athletes face forward to the
judges.
The next pose is the
“quarter-turn to right”
where the contestants turn
to the right and twist their
torsos to the left, displaying
the left side of their chest,
left arm and leg.
The “relaxed back” is
the same as the “relaxed”
except that it displays the
athletes’ backs to the judges.
Likewise, the “quarter-turn
to left” is the opposite of the
“quarter-turn to right.”
Judges look at
balanced muscle
groups
proportionality
of the
body and
muscularity.
They don’t
just look
at the size
of muscles.
They look at muscle
definition — lines
distinguishing the tightness
and hardness of each muscle
group. This area is where
athletes show the hard work
and effort put into sculpting
their bodies. However, it
is best not to over-train
for a competition because
the muscles will break
down too much or won’t
rebuild quickly enough,
making the body tired and
weak. Bodybuilders will
experience fatigue and a
poor performance.,
Bodybuilding requires
discipline and a good work
ethic from athletes. There
are three main components
in training for competitive
bodybuilding: proper diet,
posing and weight lifting.
One must be knowledgeable
of all three in to flourish in
the sport.
The athletes want to
gain muscle and drop
fat. They take in lots
of proteins by eating
very lean meat like :
fish or chicken and
then balance their
diet with complex
carbohydrates.
Foods that are high
in carbs - such as rice
and oatmeal — have
little or no sugar. **
Some bodybuilders
use a method called
“carb-loading.”
This process begins
by depleting carb
intake and increasing
water and sodium
consumption.
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Patrick Kelley won
the Mr. USC title in
2004’s competition
and was runner-up
in 2005.
Special to THE GAMECOCK
iTunes Version 4.1 made the popular music downloading
service available for Windows users as well as Mac fans.
iTunes evolves from
- just-the-basics start
to Internet big time
Music store serves up billion songs in five years
Jeremy Turnage
THE GAMECOCK
What began as a simple _
program for users to
organize their music files has
quickly become one of the
most used and celebrated
computer programs of all
time.
Apple’s iTunes program
was originally released
on Jan. 9, 2001 with a
barebones approach to
music organization. iTunes
worked just like many of
the other music programs
available to the public.
However, iTunes 1.0 could
do a few interesting things,
such as give users the ability
to burn CDs. Support for
Internet radio was also
available for version 1.0.
But it wasn’t until Version
2.0 that the program
quickly began to pick up
steam. Version 2.0 added
support for the company’s
new MP3 player, the iPod.
iTunes quickly became the
proprietary music program
for Apple and iPod users.
i ne next version or
iTunes, version 3.0, added
support for a new feature
called “smart playlists,”
that allowed iTunes to
automatically update the
playlists of users based upon
certain search criteria.
Version 4.0 brought
an important .element to
iTunes that would catapult
the program into the world
limelight: the iTunes Music
Store. The iTunes Music
Store was a gamble, since
many of the online music
stores that came before
it weren’t that successful.
People were still convinced
that piracy was the only
way to get the music they
wanted. The business-sawy
crowd was enthusiastic
about the iTunes Music
Store, as Apple stock
went up the day it was
announced. Combining the
power and the success of
the iPod, Apple was able to
turn the iTunes Music Store
into a burgeoning success
almost immediately. Music
sharing was also available in
this version of iTunes, but
users could not download
each other’s music. DVD
burning support was also
added in this version.
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Music Store has hit a
business milestone. The
service served up its billionth
download — Coldplay’s
“Speed of Sound” from its
blockbuster album X&Y.
The lucky downloader was
Alex Ostrovsky from West
Bloomfield, Mich. Ostrovsky
will receive several prizes,
including a $10,000 iTunes
Music Store card, 10 60 GB
iPods, a brand new 20-inch
iMac and a scholarship to
the Julliard School in his
name.
iTunes 4.1 brought
support to Windows users.
Before iTunes, iPod users
who used Windows had to
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Forget the gym;
play video game
Get into the groove
at home to shed those
unwanted pounds
Tim Manus
THE GAMECOCK
Is your image of a typical
video game enthusiast that
of a 200-pound couch
potato with acne, a few
speech impediments and a
seemingly endless supply of
pepperoni pizza?
A new generation of
gamers, fans of games
such as “Dance Dance
Revolution,” are shattering
that stereotype, one dance
step at a time.
“Dance Dance
Revolution,” or DDR, is.
a dancing video game that
involves a gaming system,
a monitor screen and a
specialized pad, which is a
'
very large game controller
that hooks up to the
console.
The game plays a song
and displays dance steps in
the form of flashing arrows,
while the gamer steps on
the pad’s corresponding
buttons.
Not only can DDR be
fun, but for many gamers,
such as second-year
marketing student Kristen
Bales, it’s a great way to
exercise.
i nate going to tne gym.
It’s a little exhausting, and
running around in circles
doesn’t really appeal to
me,” said Bales, who plays
DDR on her PlayStation 2,
as well as on her computer
via a USB adapter.
Bales likes DDR because
it’s like “having something
that could count as exercise
that can get your heart
going and still be a game.”
“I’d, try to do it in spurts
Kristen Bales / THE GAMECOCK
Dance Dance Revolution is not just for gamers any
more.Some use it to burn off unwanted calories in a fun
way, without the long trek to the gym or the monotony.
if 30 minutes, although if I
jet someone to do it with
ne, it’s always much more
fun,” she said. “You can
look up two pads and try
md have contests against
;ach other.”
She mentioned one
friend who she’d play DDR
with for up to four hours.
Bales said she has quite
a few friends who play
DDR.
Some of them play for
fitness and because they
don’t want to go to the
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Concert to benefit
study abroad class
School offers trip to Spain for music students
Shannon Donohue
THE GAMECOCK
jMira quien canta!
Tonight at USC’s School
of Music students will be
able to taste a little of the
tremendous variety found
in Spanish culture by way
of performances by students
and faculty from USC.
The evening will include
music by Spanish and Latin
American composers. The
pieces have been prepared
by students and faculty to
provide scholarships for
students who wish to enroll
in USC’s International
Course in Spanish Music for
vocalists and pianists. The
repertoire of the evening
will span time and coasts as
it includes Spanish music
of the Renaissance and
contemporary pieces from
Brazil, Venezuela, Alexico
and others.
Helen Tintes-Schuermann
is the program’s course
director. The program will
take place for the first time
this year, and the support
for it is considerable.
Tintes-Schuermann’s vision
for the Spanish music
course has been developed
over her many years of
study and experience in
world music. The course
will take students to Spain
from June 14-28 and will
include a pre-trip seminar
at USC led by Tintes
Schuermann. Students will
take master classes from a
group of instructors while
lodging at the Abbey of the
Holy Cross. Students will
also receive private lessons
from the faculty.
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