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Wednesday. April 20. 2011
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By Mandie Gavitt
Associate Arts & Culture
Editor
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12 the abdominal muscles. Many
tots working out in the school
rht room said that abdominal
kout. were a regular part of their
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lethany Teixeira said that she
¡bdominal workouts to “lose the
i stuff’ and make herself appear
er. As a cheerleader and vol-
all player in high school, Teixeria
she has always done abdomi-
jork >uts in her workout routine,
fax rite thing is seeing results. It
nicer,” she said.
tendon Minsein began doing
minal workouts six months ago
»his core as important because,
jout a strong core, the body will
eak.”
istead of doing traditional
hes, Minsein uses weights to
; his abdominal muscles. He
takes two weights at about 15 or 20
pounds and leans from side to. side or
holds the weights up to his chest and
twists to each side. “It’s great if you
don’t want to do crunches, and there’s
no neck or back pain.” said Minsein.
. Casey Curry, a Work Study stu
dent who works in the gym, claims
that an increasingly popular abdomi
nal workout is using stability balls.
Stability balls can be used in abdomi
nal workouts a number of ways. One
way to use a stability ball in your
workout is to sit on the edge of the
ball and lean backward and forward,
which makes you hold your abstight.
Another workout with a stability ball
is to lie on your back and hold the
ball with your feet, grab the ball and
repeat.
Clackamas Community College
offers a stability ball class each term
to give students the opportunity to
learn how to use stability balls in their
workouts.
According to Curry, the abdomi
nal muscles are the only muscle you
can’t strain, which allows for more
types of workouts for the muscles.
“There are so many exercises for
abdominals, it’s unreal.”
With bikinis and Speedos around
the comer sometime soon, now is the
perfect time to begin adding abdomi
nal workouts to your workout routine.
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Tessa Ouchida works her abs on April 8 in the Randall weight room. She was participating in
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You may have heard of fava beans by another name, broad beans, but whatever
you call them they are still just as nutritious.^Fava beans are very popular in the
Mediterranean and parts of northern Africa. These beans have a huge part in various
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Fava beans are high in protein and relatively low in fat, sodium and calories with each
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8 ounces of fava beans
2 tablespoons olive oil
Shaved parmesan |
Fresh ground pepper
Salt to taste
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Remove the outer husk of the fava bean and place the shelled beans into a bowl and
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Add the fava beans to boiling water for about six minutes or until softened.
Remove the beans with a slotted spoon and place them into a bowl and add the olive
oil, ground pepper and salt.
Serve the beans with a pinch of parmesan and enjoy.
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