McKayla Maroney does her ‘not impressed’ face with President Obama

  Members of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team, including the gold-medal winning Fierce Five, stopped by the White House this week. They met President Barack Obama and toured the house. At the time of the visit, McKayla Maroney tweeted, “Did I just do the not impressed face with the President?” The answer is yes. Yes, [...]

Social Olympics: Does The Gold Medal Go To Facebook, Twitter or Google+?

Yesterday we looked at how online media is covering the London 2012 Olympics. We gave our virtual gold medal to the New York Times, for its sleek design and muscular content. Today we review the major social media sites: Facebook, Twitter and Google+. To continue the Olympics theme, we award each of the three a [...]

Why Every Athlete Should Do Yoga

See on Scoop.it – SELF-HEALTH Just the other day I was having dinner with an old swimming buddy of mine, Mark Henderson, a former world record holder and Olympic Gold Medalist in the 4×100 Medley Relay at the Atlanta Games. In other words, a phenomenal athlete.   Sure, we talked about swimming. Then our conversation turned [...]

6 Ways Exercise Makes You Smarter – Forbes

You don’t have to be a football star or a gold-medal gymnast. You just have to get your heart rate up for half an hour most days.   If you think muscles are just for meatheads or gym rats think again! Did you know that just 30 minutes of exercise a day can make you [...]