Sentences with phrase «at them an exercise in»

This makes them an easy target, but it does not make throwing mud at them an exercise in religious liberalism.

Because it is a static hold that uses isometric contraction to maintain the position it is possible to become very proficient at this exercise in a very short period of time and I recommend it to anyone trying to develop good core strength before moving on to other exercise such as the Lalanne push up or the dragon flag.

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Not eating enough, in combination with exercising regularly puts the body at risk of numerous short - term and long - term deleterious effects.

Even at the unripe age of 20, Silverman has that he needs to make sure to exercise regularly and maximize his time in college.

But when the company tried the same shtick a month later with Raptors star Kyle Lowry hurling basketballs at drones in a gym, YouTubians responded with derision — exactly what a brand - driven company doesn't want in a branding exercise.

«No matter where I am in the world, I try to routinely wake up at around 5 a.m.. By rising early, I'm able to do some exercise and spend time with my family, which puts me in a great mind frame before getting down to business,» he explains.

He's found a diet and exercise regimen that helps him perform the stunts he's known for, that helps him maintain the stamina required to perform on set, that gives him the energy to devote to family and friends... in short, he's figured out how to be the best he can be at home and at work.

«I think it's going back to basics, what used to work back in the day which is just bodyweight exercises,» said David Carranza, general manager at the D.C. Crunch.

(Foremen who hadn't been in leadership positions before exhibited the «sergeant's phenomenon» — at first they exercised their authority in a pretty wild way, without regard for the welfare and security of the rest of the people.

He's expected to exercise his right to an early release from his current contract, allowing him to leave the company, which he joined in 2009, at the end of this year, CNBC said.

We've explored exercise in depth before, and looked at what it does to our brains, such as releasing proteins and endorphins that make us feel happier.

To truly build employee loyalty, the best leaders allow their most valued workers to have a seat at the table to make decisions and exercise influence over things that matter in the business.

Several high - profile entrepreneurs, such as Basecamp co-founder and CTO David Heinemeier Hansson, have publicly declared that they can get all the work required for their start - up to succeed done in a moderate 40 hours a week, leaving, presumably, enough time for exercise, family, friends, and fitness (or at least more than two of those).

Throughout the grueling week, I've been told they were allowed to sleep only twice, for 20 minutes at a time — once in a ditch, the other with a live firing exercise going on above them.

In fact, according to one study out of Duke, exercise works just as well at treating depression as the common anti-depressant Zoloft.

At the same time, we're doing enforcement activity in our remote [exclusive economic zones] to make sure that there's not illegal fishing activity taking place, and we were not seeing that activity, but it was peeling off a lot of our resources toward what I would consider a relatively benign threat, and then we're providing other resources to do exercises with the military in the remote parts of the world but with really no strategic outcome that I could discern where the Coast Guard was providing a unique capability.

In other words, exercising after a long period of not eating could set us up for a longer, more intense fat burn, noted Eric Doucet, the lead author on the study and a professor of kinesiology at the University of Ottowa.

Jacqueline Woolley, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, conducted research that discovered believing in Santa «exercises children's deductive reasoning abilities and their use of evidence.»

At the meeting in New York, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged all members of the Security Council to exercise restraint and avoid escalation in Syria, but said allegations of chemical weapons use demands an investigation.

Even after man invented writing, the process of reproducing texts was both exclusive and labour - intensive; until at least the late Middle Ages, copying one by hand was as much an exercise in remembering its contents.

«Based on a series of studies performed by our team over the past 5 years, this «dose» of exercise has become my prescription for life,» Benjamin Levine, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern who wrote the study, said in a statement.

The Dutch fashion chain, which drew inspiration from the energy and buzz of cities and was aimed at a younger customer, emerged at a time when oversized, over-the-top fashion and everyday dance and exercise wear were in vogue.

That's an exercise that's counterintuitive to us, in part because, for most people at most points in human history, that kind of longevity was utterly out of reach.

Maybe a few of our CEOs should climb aboard Unreasonable at Sea, an ocean - faring exercise in «radical» global entrepreneurialism launched in January by Stanford University's Institute of Design.

Watching Elon Musk at work is an exercise in controlling your urge to buy a man a drink.

For a small study published in March in the journal Aging Cell, researchers looked at 125 amateur cyclists aged 55 to 79, comparing them with 75 people of a similar age who rarely or never exercised.

In fitness, what sells is at - home exercise, and they look at the thing and wonder, will I actually do that?

We often whiz through these quizzes at a blazing pace because, in a simulation exercise, we know exactly who we are.

That increases the shares outstanding and dilutes the stake of existing shareholders, since shares issued by the company through the exercise of options are not sold in exchange for cash at fair market value but are exercised at a discount.

Verizon CFO Francis Shammo said in July the company is looking at investing in Canada as an «exploratory exercise.»

If you have a serious health issue such as obesity, heart disease or diabetes, and your doctor recommends swimming as a vital form of daily exercise, you may be able to deduct the cost of a new pool in the backyard as a medical expense, according to Lisa Greene - Lewis, a CPA and tax expert at TurboTax.

Jia said he had asked his wife, Gan Wei, and brother to represent him at Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp in exercising shareholder rights and handling the sale of assets.

It's one of the few exercise headphones — and a Bluetooth one at that — that can hang with many «standard» in - ears in terms of overall quality.

Mark Cuban says he tries to get in an hour of cardio each day, and billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson wakes up at 5 a.m. every day to exercise.

In the best - case scenario where all existing option holders exercise their options at 10 cents each, the underwriters are still able to subscribe for 60 million new shares at 10 cents each.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway will exercise warrants in Bank of America allowing it to acquire 700 million common shares at an exercise price of $ 7.14 each, or about $ 5 billion.

Reading is an exercise in thinking, and to get better at it, it's important we go beyond our comfort zone and tackle more difficult subjects that seemingly have no relevance.

It keeps track of movement, calories burned and body temperature in real time while you're exercising — a quick glance at your phone will tell you how many calories you've worked off and if it's necessary to pick up the pace.

I can't take time at the office to do this, but doing it in the morning allows me to get exercise and stay connected with young people at the same time.»

«We run straightforward collaboration exercises where candidates pair with one another, 20 minutes at a time while my team watches,» says Sheridan in an article he wrote describing Menlo's culture.

«It's exciting that exercise may help improve memory at this stage, as it's something most people can do and of course it has overall health benefits,» Ronald C. Petersen a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the lead author on the most recent guidelines, said in a statement.

Based on a series of 6 - month studies on aerobic workouts and memory in people with MCI, the new guidelines recommend that people diagnosed with the condition do some form of cardio exercise at least twice a week.

The employee vests in this right over four years at 25 % per year, meaning after the first year, options on 25 shares could be exercised.

Three years ago, she force fed herself and «avoided exercise at all costs» to make herself a size 16 and get more jobs in the plus size sector, which represents a $ 17 billion business.

At the retreat, we did an exercise where we held interviews with the version of ourselves we saw in 10 years.

Cheesewright: I recently got involved in an exercise looking at the future of education.

If you haven't been exercising at all, doing four sets of 15 burpees will hurt — and will help get you in better shape so that down the road you'll be able to do even more.

The marines know roughly what sort of tasks the exercises will address, but until the exercises begin they are clueless about the exact missions, the order in which the missions will hit, and the obstacles that will be thrown at them.

The picture of Pfc. William Snyder practicing «woodlawn stalking» was taken in early April during a 1 - 173 infantry training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base.

«The number of people exercising is growing at a constant clip,» he says «All those clubs and more can be in the marketplace, and I could still double in size.