The American website RateBeer (just like last year) crowned the Belgian Trappist Westvleteren 12 the best beer in the world. There are ten Belgian beers in the Top 50 (eleven last year). Rochefort 10 is number seven. Westvleteren 8 is number seventeen. Belgian restaurants and cafés also get good rates. One restaurant I like very much, called 'De Heeren van Liedekercke' in Denderleeuw, Oost-Vlaanderen, has been rated the best beer restaurant in the world! That's where I had my first... Read full post

Monday
Aero House (12:30pm) & Ultimate Conditioning (1pm) @ Crunch, Chelsea
Arms, Abs Assets @ NYHRC, 21st & Park
Just Dance @ NYHRC, 23rd & 6th
Tuesday
Functional Training (8:15am) & Cardio Sculpt (9am) @ Equinox, 63rd & Lex
Cardio Sculpt (5:15pm)  @ NYHRC, Cooper Sq. 
Ass & Abs (6pm) & Funk (6:30pm) @ Crunch, Lafayette & Astor Place
Wednesday
Step Challenge (12:15pm) @ NYHRC, Cooper Sq
Hardcore (6pm) & Arms, Abs, Assets (6:30pm) @ NYHRC,... Read full post

Just saw this great set of videos from a series orginally broadcast on the BBC in the 1980's, called the Way of the Warrior.  It features our school of karate, Goju Ryu, in the traditional Okinawan form.  'Karate' translated means 'the of the empty hand."  Hence this amazing fighting style...
Here are the links to the first four parts of the series. Each segment is about 10 minutes long and really interesting to watch, particularly the detail around sanchine kata in Part... Read full post

 
A fascinating article on deaths caused from sports.  Claims that causes of death due to heat stroke and dehydration are largely untrue.
This raises interesting questions about how much hydration during an extreme event is necessary.
http://www.sportsscientists.com/2013/01/dangerous-exercise-hype-of-dehydration.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FcJKs+%28The+Science+of+Sport%29
 
What does everyone else think?
 
Tom

One study says olympic athletes live longer:
http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/14/fast-stronger-longer-olympians-outlive-the-rest-of-us/
Now another says being overweight is an advantage:
http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/02/being-overweight-is-linked-to-lower-risk-of-mortality/
 
What do you think?

"On Thursday afternoon a small group of players led by Steve Fehr, the union’s special counsel, met for about an hour at the N.H.L. office in Midtown Manhattan to discuss penalties for teams caught hiding hockey-related revenue." [NY Times]  
This particular sentence caught my attention in reading through today's article about the potential of a 48 game schedule this season.  It is telling that such a discussion is even needed!  That owners would/could stoop so low as... Read full post

PREDICTIONS FOR WEEK 17

Games

ESPN

Sarah

Jets vs. Bills

Bills

Bills

Ravens vs. Bengals

Bengals

Bengals

Panthers vs. Saints

Saints

Saints

Bears vs. Lion

Bears

Lions

Texans vs. Colts

Texans

Texans

Jaguars vs. Titans

Titans

Jaguars

Buccaneers vs. Falcons

Falcons

Buccaneers

Chiefs vs. Broncos

Broncos

Chiefs

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PREDICTIONS FOR WEEK 16

Games

ESPN

Sarah

Bills vs. Dolphins

Dolphins

Bills

Giants vs. Ravens

Giants

Ravens

Browns vs. Broncos

Broncos

Broncos

Raiders vs. Panthers

Panthers

Panthers

Bears vs. Cardinals

Bears

Cardinals

Bengals vs. Steelers

Steelers

Bengals

Chargers vs. Jets

Chargers

Jets

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Who said what in 2012 – a selection of the best sporting quotes of the year:
FOOTBALL
“(Tottenham manager) Harry (Redknapp) told me that United were champions and then I went into the dressing room and someone else told me City were champions.” - Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson whose side were pipped for the Premier League title by Manchester City on goal difference.
“Miracles do happen in Manchester. Only this time it's on this side of the road.” -... Read full post

Chad le Clos secured South Africa's second medal on Saturday, on the penultimate day of the World Short-Course Championships in Istanbul.
Le Clos bagged silver in the men's 50 metres butterfly final, finishing 0.04 seconds behind Brazil's Nicholas Santos, who won in 22.22. American Thomas Shields was third, touching the wall a further 0.2 seconds behind.
The 20-year-old South African had won gold in the men's 100m butterfly on Thursday.  STORY