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Television and Video games have replaced many of the activities children use to enjoy. Electronic toys have replaced balls and jump ropes. When we hear discussions involving our children we often are hearing words like Obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure and Diabetes.

When you start with enough muscle glycogen, protein supplies about 5 percent of energy. Otherwise it may supply up to 10 percent. Saturated fats come in foods from animals (i.e., meats, eggs, milk, cheese, etc.) and unsaturated fats in some vegetable products (i.e., corn oil).

Sports Wear

Oh, yeah, and maybe a little humility. "A lot of guys fail to realize that they don't have the same bodies they did back in high school," says physical therapist Benjamin Gelfand, co-author of The Return to Glory Days, a comprehensive guide to treating and preventing sports injuries.

Let's face it. We're a lazy, self-indulgent lot. We want things the easy way, no work on our part, no giving anything up, or even cutting back. We don't want to be bothered.

Antioxidants can actually capture or neutralize free radicals and therefore stop the chain reaction. One of the most powerful classes of antioxidants is carotenoids.

Athletic Performance

Runners/joggers could begin their run with a fast walk for 3 to 5 minutes followed by a stretch prior to the actual run itself. Most people who exercise have specific goals in mind (i.e.

(Volume is the total amount of work you perform in a workout or over some period, often measured as total repetitions.) Rather than simply increasing the number of sets and reps you do for the exercises you mastered as a beginner, try adding new movements to the mix. That doesn't mean taking a "dart board" approach to exercise selection every time you train, but rather periodically switching to different movements and always keeping an eye out for new alternatives.

Meditation

Improve your balance by standing on one leg for 30 seconds, gradually building up to one minute. Then do it with your eyes closed. Develop baseline fitness. In other words, before you start league softball or join your health club's tennis team, take a few weeks to build up your overall fitness. Start with 15 to 20 minutes of continuous exercise, whether it's walking, jogging or biking, and gradually build up to 45 minutes or more.