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Titans' running back poised for strong finish on comeback season
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Travis Henry started this season wanting to make a big comeback. It's safe to say the Tennessee running back has accomplished nearly everything he sought. Even if not many people are paying attention. The six-year veteran running back should be a top candidate for NFL Comeback Player of the Year for reviving his career after two sub-par seasons at a position where fresh talent floods the league every year. Henry has rushed for 1,109 yards and seven touchdowns this season for the Tennessee Titans despite starting only 12 of the last 13 games and not playing in two of the first four games. And Henry still has one game left to reach the 1,300-yard goal he set for himself before the season. But the only players he hears as top candidates for the award he wanted to win are quarterbacks such as Drew Brees of New Orleans and Chad Pennington of the New York Jets, or tight end Kellen Winslow Jr.
Let not the years condemn
Ask anyone who has competed in a fun run and there is every chance they remember the moment they were overtaken by a person in their 60s. As you clock up another birthday, it's not so much age that decides what you can and can't do, but how you've used your body in the preceding years. Pitted against a seasoned 50-year-old runner, an untrained, desk-bound person in his or her 20s is likely to run out of steam first, which is why exercise physiologists no longer pigeonhole people according to age. "We think in terms of a person's functional age - meaning how active they are and what they can do physically - rather than chronological age," says exercise physiologist Chris Tzar, who is the manager of the Lifestyle Clinic at the University of NSW's faculty of medicine. There are few physical activities that chronological age stops us from doing, he says - it's more about identifying health problems or factors that increase the risk of injury and getting expert advice to help you exercise safely.
Some hip hoppin' jazz set for EDH
Hip hop jazz, a dance style based on the principles of street and funk, will be taught on Saturdays starting Jan. 6 at the El Dorado Dance Academy, 3921 Sandstone Drive, Suite D in El Dorado Hills.Dancers will experience the best of urban dance with exposure to lock 'n 'pop, break, hip-hop and street funk.Classes will be held through Jan. 27. Sessions are scheduled from 10 to 11 a.m. for ages 5 to 7; and from 11 a.m. until noon for ages 8 and up.Cost is $50 for EDH residents. To register, call (916) 933-6624 or visit www.edhcsd.org.Cardio cycle class planned .
Use of new school fitness centers off to strong start
The new fitness center at Sheboygan South High School has given Jared Zander of Sheboygan a new option for keeping in shape. The 27-year-old Zander has switched from working out at home to using the free weights at the Aurora Health Care-sponsored fitness center at South, which is about a mile away from where he lives. "I think that it has a wide range of equipment, something for everyone to use," Zander said last week as he was preparing a barbell with weights. "It seems pretty convenient for everybody." The centers were built at North and South high schools as part of the $32 million referendum voters in the Sheboygan Area School District passed in 2004. They opened to the public on Nov. 6. The number of people in the general public taking advantage of the fitness center has surprised Karen Davis, recreation supervisor at the Community Recreation Department, which oversees the North and South fitness centers.
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