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...giving more than he asked for--either that, or his donors are 7 1/2 ft. tall. Stanton has raised $744 from 18 people by tying her fund raising to her efforts to train for her first marathon, an idea that came to her while she was at the gym. As for Larson, he says, "I'm too timid" to ask more than seven of his closest friends--though so far only one of them has said no, and Larson has $580 toward his goal of raising...
...looked at food changed radically. Rather than accounting for taste, I analyzed everything in terms of potential cost versus potential fullness. That jar of jelly? Like eating money—better stick to plain peanut butter. Go to the gym? Might make me hungrier afterwards. I even opted out of the house meal budget so as not to waste my small savings on luxuries like spices and meat. Frozen meals were for the well-heeled and well-fed. Finding a granola bar in my suitcase was an occasion for outright celebration...
That's why five years ago this month, as Yao prepared to become the NBA's number one pick, Yi Jianlian, then either 15 or 18, sweated through drills and games in a Shanghai gym, one of an elite group of players from all over east Asia. He was participating in an annual Adidas all star camp. He was a revelation, "the best player in the camp that year by far," says former NBA all star Detlef Schrempf, who now works for Adidas (which took over Reebok in 2005). These all star camps are "very important parts of our marketing...
...University is a classic product of the Communist system, its campus full of students identified by the state who are there because of their skill and potential in a variety of sports, from gymnastics to Taekwando. But what was taking place on the fourth floor of a steaming hot gym on campus last month had nothing to do with Communism. Sixty one players, the vast majority from China, played spirited full court games and ran drills for three days, all under the watchful eye of current and former NBA players and coaches...
Worthington Industries was an early convert. The $3 billion metals manufacturer opened a gym at its Columbus, Ohio, headquarters in 1985, later adding free yoga, step and cardio classes. In 1995, it built an onsite wellness center with three full-time physicians, a lab and pharmacy. But with the company's health-care premiums still soaring, CEO John McConnell decided to get serious. In 2003 Worthington hired an outside vendor to implement a program called Healthy Choices that would track and improve workers' health. Workers who participate get cash credits of up to $50 a month toward their share...