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391. Cone, Hourglass, Ruler, Spoon -- What Shape Are You?
     

     -->Sept. 22, 2000 -- Edward Jackowski knows why most of us can't seem to achieve the body we want, despite the fact that we spend so much time working out: We're exercising all wrong -- for our body type, that is. When it comes to body types, Jackowski, founder of the New York City-based "motivation

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392. How'd She Do It?
     

     Sept. 11, 2000 -- Remember the old adage that 90% of all accidents happen within a mile of home? Well, it's wrong. New evidence suggests that 90% of all accidents happen within a mile of Karen Smyers. Three years ago Smyers was the defending U.S. Olympic Committee Female Triathlete of the Year. She

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393. Taking It to the Extreme
     

     Sept. 4, 2000 -- At 10 o'clock on any given night, it's not unusual to find Karen Lundgren scurrying around her San Bernardino, Calif., home gathering up her running shoes and popping batteries into her coal-miner-style headlamp. As this 35-year-old office coordinator gears up for an hour-long night

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394. Lamar Thomas, Wide Reciever for the Miami Dophins
     

     NAME: Lamar Thomas TEAM: Miami Dolphins POSITION: Wide receiver INJURY: Fracture dislocation of his right hip While hip pointers and bruises are common, Lamar Thomas' injury is rare. In 1996, University of Miami running back Danyell Ferguson sustained a dislocated hip and missed the rest of the seas

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395. Eva Nemcova, Guard/Forward, Cleveland Rockers
     

     NAME: Eva Nemcova TEAM: Cleveland Rockers, WNBA; Messina, Italian League POSITION: Guard/forward INJURY: Torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) WNBA: Andrea Lloyd-Curry, Minnesota Lynx; Carolyn Jones-Young, Portland Fire; Elena Baranova, Miami Sol; NBA: Tom Gugliotta, Phoenix Suns; Derek Anderson, Lo

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396. Brian McBride, Forward, midfielder U.S. National Soccer Team
     

     NAME: Brian McBride TEAM: Columbus Crew (Major League Soccer), U.S. National Team POSITION: Forward, midfielder INJURY: Broken cheekbone (mandible) Soccer: Brian McBride (the other side); Hockey: Matt Cullen, Washington Capitols; Craig Rivet, Montreal Canadiens; Basketball: A.D. Smith, Oregon Ducks

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397. Working Your Back
     

     July 31, 2000 -- I'm lying on the floor of a sunny, sparsely decorated studio in San Francisco, my spine centered along the top of a large white Styrofoam tube. Under the watchful eye of my instructor, Kim Deterline, I raise one leg at a time off the ground, all the while concentrating on keeping my

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398. Todd Hundley , Catcher for Los Angeles Dodgers
     

     NAME: Todd Hundley TEAM: Los Angeles Dodgers POSITION: Catcher INJURY: Strained intercostal muscle (ribcage) Baseball: Jeff Kent, San Francisco Giants; Hockey: Adam Deadmarsh, Colorado Avalanche; Football: Thurman Thomas, Buffalo Bills; Billy Joe Tolliver, New Orleans Saints; Dorsey Levens, Green Ba

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399. Want to Get Fit? Change the Way You Think!
     

     June 26, 2000 -- When I was a high school track star, my mom was my biggest fan. She videotaped my races, and the videos always turned out the same way. The camera would follow me as I broke free of the starting line, and then, as I got closer, it would jerkily point to the ground or the sky, and th

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400. A No-Weight Workout
     

     Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few years, you've undoubtedly heard how much better off you'd be if you lifted weights. Weight training, studies show, can slow the muscle loss that comes with aging, increase bone density, and boost the body's calorie-burning rate by as much as 30

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