Physical fitness exercise

Posted: Jan. 9, 2010 10:40 p. m.

Depending on your point of view, it was the best of times or the worst of times Saturday afternoon at the U. S. Cellular Arena, where the UW-Milwaukee Panthers were superb in a 71-51 victory over UW-Green Bay in a physical Horizon League matchup.

For Green Bay, it will go down as its worst performance of the season so far.

The Panthers (10-7, 2-3) jumped on Green Bay (11-6, 4-2) early, taking a 17-4 lead 6 minutes into the game, then held off determined Phoenix comebacks in both halves to emerge with their second straight victory.

Panthers coach Rob Jeter saw a lot of good things.

"I guess I"m just excited for this group because they"ve really battled all year," said Jeter. "And we just seemed to never really make it over the hump or had that one game that could really bring some life into people and life into us and life into all our fans and everyone who sticks with us.

"I think this game here definitely put a lot of life into everybody. I"m just excited for a lot of reasons, but it"s just good to see the excitement back here in the Cell, and our guys played well in front of our fans. "

It was quite a different story from the other locker room.

"Obviously, anybody that"s played or coached at a high level or at a relatively high level has had their rear ends kicked," said Green Bay coach Tod Kowalczyk. "And tonight we got our rear ends kicked. We didn"t play well. I don"t think we competed. I don"t think we played with our Green Bay passion or team grit because we got exposed. It was clearly our worst performance of the year. "

Forward James Eayrs turned in a big game, leading the Panthers with 15 points and 13 rebounds.

Guard Ricky Franklin sank a couple of big three-pointers in the second half and added 14 points, while Jerard Ajami made all four of his three-point shots and scored 12 points.

Guards Bryquis Perine and Troy Cotton led Green Bay with 15 and 14 points respectively.

It was an intense game that included a couple of brief scuffles, one in the first half that resulted in technical fouls against Franklin and Green Bay"s Randy Berry.

"There were a lot of tussles out there," said Eayrs. "It was a physical game. We knew it was going to be a physical game, with them being our rivals. I thought we played well and kept our composure. "

The Panthers got off to a great start, scoring 14 straight points to take a 17-4 lead. Ajami sank a pair of three-pointers during that stretch, taking a nice pass from Anthony Hill in the low post on the second one.

"We played well to start with," said Kowalczyk. "And then they made some shots and I don"t think we responded. That put us on our heels a little bit and then we were trying to dig out of the hole ever since. "

But UWM turned cold and began to turn the ball over as Green Bay rallied to tie the game, 21-21, on a three-point play by Rian Pearson with 5:43 left.

But a rebound basket by Eayrs off a missed free throw began a run of seven straight UWM points, and the Panthers held a 35-28 halftime lead.

The Panthers went low to Hill for the first basket of the second half, and Ajami and Jason Averkamp then hit three-pointers to push the Panthers" lead to 43-28.

Green Bay came back again as 3 three-point baskets by Cotton helped the Phoenix cut the lead to 47-43 with 11:54 left. But Eayrs then hit a big three-point shot and then added a layup for a 52-43 lead. A pair of three-pointers by Franklin helped UWM extend its lead to 60-47 with 5 minutes left.

"It was very satisfying," said Eayrs. "I"m happy. "

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Robben Fitness Boost

Oregon Scientific Announces Partnership With Gaiam, Inc. to Launch Womens ...

Oregon Scientific Announces Partnership With Gaiam, Inc. to Launch Women"s Fitness Line

TUALATIN, Ore. , Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Oregon Scientific, a leading designer and worldwide marketer of personal electronics, including weather and timing devices, today announced its partnership with lifestyle company Gaiam, Inc. at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas (January 7-10). As provider of information, goods and services that benefit the environment, a sustainable economy and healthy living, Gaiam"s expertise will allow Oregon Scientific to further expand its Sports & Fitness division and enter the Women"s Fitness market.

The new Gaiam line will debut with four fitness products, all featuring a sleek, stylish design to promote healthy living for today"s modern woman. Products range in price from $39. 99 - $99. 99 and will be available to consumers in Fall 2010. Products include:

Zone Trainer Heart Rate Monitors:

Two versions - Zone Trainer 1. 0 and Zone Trainer 2. 0 - each feature Oregon Scientific"s exclusive Tap-On Lens Technology, a soft silicone strap, and an easy-to-read LCD display, making it simple for users to stay in the zone and get the most out of their workout. Zone Trainer 1. 0 is strapless and Zone Trainer 2. 0 comes complete with a chest strap.

3-D Fitness Watch:

Innovative 3-D technology provides the most accurate step readings for a complete, 360-degree view into any workout. Plus, its smart design combines the features of a pedometer and sports watch in one stylish accessory.

3-D Pedometer:

Consumers can bring Oregon Scientific"s precise 3-D technology on-the-go with this slim, portable pedometer. The 3-D Pedometer doubles as a calorie coach to monitor calories burned throughout the day.

Oregon Scientific will be exhibiting its new Gaiam fitness line at CES Unveiled on January 5th and will be located in North Hall Meeting Room N218 for the remainder of the show. For more information about Oregon Scientific products, visit.

About Oregon Scientific Founded in 1989, Oregon Scientific is headquartered in Tualatin; a quaint suburb of beautiful Portland, Oregon. Oregon Scientific offers six families of products, ranging from Youth & Learning to Sports & Fitness. Built from its hallmark of timing and weather devices, Oregon Scientific is expanding to meet the diverse needs of its customers to enhance the way we live, work and play. Consider Oregon Scientific"s products to be Innovating the Everyday.

Oregon Scientific is a division of one of the world"s premier electronics manufacturers, Integrated Display Technology, Ltd. (IDT), based in Hong Kong. IDT was founded in 1977 and is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as IDT Technology and on the Singapore Exchange as I-Com.

Gaiam (

) is a lifestyle media company catering to people who value personal development, natural health, ecological lifestyles and inspirational entertainment. Gaiam has approximately eight million direct customers, including over 100,000 paid subscribers to its community and subscription clubs. Gaiam"s home media is carried by almost 70,000 retail stores in the U. S. , the widest direct distribution coverage in the country for any visual media provider. Gaiam also distributes approximately 20 million catalogs per year.

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Times Touts Caveman Fitness Trend as Lifestyle

The problem with this paleo fad, as read about in the NYT but also practiced by folks I know, is that it assumes a LOT about the hunter-gatherer diet that is out of line with what anthropologists have actually documented as the diets of hunter-gatherer peoples. "Paleolithic" is somewhat racist - sure thats when European peoples were hunting and gathering as a way of life, but it is still the primary food sourcing for plenty of folks in New Guinea, parts of Africa, and parts of the Amazon. So if we"re going to "go paleo" and eat as hunter-gatherers, we should probably not conjecture about what pre-historic Europeans did, we should go out and look at what actual hunter-gatherers today do. And guess what? Only 30% of the hunter-gatherer diet comes from hunting. The rest comes from gathering (see Nancy Bonvillain): fruits, seeds, vegetables, and yes, asshats, grains. Wild grains, sure, but grains. They also collect things like honey and do a fair amount of processing food; most brew some sort of alcohol.

Want to cut out overprocessed or distantly sourced foods? Great, but stop it with the racist paleolithic bullshit. It is NOT getting in touch with distant ancestors and how they ate because it is a conjecture based upon racist assumptions without any data or input from how actual hunter-gatherers live. Plus whose to say that our bodies stopped evolving at some point? Cattle-herding societies (French, as ancient Gauls) tend not to have lactose intolerance, but non-cattle herding societies (like, Jews, and other Semetic peoples, who herded goats and sheep) tend to have high rates of lactose intolerance and cow-milk allergies. I see evolution - those Gauls who weren"t lactose intolerant farted less and reproduced more, leading to fewer and fewer cases of lactose intolerance. "Natural" selection in the age of agriculture! Culture can influence genetics! Shock of shocks!

Clara Maass, Signature Fitness team up

Start your new year off right by learning how disease prevention and self management can lead to a healthier you.

Clara Maass Medical Center will partner with Signature Fitness of Belleville to host a programв"Prevention 101: Healthy Choices for a Healthier You." The program will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Signature Fitness located at 471 Cortland St., Belleville.

CMMC experts will discuss: Metabolic Syndrome for the prevention of cardiac disease and diabetes, and healthy food choices for disease prevention. Complimentary blood pressure and cholesterol screenings will be provided. To register for this free event, call 1-888-724-7123, prompt 4. Screenings will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. and the program from 6 to 7 p.m.