Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 9/21/2011

9/21/1938:
Officials at the Rockingham Park race track in Salem, New Hampshire, attempt to conduct the day's events despite the approach of a powerful hurricane. Activities are finally suspended when winds exceed 70 miles per hour, pulling two hatches off the grandstand, blowing apart the announcer's booth and lifting jockey Warren Yarberry off his horse as he swings into the stretch leading the field in the sixth race.

Birthdays:
Sam McDowell b. 1942
Artis Gilmore b. 1949
Bob Huggins b. 1953
Sidney Moncrief b. 1957
Cecil Fielder b. 1963

Packers Fact:
The Packers' Aaron Kampman posted 37 sacks from 2006 to 2008. That was the third-highest total int he NFL in that span.

“Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.”

—AMELIA EARHART, American aviatrix

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The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina)

A WORKOUT THAT WORKS OUT

We, too, were “born round” (see yesterday), and Pete Cerqua’s “fitness solution” actually helps. With a few simple poses held for 90 seconds (e.g., Plank, Wall Sit, Airplane), muscles work in tandem with weight resistance provided by one’s own body. No changing clothes, no duffel bags, no sweat, just an amazing muscle workout. Don’t take our word for it, or the word of thousands of others whom Pete has helped and trained in his 25 years of loving his craft, observing fitness routines in gyms, and taking notes. Try his workout. We think, as Pete says, you’ll “get it,” and feel it working, right away.

THE 90-SECOND FITNESS SOLUTION: THE MOST TIME-EFFICIENT WORKOUT EVER FOR A HEALTHIER, STRONGER, YOUNGER YOU, by Pete Cerqua (Atria, 2009)