The Ball Jackknife exercise This movement will strengthen your core muscles and help with balance and posture.1. Place your hands on the floor with arms straight and palms flat, as shown in the photo above. Balance on an appropriately sized ball, keeping it between your ankles and shins.2. Contract your abdominal muscles, squeeze your buttocks together and slowly pull your knees toward your chest while still balancing your shins and...

The matriarch of a family who escaped political oppression in Cuba and prospered in South Florida died on Oct. 16.Candida Rosa Nodarse Senra, of Miami Lakes, had four children with her husband Fernando Senra.“She was always longing to go back to her country,” said Fred Senra, one of her sons. “She never forgot where she came from.”Mrs. Senra, shown in the photo at right, was born in Sagua La Grande, Las Villas, in Cuba.After the family moved...

Defensive back Luis Cureza doesn’t hear the cheers from the crowd at Barbara Goleman Senior High School’s football games. He doesn’t hear the trash talk, or the distinct sound of one set of shoulder pads crashing into another during a big tackle. The junior special teams member isn’t bothered by background noise on game days because he is deaf, having lost his hearing when he was 10 years old. But what some may consider a...

The Glute Kick Backs will work out your buttocks and hamstrings muscles as well as your lower back and abdominal muscles. 1. Place a mini resistance band around your calves just above the ankles (for beginners, the higher the placement of the band, the easier the exercise).2. Lie face down over an exercise ball, with your belly button at the top of the ball.3. Place your hands on the floor with your arms straight. Your wrists, elbows and...

     If the flesh on the back of your upper arms shakes when you don’t want it to, the lying triceps extension is the exercise for you!1.  Lie on a bench with your feet flat on the floor and hold a dumbbell in each hand while keeping your wrists straight. (For lower back safety, you can place your feet on the bench.)2.  Get in the start position by raising the dumbbells above your head, keeping your arms straight and the weights about six...