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       SQUATS BUILD MUSCLE FASTEST : Looking to add strength to your lower body? If  you're not  squatting you're taking the long way around.The squat exercises 244 different muscles-- about 37 percent of your muscle mass.

    Have you ever watched a stonecutter at work ? He will hammer away at a rock for perhaps a 100 times without a crack showing in it. Then, on the 101st blow , it will split in two. It is not  that blow alone which accomplished the result , but  the 100 others that went before as well .                                                                                                                          

  The HARDEST  working muscle in the Human body is the  HEART . It beats 100,000 times a day !                                                                                                                               

HUMAN BEINGS breathe in and out about  600,000,000  times in an average lifetime .     

"STRESSED" spelled backwards equals "DESSERTS"

Adult LUNGS contain nearly 1,500 miles of AIRWAYS .

It takes only about 23 seconds for blood to circulate throughout your entire body. 

By the age of 65,individuals who haven't engaged in exercise on a regular basis may incur a decrease in their strength by as much as 80 percent.

The human body has more than 650 muscles. 

 Between birth and old age , you will walk about 70,000 miles. Walking is one of the best activities  you can do to keep your heart-lung complex in good working condition.

Each muscle fiber is thinner  than a hair and can support up to 1,000 times its own weight. 

The FEMUR is the longest and strongest bone in the human body

 The KNEE is the body's largest joint

 We blink 15 times in a minute

 The only joint  of the body with 360 degrees of rotation is the SHOULDER

 The human body is 60% water

Their are 22 bones in the skull 

Approximately 60% of your body is muscle 

The single most important thing you can do to prevent the transmission of infectious organisms is WASH YOUR HANDS 

The average foot walks more than a thousand miles a year !

There are over 10,000 taste buds on your tongue

 The human neck has the same number of vertebrae as a giraffe

OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE endure more cuts,sprains,blisters and fractures 

 71 the average age a man with DIABETES will live to versus 79 for HEALTHY MEN

SMOKING doubles the number of wrinkles on your body

Alternating between HOT and COLD in the shower will lessen postexercise muscle soreness  (mixing up the water temp increases blood flow to the muscles)