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You may have noticed that the last time you were at the driving range, your swing could not compare to those around you. Does that make them better golfers than you? No, it simply means that they are better trained than you are. What you need is a strengthening exercise for golf, and golf only. This is the case only because a strengthening exercise for golf is very different than a strengthening exercise for another sport. These exercises are not difficult, but expect to spend a little longer in the gym if you slack off early on.

No strengthening exercise for golf should take more than half an hour a day, for about three days a week. This is something that sounds easy, and it is. Remember, golfing requires the use of shoulders, back, wrists and elbows, so those are the parts of the body you should be working out. Sitting there working on your calves all day can help your appearance but it wont help your golf game.

This strengthening exercise for golf requires the use of isometrics. Isometrics is the practice of lifting a weight and holding it up for about ten seconds at a time. For example, a bench press with free weights can help your pectoral muscles grow. But instead of raising and lowering the bar countless times, you instead raise the bar once and hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Now lower it slowly. Rest a little and do this again two more times. Thats isometrics.

Strengthening Exercise for golf Routine:

Squats and lunges can help shape your hips which should be an important part of any golf swing. Do enough of these until you begin to feel a slight burning sensation.

A bench press, as stated before, can help pectorals which are connected to the arms. Ideally, you should use free weights instead of a bar, and you should only lift however much you can. Dont push yourself to your limits. This is not a contact sport where you must be stronger than your opposition. lift and hold for ten seconds, let go, rest, and repeat twice.

A wrist curl can be a golfers best friend if they have club control issues. Using a free weight, curl your wrist upwards and hold for ten seconds. Let go and relax for a minute or so. Do this over again twice more.

For help with your weak swing, a row machine can help you out drastically. Start off with both arms hold, release, relax and repeat as usual. If you want to increase your swing without increasing weight, row yourself forward using just one arm at a time.

Remember to always stretch before and after any workout.

A strengthening exercise for golf seems really easy now that you see how its done, right? These are tips that anyone can try whether youre a professional player on a major golf tour or just a member of a country club.

This is a sample workout for a strengthening exercise for golf for any golf enthusiast who has the time and the determination to do so. http://www.squidoo.com/golftrainingexercise/

What Causes Blocked Drains? Blocked drains are often caused by fat, oil and grease that goes down our drains rather than in the rubbish. Often fat, oil and grease goes down the plughole as a hot liquid. As it cools, it solidifies and can catch on tree roots and rough surfaces in our pipes, gradually causing blockages.

A lot of the time blocked drains and pipes are simply the result of tree roots clogging drains and damaging your plumbing. The old way was to dig up and replace existing pipes and drains.

A new technique is to line them with a new core pipe. The core is manufactured in continuous lengths, eliminating joints and cracks which can lead to root infiltration. The pipe is manufactured from a felt core which is impregnated with a complex polymer resin. The core is then winched or pulled into position and, once set, the resin activates, leaving the new pipe actually stronger than the old!

This enables pipes with diameters from 100mm (4 inch), to 300mm (12 inch), - lengths from 1 metre (3 feet) to 100 metres (100 yards) may be repaired with less disruption and greatly decreased costs

Advantages of Core Lining
1. A more permanent solution to the whole problem, not just temporary relief from symptoms.
2. Core lining technology is suitable for industrial, commercial, domestic and council pipelines.
3. Pipes cannot be infiltrated by tree roots.
4. The materials used are extremely strong and abrasion resistant.
5. Plumbing is ready for use within hours - not days.
6. Increased flow characteristics.
7. Eliminates odour problems.
8. Eliminates sewerage leaking into the soil.
9. Stops infiltration of toxins into waterways & surrounding areas
10. When combined with CCTV inspections of drains, pipes and services, this plumbing system beats older methods hands down.

The rehabilitated, lined drains even have better flow, resulting in increased efficiency & strength. Unblocking of drains is now a breeze!

About the author: Alex Barry is the owner of Streamline pipes based in Sydney Australia. Major clients include McDonalds, BHP & The Department of Defence. Her firm has won contracts to clear and rehabilitate pipelines in the Middle East and Asia. Visit her website at http://www.streamlinepipes.com.au for further information on blocked drains.

How to work with the basics of landscape design

Design Basics
All design inevitably comes down to a few basics that may help you to make of sense of it, including frames, lines and flow. It is these three bits that work in concert to become the composition of a design, whether it is architectural designs or the way an advertisement is laid out. The concept of design being made up of frames, lines and flow are no less true in landscaping design than in any other type of design. There are, of course, a few details that must also be considered in landscape design since results are not at all immediate and may require several years before becoming what you imagine.

Frames
Design is reliant on its boundaries; it helps a designer create a unified piece rather than many disparate pieces. A designer must be aware of the borders (frames) that continue a work in order to use the space they are given effectively. Every element must be considered not just for its particular physical appearance, but also for the space around it. Before you even think about plants or planting think about the space you are going to be using and divide it into usable sections based on the conditions of the land itself. There may be areas of your yard prone to flood or areas that remain in the shade all day. Each of these little factors will make shape your overall design. If you try to ignore the details of your land they will still alter your overall design, but probably negatively by refusing to grow or requiring a great deal of constant maintenance. Remember, often times the space you dont use is as important as what you do use. In graphic design, this is referred to as white space. Often times, the most simple and elegant designs make use of the white space to give the visual elements greater impact. You can extend this same principle to landscaping. Dont forget when looking at an entire yard that different portions of it may be used for different things. Parts of your yard may be used for activities and play while others are intended for relaxation and dining, Try to position them in ways that make use of natural transitions in your yard.

Lines
The pieces of design, the individual shapes and images that work together to make a final composition create lines between them. This is true in landscaping as well. The pieces of design or, in landscaping, the flowers, shrubs, hills, alcoves, rocks and statuary are inevitably connected to one another by short straight lines, much like connect-the-dot games that we play a children. During the design stage of landscaping it is important to arrange your "dots in such a way that they create a single image or visual flow. Also remember, you are not dealing in a single dimension. Imagine how your lines will appear from a birds eye view. Then imagine how they will look when you view the straight on. There are different lines that will be created, and it is important to remember to pay attention to all of them.

Flow
Discussion of visual flow can sound a bit abstract, but the essentials behind it are very concrete. If the elements of design work together to create visual flow this usually just means that their points of visual interest that serve to lead the eye from one place to another over the entire canvas. Among the shapes most commonly used as a base for flow are simple curves like the number 6 and the letter S. Color plays an important role in creating interest and helps visual flow. Certain colors create visual difference that can be used to help you shape and refine the flow of your work. Warm colors like red and yellow appear to be nearer than they are while cool colors like blue and purple recede into the background. Planning visual flow is especially hard in landscaping because you may not know exactly what height a particular plant might reach nor can you guarantee that every planting will bloom as desired. Annuals that fail to bloom can leave a dearth of color in one place while your perennials glory and flood their patch vividly, upsetting the balance of your garden with their wealth of color. However, if you do break your landscape apart into manageable sections, creating frames within frames you will have greater flexibility as your land evolves into landscaping.

Elizabeth Jean writes water fountain and related articles for Garden-Fountains.com, the #1 destination on the internet for wall fountains, garden fountains, and Distinctive Water Wall Features.

There are many things you can do to lose love handles. Here are 2 things you can do that are very important and will have a great impact.

1. Watch what you eat Have you heard the saying "You are what you eat"? It is very true. Everything you put into your body affects your body - in a good way or in a bad way. It is up to you to decide whether you want to eat healthy foods or bad foods. Stuff that will make your body happy and give you a long, healthy life. Or stuff that tastes good, but is very, very bad for you.

Eat more fiber in the form of fruits and vegetables. Drink lots of water. Cut out sugar. Cut out junk food. Reduce or eliminate the intake of alcohol.

It all sounds like too much trouble doesn't it? Does it feel like you are giving up too much?

You really are not you know. Your body gets used to it. If you start eating healthy, after a little while your body will forget what junk food tastes like. In fact you will start developing a craving for fruits and veggies. Seriously - it's just a question of getting rid of old eating habits and acquiring new ones.

2. Use your feet We have two feet and we were meant to use it. What do I mean? I mean get them moving. Any movement helps. Movement at a faster pace (which people call cardio workouts) help even more. Do something, do anything. Walk around your house - vacuuming counts.

Our body was not built to sit around. Unfortunately we are in a society where most of us do not get even a little exercise. Exercise feels like work.

So here is a fun way to overcome the dread of exercise. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. If you can, walk to the grocery store. Walk to the movie theatre. The stores are not close by? No problem. Walk around your neighborhood. Look at how the different houses are designed, how people have designed their lawns,what they have on their lawns. The idea is to get your brain engaged and make it a game. Make up a story of how you think that family lives. What you are doing is getting your mind off the fact that you are exercising!

Try it - you'll be amazed at how many miles you walk.

Good luck on your quest to lose love handles.

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The Sony ps3 will be the most powerful game console ever released. The impressive parallel processing architecture and powerful GPU allows for arguably the most ambitious releases on a console ever. Certainly, the graphics and performance the system will deliver will outstrip that of its more prudent competitors, xbox 360, and Nintendo's Wii. It should come as no surprise then, that many of the most anticipated titles of 2007 will launch on the PS3, some on multiple platforms, others exclusively. As impressive as the hardware is, it's really not important in the scheme of things; what really matters is what games you can actually play!

The ps3 is costly enough as it is, and as with anything else you invest in, you wouldn't want to do it before reading up on it first. What better way to do that, than to check out some ps3 game previews? Generally speaking, the best sources of ps3 previews will come from those websites and magazines that have generally covered ps2 and the original PS from the outset. General gaming sites like Gamespy/IGN, Gamespot, 1up, and GamesIndustry.biz are generally good sources of quick, easy to read news, game previews, and reviews. The quality varies, but what is common to each of these is that they will compare their subject matter to the competition. In this case, exclusive ps3 titles would be compared against games on xbox 360 and Wii in any ps3 game review.

If you're already a fan, and you're set on having a PS3, you might prefer ps3 reviews from sites that deal with nothing else. Dedicated community fansites tend to have active discussion forms full of analysis of every last detail. More to the point, the staff who run such sites are generally fans themselves, and are just as interested in the system and games they post about, which is usually reflected in their reporting. Sites like PSXextreme, PSrules, ps3 Power, and ps3 Land are all good sources of ps3 game previews. Naturally, there aren't any PS3 reviews out yet, but these sites are already geared up and equipped to start posting them as soon as they hit the shelves in November.

Anticipated titles at release time will include the fourth game in the ever popular Gran Turismo series, madden 07, Vampire's Rain, Crysis, Fatal Inertia, MotorStorm, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty 3, nba live 07, need for Speed: carbon, Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire, Resistance: Fall of Man, and f.e.a.r. Also keep in mind that the PS3 is going to be widely backwards compatible with older PS and ps2 games, which you'll be able to buy from Son'y PNP service, if you don't already have them one of the major selling points! For your PS3, game reviews already written will be just as useful. Finally, going back even further, Sony has announced that a wide variety of Sega Genesis (MegaDrive) games will be also be compatible with the PS3, opening up yet more games to its repertoire.

Andrew Lawrence is the developer of http://www.e-bookz-online.co.uk a site that promotes mostly info products on all subjects.

Having a boat is a dream that many men secretly nurture. It's one of the major purchases anyone can make, probably as important as buying a home! A car is something that everyone needs to buy, but a boat is already considered a luxury.

The major decision to purchase a boat brings about the question of how you are going to pay for it. It's good if you can pay in cash, but oftentimes, this is not the case. It is a relief to find out that you can now avail of boat loans to pay for your boat purchase. If you look around, you may be able to scout for the best competitive interest rate in town.

The local bank is the primary institution to obtain boat loans. It offers competitive interest rates and if you are a valued client, you may even be granted preferential rates that may either be fixed or variable for a term of six months. The loans officer of the bank will require you to submit documentary requirements before processing boat loans.

Aside from the bank, a credit union is also an ideal source for boat loans. If you happen to get rejected by the bank, or if the bank rate does not suit your budget, the credit union may just have something for you. It caters to almost all types of land and water vehicles and they can offer competitive rates as a come-on to would be clients. You may make inquiries on boat loans over the phone by talking to the loans officer.

Boat distributors may also offer boat loans with special terms. This alternative seems to be the best arrangement because you get to finance the purchase of your boat and obtain a warranty and maintenance for the same from just a single location.

processing of boat loans entails evaluation of the loan clients and thus may take a longer time to be released. However, the savings you can get out of minimal interest rates is worth the wait. Canvassing interest rates at other sources can help you secure the best boat loans deal to suit your budget.

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