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What a ‘gaz!
How to stroke and stoke your libido to achieve sure-gasmic resultsDoes tantric sex require a mastery of yoga? Is it okay to do Kegel exercises while driving? Are pills the only answer to impotence?
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Power Pointe
Personal trainer uses ballet to keep clients on their toesFormer ballerina Nikol Klein is all about whirl power: her Nikol Klein Method of personal training for women is a regimen of traditional and dance exercises designed to create a leaner physique.
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Work It
Health and fitness tips for mouse potatoes and other still lifesTechnology has streamlined the workplace, making legions of workers more efficient—not to mention deskbound and Kit Kat-and-coffee-fueled.
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Bolting Back
With lockout hype and hysteria behind them, the Chargers power-up for another shot at NFL gloryThe NFL is back, and Chargers fans are as stoked as ever. Dust off your “Super Chargers” disco moves, folks—we have professional football for the next decade.
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You Bet
No reason to take a gamble on the Chargers—I’ve already seen the gamesWithin my vast array of incredibly awesome gifts (which includes unparalleled humility) is the ability to have timetraveling dreams that foretell actual events.
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Air Time
Burgeoning skaters get thrashy in North CountyIt’s not all puppies and ice cream at the Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA. Sure, kids shoot hoops, swim laps and play hopscotch there, but the Encinitas Y location is also home to one of the county’s gnarliest vert ramps.
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Pitcher Perfect
Padres to retire Trevor Hoffman’s iconic jerseyFew employees have their own anthem blasted over the loudspeakers as thousands of people cheer them on for doing their job—but that’s exactly what retired relief pitcher Trevor Hoffman experienced as a member of the San Diego Padres.
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Spur of the Moment
San Diego State hoops player goes proDuring the first round of the NBA draft held June 23, the Indiana Pacers scooped up San Diego State Aztecs’ basketball star forward, Kawhi Leonard.
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Cruz Control
Local fighter dominates the UFC packMeet Chula Vista’s Dominick “The Dominator” Cruz, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC’s) Bantamweight Champion and,
according to mixed martial arts (MMA) website, sherdog.com, the ninth best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. -
Complex Figures
PacificSD readers pick a six-pack of winning physiquesPacificSD’s Hotbody Contest results are in! In the end, more than 1,500 people ranked the photos—10 for way hot; 1 for, um, not—for a grand total of 19,073 votes.
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Chasing Trail
San Diego Trailblazers - See How They RunFitness trainer John Parker steps up his hiking game by blazing through local San Diego trails including Cowles Mountain, Cedar Creek Falls, and Iron Mountain
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Horsing Around
Thundering thoroughbreds and rocking bands have race fans galloping to Del MarPlace your bets and tip your hat—you’re at Opening Day at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, where the turf is still meeting the surf…cool as ever.
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Home, Sweat Home
Fitness products made in San DiegoIf your body could be cited for false impersonation of food—muffin top, jelly belly, couch potato, cottage cheese thighs or chicken legs—then it’s time to get off your apple bottom butt and take action.
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Body Shop
UCSD researchers are working toward the dream of growing replacement body partsGrowing organs and limbs in the lab has long been fodder for sci-fi and horror films. But with increasing public interest and government support for stem cell research, that fantasy is gradually becoming reality…
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Don’t Get SUN-k
Some considerations on the use of sunscreen to block the sun’s enhancing—at times, damning—raysIn 19th century America, tanned skin was the unfashionable mark of outdoor laborers, while today’s golden glow is a symbol of affluence, leisure…and much health policy debate.
