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By Heller McAlpin Correspondent Cartoonist Alison Bechdel, who wrote about her parents in two celebrated graphic memoirs – “Fun Home” and “Are You My Mother?” – turns the focus on herself and her lifelong obsession with exercise in the ironically titled “The Secret to Superhuman Strength.” Just don’t mistake it for a self-help book filled with platitudes and exhortations. Bechdel, neither a cheerleader nor a boot-camp sergeant, is never shallow. In panels busy with expressive drawings, text, and commentary, Bechdel excavates her deepest thoughts and feelings. This l...

The Secret to Superhuman Strength Between Zoom fatigue and pandemic cabin fever, many of us have never wanted to get outside and exercise more than we do this spring. So it's a propitious moment for the release of Bolton cartoonist Alison Bechdel's third graphic memoir, the successor to 2006's Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (which was adapted for a Tony Award-winning musical) and 2012's Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama. The Secret to Superhuman Strength is about the author's lifelong passion for physical fitness. Beyond the pursuit of "superhuman strength," however, Bechdel takes aim at a ...

A seven-minute workout to suit any age, size or fitness level Standing workout includes exercises for cardio fitness, lower and upper body and core muscles Sun, Jan 31, 2021, 06:01 Tara Parker-Pope To get the most out of the workout, do each exercise at a relatively high intensity but go at your own pace.   In 2013, fitness trainer Chris Jordan published a simple sequence of 12 exercises in a medical journal. It was notable because it combined aerobic and resistance train...

Take seven minutes for a standing workout By Tara Parker-Pope Save Normal text size Advertisement Nearly eight years ago, fitness trainer Chris Jordan published a simple sequence of 12 exercises in a medical journal. It was notable because it combined aerobic and resistance training into a single bout of exercise that lasted just seven minutes. “As body weight provides the only form of resistance, the program can be done anywhere,” wrote Jordan, who has a master’s degree in exercise physiology from Leeds Metropolitan University (now known as Leeds Beckett University) and has pr...

The Standing 7-Minute Workout A gentler version of a popular workout keeps you moving while keeping your body off the floor. All you need is a wall, a chair for balance and sturdy shoes for this workout from the fitness trainer Chris Jordan.Credit...Chris Jordan Jan. 22, 2021 Nearly eight years ago, the fitness trainer Chris Jordan published a simple sequence of 12 exercises in a medical journal. It was notable because it combined aerobic and resistance training into a single bout of exercise that lasted just seven minutes. “As body weight provides the only form of resistance, the program c...