European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To your health Riding the cyclist s path to better health and heart rate by William Stockton new York times or most people there is a Golden memory of the time a lather an older sibling or a Friend s Painel trolled alongside a hand on the scat or handlebars steading us As we wobbled about learning to ride a bicycle. The moment of Triumph no adult help no training wheels real Freedom is one of life s singular pleasures. Now with Iho Advent of Spring and the increasing hours of Dayl Ghl the bicycle beckons As an Ideal vehicle with which to pursue fitness the bicycle offers a meaningful workout for either 1he sedentary person fuming Over a new Leaf in life or the splendidly lit recreational Alfele looking Lor exercise alternatives bicycling can be done alone or in groups you can tide leisurely on a Balmy weekend afternoon or you can tear about the deserted Streel sat Dawn challenging your body and reeling Superior 1o the Labouring runners. The bicycle ranks just behind fogging and Foss country skiing in Energy expenditure and in he ability to gel the heart Rale up and provide meaningful cardiovascular raining. Cycling a 12 Miles an hour which is last but not brutally so consumes 480 calories an hour. Running at 6 Miles an hour consumes660calories, a sacs fast Cross country skiing. Per tiap Moil important Lor aging baby Boomers the bicycle spares Knees Ankles and logs from the relentless pounding of running there is always the danger of falling irom a bicycle but cautious mane vering Les pct for Trade and a Sharp Lookout Lor potholes can reduce the chances a High Quality he Mol is essential Bui there is a further danger the possibility that someone who decides la begin Riding a bicycle Lor fitness will end up deluding oneself. A leisurely half hour Jide saturday and sunday through a Park or Over the Countryside is unquestionably a pleasant exercise. But such acl Vilies have mile id do with increased aerobic capacity and enhanced to loss. Instead As Wilh All fitness activities the goal should be to gel the heart Rale up substantially Lor at least a half hour three or Lour limes a week. Thai Means suiting aside time Lor bicycling creating goals and motivating yourself. Start Wilh the Assumption that you will Bic Yde live Days a week and take two Days Oil. The heavier raining Days will be on the weekends equip your bicycle Wilh a Cycle meter a device that measures Speed and distance. Simple versions Are nothing More than the equivalents of an automobile speedometer. More sophist sealed models Tell you More including even your heart rate and revolutions of the pedals per minute known As cadence a Low Lech approach is to use your Aulo Moriki 3 speedometer to Lay out a Hall dozen courses of varying lengths near where you live. Then Cycle with a wrist watch having calculated in Advance How Many minutes to allow outsell to Complete a certain segment of your course. The sedentary person should begin cautiously. Plan on biking 30 or 10 minutes several limes a week at a leisurely Pace concentrating Al first on mastering the bicycle. After a month begin a training program the More Fil person should spend a Lew Days becoming reacquainted Wilh tha bicycle and mastering mane vering it in traffic before beginning a raining program. A i anew Yak 1 him Puilum new Vowk it Fri  the Ull mate goal depends on How hard someone wants to wort a moderate illness Largel might be exp ending 1,200 calories a week on eyeing at 12 Miles an hour that would require 2vj hours a week. Al 10 Mph. A Pace thai consumes 360 calories an hour in would Lake three hours 20 minutes to reach the target Al 6 Mph it would require five hous. Choosing an average Speed Lor workouts depends upon Hills and How hard you Cycle. Fot True aerobic training sex pendent Wilh cycling speeds until you find one Speed or a combination of speeds that raises the heart Rale to at least 65 percent of its theoretical maximum. Calculate it by subtracting your age lion 220 and taking 65 percent of thai value the temptation with a bicycle is simply to climb aboard and set out Lor a do but As with any activity stretching and strengthening routines beforehand can pay dividends. For stretching. The locus should be on the quadriceps the Hamstrings Trie Tower Back and the calves. Strengthening exercises in Advance can reduce soreness Atler a bicycle Nde. They should locus on Hie quadriceps Abdomen and Tower Back and the shoulders and Aims the Quaidi cups Are the main Force driving the legs As the bicycle is peddled tha lower Back and Abdomen Are involved in the crouched Over position common on racing bicycles although More and More people Are buying bicycles Wilh traditional up Ghl handlebars. Sorc Ngoh in the shoulders and arms is important for supporting the body Over the handlebars and Dunn difficult peddling up Hills. The venerable push up is Ideal Lor upper body Sorc Ngoh and the Benl knew Silupu works wonders for abdominal and lower Back Muscles. Anyone with lower Back problems should approach the Sil ups. As Well As Bic Yahng in general with cauldron using tree weights. The Barbell curl is Good or the biceps and the Barbell half squat is Good Tor leg Sorc Ngoh As with any til Noss activity results lion bicycling come Only with consistency and work. But the results after a few months can be substantial. The Nova mile Ndu that in the beginning consumed an hour can eventually to quo 20 minutes thai s illness Denla practice says Fie move to cosmetic dentistry is too new to get Good numbers on it nevertheless in is Clear the aesthetic dentistry is growing rapidly. To a certain extent these changes reflect americans increasing concern Wilh their looks Kiser says. Bui a lot of the inc ieans in cosmetic procedures is simply because dentists now have the time to do it and new materials make in  ceramics and plastics can now create Leech veneers literally false fronts that Are Dilt cull to Tell from either real Teeth or expensive crowns improved bonding agents fasten these veneers in place or five or More years. It does t offend us As dentists to hear we Are shilling inward aesthetic  Kluser says How people Whir of themselves has a very important Impact on their Overall health. Besides there is a functional aspect to almost any aesthetic improvement you can think  this is certainly the Case with permanent Teeth implants. Less than a decade ago. People who loss their Teeth could Hope to Little More than a Good set of dentures. But Many of those people those whose underlying Jawbone is in relatively Good shape can Gat new Leech thai slay in their Mouths Al night people who put Ott going to the dentist will be surprised when they eventually sit in a dental chair. In addition to the gloves a id masks most dentists now routinely Wear to prevent possible aids virus transmission they wih encounter a series of High technology gizmos to boggle the imagination. Light Sticks. Lasers. Computer simulators. Anti cavity solution. Electronic pain boxes. This is not a fantasy says or. Arlen Lackey a lot of this slut is already around and in Emited use and i think you la Lind Illo be quite common by the mid-1990s," Lackey a California dentist and consultant who lectures on changes in the Industry says people keep thinking about those things As futuristic but they re Here  among Tho Advance Lackey says will become Standard Ollice equipment and supplies within the next seven years awry solution. Experiments Are underway using mild citric and other acid solutions to dissolve tooth decay at present these solutions do not work quickly or specifically enough Lobo used in Standard practice. But. Lackey says they re going to gel belter and belter and 1 predict most minor caries cavities work will involve having a dentist rub this on the decay wiping in  seamless. In delectable fillings instead of filling holes in tech Wilh unsightly Metal fillings dentists will begin routinely using a special photosensitive White plastic material. The consistency of bread dough this material can be folded to precisely to the shape of the Crown. Tuesday May 10,1988 seamlessly blending in with the lest of the Teeth this material is already used in some areas primarily on front teach but glues used to fasten the tilling need to be stronger and longer lasting before they will be Good Overall substitutes for Metal fillings Lackey says. Electronic pain control Many people who air terrified of the dentist Are As afraid of the Needle used to deliver novocaine As they Are of the Drill experts estimate that 35 million americans have such Needle phobia. But a new technique known alternatively As muscular and neurological stimulation mans and trans cutaneous electrical nerve stimulation tens allows patients to Shock themselves out of their senses electrical pads Are placed on the patients Gums and a Low Grade cd Irene is applied. The current basically loads up nerve circuits in the Mouth making it impossible for pain messages to make it to the brain the amount of current is controlled by the patient with a hand held Box. Computer Las erect Teeth in the Pericl match of High tech wizardry dentists soon will be Abla us lasers to take Holographic pictures of people s Mouths. These images will be fed into computers which will design now Leech and Cul them out of a Block of Ceramic or plastic using another laser. The result a new Crown tooth or set of dentures in about a Houi. This sounds wild but it s Only about Thiee to live years away Aleksy says. The stars and stripes paga17