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Grumbling about aches and pains might be the first language among you and your training buddies. Muscle soreness occurs after intense exercise due to lactic acid build-up and small microscopic tears in your muscle fibers. There are a few foods you can include in your diet to help your body heal itself and soothe muscle soreness, as well as some other ways you can take care of your post-workout bod: 1 Tart cherry Juice – a few recent studies showed that athletes who drank pure tart cherry juice reduced muscle soreness and pain post exercise due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
2 Water – dehydration causes sore muscles and increases pain post exercise. Concentrating on hydration before, during and after exercise reduces soreness. 3 Ginger & Turmeric – add ginger and turmeric to your food to decrease inflammation, especially if you experience joint pain. 4 Recovery Nutrition – post-workout protein is used to repair microscopic tears in your muscles while carbs are used to replenish glucose and glycogen and spare protein from being used as energy. 5 Foam Roller – foam rolling massages out muscle “knots.”
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What's Happening Ada? by: Sunnie Dawn Smith
How many times have you heard someone complain that there is nothing to do in Ada? How many times have you, yourself, had the same complaint? The problem isn’t that there is nothing to do. The problem is that people don’t know about all the different events and activities that happen every day in Ada. This is something that Deanna West Piercy has tried to remedy through the use of Facebook. While many people think of Facebook as a way to connect with friends and family members and perhaps play the occasional game, what most don’t realize is the role that this technology can play in engaging an entire community and bringing us closer together. In December of 2014, Deanna realized that there was a need for this type of group. She and her husband, David, had already started Happyland Music Alliance and was busy trying to promote local bands, getting a larger audience for good music. She realized, though, that Ada needed a resource to publicize all local events. While individual groups and organizations might post about their events, only the people that follow them would see it. So Deanna started the group “What’s Happening Ada,” in order to be a clearinghouse for all the different types of events. Since the group was started a year and a half ago, membership has grown to over 3,500 members, many of whom check the page daily
and share the events on their own pages. The large number of participants just makes the group even better because, while Deanna does spend a lot of time researching local events, there is no possible way for her to find all of them on her own. While Deanna has a particular interest in music, that is not the only type of event highlighted on the page. People also share information about theater, fundraisers, Ada Public Library events, ECU events, church events, local meetings, road closings, City of Ada Events such as Music in the Park and Movies in the Park, Street Festivals like Ada Fest (coming up on August 27th), East End Eats (which is the first Thursday of every month), McSwain events, including the weekly movie listings, and the movies showing at the Cinemark as well. During severe winter weather, Deanna starts a post dedicated to information about school closings and road conditions. On Sundays she has a thread for job opportunities in the area. On Mondays, she shares a Happyland Music Alliance post detailing the events of the coming week and pins it to the top of the group for easy access. During Halloween, this group made many parents’ lives easier, just being able to access all the events going on around town for the kids. One of Deanna’s favorite things about running this group is getting to see all of the cool
things happening around town, some of which she never would have known about if it weren’t for the other group members. The biggest challenge she faces, however, is making sure that the group stays up to her standards and on topic. For instance, this group is not a yard sale group or a lost and found. However, she does provide information about these other groups in her group description. Because of this, all posts must be approved by the admin. While this might cause a slight delay in time, it keeps the quality and integrity of the group. When you visit the group, you know that you will just find events that are pertinent and not be bombarded with spam. If you aren’t already a member of “What’s Happening Ada” you should be. All it takes is a Facebook account. Not only will you see that there are more than enough things to do in Ada, you will also be helping make Ada even more of a tight knit community. As Deanna says, “A sense of community is one of the true pleasures of living in a small town. Sharing local events and encouraging people to participate provides a source of connection and inspires pride and a sense of belonging.” She would like you to join the group, post your own events, and share the events. Most importantly, though, you should take advantage of this opportunity and go out there and see what our town really has to offer.
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Music has the power to reach deep into your soul. It takes a person reaching deep into their soul to create good music. There are many varieties of music on the shelves, or streaming across the airwaves, and everybody has a certain style that speaks to them. Some people enjoy classical, others prefer country or rock and some people are intrigued by rap. When it comes to throwin’ down a dope “two bar”, Levi Hinson is your guy. Hinson was born on March 9, 2000 in Abilene, Texas. He moved to Ada with his family in 2004. Hinson got his first cheap mic when he was eleven years old and has been into rap ever since. His mother was a music teacher and she had a lot of influence on him as a young child.
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