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he summer sun and warm temperatures are enjoyable, but being outdoors without taking proper precautions can

cause our skin to pay the price. Sun damage can lead to premature

aging of the skin, wrinkles, dark blotches, significant dry skin and possibly skin cancer.

Because the summer is almost over, it is imperative that we do all we can to rejuvenate and repair the damage that has been done to our skin.

Let's look at the various rays or wavelengths

of sunlight to understand the damage they cause to our skin:

• Ultra Violet A (UVA): This type of ray has the longest wavelength and actually penetrates the deepest layer of skin called the dermis. Damage to this layer causes activation of free radicals that promote skin aging.

• Ultra Violet B (UVB): This wavelength penetrates the upper layer of skin called the epidermis. This causes sunburn, allergic reactions, and overexposure that can yield skin cancer. Literature states that after only six instances of sunburn, you have double the risk of developing a melanoma.

• Ultraviolet C (UVC): These are the most damaging rays.

Fortunately, they are most often filtered by the ozone layer.

• Infra-red (IR): These rays, in the form of heat, can cause changes in collagen, skin elasticity and your immune system.

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it is never too late to begin a skin regimen to prevent further damage and possibly reverse some of the damage to your skin that has already occurred.

Sunscreen, Sunscreen, Sunscreen: The most significant key to radiant skin is the use of sunscreen. Protecting your skin does not end with the summer months. Daily use of sunscreen lowers long term risk of skin cancer.

We recommend a sunscreen with a rating of 30 SPF or higher. A good rule of thumb is to multiply the SPF by 2 to determine the number of minutes you can be in the bright sunlight before reapplying sunscreen.

It is important to consult with your cosmetic surgeon or skin specialist to determine the best product for you.

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of the skin), causing your skin to appear rough and blotchy. The leftover remnants of sunscreen can collect in areas of dryness resulting in a loss of skin smoothness and brightness. Your skin care physician or cosmetic surgeon can advise you on a good exfoliating facial cleanser.

There are many products on the market. Those containing alphahydroxy acid (AHA) work well. Loofahs, cleansers with microbeads, and mechanical exfoliation devices all help remove dead skin and lead to a healthier, brighter appearance.

Lighten: A good skin lightener helps disperse accumulations of dark, unwanted color. Products that contain hydroquinone are commonly recommended.

However, some patients feel that hydroquinone is too harsh.

An excellent non-hydroquinone product, “Lytera,” contains four ingredients that effectively reduce the appearance of skin discoloration and dark spots.

We also recommend Retin-A or a similar product. Our preference is “Retinol,” which is formulated to reduce irritation of the skin and redness. We suggest use at night before bedtime to promote cell turn over, tightening of the skin, and more even tone and texture.

of the HA we had at age 20.

Products containing hyaluronic acid help lock in moisture, keeping the skin healthy, resilient and supple.

Moisturizer: Choose your moisturizer very carefully depending on whether your skin type is oily or dry. If your skin is oily, a lighter product may be indicated. Check with your cosmetic surgeon or skin care physician.

Rejuvenate: In our office, we advocate products containing growth factors. Our preferences are TNS Essential Serum or TNS Recovery Complex.

These products improve the appearance of fine lines, skin tone and texture. They work synergistically with the peptides of the skin to help support the skin. The antioxidants help prevent free radical damage.

Summer is now winding down, and it is a great time to come and see your cosmetic surgeon or skin care physician. This article has only touched the surface of the products and techniques available to slow down sun damage and repair the damage already done. In skin care, an ounce of prevention truly is worth a pound of cure.

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Spend just 20 minutes with Rollfast CEO Matt Tanner, and you'll understand me when I say that the sport of cycling absolutely consumes the man. Not that that's a bad thing, especially when you're running a nonprofit dedicated to promoting better health through cycling, and providing training opportunities for young, promising Indiana cyclists. When I met with Matt a few weeks ago at a local cafe, it wasn't hard to spot him, decked out in his Rollfast cycling kit, geared up to head out on an hour-or-so-long ride on the Monon Trail. (I'd found him on a “rest” day.) “My coach, Tom Danielson, sends me a week-long training plan, which we adjust as goals are met or not met,” Matt explains in answer to my question about his training regimen. “Yesterday, I did a two-hour ride with some pretty intense intervals, called VO2 max—so it's like giving maximum effort for four minutes, then resting—it was a 40mile ride, a typical day.” Matt's training right now for the Indiana State Time Trial, coming up in mid-August. After that, he says, his time will be devoted almost exclusively to the Rollfast Gran Fondo, the organization's most high-profile fundraiser and communitybuilding event of the year.

I found it a little hard at first to get a man so completely devoted to the sport of cycling to talk about his past life as a web designer.

But a little perseverance paid off. “I studied computer graphics at Purdue, and when I graduated I was on the very front-edge of Internet web development,” Matt says.

He worked for about 15 years, doing web design and development, and for the first several years, Matt took pride in being one of the few people who understood both the graphic design and coding aspects of building web sites. “It was really cool to be

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doing something no one else was doing, and for a couple of big clients.” But as time marched on, and coding became more and more accessible to anyone with the interest and some basic aptitude for it, the thrill of being on that cutting-edge wore off. “By the time I met my wife, Chris, the romance with web design was over, so to speak.” And so Chris floated an idea by him: Why not quit and put his mind to use doing something he was passionate about? In 2012, as crazy as Matt thought the idea was at first, he finally decided to take that leap, leaving behind his web development career and opening the door to a rich, new life—one that would promote cycling and ultimately give back to the community around him.

Enter the Gran Fondo As it turns out, you can take the designer out of the office, but you can't stop the creative process. “I started doing design stuff for myself, just playing around and making these cycling designs—and I didn't really know what to do with them,” Matt says. With a little encouragement from Chris, Matt started planting his designs on T-shirts and opened a store dedicated to cyclinginspired shirts. “We adopted the name 'Rollfast' from a vintage line of bicycles no longer in production,” he says. “I liked the name—everybody wants to go fast, from the time you're a little kid on your tiny bike. So we took the name, put it on the shirts, and that was Rollfast for the first six months.”

Soon thereafter, a cycling club came under the Rollfast brand. “There was a group of about 20 guys I rode with all looking to join a new team. But as competitive as these guys and I were, I wanted to be 'bike focused' instead of 'race focused.' So we formed

Rollfast Cycling Club, and we welcomed people that were passionate about riding, no matter their skill or speed,” Matt says.

It didn't take long before Matt started to envision what Rollfast—the store and now the club—could do to bring a more present awareness of cycling to the people of central Indiana. “Chris and I took some cycling trips in France and Spain, and we saw people that were really passionate about riding bikes and wanted to bring that atmosphere back with us,” Matt says. “In some states, they were already capturing the tone with Gran Fondos, but it wasn't in Indiana yet. We decided to be the first.” (“Gran Fondo,” in case you're curious, translates loosely from Italian to mean “Big Ride.”) The inaugural Rollfast Gran Fondo in September 2013 presented the first mass start, timed, noncompetitive cycling event in the state.

Since then, Rollfast has brought world-class professional riders—stage winners and top10 finishers in the Tour de France—to ride right alongside Gran Fondo participants.

“If you're a competitive cyclist like me, we have the 100-mile timed ride,” Matt says. (Last year, that competitive bunch completed the century in just 03:52:48.) But there's also the 25-mile “Piccolo” route for those who simply want to embrace the party atmosphere of a well-choreographed mass cycling event. “Community building is what it's all about,” Matt says. “Before the race, Square Donuts shows up early in the morning with donuts for everyone, and Hubbard and Cravens provides the coffee. On the 25-mile route, we have rest stops with fried chicken, fruit, watermelon, hydration, bananas. I tell people you can stop twice on the 25-mile route and have two picnics, and you won't

Cycling Fashion 101

ave you ever set out for a leisurely ride in a pair of cargo shorts and polo, or a smart little sundress, and seen other cyclists zooming along, squeezed into tight-fitting, often unflattering cycling kits? Have you asked yourself, “Why in the world do they wear that?” I asked Matt Tanner if what we wear really makes a difference. “At some level, maybe 25 miles, you'll start getting discomfort in the saddle region,” he says. “The shorts have pads in them for cushioning, and the kits don't rub against your legs and body the way loose-fitting clothes do.” But he says you don't have to “look like a 'weirdo'” or “feel like a stuffed sausage” to get on your bike and ride. And if you decide bicycle shorts would be more comfortable, you can even wear cargo shorts over them to feel more comfortable with your look. “Never think you have to look a certain way to go for a bike ride.”

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any advocates for healthy living promote the idea that nutrition is 80% of being healthy.

“I'd say it's more like 90%,” Matt says. As a competitive cyclist, Matt has tried every nutritional plan in the book—from plant-based, to paleo, to the ketoadapted lifestyle. But for most of us, it doesn't need to be so drastic. It just needs to be natural. “If we as a society could adapt to a diet of small portions of clean, pasture-raised meat, and give up anything that comes in a container—eat vegetables, eggs, real food—this whole country would see fewer doctor visits,” he says. “Working out isn't the answer to our nation's fitness problem. It really is mostly our diet.”

“It's not about how fast you go or what place you come in—it's about pushing yourself and having a good time while doing it.”

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run out of food. When it's all over, we drink beer and wine and listen to live music. It's not about how fast you go or what place you come in—it's about pushing yourself and having a good time while doing it.”

Fostering a Legacy In December 2015, Rollfast took yet another step towards creating a cycling legacy here in Indiana. “There's a terrible opportunity gap for many young cyclists to make the transition from a recreational rider to a competitive cyclist,” Matt says. He points to myriad difficulties for would-be pro cyclists. For one, there are only 23 high school cycling clubs— none in Indiana—registered with USA Cycling in the U.S. And for those lucky enough to live near one, there's the cost of equipment to consider. Matt knew it was time to carry the Rollfast mission to a higher level. “Last year,

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Rollfast filed to become a non-profit with the goal of creating grants and scholarships for youth in the area to pursue their cycling dreams,” Matt says. “For instance, earlier this year, we connected a junior cyclist in Zionsville to Tom Danielson.” Pro cyclist Tom Danielson, whose name you might recognize as Matt's coach, has competed in the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Tour of California— and he won the Tour of Utah in 2013 and 2014. He worked with the Zionsville youth at a camp Danielson runs, Cinch Cycling Camp, and was so impressed with his cycling that he coached him for another four weeks after camp was over. The young cyclist will compete at the junior level in 2016 and aspires toward a pro contract. Matt also tells me that Rollfast granted their first scholarship to a local cyclist this summer so that he could race in Canada at the Tour de L'Abitibi, the only North American stop on the UCI Juniors

National Cup circuit. The goal for Rollfast in this first year of their non-profit status is to provide four scholarships—and Matt emphasizes the role community support must play in achieving this goal. “We need donors to help fund these scholarships,” Matt says, “and we need help spreading the word to kids that cycling is a sport in which they can participate.”

What does the future hold for Rollfast? Matt doesn't know for sure. “We may now be a non-profit, but it's still all about the bikes,” he says. “I love that.” And although he can't predict where Rollfast will roll on to next, Matt knows it will revolve around bikes and youth.

“Ten years from now, I see Rollfast in many different cities and giving out thousands of dollars to kids who just want to ride their bike.” It really is all about the bikes, after all.

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urely you have seen the new show on NBC, Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge, or maybe at least seen a commercial for it. Maybe you have even found yourself glued to the TV watching the elite racing in the Reebok Spartan Race World Championships.

Did you know that Indiana hosted a Spartan Sprint race in Lawrenceburg at the Perfect North Slopes last month?

Well, I decided to take on that challenge and I dragged a few friends along with me. Spartan doesn’t offer a lot of details about race-day obstacles online as they want to keep it a surprise until you get there. For instance, a Sprint race is 3-5 miles with 20-23 obstacles, while the Super consists of 8-10 miles and 24-29 obstacles, and the Beast is 1014 miles with 30-35 obstacles to tackle. Not worried about it? Still up for the challenge? Okay, then read on…

First and foremost, this is nothing like your average mud race.

This course requires a whole lot of strength and even more endurance. If you lift weights but don’t do cardio, think again.

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If you only focus on cardio and never strength train, think again.

If you consider yourself an avid distance road runner but have never trained on trails, think again! This was a monster of a race! It challenges you in all areas of fitness and it…was…

AMAZING! Our race was just under 5 miles long. There wasn’t a lot of running, as the ski slopes were too steep to actually run up, and the down slopes were too muddy to sprint. This meant that you hiked up and then slid down or squatted in a low stance while coming down. Still, it felt like you sprinted every hill by the time you reached the top.

I was pleased with the fact that the obstacles mimicked what you see on TV. Oh, and in case you didn’t know, the price is 30 burpees for each obstacle that you bypass or fail to complete.

For the non-competitors it was mostly optional.

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Bucket Brigade: Fill a 5-gallon bucket with rocks to the line, carry it downhill and then back up to where you started.

Hercules Hoist: Pull a rope on a pulley to raise the weight until the knot or weight reaches the top. Lower the weight slowly and with control.

Monkey Bars: Two different stations. The first monkey bars were unevenly spaced and at different levels. The second set had ropes, rings and bars to move across.

Obstacles to master: Rope Climb: This came after the barbed wire crawl/roll through mud—a hard task in any condition, but add muddy ropes and it was near impossible.

However, I witnessed a few reach the top.

Spear Throw: One attempt to throw the spear and have it stick into the hay without the spear touching the ground.

To sum up, here are some things to consider for this particular race location. For one, the designation “all skill levels” is used too lightly, given the elevation change throughout the course. While the obstacles were attainable, you could bypass them as an option, perform your 30 burpees, or skip both obstacle and burpees. The best part about this race is that you can make it what you want. Not only that, but the camaraderie of the participants was amazing!

Complete strangers were always ready to help no matter how difficult the obstacle. Everyone was rooting for each other.

I highly recommend that you give this race a try with proper training. If you want more, try for the trifecta series, which includes completing the Super and the Beast in addition to the Sprint for a special medal. Hope to see you out there! AROO! AROO! AROO!

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You’ve probably heard it before: Throw out the isolation exercises. You know, the ones that are non-weight bearing and that restrict full-body motion, such as leg extensions and leg curls, and instead focus on compound movements that occur at more than one joint and use more than one muscle group (for instance, squatting and lunging). While compound movements are the better choice, sometimes we get caught in a rut of moving in one plane of motion. This creates weak hips, abductors, adductors and ankles, and in turn leads to lower body joint stress. This stress results in less weight when lifting and less strength overall.

Making the most of your leg workout and strength means having good hip, knee and ankle stability and mobility.

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2. Push up onto the balls of your feet, extending at the ankles, with knees and hips slightly coming out of your squat, swing your right leg in front of your body 180 degrees, pivoting on your left foot. Plant your right foot on the ground and resume your squat stance up to 90 degrees.

3. Repeat the movement by swinging your left leg in front of your body 180 degrees while pivoting on your right foot.

4. Continue for 5 pivots, and then work back to the start with 5 rotations, this time swinging your leg behind your body.

Add these exercises to your leg warm-up or as a finisher to your workout. Perform 2‒3 sets, and work up to 3‒4 sets.

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the underlying causes of your condition.

For instance, ten different people can each have a different cause for leaky gut, insomnia, pain, depression and so on. Buying a “depression supplement,” or an “insomnia supplement,” can result in failure and frustration.

Also, quality matters.

Supplements from your local chain supermarket are not going to meet the same standards of quality, care, specificity,and educational support of supplements sold through a practitioner.

The good news about our supplement market is we have access to high quality supplements and education.

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t Health and Wellness of Carmel, we hear a common argument: “You don’t need to take supplements if you eat a good diet.” Although a good diet is foundational to good health, supplements play an instrumental role in various health conditions.

People who don’t understand the value of supplements think they exist only to profit off of “suckers for snake oil.” To be sure, those products exist.

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Others view them as dangerous and unregulated compounds that should be taken off the market. Those products exist as well.

The United States is unique compared to the rest of the west in terms of the freedom of our supplement market.

Supplement availability in Europe and Canada is severely limited compared to the United States.

With this comes pros and cons.

How to be a smart supplement shopper The key to understanding supplements is to understand

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Why you may need supplements Here are some reasons you may need supplements even if you eat a pristine whole foods diet.

Because you are aging. As we age, certain functions start to diminish, such as digestion, brain function, recovery time, hormone balance and more.

Digestive supplements support diminishing hydrochloric acid and pancreatic enzyme support.

Brain nutrients help support oxygenation and activity of the brain (although they won’t compensate for poor diet and lifestyle). Various herbs support hormone balance and energy production.

Because we live in a stressful, toxic world. We are dealing with extreme levels of stress and

toxic chemicals in our food and environment. This contributes to such conditions as chronic pain, inflammation, autoimmunity and brain dysfunctions. Many supplements are designed to buffer the effects of the stressful and toxic burdens we deal with daily.

Because many of us grew up eating a poor diet. You may eat a good diet now, but if you grew up on junk food and a sedentary lifestyle, you may have sustained metabolic damage, such as unstable blood sugar, hormonal imbalance, poor stress handling, chronic inflammation, autoimmunity and more. These don’t always reverse themselves through diet alone.

Supplements geared toward stabilizing blood sugar, supporting stress handling and taming inflammation can super charge your whole foods diet.

Because our foods are compromised. Even if you eat the perfect diet, studies show our foods aren’t as nutrient dense as they were in the past.

You still may benefit from at least a good multi-vitamin and multi-mineral supplement.

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A layered approach to lighting creates interest. There are three layers of lighting to consider within any lighting plan: ambient, task and focal. Ambient lighting provides a general light source to the overall space, such as chandeliers and general ceiling light systems. The task layer is much more directional and provides lighting for a specific purpose, such as table lamps and under cabinet lighting.

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on ambient lighting creates a cheery, bright space while high levels of task and focal layers will create contrast and a sense of drama. Working with a design professional will help create the right balance for the overall aesthetic you would like to achieve.

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