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School children perform sit-ups, a common type of calisthenic, during a school fitness day. Calisthenics (American English) or callisthenics (British English) (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ s ˈ θ ɛ n ɪ k s /) is a form of strength training that utilizes an individual's body weight as resistance to perform multi-joint, compound movements with little or no ...
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The idea for radio broadcast calisthenics came from "setting-up exercises" broadcast in US radio stations as early as 1923 in Boston (in WGI). [1] The longest-lasting of these setting-up exercise broadcasts was sponsored by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (now MetLife), which sponsored the setting-up exercise broadcasts in WEAF in New York which premiered in April 1925. [1]
Like other types of strength training, doing calisthenics every other day is a good cadence to build lean muscle mass and help with fat loss, while giving your muscles time to recover ...
A flag day is a flag-related holiday, a day designated for flying a certain flag (such as a national flag) or a day set aside to celebrate a historical event such as a nation's adoption of its flag. Flag days are usually codified in national statutes passed by legislative bodies or parliaments ; however, in some countries a decree or ...
Flag Day isn't a federal holiday, but it has been celebrated for over a century. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed June 14 as a day of national observance in 1916, according to the U.S. General ...
We can date Flag Day's importance all the way back to 1777, when the Continental Congress passed a resolution that stated America must have an official flag to represent the nation and its' people ...
1st Monday in June: National Child's Day; June 14: Flag Day and National Flag Week; June 19: Juneteenth [13] 3rd Sunday in June: Father's Day; July 27: National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day [14] last Sunday in July: Parent's Day; August 16: National Airborne Day; August 26: Women's Equality Day; 1st Monday in September: Labor Day