The Current | Vol. 31 Issue 22

February 16, 2021 | nsucurrent.nova.edu 8 Sports THIS WEEK SPORTS IN HISTORY Feb. 22 - Golf first introduced to America In 1888, Scottish immigrant John Reid, the so-called “Father of American Golf”, transported equipment from Scotland to a cow pasture in Yonkers, NY and demonstrated the game of golf to friends. This pasture Feb. 17 - Invention of the early bicycle Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents “draisine” or the early bicycle. He designed and built a two-wheeled, wooden vehicle that was straddled and propelled by walking swiftly. Drais called his invention the laufmaschine or “running machine.” Feb. 20 - Second NHL tie Montreal and Ottawa of the Canadian Division of the NHL, battled out the second 0-0 tie in NHL History in 1926. The dominant goalies were Clint Benedict of the Montreal Maroons and Alex Connell of the Ottawa Senators. Feb. 16 - Gold at the Oslo Winter Olympics In the 1952 Winter Olympics, the United States received gold and silver medals in the 500m speed skating. Ken Henry took the gold ahead of teammate Don McDermott. Norwegian Hjalmar Anderson dominated in the remaining three speed skating events Feb. 19 - Sweden wins at figure skating Gillis Grafstrom of Sweden won his 3rd consecutive gold medal for figure skating at the St. Moritz Winter games in 1928. He was one of the only two athletes to win gold at both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games and finished with medals in four consecutive Olympic Games, receiving gold in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Games and silver in 1932 in Lake Placid. Feb. 18 - American baseball executive birthday American baseball executive and general manager for Seatle Mariners and the Boston Red Sox, Lou German, was born on this day in Providence, RI in 1929. Feb. 21 - More money for baseball Baseball announced a minimum annual salary of $10,000 in 1968. At this time, a dollar was worth today’s $7.58. Finding Fitness with Blogilates It is almost like TikTok knows I am a gym junkie. I come across a lot of different workout pages, but there is one page in particular that stands out, Blogilates. Blogilates has various social media platforms, but if you are looking for something quick and easy, follow their TikTok account @blogilates. This company was created by Cassy Ho, a certified pilates and fitness instructor. Her Tiktok account is filled with content from working out to eating healthy. Ho will post workout videos that include the name of the workout as well as the number of repetitions or reps recommended. She will give quick tutorials on the right and wrong ways to perform a certain workout motion and partakes in and creates exercise challenges via TikTok. Given TikTok only allows videos to be one minute long, the challenge videos are fairly short. What is neat about Blogilates is that it is not just fitness videos, but there is also a blog. Ho will post simple and quick recipes to her Tiktok for how to make certain foods. There are all sorts of healthy quick recipes that can be found on her TikTok page. She has posted a pancake recipe that only calls for two ingredients, a fun keto cake, a healthy chicken wrap and much more. In her videos, she will start from scratch and then show the finished product at the end in case anyone wants to know what the finished product looks like. A pro to Ho’s workouts is they only require dumbbells, and she completes her exercises in the comfort of her own home. Her exercises vary in muscle group and approximately take 30 minutes to complete. I know I like the short and simple version, giving me the demonstration and the number of reps, which is why her TikTok videos are a go-to. If you don’t have dumbbells, that’s alright. To substitute the dumbbells, you can use milk jugs, water bottles, canned goods or books. Who would’ve thought of TikTok as an app that promotes health and fitness? I come across so many exercise challenges that are quick and fun, and Blogilates has that fun and creative content. I know sometimes finding the time to exercise can be difficult, so the one-minute challenges are a better fit for some people. There is no need for a gym membership when we have Blogilates on TikTok. By: Briana Ramnauth Contributing Writer SCREENSHOT OBTAINED FROM @BLOGILATES This is what TikTok users can expect when looking at @blogilates profile.