Sports and Fitness: How to troubleshoot your workout. Get an expert to observe your workout. If you've reached a plateau, a personal trainer may be able to help you take your workout to the next level. They can point out flaws in your technique and give you tips to get more out of your exercises.
Sports and Fitness: How to prepare for a cross country race. Train regularly in the lead up to the cross country race. This may be directed by your school, college or coach. If not, write out a sensible plan for training practice based on what you already know about your stamina and previous race performances.  In general, run at least every other day in the few weeks leading up the race. If you are working, use lunchtimes to squeeze in brief training runs.

Home and Garden: How to clean granite tiles. Wipe the area with a dry mop or duster. Before you begin cleaning your granite tile, it is important to remove surface dirt. Doing this will keep any bits of grit or grout from scratching your granite, which can trap bits of dirt deep in the stone and dull its finish.  Use warm distilled water and mild dish soap. If your granite is just a little dirty, first try cleaning it with warm distilled water and some mild dish soap.

Health: How to strengthen your mind. Stick with hobbies that challenge you. If something you're already doing consistently challenges you and keeps you engaged, it is strengthening your brain. In fact, your brain requires challenging stimulation to continue becoming more powerful. Hobbies that continually force you to do new things, like learning to play a new song, are ideal for working out your brain. An important distinction to consider: playing a difficult song that you've already memorized is much different than learning a new song.

Baking cookies: A woman is now slicing up chunks of chocolate with a large knife, then begins to mix various ingredients, as well as melting butter and chocolate on a double broiler, mixing wet ingredients with dry ingredients, then mixing the chocolate chunks into the mixture as instructions appear from time to time. The instructions on the screen now say " drop 1-1 1/2 tablespoon portions 2-inches apart " and the woman is shown spooning the cookie dough mixture onto a baking pan.

Food and Entertaining: How to grow foxglove. Purchase seed or seedlings from a garden store. Foxglove seed is readily available in seed packets on most flower seed stands. If you decide to start foxglove from seed, you'll need to be ready to plant it in early summer. If you're planting seedlings, you may plant in spring or fall. If you're starting from seed, use 4-inch seed trays with seed compost.

Finance and Business: How to create a new collection on a kindle 2. Turn on your kindle device.. Download the book you'd like to add to a collection (if it's not already downloaded).. Make sure a book is highlighted in the non-archived view.  Perhaps, even use a book that you'd like to later move to this collection).. Press the right-arrow key on the 5-way controller to bring up a list of options you can do with the book.

Health: How to tell if someone is unconscious or sleeping. Talk to them. Someone who is asleep will respond to stimuli. One way to determine if someone is sleeping is by talking to them. Kneel or bend next to the person and gently say their name, tell them to open their eyes, or ask them if they are all right. Repeat this for five minutes or until the person wakes up.

Health: How to know which essential oils are safe for babies. Recognize what essential oils are. Essential oils are a watery and clear liquid that generally isn't oily. They come from different parts of plants like lavender or chamomile and can be used for a host of different physical and psychological ailments. Because they are highly concentrated, you only need a small amount to reap an essential oil's benefits.. Make sure your baby is old enough.

Food and Entertaining: How to make a money tree. Choose a type of tree to coordinate with the festivities. Of course, a real tree is standard, but any material will do. Pine or cedar is a fun option for a winter gathering. Palm is ideal for a beach-themed party. Ficus, grapevines, and miniature arbors all make sturdy pieces.

Health: How to know your warning signs before becoming abusive. Be aware of thought patterns such as these : Objectification-dehumanizing your partner in your mind. This happens when you think of them like an object. For example, perhaps you call them sexist/racist/ableist slurs in your mind. Spinning-negative thoughts spinning around in your head. Example: " she totally cheated on me.

Sports and Fitness: How to troubleshoot your workout. Get an expert to observe your workout. If you've reached a plateau, a personal trainer may be able to help you take your workout to the next level. They can point out flaws in your technique and give you tips to get more out of your exercises.