Article: Pour 1 cup (237 ml) of water into a medium saucepan. Sprinkle 2 (1 oz./28 g) envelopes of unflavored gelatin over the water and let the mixture sit for 2 to 3 minutes. Once the gelatin mixture has sat for a couple of minutes, place it on the stove and heat it on medium heat. Whisk the mixture together until they're combined and continue heating until the gelatin dissolves, which should take about 5 minutes. Once the gelatin is dissolved, add 3 tablespoons (38 g) of sugar to the saucepan. Whisk the mixture to fully combine the ingredients. After you've blended the sugar into the gelatin mixture, reduce the heat to medium-low. Allow it to simmer until the sugar dissolves, which should take about 5 to 7 minutes. While the mixture is heating, stir it occasionally to help the sugar dissolve. Once the sugar dissolves, remove the pan from the heat. Add 4 to 5 drops of red food coloring to the mixture and stir well to tint it red. Next, pour 1 cup (237 ml) of cold peppermint schnapps into the pan and mix it in. Set the mixture aside for the moment. Don't place the pan with the red layer mixture in a cold spot because you don't want it to set up. Instead, keep it beside the stove so it will stay at room temperature.
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Add the water and gelatin to a saucepan. Heat the mixture and whisk it together. Mix in the sugar. Lower the heat to bring the mixture to a simmer until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the red food coloring and peppermint schnapps and set aside.
Article: After your main workout, do some light exercise, such as walking, for about 5 minutes as a brief cool-down. Then, do a series of static stretches for 5-10 minutes, holding each pose for at about 30-60 seconds. Focus on the muscle groups you just exercised, as well as your chest, lats, and hip flexors. The overall workout order should be as follows: 1) warm-up (5-10 min.); 2) dynamic stretches (5-10 minutes); cardio or strength-training workout (approx. 30 min.); cool-down (5 minutes); static stretches (5-10 minutes). Check out the remainder of this section for several popular static stretches to try. Sit on the floor with your legs extended and spread apart. Reach forward to touch one foot at a time with your same-side finger tips, or get as close as you can to touching it without causing pain. Bend your other leg if it makes the stretch less painful. Sit on the floor. Pull both ankles in towards your crotch, getting your heels as close as you can to touching your crotch. Press your knees to the floor, if you're able, to increase the stretch. Stand up and keep your feet as wide as possible while you hold onto the back of a chair. Push your rear end to one side and hold. Then push it to the other side and hold. This stretch will also benefit your hip flexors. Use your opposite arm to pull your elbow across the front of your body, towards the opposite shoulder, pressing against your arm as you do so. Keep the arm you're stretching straight and level, and keep your head facing forward. The arm that's being stretched should rest right beneath your chin. These stretches are a bit more complex, so consider getting instruction from a personal trainer first. Move into your chosen stretch, then release the stretch and contract the muscles in the area for 5 seconds. Release the contraction and relax the muscles while moving into the stretch again. Do 2-3 contractions per stretch. Try to engage the stretch a bit further after each contraction. Stop extending the stretch if you feel anything more than mild pain, however. This method is sometimes called PNF (for proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation). PNF is based on the concept that stretching increases flexibility not by lengthening your muscles, but rather by training your nerves in the area to accept greater muscle stretching before engaging pain and muscle contraction responses.
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Follow your workout with a brief cool-down, then 5-10 minutes of static stretches. Do static hamstring stretches while seated on the floor. Try butterfly groin stretches as another on-the-floor option. Use the "tush push" stretch to add flexibility to your glutes. Do the classic shoulder stretch across your chest. Try the contract-relax method instead of static stretches.
Article: This will raise the alkalinity of the water by 10 ppm. Adjust the values to determine how much baking soda you need to add for the volume of your pool. For example, if you want to go from 60 ppm to 80 ppm in a 10,000USgal (38,000L) pool, you would add 2.5 pounds (1,100g) of baking soda. Adding too much baking soda to the water at a time could raise the pH of the water. Let the baking soda settle and mix with the water before adding more. If you need to raise the alkalinity further, wait until the next day to add more baking soda. Use a circular motion as you pour the baking soda. It may cause some cloudiness in the water initially. The baking soda will sink to the bottom of the pool and settle before it begins mixing. To avoid cloudiness in the water, pour the baking soda directly into the skimmer. Your pool water needs to pump and circulate through a full cycle before you retest the water. Check the alkalinity using your test kit. Let the pool run for a full pump cycle, which takes about 10 hours, before swimming. If your alkalinity levels are still off after the first baking soda treatment, add more baking soda to reach the desired ppm.
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Add 1.25lb (570g) of baking soda per 10,000USgal (38,000L) of water. Use only 2 pounds (910g) of baking soda per day. Pour the baking soda into the deep end of the pool. Retest the water after 10 hours and make further adjustments if necessary.