The meteor was one yard in diameter, about the size of an exercise ball, when it entered the atmosphere over eastern Pennsylvania, said Cooke.

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Warm up inside, and incorporate stretches (especially for the hamstrings) as well as core-strengthening exercises such as mini sit-ups, crunches, or working an exercise ball.

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And it looked on the cards almost from the moment that, having to chose bat first at Taunton, Somerset captain Trescothick drove the second ball of the innings to the cover boundary, an exercise he repeated three balls later.

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