Gloria at Cancer Commentary gives us Freedom from Cancer- What does that really mean?… Speaking of freedom, in the context of cancer…what does freedom really mean? The definition varies from case to case, from person to person, from one’s perspective to another.

Pink Ribbon Review blogger Karen Lynch recaps the dependent days that followed her double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in an essay about her personal independence day. Read her post here

Kelly at Grounded Fitness has given us… Declare your independence from the scale by slapping your John Hancock on the Grounded Fitness Declaration of Independence.

Mary Emma and Liz at Alzheimer’s Notes… Losing their independence becomes one of the challenging aspects of this disease that Alzheimer’s patients and their families have to face. Mary Emma discusses it at Alzheimer’s Notes and invites her readers to “chime in.”

Alicia at Mental Health Notes… “Although we may feel as if we have to follow our doctors’ orders with no questions asked, Alicia Sparks points out the importance of being fully informed before we make decisions about our medications in Independence from Ignorance: 5 Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Prescription Medication.”

Over at Autism Vox, Kristina goes—all on her own—to BlogHer in San Francisco and free (for 2 whole days) of mom duty, remembers and reminisces.

Hope at Weighting Line says… If negative thoughts have stopped you from being healthy in the past, don’t let them stop you any longer. You are the only one who can control your thoughts. Free yourself from negative thinking.

“Does breastfeeding create a dependent child or an independent one? Angela shares her thoughts on “Independence and the Breastfed Child.”

Ruth at Eating Fabulous gives us an Independence recipe…

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The push-up: it’s said to be a great indicator of good health since it uses many major muscle groups. It’s also the do-anywhere exercise that requires nothing other than your own body weight. That said, push-ups should be the go-to exercise for the whole human race, right?

Yet for many people, they’re so darn hard to do.

According to a recent NYT article, the average 40-year-old woman should be able to perform 16 push-ups, and the average man of the same age should be able to do 27.

So we want to know…

How many push-ups can you do?

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