Day: July 5, 2022

USDA Launches Feds Feed Families 2022 to Help Fight Food and Nutrition Insecurity

Left to Right: USDA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration Kimberly Peyser; Capital Area Food Bank Client Rebecca Williams;  Feds Feed Families 2022 National Chair Angela French-Bell; and Capital Area Food Bank President and CEO Radha Muthiah

WASHINGTON, June 27, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the kickoff of the 13th annual Feds Feed Families program, a voluntary food drive which encourages employees from all federal agencies to give in-kind contributions – food, services, and time – to food banks and pantries of their choice.

USDA is honored to lead the campaign for all federal employees. This year’s theme is Fighting Hunger – Giving Hope.

The launch event for this year was held at the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C. With the help of donors, volunteers, and partner organizations, the food bank distributes more than 45 million meals annually. That is an average of 88,000 meals a day.

Deputy Assistant Secretary Kim Peyser was on hand to shepherd in the 2022 campaign which focuses on summer giving from June 27 – September 30, as well as encourages federal

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A Trainer Shared a Chest and Back Workout to Boost Muscle Growth

In a new video on the Athlean-X channel, Jeff Cavaliere C.S.C.S. explains how he has been able to keep training while recovering from a pretty serious shoulder injury, by dropping the volume of his workouts and increasing the load. He uses his chest and back workout as an example, demonstrating how this approach can stimulate the muscles in a new way.

“The thing that will bother a damaged structure is not going to be the load, it’s going to be the accumulation of more and more rotations on the tire,” he says, adopting a car metaphor. “So volume is what you need to manipulate when there’s already an issue… The volume is going to exacerbate an underlying condition that’s already there.”

Instead of performing one high-volume set after another, Cavaliere focuses on performing a smaller number of reps at a higher intensity on each exercise, increasing the weight and reaching

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