http://www.almotamar.net صحيفة إلكترونية يومية تصدر عن حزب المؤتمر الشعبي العام (اليمن) http://www.almotamar.net/1785.htm 2006-12-25 One of the many perks of being an athlete is that when the holidays come around, we don't have to worry so much about a few—or more likely a few hundred—extra calories. First of all, our energy needs are much higher than our friends' whose idea of sport is a particularly cutthroat game of foosball. And secondly, any weight that sneaks on during the holidays is just as easily shed in January when we fall back into our normal routine of eating and working out.