exercise

This Wednesday is National Walking Day, and the YMCA is celebrating. The downtown David D. Hunting Y is having a free event  from 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.

Oops!  This weightlifter knew he could deadlift 538-pounds with no problem. So what was the problem?

It's Valentine's Day! HAPPY DAY TO ALL! For many of us, Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate the 'love of our life.'  We want to appreciate our romantic relationship. For others, Valentine's Day is a total drag.  It's just a reminder that you're lonely and don't have someone special in your life.  That's a big "Ouch!"

Saturday morning, early summer. We're six months removed from our New Year's Resolution of getting in better shape. All of us who have tried and tried some more to follow an exercise plan know it is difficult. Perhaps we are going about things the wrong way...

Monday, day to get back on track with my exercise routine. Spin class MWF. Powerflex TT. Love the downtown YMCA. Love the organised classes. Older I get the more I appreciate having an "appointment" to workout. Left on my own, I'd be too busy...

With a new study indicating that stretching before exercising may not prevent injury after all (unless you're already a dedicated stretcher), it seems like a good time for an optimization of our sweat-time.

Eat well.  Trim down. Pump iron.  It worked for years for 96 year old fitness guru and innovator of "getting healthy", Jack LaLanne.  It was however from complications of pneumonia that claimed Jack Lanne's life over the weekend.  Jack was the guy who preached health and exercise before health and exercise were cool...

I won't lie, I'm ready to jump on the toning shoe bandwagon. Not the chunky ones that look mildly corrective, but the ones that get the hot guy to check you out because he's not distracted by your ugly shoes. Yeah, those.  The ads are persuasive: get in shape without going to gym,  get a workout while you walk, get the butt of your dreams. So, do they work at all? A  study by the American

Get up and walk around as much as you can, even if that's only for a minute or so at a time. That's the message from a new population health study at the University of Queensland.