Category: Adult Exercise
Developing a Fitness Plan That’s Right For You
America is in the midst of a health crisis. The National Center for Health Statistics warns that 42% of Americans may end up obese by 2030 (up from 36% in 2010), and 11% could be severely obese (or roughly 100 or more pounds over a healthy weight). These numbers are frightening! It’s also been estimated [...]
Choose Play For Your Health!
Remember the spontaneity and freedom of recess? The joy of taking a break to run around aimlessly, hang on monkey bars, or jump rope with friends? This May, the American Cancer Society is calling on women everywhere to relive that joy by choosing play and increasing the time they spend being active. The decision won’t [...]
Pedal Power !
What is BMX ?…Bicycle moto cross (BMX) is currently the fastest growing youth sport in North America and will make a second appearance in the 2012 Olympics in London. The sport of BMX (no motors, just pedal power) was created by kids for kids in the early 70’s in California and it took a while [...]
Most Embarrassing Gym Moments
Admit it. It must have happened to you at least once. A most embarrassing gym moment. You know – the time you fell off the treadmill. Or walked into the wrong locker room. Or walked out with toilet paper on your shoe. Ok – I’ll be the first one to ‘fess up. Being the fitness [...]
Why Boot Camp?
People hear “Boot Camp” and images of men in army boots come to mind. Pretty scary when all you want to do is lose a few pounds, not become a Navy SEAL! Fear not! Boot Camp can be adapted to different abilities and is fun because you tend to work out in groups. So – what [...]
Walk on Water
Discover How It Feels To Walk On Water With Candlewood SUP SUP, or Stand Up Paddleboarding, is a surface water sport that originated in the Hawaiian Islands in the early 1960′s. The locals would stand on long boards in the water to take pictures of tourists learning to surf. In the early 2000′s, big wave [...]
Take Shape For Life
Are you feeling overweight, tired, or simply unhealthy? Have you tried to lose weight and failed? You are not alone. Millions of Americans are caught in an obesigenic world that is plagued with fast food options around every corner, poor eating habits, a general lack of activity, high stress environments, insufficient sleep, and [...]
Slower Is Faster When It Comes To Losing Weight
By Stavros Mastrogiannis Before you think I am crazy, let me prove my point. I personally know quite a few people who have lost weight and then gained all the weight back at least twice in the past 2 to 3 years. Like most people when they decided they wanted to lose weight, they wanted [...]
