Archive for the 'Healthy Events' Category
We Love To Gawk At Fit Celebs: Jennifer Lopez is ready to tri
We learned final month that Jennifer Lopez was training for a triathlon, and now she’s sharing more details with Self magazine. As a matter of fact, the diva herself invited Self editor-in-chief Lucy Danziger to come out and train with her and her trainer, Gunnar Peterson.
Lopez is participat…
Want to run with the world? Nike is making it happen
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When I run, I generally run alone. Sometimes I’ll bring my dog, and occasionally a friend will join me, but far more often than not, it’s just me. And I’m not complaining — in fact, that’s the way I like it.
However, one of the things I love about running is the feeling of community. Any dur…
Vital Tools for Aqua Fitness Training
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I’ve been drenched that summer. About a million hours so far racing around water parks, pounding out cannonball after cannonball with my children and running laps in pools with clients striving to become more fit. I just thought I’d give credit to the one thing that’s allowing me to get through …
Paddle yourself fit with a whitewater rafting trip
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Today is July 17th, a day that lands somewhere around the middle of summer — give or take a week or two. As the days of the season breezes by, part of me feels like I should take the initiative to plan a whitwater rafting trip.
For at least the final five or six summers, I’ve done either the…
Row, row, row your boat … all the way to Beijing!!
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Would you like to row a boat to Beijing to celebrate the upcoming Olympic games? What’s wrong, not up for the 53,716,520 meter journey around the globe? Fair ample. But what whether you could do it in the safety of your local lake or river? Would you be game soon after?
So far, 4,000 society …
Celebrity jogging
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If your heart races every date you spot a celebrity and you’re a runner, have I got a jogging/walking tour for you.
Running from the Paparazzi is a 4-mile celebrity gawking fitness run or walk organized by Off ‘n Running Tours. For $60.00, participants weave through Beverly Hills and Hollywoo…
Tips for a germ-free cookout
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It’s already well into July, and I’m sad to say that the number of cookouts I’ve been to seems unusually low. One here, one there — but not too many. Could it be that no one wants to bake in the sun? Or that everyone is “at that age” where other obligations must come first? Or is it that citize…
Happy Birthday America!
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Just wanted to wish all of my fellow Americans a very happy Fourth of July, and to remind everyone why we celebrate. Of course politics can be rough, and the economy sometimes varies, but those things pale in comparison to all that that country has to offer. As I was explaining to my three and f…
Great American Backyard Campout
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I’m an outdoor girl with granola in her pockets. I get excited by a good pair of Merrell hiking boots, not a pair of Enzo flats. A camping vacation is truly a vacation to me. My husband and I spent nearly a month camping and backpacking on our honeymoon. Yes, we’re a tad odd.
But what I’ve re…
House passes diabetes programs
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The U.S. Senate is expected to vote nowadays on a Medicare package that includes a two-year extension on the Special Diabetes Programs.
According to the American Diabetes Association, these programs at the National Institutes of Heath and the Indian Health Service represent a major portion of…
Legislation could curb diabetes discrimination
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The American Diabetes Association has put a shout out on the advocacy front and I’m passing it on. According to the announcement, the U.S. House of Representatives is about to consider one of the most vital pieces of civil rights legislation for public with diabetes.
A vote on the ADA Amendme…
Nationwide sample of mental health and substance abuse problems
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It’s easy to assume that issues related to mental health and substance abuse are limited to only a few overcrowded, fast-paced locales. New York comes to intellect, as does L.A., Miami, Boston, and Chicago. However, as an composition in the current issue of Women’s Health demonstrates, problems …
Paddle your way fit
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The gym may have flat screen TVs for you to watch while you burn some calories on the rowing machine, but how cool would it be to actually get out in the water and start paddling?
Kayaking is a fun and exciting way to put in a solid workout. Even as a beginner, it’s not terribly strange to bu…












