Win a Free 6 Week Bootcamp Pass!
Just in time for that New Year’s Resolution: Win a free six week bootcamp pass and get rid of the extra holiday pounds! At Bill’s Bootcamp there is a camaraderie with the group that’s different from being in a class at the gym. You mesh as a group, and the support is phenomenal. There are a variety of shapes, sizes and ages all working together.
All raffle proceeds will benefit the Healing Moves Foundation! You can purchase one ticket for $5 or five tickets for $20. The drawing will be held in Reno, Nevada on January 2, 2010. Winners will be contacted by phone. There will be two drawings, each for one 6-week bootcamp pass. For more information, call Bill at (775) 378-9798 or log on to www.billduvall.com.
Exercise – A Gift for Everybody
Exercise is a gift for everybody…
A central message of Healing Moves is that everybody–regardless of age or ability–needs and deserves to be physically active. Movement isn’t just for the benefit of the young, the beautiful, and the strong. It’s for people in wheelchairs, tots in diapers, pregnant women, cancer survivors, and people of every age, with virtually every health condition and skill level. Exercise is more than just a health responsibility, like brushing our teeth. It’s a pleasurable, precious gift that people can give themselves. Taking 30 minutes each day to be present in your body, to breathe deeply, and to propel yourself through space is one of life’s great joys, enriching body, mind, and spirit. In our sedentary, push-button age, it’s vital that we all embrace healing moves. The general principle of simply choosing to move more, when faced with a choice between moving more and moving less, represents a health-oriented discipline that must be learned and practiced by all who live in the twenty-first century.
Adapted from Healing Moves, written by Carol Krucoff, RYT and Mitchell Krucoff, MD. For more information or to purchase the Healing Moves book, log on to: www.healingmoves.com.
Rx for Office Pains: Strength Exercises
(HealthDay News) — Strength exercises can reduce neck and shoulder pain caused by office work, a new study claims. It included 42 Danish female office workers who performed repetitive tasks and computer work. All of them suffered chronic or frequent pain in the neck area, and tightness and tenderness of the upper trapezius muscle, the large muscle that extends from the back of the head, down the neck and into the upper back. (more…)
7 Important Winter Exercise Tips
Keeping up a running regimen this winter? Keep these tips in mind:
- Consider the temperature, but don’t overdress. Because the body will warm up, dress as if it’s 20 degrees warmer than the thermometer says is. A variety of running clothes are made with light-weight materials that will wick away sweat while keeping the body warm and protected, and will keep out wind and precipitation.
- Protect the hands, feet and head. As much as 30 percent of the body’s heat can escape from the hands and feet, and 40 percent can escape from the head. (more…)
Exercise for seniors geared to boost balance
SEATTLE — Six women in their 60s to 80s lunge side to side within a YMCA pool, essentially emulating falling and regaining balance. At times during the one-hour class, they also pad about, reaching for bobbing Nerf balls and balance on one leg and against turbulence.
Occupational therapist Jeanne Shepard, who teaches the class in the Seattle suburb of Shoreline, believes that water’s buoyancy and resistance are natural aides in helping seniors prepare against falls. (more…)