As a primary health care resource for western Nebraska, southern South Dakota and northern Kansas, Great Plains Regional Medical Center has been planning for the historical health care changes in 2014 for the last five years.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
The Benefits of Bikram Yoga - KULR-TV
BILLINGS -
If you have ever wondered about hot yoga, experts say it has several benefits for your body.
Bikram Yoga has gone nationwide, and it's starting to trend in Billings.
Bikram Yoga owner, Lea Jacobson, said after you get over the 105 degree room temperature, it works wonders on your body.
"Bikram Yoga in particular is I think the fountain of youth. I mean you come in and do a regular practice, which would be three, or four times a week and you're going to sleep better. You're going to have more energy. You're going to lose weight," Lea Jacobson said.
Lea said the benefits are muscular strength, endurance, flexibility and balance.
"You're going to regulate every part of your body including your thyroid, your blood pressure, your cholesterol," Lea Jacobson said.
Wild and Free Photography owner, Meahgen Jacobson said she started doing Bikram Yoga because she had 6 knee surgeries, and it was easy on her joints.
"And literally I've seen my body transform, you know from having a baby to back to the way it used to be so it's been amazing. I've only been doing it for 2 months," Meahgen Jacobson said.
Meahgen said she used to have lower back pain, but after taking a few classes, she says she feels like a new person.
"And I just feel very centered, and relaxed and like I can move you know even just playing with my daughter I just feel like I have way more energy and I can get down to her level," Meahgen Jacobson said.
Jacobson said another benefit of Bikram Yoga is that it works every part of your body, and allows your muscles to stretch more effectively.
She also encourages people to drink water during class, and bring plenty of towels to wipe away their excess sweat.
Don't toss the vitamin supplements just yet - Boston Globe
Adapted from the blog Nutrition and You! on Boston.com.
An editorial from a group of physicians and researchers in the latest publication of the Annals of Internal Medicine emphatically states that Americans should stop wasting their hard-earned money on vitamin and mineral supplements. Their decision was based on a review of a number of studies, some of which were published simultaneously in the journal, which failed to show any evidence of a beneficial, protective effect among well-nourished supplement users in fighting heart disease, cancer, cognitive decline, or dying prematurely, no matter what the cause.
Granted, nothing can beat a well-balanced diet for providing all of your daily nutrient needs. Food provides other compounds such as phytochemicals and fiber, which likely work in concert with these nutrients to keep you healthy.
However, according to a position paper from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, there are some folks who, after a consultation with their health-care provider and registered dietitian, may benefit from a supplement of the following nutrients:
Vitamin B12: This vitamin is needed for healthy nerves and red blood cells. Some individuals, age 50 years and older, may not be able to properly absorb vitamin B12 contained in food. The dilemma appears to be due to a natural decline in the acidic juices in your stomach as you age. The acids help break the bonds that bind the B12 to the proteins in foods so that it can be properly absorbed. The synthetic form of vitamin B12 that is found in fortified foods and supplements isn’t bound to protein so it doesn’t depend on your stomach acids to be absorbed.
Folic acid: This vitamin plays an extremely important role during pregnancy, particularly in the first few weeks after conception, in helping to reduce the risk of a certain type of birth defect in the baby. Because 50 percent of pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, women who are at risk of becoming pregnant are recommended to consume 400 micrograms of synthetic folic acid daily from fortified foods or supplements, along with a well-balanced diet.
Calcium: While meeting your daily calcium needs are important to keeping your bones strong, many Americans’ diets fall short of this important mineral.
Vitamin D: An adequate amount of vitamin D is needed to absorb calcium in your body and to help reduce the risk of bone fractures, yet many Americans are not consuming enough of this nutrient. Vitamin D can also be made in your body if your skin is exposed to adequate amounts of sunlight.
Iron: Pregnant women will need to take a supplement as advised by their health-care provider to meet their higher need of this mineral during pregnancy.
Always speak with your health-care provider before taking a supplement and look to a registered dietitian for nutritional advice regarding the adequacy of your diet in meeting your needs.
Read more of this blog at www.boston.com/nutritionandyou.[1]
Top fitness trends for 2014 - Los Angeles Daily News
If you’re one of the many people who made a New Year’s resolution to up the ante on your health and fitness, take a look below at what experts believe will be 2014’s biggest fitness trends in the Los Angeles area.
From virtual personal trainers to a new variation of SUP Yoga, these trends could help you in whatever fitness resolutions you take on.
A new variation of SUP Yoga
Stand-Up Paddleboard (SUP) Yoga may have been a popular fitness trend in 2013, but this year you won’t have to get into the water to get the same kind of workout. The Indo Yoga Board[1] , developed by Hunter Joslin, is a 6-foot-long board on four rockers that provides the same instability as SUP Yoga, requiring you to engage your muscles even more than traditional yoga in order to keep your balance.
With classes already on the East Coast, Indo Yoga Board is making its debut in Los Angeles this month with a class at Yoga Loft[2] in Manhattan Beach. Or you can purchase the board for home use for about $375.
SurfSet Boards are slightly different than Indo Yoga Boards but the concept is the same. Classes are offered at a variety of locations throughout the Los Angeles area, including SURFSET LA[3] in Hermosa Beach, 220 Fit[4] in Santa Monica, and a variety of Crunch[5] gyms. Donna Cyrus, senior vice president of programming for Crunch, says they were the first to have the program and confirms it’s becoming incredibly popular. “It’s going to pop up everywhere pretty soon,” she says.
H.I.I.T.
High-intensity interval training continues to be a popular exercise method this year. H.I.I.T. sessions can last four to 30 minutes with short, intense bursts of cardio followed by a period of recovery. In October, the American College of Sports Medicine[6] said H.I.I.T.would be 2014’s top fitness trends. The P90X and Insanity workouts, which were popular the last couple years, are good examples of this form of exercise.
Christine Bullock, a Los Angeles fitness, nutrition and wellness expert whose DVD “10 Minute Solution: Butt Lift” was released in 2013, says H.I.I.T. is popular because people’s busy lifestyles leave them wanting a quick but effective workout.
Cyrus agrees — many of Crunch’s classes are now this style of workout — citing the popularity of CrossFit has made an impact on programming for gyms and personal trainers. She also notes a popular H.I.I.T. workout is Jillian Michael’s 3-2-1 interval system[7] , which is a 24-minute workout mixing two minutes of strength, two minutes of cardio and one minute of abs.
Combo classes
Both Cyrus and Bullock were quick to mention the trend of combo classes, where 60-minute classes are divided into two different styles of workout. Particular classes that are becoming popular are those that include indoor cycling. Cyrus notes the various spin studios that have continued popping up have increased people’s awareness of the benefits of spin.
One such studio is Kimberly Fowler’s Yas Fitness Centers[8] , which now has locations from Silver Lake to Costa Mesa. Fowler is considered the first person to combine spin and yoga into a hybrid class. Other popular combination classes include yoga and TRX, yoga and weights, or spin and weights.
Clean eating
Clean eating, a popular hashtag on Instagram and Twitter, is a simple concept based on eating foods at their purest form, says Bullock. “While there’s no hard and fast definition, clean eating is a very simple concept: Eat real, wholesome food unprocessed, while avoiding processed and fast foods packed with added ingredients that compromise the health,” Bullock says. For instance, Bullock says if you’re a “clean eater” you would choose a fresh orange over processed orange juice or quinoa instead of white flour.
Nothing is off limits and it’s not about counting calories, and because of this, Bullock says the trend isn’t going anywhere. “Eating clean has come full circle from times before technology made everything available to us, to the times when we had to eat off the land and eat in-season foods. Eating clean is trending in response to our need for better health,” she explains.
Cyrus also believes this is a trend that will stay.She thinks its popularity is due to people becoming more savvy with diets and also because healthy body sizes, rather than skin and bones, is the look more desirable in today’s society. “Super, super skinny is not what people are looking for anymore, they want muscle tone,” Cyrus explains.
Virtual Fitness Classes
Group fitness classes and personal trainers are nothing new, but in today’s technology-obsessed world, you can do it virtually, either at the gym or in the privacy of your own home. Live-skype training is available from many instructors, like Mary Helen Bowers, who trained Natalie Portman for her role in “Black Swan” and also trains many Victoria Secret models. Bowers, who is based in New York, offers Ballet Beautiful[9] virtual group training or personal instruction.
There are many types of virtual classes available, but you can also get virtual personalized fitness routines, says Bullock. “After speaking with you via email or phone, qualified personal trainers customize a workout program for you based on your individual goals and level,” Bullock says. “Because technology has made the world a much smaller place, trainers give plenty of motivation via emails, texts and phone calls to keep you on track.”
Bullock says these virtual instructors are particularly good for people who need the flexibility of when they can do the class. She also says many of the trainers keep the cost to a minimum and if you don’t like the class, you can just turn it off.
Anytime Fitness[10] already has a program called Fitness on Request, which is a 24-hour kiosk providing virtual classes at the gym. The gym is currently in a pilot phase of a new program called Les Mills Virtual classes. Video versions of five classes (BodyPump, , BodyCombat, BodyFlow,, CXWorx, Sh’Bam) led by professional instructors will be available 24 hours a day at 10 Anytime Fitness locations.
The classes are screened on a projector with a sound system to provide the feeling of a real group exercise experience. Though not currently available in Los Angeles, Anytime Fitness’ Director of Exercise Programming Shannon Fable says that once it is fully rolled out, it will be available for any club that already has Fitness on Request.
“Launching Les Mills Virtual in select Anytime Fitness locations is the start of something big,” Fable said. .
Fun group classes
Fun workouts are always trending because they help take people’s minds off the fact they are actually working out. One such class is Crunch’s Pound program[11] which brings out your inner rock star while working up a sweat. Using weighted drum sticks, participants use the floor as their drum in a variety of movements, hitting it to the rhythm of the music.
“It’s a lot of fun and people feel like rock stars afterward and they forget how hard they’re working,” Cyrus says. “It’s like nothing else in fitness right now, but it’s doing really well.”
Another fun workout is Equinox’s Tread & Shred class which looks similar to OK, Go’s music video for their song “Here it Goes Again” where the band does a choreographed routine using treadmills. Equinox’s Tread & Shred class uses the treadmill to do more than just walk or run. Participants do a variety of exercises aimed at strengthening, balancing and toning, including side shuffles, backwards running, and more. The class, and its West Hollywood and Beverly Hills instructor David Siik, were featured by Huffington Post[12] in October.
References
- ^ Indo Yoga Board (indoboard.com)
- ^ Yoga Loft (m.yogaloftmb.com)
- ^ SURFSET LA (www.surfsetla.com)
- ^ 220 Fit (www.220fitness.com)
- ^ Crunch (www.crunch.com)
- ^ American College of Sports Medicine (www.acsm.org)
- ^ Jillian Michael’s 3-2-1 interval system (www.jillianmichaelsbodyrevolution.com)
- ^ Yas Fitness Centers (go2yas.com)
- ^ Ballet Beautiful (www.balletbeautiful.com)
- ^ Anytime Fitness (www.anytimefitness.com)
- ^ Pound program (www.crunch.com)
- ^ featured by Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.com)
Anytime Fitness to move headquarters to Woodbury - Pioneer Press
International health club franchise Anytime Fitness announced this week that it will move its headquarters from Hastings to Woodbury.
A spokesman confirmed Tuesday that a land purchase deal has been finalized and the company plans to move its campus to a 38-acre site.
The purchase price for the land, at the southwest corner of Interstates 94 and 494, was $1.6 million, said Mark Daly, national media director for Anytime Fitness.
Anytime Fitness CEO and co-founder Chuck Runyon said the new site will give the company more space for its franchisee training and "employee-centric" focus through enhanced design.
The company employs 150 workers.
"We bought 38 acres to accommodate a campus feel that offers an indoor/outdoor experience for our employees and frequent visitors from around the world," he said. "We look forward to providing our guests with more hotel and restaurant options and specifically for our global visitors, more places to shop."
The undeveloped site is northwest of the Sheraton Hotel, The Tavern Grill restaurant and Tamarack Hills retail center.
Anytime Fitness retained BWBR of St. Paul as the principal architect, with Coen + Partners assisting with landscape designs.
Principal architect Brian Buchholz said the character and location of the site, a gateway to the community, will give Anytime Fitness an opportunity to "redefine what it means to be a healthy workplace."
Construction will begin in the spring of 2014. Anytime Fitness corporate staffers hope to move into the new campus in late summer or early fall of 2015.
The Woodbury Planning Commission has not yet reviewed plans for the site, which is classified as "business campus" on the city's zoning map.
Anytime Fitness was founded in 2002, with the first club opening in Cambridge, Minn.
There are currently 2,000 clubs open, including two in Woodbury and others in Cottage Grove, Oakdale and St. Paul. The company also operates more than a dozen clubs worldwide.
Why fitness resolutions don't work and how to change that - Deseret News
Becoming healthy and more fit are among the top resolutions made each year. Sadly, they are the easiest resolutions to break. Here are some reasons why fitness resolutions don't work and some tips for success.
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Well, everybody, today is New Year's Day. Hopefully you are well rested despite maybe pulling an all-nighter. And let's hope that your stomach has recovered from that pint of eggnog you may have just chugged, or from the sausage and biscuits you finished a few hours ago while on an early breakfast run to Denny's, because today is the day you will begin that new fitness regimen you promised yourself you would start.
Each year, millions of people resolve to be healthier and more fit, and they choose Jan. 1 as the perfect day to start.
For all intents and purposes, this day makes sense. A new year signifies a new start. However, it seems most fitness resolutions end as soon as they begin. Why is this?
For one, consider the past few weeks you have just had. Thanksgiving, for starters, is one big Butterball turkey full of food … lots and lots of food. Fast forward not even a day later, and you were thrown into holiday shopping, which is one big pocket full of stress … lots and lots of stress.
Finally, there is what we all just experienced, the ringing in of the new year, which of course means staying up well past bedtime and losing sleep … lots and lots of sleep.
As much joy as the holidays bring, a lot of food, stress and sleepless nights come along with it. And as we all know, these three things do not mix well at all, let alone when one is gearing up for a healthier lifestyle.
If Jan. 1 is not the best day to start, what is? More importantly, how do you beat the odds and actually reach your fitness goals?
Here are some tips:
Begin on Jan. 2. By doing this, you are allowing yourself time to recover from New Year's Eve and are more likely to feel less bogged down. When you feel better exercising, you are more likely to continue with your goal.
Don't be discouraged by setbacks. Oftentimes, you will find you are taking two steps forward and one step back. Remember that even with the one step back, you are still one step ahead.
Don't put a time limit on your goal. Many will say, “I want to lose this much weight by June 1.” Putting a date stamp on a fitness goal can cause discouragement if you have not reached it or can cause you to revert back to your old ways once the date has passed.
So, rather than setting a time limit, make a lifetime fitness goal. Decide now that you will be healthy and fit for life. In doing so, no date will come and go or leave you discouraged because you will always be looking to the future. Which brings me to my last point:
Always look ahead. When you have decided to live a healthier lifestyle, it is OK to remember what life was like before, but it's more important to look ahead to what a healthier you will bring. Then when the holidays of 2014 roll around, you will be able to run, jump, skip or lunge right through them to 2015.
Arianne Brown is a mother of six who loves running the beautiful trails around Utah. For more articles by Arianne, follow her on Twitter @arimom5 or visit her blog, timetofititin.com[2] .
Yourwellness Magazine Explores Different Kinds of Yoga - PR Web (press release)
London, UK (PRWEB UK) 1 January 2014
Athletes from American football team the Minnesota Vikings have recently been turning to yoga for recovery and relaxation, CBS Minnesota reported December 16th. The article, “Pro Athletes Turning To Yoga For Recovery, Peace Of Mind,” noted that players such as linebacker Tyrone McKenzie have made yoga part of daily and professional life, and McKenzie credits yoga for helping him fully recover from his knee injury. McKenzie commented, ‘It just comes back to getting my mind clear, at the same time while preventing injuries. When I came to yoga, everything came full circle for me.’ (http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/12/16/pro-athletes-turning-to-yoga-for-recovery-peace-of-mind/[1] )
Following on from this, Yourwellness Magazine detailed the different kinds of yoga. According to Yourwellness Magazine, ‘Yoga is unique because it offers so much to so many different people. It can be a form of exercise – the stretches and positions are great way to stay in shape if you are looking for a calmer form of working out. But it’s not just for when you want to be able to slim down or get in a little bit better shape. Yoga is a great way to improve your flexibility, which can be very important for other sports as well as in many aspects of life. For others, yoga is not so much a physical exercise as it is a way to focus themselves or achieve a meditative state.’ (http://www.yourwellness.com/2013/12/different-types-yoga-choose-best-one/#sthash.SA9hPaym.dpuf[2] )
Yourwellness Magazine outlined the different kinds of yoga:
1. Ashtanga or Power yoga: This demanding workout requires constant movement from one posture over to another.
2. Anusara: This yoga focuses on promoting a deep knowledge of outer and inner body alignment.
3. Bikram or Hot yoga: This idea promotes a workout of 26 asanas practiced in a room that is 95 to 100 degrees in order to warm and stretch the muscles, ligaments, and tendons.
4. Embodyoga. This practice promotes the idea of listening to body-mind connection.
5. Integral. This more gentle form of yoga often includes breathing exercises, chanting and meditation.
6. Lyengar. This practice emphasises body alignment and holding poses for lengthy periods.
7. Jivamukti. This more physically challenging selection of asanas has classes that include chanting, meditation, readings, music and affirmations.
8. Kundalini. This form of yoga emphasises the effects of breath on the postures.
To find out more, visit the gateway to living well at http://www.yourwellness.com[3] .
References
- ^ http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/12/16/pro-athletes-turning-to-yoga-for-recovery-peace-of-mind/ (minnesota.cbslocal.com)
- ^ http://www.yourwellness.com/2013/12/different-types-yoga-choose-best-one/#sthash.SA9hPaym.dpuf (www.yourwellness.com)
- ^ http://www.yourwellness.com (www.yourwellness.com)
Top fitness trends for 2014 - Long Beach Press-Telegram
If you’re one of the many people who made a New Year’s resolution to up the ante on your health and fitness, take a look below at what experts believe will be 2014’s biggest fitness trends in the Los Angeles area.
From virtual personal trainers to a new variation of SUP Yoga, these trends could help you in whatever fitness resolutions you take on.
A new variation of SUP Yoga
Stand-Up Paddleboard (SUP) Yoga may have been a popular fitness trend in 2013, but this year you won’t have to get into the water to get the same kind of workout. The Indo Yoga Board[1] , developed by Hunter Joslin, is a 6-foot-long board on four rockers that provides the same instability as SUP Yoga, requiring you to engage your muscles even more than traditional yoga in order to keep your balance.
With classes already on the East Coast, Indo Yoga Board is making its debut in Los Angeles this month with a class at Yoga Loft[2] in Manhattan Beach. Or you can purchase the board for home use for about $375.
SurfSet Boards are slightly different than Indo Yoga Boards but the concept is the same. Classes are offered at a variety of locations throughout the Los Angeles area, including SURFSET LA[3] in Hermosa Beach, 220 Fit[4] in Santa Monica, and a variety of Crunch[5] gyms. Donna Cyrus, senior vice president of programming for Crunch, says they were the first to have the program and confirms it’s becoming incredibly popular. “It’s going to pop up everywhere pretty soon,” she says.
H.I.I.T.
High-intensity interval training continues to be a popular exercise method this year. H.I.I.T. sessions can last four to 30 minutes with short, intense bursts of cardio followed by a period of recovery. In October, the American College of Sports Medicine[6] said H.I.I.T.would be 2014’s top fitness trends. The P90X and Insanity workouts, which were popular the last couple years, are good examples of this form of exercise.
Christine Bullock, a Los Angeles fitness, nutrition and wellness expert whose DVD “10 Minute Solution: Butt Lift” was released in 2013, says H.I.I.T. is popular because people’s busy lifestyles leave them wanting a quick but effective workout.
Cyrus agrees — many of Crunch’s classes are now this style of workout — citing the popularity of CrossFit has made an impact on programming for gyms and personal trainers. She also notes a popular H.I.I.T. workout is Jillian Michael’s 3-2-1 interval system[7] , which is a 24-minute workout mixing two minutes of strength, two minutes of cardio and one minute of abs.
Combo classes
Both Cyrus and Bullock were quick to mention the trend of combo classes, where 60-minute classes are divided into two different styles of workout. Particular classes that are becoming popular are those that include indoor cycling. Cyrus notes the various spin studios that have continued popping up have increased people’s awareness of the benefits of spin.
One such studio is Kimberly Fowler’s Yas Fitness Centers[8] , which now has locations from Silver Lake to Costa Mesa. Fowler is considered the first person to combine spin and yoga into a hybrid class. Other popular combination classes include yoga and TRX, yoga and weights, or spin and weights.
Clean eating
Clean eating, a popular hashtag on Instagram and Twitter, is a simple concept based on eating foods at their purest form, says Bullock. “While there’s no hard and fast definition, clean eating is a very simple concept: Eat real, wholesome food unprocessed, while avoiding processed and fast foods packed with added ingredients that compromise the health,” Bullock says. For instance, Bullock says if you’re a “clean eater” you would choose a fresh orange over processed orange juice or quinoa instead of white flour.
Nothing is off limits and it’s not about counting calories, and because of this, Bullock says the trend isn’t going anywhere. “Eating clean has come full circle from times before technology made everything available to us, to the times when we had to eat off the land and eat in-season foods. Eating clean is trending in response to our need for better health,” she explains.
Cyrus also believes this is a trend that will stay.She thinks its popularity is due to people becoming more savvy with diets and also because healthy body sizes, rather than skin and bones, is the look more desirable in today’s society. “Super, super skinny is not what people are looking for anymore, they want muscle tone,” Cyrus explains.
Virtual Fitness Classes
Group fitness classes and personal trainers are nothing new, but in today’s technology-obsessed world, you can do it virtually, either at the gym or in the privacy of your own home. Live-skype training is available from many instructors, like Mary Helen Bowers, who trained Natalie Portman for her role in “Black Swan” and also trains many Victoria Secret models. Bowers, who is based in New York, offers Ballet Beautiful[9] virtual group training or personal instruction.
There are many types of virtual classes available, but you can also get virtual personalized fitness routines, says Bullock. “After speaking with you via email or phone, qualified personal trainers customize a workout program for you based on your individual goals and level,” Bullock says. “Because technology has made the world a much smaller place, trainers give plenty of motivation via emails, texts and phone calls to keep you on track.”
Bullock says these virtual instructors are particularly good for people who need the flexibility of when they can do the class. She also says many of the trainers keep the cost to a minimum and if you don’t like the class, you can just turn it off.
Anytime Fitness[10] already has a program called Fitness on Request, which is a 24-hour kiosk providing virtual classes at the gym. The gym is currently in a pilot phase of a new program called Les Mills Virtual classes. Video versions of five classes (BodyPump, , BodyCombat, BodyFlow,, CXWorx, Sh’Bam) led by professional instructors will be available 24 hours a day at 10 Anytime Fitness locations.
The classes are screened on a projector with a sound system to provide the feeling of a real group exercise experience. Though not currently available in Los Angeles, Anytime Fitness’ Director of Exercise Programming Shannon Fable says that once it is fully rolled out, it will be available for any club that already has Fitness on Request.
“Launching Les Mills Virtual in select Anytime Fitness locations is the start of something big,” Fable said. .
Fun group classes
Fun workouts are always trending because they help take people’s minds off the fact they are actually working out. One such class is Crunch’s Pound program[11] which brings out your inner rock star while working up a sweat. Using weighted drum sticks, participants use the floor as their drum in a variety of movements, hitting it to the rhythm of the music.
“It’s a lot of fun and people feel like rock stars afterward and they forget how hard they’re working,” Cyrus says. “It’s like nothing else in fitness right now, but it’s doing really well.”
Another fun workout is Equinox’s Tread & Shred class which looks similar to OK, Go’s music video for their song “Here it Goes Again” where the band does a choreographed routine using treadmills. Equinox’s Tread & Shred class uses the treadmill to do more than just walk or run. Participants do a variety of exercises aimed at strengthening, balancing and toning, including side shuffles, backwards running, and more. The class, and its West Hollywood and Beverly Hills instructor David Siik, were featured by Huffington Post[12] in October.
References
- ^ Indo Yoga Board (indoboard.com)
- ^ Yoga Loft (m.yogaloftmb.com)
- ^ SURFSET LA (www.surfsetla.com)
- ^ 220 Fit (www.220fitness.com)
- ^ Crunch (www.crunch.com)
- ^ American College of Sports Medicine (www.acsm.org)
- ^ Jillian Michael’s 3-2-1 interval system (www.jillianmichaelsbodyrevolution.com)
- ^ Yas Fitness Centers (go2yas.com)
- ^ Ballet Beautiful (www.balletbeautiful.com)
- ^ Anytime Fitness (www.anytimefitness.com)
- ^ Pound program (www.crunch.com)
- ^ featured by Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.com)
Vail Valley Bizwatch: Paddleboard yoga is a unique workout - Vail Daily News
Business name: Paddle Yoga Colorado.
Location: Edwards.
Date opened: Summer, 2013.
Owner: Julie Circo.
Contact information: Go to www.paddleyogacolorado.com, call 970-393-3328 or email julie@ paddleyogacolorado.com.
What goods or services do you provide? Stand-up paddleboard yoga classes, river SUP yoga instruction and stand-up paddleboard rentals.
What’s new or exciting at your place? I’m teaching stand-up paddleboard yoga classes at the Avon Recreation Center pool on Thursdays from 8:45 to 10 a.m. starting Thursday. It will be so fun to keep up with a SUP yoga practice during the winter.
What strategy do you use to differentiate you from your competition? While I teach SUP yoga on lakes, ponds and swimming pools, my passion is teaching on the river. I love watching a student progress from the calm waters of a lake to the gentle currents of the river and then watching them build their confidence while paddleboarding through the rapids.
What philosophy do you follow in dealing with your customers? What can your customers expect from you? My focus is always on my students enjoyment and safety. Anyone can learn to paddleboard and do yoga on one, too! Stand-up paddle yoga is a unique approach to fitness that is accessible to all kinds of people. My students can expect me to keep them safe during class, while challenging them in new and unexpected ways.
Tell us about your background, education and experience. I discovered yoga when I was 18, while taking it as a college course. I am a certified stand-up paddleboard yoga instructor and a certified 200-hour yoga teacher. I love being adventuresome and active.
I started paddleboarding in the river a couple of summers ago and instantly loved it. Doing yoga on the paddleboard just came naturally, and I immediately wanted to share this healthy lifestyle with everyone I knew.
What is the most humorous thing that has happened at your business since it opened? The funniest thing that has ever happened with Paddle Yoga Colorado happens almost every time I teach a SUP yoga class. Someone falls in! One time someone fell on their face but didn’t fall in. Oh, that was me!
5 tips to make your fitness resolution work - 9NEWS.com
KUSA - This is the time of year when most of us resolve to be better versions of ourselves - and many of us decide this is the year we will get in better shape.
No matter if you are an experienced gym-goer or a fitness newbie, resolutions can be hard to keep. Here are 5 tips to keep you going:
1) Just get started - Lace up those sneakers and step out the front door. Lay out your yoga mat on the bedroom floor. Getting started is usually the hardest part. Do not worry about how far you will go or long you will work out. Instead, the moment you feel yourself dreading your workout or losing motivation, stop agonizing and just start. The rest will take care of itself.
2) Pace yourself - Start slow - lay the foundation for success. There is a sweet spot where exercising invigorates you, energizes you and makes you smile. If you push past that threshold into extreme muscle soreness and utter exhaustion too soon, you will be less likely to return tomorrow, let alone next week or next month. As you get stronger and fitter, your threshold will increase, and you will be able to do more. But when you start, start slow, do things you enjoy, and remind your body that moving is fun.
3) Join a group - Studies show, time and again, that becoming part of a group increases accountability and dedication to any program. This could mean attending a regular group exercise class, a Pilates boot camp, or join a yoga studio. But even if you prefer to workout solo, there are ways to reap the benefits of community. You could join an online fitness community and connect with a trainer online on sites such as: FitOrbit, The Daily Burn, FitnessGlo and YogaGlo, and MyBod Wellness. Or, create your own group challenge - my husband and his brothers begin a Burpee challenge every January.
4) Think outside the gym - Get creative. Find ways to get your workout in when you can't make it to the gym. Take the stairs, do squats while you fold laundry, do box jumps on the front porch, hold plank on the commercial breaks. Also, with small investments in equipment you can create a great at-home workout. Some of my favorites include: a stopwatch or timer app on your phone, a jump rope, a TRX suspension trainer, elastic bands, a rebounder, stability ball or BOSU.
5) Focus on resolve instead of the resolution - Even the best made plans will fail sometimes. Life happens, and whether it's because of illness or vacation or just lack of motivation, you will most likely fall off the workout wagon once in awhile. RESOLUTIONS are lofty goals, often hard to keep and often broken ("I'm going to workout seven times a week!" or "I'm going to lose 30 pounds by summer!"). RESOLVE is an attitude, a sense of determination and dedication, to soldier on towards a better you, regardless of the setbacks along the way. One day of indulgence will not make or break your goal. But beating yourself up over one misstep could set you back permanently. Focus on attacking your goals with RESOLVE and you will set yourself up for long term success.
(KUSA-TV © 2013 Multimedia Holdings Corporation)
Several fitness classes offered in January - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
WATERLOO -- Guia Palma, a physical therapist and fitness instructor in yoga, tai chi and Zumba, will offer several upcoming fitness classes.
"Yoga with Guia" is set for noon Tuesdays and Thursdays at United Medical Park P.T.; cost is $40 for 10 sessions.
Yoga at Fusion Fit and Dance above Jameson's in downtown Waterloo will meet at 10 a.m. Saturdays. Cost is $60 for 10 sessions.
Tai Chi will be offered at Landmark Commons Fitness Center at 8:30 a.m. Saturdays; cost is $3.
Zumba classes will start at 2:25 p.m. Saturdays, also at the Landmark Commons Fitness Center; suggested donation is $3.
For more information, email well8aged@gmail.com or call 239-6052.
Whole Foods adding classes on nutrition and healthy eating - The Detroit News
Detroit — Whole Foods Market is opening a space near its Midtown store dedicated to free nutrition and culinary education classes on Jan. 13.
The “Lets Talk Food” center will be in a small commercial space with a working kitchen, located directly across the parking lot of the 115 Mack Ave. store. The center at 3670 Woodward Ave. is next to a Bank of America branch and in the same building as the Ellington Lofts and a Starbucks cafe.
In January, courses such as understanding food labels, combating food cravings and maintaining a healthy diet will be offered. In February, a “Healthy Eating Challenge” program will cover the entire month. Several Metro Detroit chefs, including a vegan, yoga instructors and physical trainers, as well as medical officials from nearby Detroit Medical Center, have agreed to speak.
The center will be operated by Dr. Akua Woolbright, a Whole Foods nutritionist who quickly moved to Detroit once the Midtown store was announced. The store opened in June.
“The chance to discuss healthy eating options to communities of color — I couldn’t pass that up,” Woolbright said. That is what she has been doing weekly for more than six months now, always free of charge. She’s been to churches, people’s homes, community centers and offices.
“So many people in Detroit are already eating healthy,” she said. “They know a great deal about canning of food and people have been growing their own vegetables for a long time.”
The range of topics at the center will continue to grow based on community feedback, she said. Registration is required for most classes; to register, email akua.woolbright@wholefoods.com[1] .
Many officials from the Austin, Texas-based chain view the Detroit store as a chance for Whole Foods to prove its formula of organic and locally-made fare can work in communities with a wider range of incomes. Detroit often is named one of the poorest big cities in the nation, according to several studies, as well as ranking high for obesity rates. And Whole Foods has derisively been called “whole paycheck” for its premium prices.
Two months after the Midtown Detroit store opened, Whole Foods Market Co-CEO Walter Robb told Bloomberg News, “The store is exceeding our wildest expectations,” and added that it serves a “wide area of the community.” Many officials say it offers competitive pricing compared with other national chains.
Free pizza at the gym? Planet Fitness to deliver at new Schererville location - nwitimes.com
SCHERERVILLE | A fast-growing fitness chain that targets people who do not belong to gyms will put its first Northwest Indiana health club in a former big-box store in Schererville.
Planet Fitness plans to open a 20,000-square-foot gym in the former Menards on Indianapolis Boulevard on Wednesday. Developer Al Kygier is transforming the building at 1000 U.S. 41 into Boulevard Square, a shopping center that is expected to house about a half dozen stores.
The low-cost gym chain, which caters to novices and promotes itself as a judgement-free zone, will be the first major tenant, said town manager Robert Volkmann.
New Hampshire-based Planet Fitness is known for $10 a month basic membership fees and an emphasis on making workouts comfortable for regular people who are not fitness enthusiasts, to the point where it hands out free pizza once a month.
The concept has proven extremely popular, as the gym has netted 4.5 million members since it first started franchising a decade ago, said public relations manager Megan Lynch. Planet Fitness started with four clubs in 2003 and now has more than 700 gyms spread across 47 states and Puerto Rico. Planet Fitness had 242 clubs by 2008, and has since tripled its growth.
"It's really exploded around the country," said franchise owner Rick Raimondo, who is opening his second fitness club. "It's really the unbelievable gym equipment, the low prices and the judgment-free zone. It's really trying to create a relaxed environment that caters to the hardcore fitness people."
The chain will enter a crowded Northwest Indiana market that includes Fuel Fitness, Anytime Fitness, Charter Fitness and the massive Omni Health and Fitness Club just down the street.
But Planet Fitness is not necessarily competing with established health clubs because its target market is the nearly 90 percent of people who do not belong to gyms.
Unique features include free pizza every first Monday, free bagels every second Tuesday and a "lunk alarm" that blares a siren and flashes a blue light when gym-goers violate prohibitions on grunting and other bodybuilding behavior. The bans are supposed to create a casual environment.
"The majority of the people at Planet Fitness are regular people," Raimondo said. "They don't go to the gym everyday. They're not hardcore aerobic queens. It's relaxed and easy."
The new gym will have 90 pieces of cardiovascular equipment, 50 pieces of strength training equipment, tanning beds, and hydro massage beds. The club also will feature a 12-minute abdominal circuit and a 30-hour workout circuit that's aimed at letting people work out every major muscle group in a hurry, such if they can swing by on a lunch break.
About 10 to 15 employees will work at the gym, which will be open 24 hours Monday through Friday and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the weekends.
If the location proves successful, Raimondo said he will consider expansion opportunities in neighboring towns.
Experts debunk the thought that yoga can heal medical conditions - Examiner.com
Many people believe that yoga can cure any ailment they may have. According to WebMD on Dec. 31, 2013,[1] it may not be completely accurate. According to the experts, yoga can help relieve tension, improve balance and flexibility, but many not sure the numerous medical condition like previously thought.
The experts went on to say yoga can help relieve pain associated with muscle or bone conditions making your life less painful; however, it likely would not cure any conditions. Yoga helps promote relaxation.[2]
One of the primary purposes of a yoga practice is relaxation. Your heart rate[3] and your blood pressure[4] should be lower when you finish a class, and you should never be short of breath. Whatever kind of yoga relaxes you and doesn't feel like exercise is a good choice. What really matters is, are you in your body or are you going into a state of mindfulness? You want to be in the pose and aware of your breaths.
Yoga[5] can help one sleep better, reduce anxiety, reduce depression, reduce back pain and help you be more focused to lead a better quality of life. Yoga tends to change ones outlook on life. A once very negative person will become positive and full of life.
Try yoga for yourself[6] as part of your New Year’s resolution so you can see for yourself if yoga can improve your life. One thing the experts do agree on is yoga is a great addition to any person’s life, no matter your age or fitness level.
References
- ^ According to WebMD on Dec. 31, 2013, (www.webmd.com)
- ^ Yoga helps promote relaxation. (www.examiner.com)
- ^ heart rate (www.webmd.com)
- ^ blood pressure (www.webmd.com)
- ^ Yoga (www.examiner.com)
- ^ Try yoga for yourself (www.examiner.com)
New Year's Eve Yoga Class Allows No Talking - WFMY News 2
From left, yoga teacher Tomo Okabe, MC Yogi, and his wife Amanda Gia participate in a silent New Year's Eve celebration at Jivamukti Yoga in New York.(Photo: Derek Goodwin via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) - Here comes 2014! Three! ... Two! ... Mum.
While hundreds of thousands of revelers cheer, shout and yell in the new year in Times Square, hundreds of New Yorkers will gather not far away to pass the waning hours of 2013 without a word.
They'll be quietly observing a 25-year tradition at Jivamukti Yoga, which opens its doors to people who like to spend New Year's Eve reflecting, meditating, crafting resolutions, maybe doing a headstand, all in "Auld Lang" silence.
It's a year-end bash with no pressure to mingle, no need to bring anything, no drunken regrets, and no small talk - or big talk, either.
"The only thing that we ask," Jivamukti Yoga co-founder Sharon Gannon says, "is that you shut up."
If that sounds like a rather muted way to celebrate, participants say it's a refreshing one - a way to go out but look inward, and end the year on a note of mental tranquility.
Drawing on a long history of silent meditation in yoga, the event certainly isn't the only venue for people who are less interested in spirits than spirituality on New Year's Eve. Many churches hold reverent services on Dec. 31; the custom holds particular resonance for many black churches, where Watch Night observances commemorate the Dec. 31, 1862, services at which congregants awaited word that the Emancipation Proclamation would take effect.
And some yoga and spiritual centers advertise multiday silent New Year events. That's regularly the most popular retreat at Yogaville in Buckingham, Va., which began the New Year's sessions about four decades ago and expected 65 people this year for more than four days of yoga, meditation, small tasks and listening to lectures, the Rev. Lakshmi Bartel said.
"People who come to Yogaville really want to live better, happier lives ... and New Year's is the perfect time" to focus on that, she said.
The New York event requires a lesser time and financial commitment - it's free, while retreats can cost hundreds of dollars or more. It started in 1988 because students were disappointed that Jivamukti Yoga planned to close for New Year's, Gannon said.
"We wanted to celebrate New Year's Eve but didn't want to do it in a party-down kind of way," she said.
Now, as many as 1,000 people come to the school on bustling Union Square, about two miles south of Times Square, for at least part of the evening, and about 500 are usually there at midnight, Gannon said.
After cutting loose for an hour with a band that plays devotional Sanskrit chant music, participants hush up at 9 p.m. Even staffers use pencil and paper if they need to communicate. Participants do whatever comes to mind - yoga exercises, journal writing, reading - as long as it's quiet and alcohol-free.
When the clock strikes midnight, the crowd greets the new year with a Sanskrit chant wishing universal happiness and freedom, followed by some uplifting remarks from Gannon and co-founder David Life.
Karin Goldmark generally went to New Year's parties with friends before trying the Jivamukti Yoga event for the first time in 2006, when she was pregnant and not up for partying.
"I was a bit intimidated, initially, by the idea of meditating for three hours," she said, but it turned out to be fun.
"It still feels like an event ... but it's not overwhelming. It's both calm and festive," said Goldmark, who works in education and now also teaches yoga at the school. "All the great stuff about New Year's Eve, and no hangover."
What yoga can really do for you - TheCelebrityCafe.com
Yoga has become more and more popular in the passing years, but experts are now saying that practicing yoga can lessen depression, anxiety, insomnia, back pain and other illnesses.
More doctors are recognizing yoga, massage therapy or even acupuncture as acceptable treatment referrals.
WebMD[1] reports that experts say that yoga will certainly not cure everything that is wrong with a person, but it definitely offers some benefits.
"Yoga is great for flexibility, for strength, and for posture and balance," said Dr. Rachel Rohde, an orthopedic surgeon for the Beaumont Health System in Royal Oak, Mich. "Yoga can help with a lot of musculoskeletal issues and pain, but I wouldn't say it cures any orthopedic condition.”
Yoga can actually hinder some people if they have the wrong mindset when they begin. Many people who practice yoga think it is about doing as many of the hardest positions as possible. However, trying those positions can actually hinder people and even hurt them.
However, Dr. Ruby Roy says that, “The right yoga can help you.” Roy is a chronic disease physician as well as a part time yoga instructor. Yoga should lower your heart rate and blood pressure. Roy says, “You should never be short of breath [when finishing a class].”
According to Health24[2] , research has shown that yoga is a great form of therapy as long as it complements standard physical therapy. People who use yoga to recover from a surgery or to help their arthritis are certainly right, but they should be using yoga along with other types of therapy.
Yoga is certainly safe to try. All poses can be changed in a few ways to make it safe for anyone. They have yoga classes for pregnant women in which they do less intensive poses.
Don’t be surprised if the next time you see the doctor for blood pressure, back pain or anxiety if they prescribe a yoga class [in addition to regular therapy].
image: image.net
Wacky Fitness Tips - Jackson Free Press
The new year is here (can you believe it?!), and so is our New Year's Wellness issue. Get ready for fitness tips and talk of vegetarianism and other fitness-y things. We've all heard the usual health tips—drink water, exercise, eat healthy and less. But here are a few lesser-known fitness tips.
A 20- to 30-minute nap increases your awareness and improves your mood as well as general performance. (source: sleepfoundation.org[1] )
"No pain, no gain" is a stupid phrase. Don't exercise to the point where it hurts. A little discomfort is sometimes inevitable, but pain is often an indicator of an exhausted muscle or torn ligament. (source: today.com[2] )
Eat chocolate! Dark chocolate, that is. You'll improve your workout by as much as 50 percent. (source: thedailybeast.com[3] )
Listen to music while exercising, but make sure it's energetic. One study found that exercisers improved their performance by at least 15 percent and wanted to work out longer by exercising in time to music. (source: thedailybeast.com[4] )
Eat spicy foods. Spiciness slows down your food intake (mostly because your mouth is burning), and the capsaicin in peppers increases your metabolism. (source: besthealthmag.ca[5] )
Eat food on a blue plate. Studies have shown that people who use blue plates tend to eat less. I could imagine a laundry list of reasons why this works—the fact that blue is a soothing color, or the fact that nothing grown in nature is truly blue. Either way, go buy some dark blue plates and grab some yummies.
References
- ^ sleepfoundation.org (www.sleepfoundation.org)
- ^ today.com (www.today.com)
- ^ thedailybeast.com (www.thedailybeast.com)
- ^ thedailybeast.com (www.thedailybeast.com)
- ^ besthealthmag.ca (www.besthealthmag.ca)
Top fitness trends for 2014 - Redlands Daily Facts
If you’re one of the many people who made a New Year’s resolution to up the ante on your health and fitness, take a look below at what experts believe will be 2014’s biggest fitness trends in the Los Angeles area.
From virtual personal trainers to a new variation of SUP Yoga, these trends could help you in whatever fitness resolutions you take on.
A new variation of SUP Yoga
Stand-Up Paddleboard (SUP) Yoga may have been a popular fitness trend in 2013, but this year you won’t have to get into the water to get the same kind of workout. The Indo Yoga Board[1] , developed by Hunter Joslin, is a 6-foot-long board on four rockers that provides the same instability as SUP Yoga, requiring you to engage your muscles even more than traditional yoga in order to keep your balance.
With classes already on the East Coast, Indo Yoga Board is making its debut in Los Angeles this month with a class at Yoga Loft[2] in Manhattan Beach. Or you can purchase the board for home use for about $375.
SurfSet Boards are slightly different than Indo Yoga Boards but the concept is the same. Classes are offered at a variety of locations throughout the Los Angeles area, including SURFSET LA[3] in Hermosa Beach, 220 Fit[4] in Santa Monica, and a variety of Crunch[5] gyms. Donna Cyrus, senior vice president of programming for Crunch, says they were the first to have the program and confirms it’s becoming incredibly popular. “It’s going to pop up everywhere pretty soon,” she says.
H.I.I.T.
High-intensity interval training continues to be a popular exercise method this year. H.I.I.T. sessions can last four to 30 minutes with short, intense bursts of cardio followed by a period of recovery. In October, the American College of Sports Medicine[6] said H.I.I.T.would be 2014’s top fitness trends. The P90X and Insanity workouts, which were popular the last couple years, are good examples of this form of exercise.
Christine Bullock, a Los Angeles fitness, nutrition and wellness expert whose DVD “10 Minute Solution: Butt Lift” was released in 2013, says H.I.I.T. is popular because people’s busy lifestyles leave them wanting a quick but effective workout.
Cyrus agrees — many of Crunch’s classes are now this style of workout — citing the popularity of CrossFit has made an impact on programming for gyms and personal trainers. She also notes a popular H.I.I.T. workout is Jillian Michael’s 3-2-1 interval system[7] , which is a 24-minute workout mixing two minutes of strength, two minutes of cardio and one minute of abs.
Combo classes
Both Cyrus and Bullock were quick to mention the trend of combo classes, where 60-minute classes are divided into two different styles of workout. Particular classes that are becoming popular are those that include indoor cycling. Cyrus notes the various spin studios that have continued popping up have increased people’s awareness of the benefits of spin.
One such studio is Kimberly Fowler’s Yas Fitness Centers[8] , which now has locations from Silver Lake to Costa Mesa. Fowler is considered the first person to combine spin and yoga into a hybrid class. Other popular combination classes include yoga and TRX, yoga and weights, or spin and weights.
Clean eating
Clean eating, a popular hashtag on Instagram and Twitter, is a simple concept based on eating foods at their purest form, says Bullock. “While there’s no hard and fast definition, clean eating is a very simple concept: Eat real, wholesome food unprocessed, while avoiding processed and fast foods packed with added ingredients that compromise the health,” Bullock says. For instance, Bullock says if you’re a “clean eater” you would choose a fresh orange over processed orange juice or quinoa instead of white flour.
Nothing is off limits and it’s not about counting calories, and because of this, Bullock says the trend isn’t going anywhere. “Eating clean has come full circle from times before technology made everything available to us, to the times when we had to eat off the land and eat in-season foods. Eating clean is trending in response to our need for better health,” she explains.
Cyrus also believes this is a trend that will stay.She thinks its popularity is due to people becoming more savvy with diets and also because healthy body sizes, rather than skin and bones, is the look more desirable in today’s society. “Super, super skinny is not what people are looking for anymore, they want muscle tone,” Cyrus explains.
Virtual Fitness Classes
Group fitness classes and personal trainers are nothing new, but in today’s technology-obsessed world, you can do it virtually, either at the gym or in the privacy of your own home. Live-skype training is available from many instructors, like Mary Helen Bowers, who trained Natalie Portman for her role in “Black Swan” and also trains many Victoria Secret models. Bowers, who is based in New York, offers Ballet Beautiful[9] virtual group training or personal instruction.
There are many types of virtual classes available, but you can also get virtual personalized fitness routines, says Bullock. “After speaking with you via email or phone, qualified personal trainers customize a workout program for you based on your individual goals and level,” Bullock says. “Because technology has made the world a much smaller place, trainers give plenty of motivation via emails, texts and phone calls to keep you on track.”
Bullock says these virtual instructors are particularly good for people who need the flexibility of when they can do the class. She also says many of the trainers keep the cost to a minimum and if you don’t like the class, you can just turn it off.
Anytime Fitness[10] already has a program called Fitness on Request, which is a 24-hour kiosk providing virtual classes at the gym. The gym is currently in a pilot phase of a new program called Les Mills Virtual classes. Video versions of five classes (BodyPump, , BodyCombat, BodyFlow,, CXWorx, Sh’Bam) led by professional instructors will be available 24 hours a day at 10 Anytime Fitness locations.
The classes are screened on a projector with a sound system to provide the feeling of a real group exercise experience. Though not currently available in Los Angeles, Anytime Fitness’ Director of Exercise Programming Shannon Fable says that once it is fully rolled out, it will be available for any club that already has Fitness on Request.
“Launching Les Mills Virtual in select Anytime Fitness locations is the start of something big,” Fable said. .
Fun group classes
Fun workouts are always trending because they help take people’s minds off the fact they are actually working out. One such class is Crunch’s Pound program[11] which brings out your inner rock star while working up a sweat. Using weighted drum sticks, participants use the floor as their drum in a variety of movements, hitting it to the rhythm of the music.
“It’s a lot of fun and people feel like rock stars afterward and they forget how hard they’re working,” Cyrus says. “It’s like nothing else in fitness right now, but it’s doing really well.”
Another fun workout is Equinox’s Tread & Shred class which looks similar to OK, Go’s music video for their song “Here it Goes Again” where the band does a choreographed routine using treadmills. Equinox’s Tread & Shred class uses the treadmill to do more than just walk or run. Participants do a variety of exercises aimed at strengthening, balancing and toning, including side shuffles, backwards running, and more. The class, and its West Hollywood and Beverly Hills instructor David Siik, were featured by Huffington Post[12] in October.
References
- ^ Indo Yoga Board (indoboard.com)
- ^ Yoga Loft (m.yogaloftmb.com)
- ^ SURFSET LA (www.surfsetla.com)
- ^ 220 Fit (www.220fitness.com)
- ^ Crunch (www.crunch.com)
- ^ American College of Sports Medicine (www.acsm.org)
- ^ Jillian Michael’s 3-2-1 interval system (www.jillianmichaelsbodyrevolution.com)
- ^ Yas Fitness Centers (go2yas.com)
- ^ Ballet Beautiful (www.balletbeautiful.com)
- ^ Anytime Fitness (www.anytimefitness.com)
- ^ Pound program (www.crunch.com)
- ^ featured by Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.com)
Fitness and Supplement Website Launches Blog with Product Reviews and Tips - SBWire (press release)
Houston, TX -- (SBWIRE[1] ) -- 12/31/2013 -- The fitness and supplement website Pumpd Nutrition has introduced a new blog. It is now a resource for updated clean eating tips, supplement reviews, and tips on workouts. Visitors can still find the same useful information on discount supplements[2] and which ones are right for them.
The website provides bodybuilding supplement reviews, including an article on Cellucor Super HD. Reviews are complimented with videos, pros and cons, ingredients, pricing, and more. Visitors can also read up on clean eating. A background on what this means is provided to give readers a broader sense of the term and what the health implications are.
Claudia Carrera, creator of Pumpd Nutrition, reveals how she began a diet by eating the right foods. It also took experimentation and the help of a nutritionist. In addition to information on cheap supplements[3] , she offers tips on how to eat right and avoid the foods that cause the most problems.
With the launch of a new blog, Carrera can now provide even more up to date information as it is released. She also strives to demonstrate her own efforts, so in addition to details on supplements, visitors can also expect personal stories, effective health foods, preworkout[4] advice, plus much more.
The site also helps customers find products at the lowest prices. It also mentions Pumpd Nutrition’s retail locations in Houston and Brownsville, Texas. For more information on the company, advice on supplements and healthy eating, and to keep up with the new blog, go to www.pumpdnutrition.com.
About Pumpd Nutrition
Pumpd Nutrition is a discount supplements retailer in Texas. Its informative website now includes a supplement, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle blog with multiple categories. The company was started by Claudia Carrera, a mother and former call center professional, based on her own experiences and willingness to share helpful information with others.
References
- ^ SBWIRE (www.sbwire.com)
- ^ discount supplements (www.pumpdnutrition.com)
- ^ cheap supplements (www.pumpdnutrition.com)
- ^ preworkout (www.pumpdnutrition.com)
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