A successful boot camp program does not necessarily have a snarling, spitting, drill sergeant with a whistle who barks out orders. The degree to which you use the strict military regimen depends on your group. Continue reading
Having Friends Came as Easy then as our Tired Inside Jokes, Part 2
Get out of your normal routine and take the first step to get together. It may seem like you’re the one making all the effort, but in time you’ll probably find that a good friend comes through, and it may not be in ways that you expect. Continue reading
More Evidence That Exercise May Protect Against Breast Cancer
Exercise has been shown to offer a variety of health benefits, from preventing obesity to reducing the risk of heart disease. Now, there may be another reason to work up a sweat.
A recent study adds weight to the evidence that exercise may protect against breast cancer.
Having Friends Came as Easy then as our Tired Inside Jokes, Part 1
Friendships are as precious to me now as ever. Kicking around with one of my pals is akin to an adult version of time-out, a quiet place to sort out the swirl of life. But long gone are the days when I could turn up at someone’s house and expect to have hours of fun. Friendship, I’ve discovered, like most of my relationships, takes a lot of work. Without some effort those wonderful ties can unravel. Continue reading
Wellness Priority
Until recently, the site of the Lifestyle Center was slated to become an acute care facility for Chesapeake General Hospital. It was decided, however, that a preventive and rehabilitative health center would also fulfill the hospital’s mission to be a leader in quality health care, so it leased the site to Lifestyle’s management team. They built a comprehensive fitness center that provides an assortment of medical and rehabilitation services, along with a wide variety of recreational opportunities. Continue reading
Hormone Replacement Therapy An Idea Whose Time Is Overdue
Most international experts agree that hormone replacement therapy (consisting of the female hormone estrogen, often in combination with a second female hormone, progesterone) has long-term benefits when initiated at the time of menopause. Continue reading
A New Place to Shop
How do you increase your pro-shop revenues by more than 4,000 percent? Don’t lease it out. Cooper Fitness Center previously collected a monthly rent check of $865 for leasing its pro-shop. Last year, however, after taking over operations, the center raked in an average $38,000 a month. With some research and renovation, Cooper turned its pro-shop into a first-rate country-club-type shop. Continue reading
State of the Art, Fitness Only Health Club
As the popularity of fitness grows, health club competition can be stiff. To succeed as a new facility, a determination of who the target population is and what that population lacks in fitness services is imperative. That’s what Pueblo West Total Fitness did when planning the design of its facility, and it has paid off. Owners of the 14,500-square-foot facility steered clear of duplicating the amenities other facilities in the area offer and focused on the construction of a fitness-only, customer-service-oriented center that appeals to the deconditioned population. Continue reading
The Good Things. Part 2
There’s another great thing about pregnancy that hardly anybody mentions. You don’t have any bad hair days for a while. Hormones make your hair more lustrous and full, and the 100 hairs that you used to lose every day decide instead to stay on your head for the whole nine months. Continue reading
The Good Things. Part 1
There’s something about being pregnant that makes the whole world want to stop in its tracks and commiserate with you about all the bad parts of making a baby: the backaches, constant trips to the bathroom, maternity clothes decorated with little ducks on the front.