China's new prosperity fuels fitness craze
AP - Sun Sep 7, 12:38 pm EDTSeveral days a week, Wu Ruiyao hits the gym, where she sweats on a treadmill, tones her abs in a group exercise or stretches under the guidance of a personal trainer.
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Several days a week, Wu Ruiyao hits the gym, where she sweats on a treadmill, tones her abs in a group exercise or stretches under the guidance of a personal trainer.
There are times in your life when feeling a little off-balance may actually be a good thing. Take it from the experts.
Free fitness sessions for children ages 8-14: At Prairie Life Fitness Center, 3690 S. Houston Levee, Collierville. Sessions are scheduled 4:30-5:45 p.m. today through Thursday. 854-8998. Online: prairielife.com.
According to the American College of Sports Medicine, by the year 2030 more than 70 million Americans will be 65 years of age or older, and those 85 years of age and older will be the fastest-growing age group.
Retiree Lewis Chollman drives a Toyota Camry that boasts a sign with the familiar motto, "Just do it." And that's exactly how Chollman lives his life, especially when it comes to fitness. Chollman travels to the gym every morning at 6 a.m. and finishes his workout around 4 in the afternoon.
Several days a week, Wu Ruiyao hits the gym, where she sweats on a treadmill, tones her abs in a group exercise or stretches under the guidance of a personal trainer.
We have been hearing it from the moment we began to walk: “Eat your fruits and vegetables.” However, keeping up with the traditional recommendation of five servings of fruits and veggies per day can be rather challenging to balance with schoolwork and other commitments.
Listings of clubs, classes, fund-raisers, meetings, and screenings.
With China's economy having grown at double digits in recent years, urban Chinese have extra money to spend on gym memberships.
Sun, Sep 7, 2008 (9:54 a.m.) Several days a week, Wu Ruiyao hits the gym, where she sweats on a treadmill, tones her abs in a group exercise or stretches under the guidance of a personal trainer.
CHAMBERSBURG, PA. - Some people save their money for a rainy day. Those who attended the Fall Family Fitness Fest at the Chambersburg YMCA on Saturday saved their energy. More than two dozen people escaped the wet weather and showed up to try their hands - and they rest of their limbs, as it were - at six different exercise programs that will be offered this fall at the YMCA on McKinley Street.
While many 94-year-olds may sit in a wheelchair and look out the window all day, or lie immobile in a nursing-home bed, Craig Ono, 94, of Kailua, lives alone, mows his lawn and rides his bike to the supermarket.
HALLANDALE BEACH — Standing in the fairway on the idyllic second hole of The Diplomat Golf Resort & Spa, I needed to fly my ball 40 yards to reach the island-green bordered by palm trees and a bunker.
Susan Mulrean and Diane Allen, co-captains of the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk team “Peggy’s Patriots,” will host a Stride-A-Thon on stationary bikes on Sunday, Sept. 14, at the Elite Health and Fitness Center on French Street from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The 11 week program will award residents that lose the highest percentage of weight, the highest percentage of inches lost, highest average daily steps walked and the highest percentage of increased physical activity. But the program sponsors are hopeful that the momentum from the program lasts beyond the end of it.
A University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston professor says maintaining an athletic lifestyle past age 65 has many benefits.