There's one last chance for yoga in the park! Tomorrow is with our own Kim Wemer.
What happens after that? You may have noticed our signs: Saturday Yoga at Postels Community Health Park is will resume next weekend (August 4th). Our class will meet at 9:15-10:15.
Hope to see you all there!
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Keep up the good work!
Time to go for a jog: As many as one in 10 premature deaths worldwide is caused by a lack of exercise, a new study suggests.
Those findings may not come as much of a surprise — countless studies have linked physical inactivity to increased risk of developing diseases like obesity, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and many types of cancer — but the scope of how physical inactivity affects us is staggering.
If the world population increased physical activity by just 10 percent, there would be 533,000 fewer premature deaths annually, I-Min Lee of the Harvard Medical School and her colleagues estimate. And if physical activity increased by 25 percent, over 1.3 million premature deaths could be avoided, USA Today reported July 18.
Increasing activity doesn’t mean you have to become a gym nut, either. Small steps are just fine, Lee says.
“We may not be Olympians, but almost all of us can walk 15 to 30 minutes a day,” she notes.
The study appears online in The Lancet.
Those findings may not come as much of a surprise — countless studies have linked physical inactivity to increased risk of developing diseases like obesity, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and many types of cancer — but the scope of how physical inactivity affects us is staggering.
If the world population increased physical activity by just 10 percent, there would be 533,000 fewer premature deaths annually, I-Min Lee of the Harvard Medical School and her colleagues estimate. And if physical activity increased by 25 percent, over 1.3 million premature deaths could be avoided, USA Today reported July 18.
Increasing activity doesn’t mean you have to become a gym nut, either. Small steps are just fine, Lee says.
“We may not be Olympians, but almost all of us can walk 15 to 30 minutes a day,” she notes.
The study appears online in The Lancet.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Sunday exercise extra!!
It's so dang hot outside that it's probably not even a great idea to go out and get your exercise. Most days you have us as an indoor option. Because of the elevated temperatures, Dori has agreed to open the fitness center from 7-noon this Sunday, 7/22. We aren't sure that we'll be able to do it every weekend it's hot, but we want to offer it to you as a cooler way to get your activity for the day. So come see Dori this Sunday from 7-noon.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Three ways to lose weight.
This study was done on women but can certainly be applied to men as well:
Keep track of your food intake in a journal, don’t skip meals, and avoid eating out if you want to lose weight, MyHealthNewsDaily reported July 13.
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute who studied the habits of women trying to shed pounds found that these three steps were the most positively associated with successful weight loss: women who adopted these practices lost five to eight more pounds, on average, than those who did not take these steps.
“We were surprised at how much of a difference using food journals and eating at home made,” said researcher Anne McTiernan.
Researchers tracked 123 women ages 50 to 75 for the study. Breaking the results down:
Women who kept a detailed daily food journal lost about six pounds more than those who didn’t keep a food journal
Those who consistently ate three meals daily dropped an average of eight more pounds than those who skipped meals
Women who ate out of the home at least once weekly lost an average of five pounds less than those who did not eat at restaurants. Going out for lunch was especially detrimental to weight-loss, the study found.
The research was published in the July 13, 2012 issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Keep track of your food intake in a journal, don’t skip meals, and avoid eating out if you want to lose weight, MyHealthNewsDaily reported July 13.
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute who studied the habits of women trying to shed pounds found that these three steps were the most positively associated with successful weight loss: women who adopted these practices lost five to eight more pounds, on average, than those who did not take these steps.
“We were surprised at how much of a difference using food journals and eating at home made,” said researcher Anne McTiernan.
Researchers tracked 123 women ages 50 to 75 for the study. Breaking the results down:
Women who kept a detailed daily food journal lost about six pounds more than those who didn’t keep a food journal
Those who consistently ate three meals daily dropped an average of eight more pounds than those who skipped meals
Women who ate out of the home at least once weekly lost an average of five pounds less than those who did not eat at restaurants. Going out for lunch was especially detrimental to weight-loss, the study found.
The research was published in the July 13, 2012 issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Yoga in the Park
Don't forget about yoga in the park. This week will be taught by yours truly (Jen). We meet Saturday from 9-10 at the central park gazebo. Hope I see some familiar faces there!
Monday, July 9, 2012
Little grilling safety tip
If you use a wire brush to clean your grill surface before and after grilling, make sure you inspect the grating thoroughly before throwing on your next meal, Food Safety News reported July 5.
At least half a dozen patients were hospitalized between August 2011 and June 2012 after ingesting wire bristles from grill-cleaning brushes that had gotten lodged in their food, according to the latest edition of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
While that’s not very many people, the prospect of you or your guests requiring a trip to the ER during a backyard BBQ should be enough to make any grillmaster check his workstation a little more carefully before cooking.
Also, check out more safe grilling tips, including how to properly marinate your meat, avoid charring, and what’s the right temperature for grilling.
At least half a dozen patients were hospitalized between August 2011 and June 2012 after ingesting wire bristles from grill-cleaning brushes that had gotten lodged in their food, according to the latest edition of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
While that’s not very many people, the prospect of you or your guests requiring a trip to the ER during a backyard BBQ should be enough to make any grillmaster check his workstation a little more carefully before cooking.
Also, check out more safe grilling tips, including how to properly marinate your meat, avoid charring, and what’s the right temperature for grilling.
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