3169 99th St., Urbandale
: Primary feature is the Total Body Fitness Challenge, a nine-week class that increases flexibility, strength and balance. The challenge includes cardio workout sessions of kickboxing with bags and gloves and resistance training sessions using two-handled medicine balls, balance balls, resistance bands and jump ropes. Participants are given baseline tests before the challenge and are tested midway through and at the end Read the rest of this entry »

It’s National Pancake Day and local IHOP restaurants are chipping in for a good cause.
Local IHOP restaurants across South Florida will offer guests a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Tuesday in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Children’s Miracle Network at Miami Children’s Hospital on National Pancake Day.
The company said that for every short stack of pancakes served, IHOP guests will be invited Read the rest of this entry »

Cookeville Regional will hold a Fitness Clinic on January 31 from 7am-10am in the Education Center.
The Fitness clinic will offer individuals the opportunity to participate in affordable screenings and visit with numerous educational booths to assist with healthy living in 2009.
Participants can also receive free screenings such as blood pressure, gait analysis, spine assessment, height, weight, orthotic consults and oxygen saturation.
• Complete Read the rest of this entry »

Not all the ISMP consumer warnings are crucial: One included news that a babysitter had given a child pet medicine. But the site is worth a check about once a month to see virtually all of the
’s critical alerts (such as a Dec. 11 warning about possible risks of kidney damage from drugs used for colonoscopy preparation) as well as news reports that might not make it to the FDA site. A Dec. 26 ISMP alert, for example, reported on seven people who Read the rest of this entry »

By SUZANNE M. SCHMIDT
Published: November 30, 2008
LAND O’ LAKES – With the holidays around the corner, Beth
likely doesn’t stand alone in her mission to lose weight.
The Land O’ Lakes resident wants to lose enough in pounds and inches so she can look good in a dress for her husband Bill’s Christmas party, she said. In order to achieve the goal, she is working with fellow Land O’ Lakes resident and
Julie Brucker.
but I felt intimidated Read the rest of this entry »

Sports, Fitness and More, LLC, a family owned internet company, has launched a new website that provides comprehensive information about exercise and fitness for adults 50 years and older.
Sports, Fitness and More, LLC, a family owned internet company, has launched a new website that provides comprehensive information about exercise and fitness for adults 50 years and older. The Exercise and Fitness Sports for Seniors website (www.seniorskeepingfit.com) Read the rest of this entry »

Women's Guild offers classes and ‘Biggest Loser' competition for fun, good health
By Joy Swearingen, Managing editor
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 3:56 PM CST
Health and fitness is one of many areas offered through the new Nauvoo Women's Guild.
The Women's Guild opened last October at 1695 Mullholand St., across the street west of Casey's. It offers craft consignments, enrichment classes of all kinds, exercise classes Read the rest of this entry »

Benjamin Howard is frustrated with all of the weight loss diet fads, gimmicks that don't work, and money being wasted by consumers. So, he and his company have decided to fight the obesity health crisis in America in a new way. Atlas Fitness Consulting actually promotes hard work, determination, and a planned approach to weight loss.
Atlanta, GA (
) February 17, 2009 — The health and fitness industry is booming in America. The problem Read the rest of this entry »

Editor’s note: Part of an occasional series on fitness in the Cedar Valley.
CEDAR FALLS — Believe it or not, winter will soon come to an end. Our monthly fitness adventures will not.
While the snow still blankets the Cedar Valley, we decided to try our luck at snowshoeing.
We met up on a Saturday morning at Hartman Reserve Nature Center with a number of children, courtesy of a Scout troop or two, and a half dozen other adults. Split up into Read the rest of this entry »

Susan Lark, MD Offers “Do's and Don'ts” to Combat Dry Winter Skin
Susan Lark, MD, noted medical researcher, clinical nutritionist and women's health practitioner, offers her top tips to help deal with dry and itchy skin caused by cold winter weather.
Potomac, MD (
) December 1, 2008 –
, noted medical researcher, clinical nutritionist and women's health practitioner, offers her top tips to help deal with dry and itchy skin Read the rest of this entry »