Keeping your fitness resolutions is the focus of this month’s Healthline, sponsored by The Daily Journal and South Jersey Healthcare. The deadline to submit questions is 5 p.m. Monday.
P.J. Ragone, an exercise specialist at South Jersey Healthcare Fitness Connection in Vineland, is available to offer advice.
Inquiries will be answered confidentially.
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Fax your question to (856) 451-8318.
How would your nuptials change?
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Though we’re just a week into the new year, you might already be feeling your enthusiasm starting to lag when it comes to your health and fitness goals. Eating better and moving more aren’t yet habits for you, and you might find them boring or you’re not yet seeing any results.
Dr. Lawrence J. Cheskin, founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, says that most people fail at diets for these reasons, as well as an Read the rest of this entry »
Soon it will be another page turned on a new year again. And if you are like many out there, New Years fitness goals are often distant memories by mid-year. Let me give you some advice though.
Your ambitions could be well thought out, doing the Stanchart Nairobi city marathon come October, climbing Mount Longonot in April and so on. Basically for every fitness goal, the first step is to gain some physical fitness as you gouge out the practicalities Read the rest of this entry »
AMARILLO—It's four days until News Year's Eve, and so if you're like us, you've probably already started thinking about your New Year's resolutions.
One of the most popular, is losing weight.
Fitness experts have four tips on how you can get started for the New Years.
The key to start now.
“Start today, start now, what's the point of waiting four days when you can start now,” says fitness trainer Darin Roberts. Read the rest of this entry »
MADISON (MedStar) — A lot of people choose weight loss for their New Year's resolution.
In this Medical Minute, we offer up the top fitness picks for 2009.
The future of fitness is fusion.
This laid back class fuses yoga and pilates to make yoga-lates.
Trainer Anne Wilkinson said, ”fusion takes a little bit of cardio, a little bit of resistance training, or like in a yoga-lates, a little bit of mind body connection with Read the rest of this entry »
New Year, New You, right? That’s the new year’s resolution for many (mine is to stop hemorrhaging money). In fact, approximately
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This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, considering over
(and 32 percent qualify as obese).
In an attempt to lessen these statistics, a program was instituted – so-titled
– to help folks shed pounds and lessen their risk of developing certain diseases. This program provides Read the rest of this entry »
EUGENE, Or. -6 weeks of holiday season gorging comes to an end tomorrow…Happy New Year. Now what?
For a lot of us, we’ll hit the local health club with a vengeance; in some cases, too much vengeance. T
om Adams finds out first-hand that moderation is the best fitness policy.
January is usually the busiest month of the year for the fitness industry because so many of us make the fitness resolution. Sadly, by the time March rolls around, most Read the rest of this entry »
Staying on track: Health, fitness resolutions worth keeping
About 50 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, but only 15 percent manage to keep them, according to a 2006 study by the Harrison Group. Ranking among the most popular of those annual resolutions are exercising more and losing weight.
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who has resolved to make health and fitness priorities in 2009, there are steps you can take to stay Read the rest of this entry »
The best way to make it through the holidays without overeating and drinking is to have a plan. Here are 10 Fitness resolutions to make it through the heavy holidays and avoid a New Years weight loss resolution (based on the sage advice from my friend Nikki of NikkiFitness.com)
1. I will make dates to see my friends and family and do something that doesn’t involve eating and drinking. I will walk through the park, ice skate, cross country Read the rest of this entry »
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Managers at local fitness centers are fearful economic woes might deter people from following through with New Year’s resolutions to get fit.
Gyms typically see surges in new memberships during and after the first full week of the year, as weight-wary residents renew commitments to drop extra pounds. But with consumers reeling in their disposable incomes amid a faltering economy, fitness club owners are concerned resolutions Read the rest of this entry »