Category: Fitness

  • Health & Fitness: Countryside, food, people and wine – Storm Lake Times Pilot

    Health & Fitness: Countryside, food, people and wine – Storm Lake Times Pilot

      Earlier this fall, Fonda resident and dedicated cyclist Annie Reiff embarked on a 10-day adventure in the heart of the picturesque Italian countryside accompanied by her daughter Amy Larson.  This once-in-a-lifetime adventure became a reality for the two women thanks to a chance encounter on a plane. “I was on a flight a few…

  • 6 Short Full-Body Circuit Options for Quick Fitness

    6 Short Full-Body Circuit Options for Quick Fitness

    Skipping a workout or scrambling to fit in a quick fitness session happens all too often when life gets busy. But even as work, family or other obligations start to pile up, consider the following quick circuit. This circuit is based on working the body’s muscle groups broken down with push-pull-leg-core-cardio. It is up to…

  • Eddie Flinchum finds age is no obstacle to achieving fitness

    Eddie Flinchum finds age is no obstacle to achieving fitness

    Eddie Flinchum finds age is no obstacle to achieving fitness Published 11:30 am Friday, October 20, 2023 Winchester’s Eddie Flinchum has been on a fitness journey that has changed his life. He ran in a Spartan race in Tennessee last weekend with son Forrest. (Photo submitted) Special to the Sun Over the last two years,…

  • Nemesis Fitness Glow 5K and Block Party to light up downtown Reading Saturday

    Nemesis Fitness Glow 5K and Block Party to light up downtown Reading Saturday

    Downtown Reading is set to come alive with lights, music, fitness, and community spirit on Saturday, October 21, as Nemesis Fitness hosts its Glow 5k, their last free community fun run for the 2023 season. The Nemesis Fitness Glow 5K is part of a series of free community runs that occur each year by the…

  • Penobscot Bay YMCA hands North Haven Fitness and Wellness Center back to town

    Penobscot Bay YMCA hands North Haven Fitness and Wellness Center back to town

    After almost 14 years of managing the North Haven Fitness & Wellness Center, the Penobscot Bay YMCA will step aside and hand operations back over to the Town of North Haven on November 1. The facility, at 21 Town Office Square, was originally constructed as a school gym and is owned by the Town. It…

  • Can You Build Muscle When You Run?

    Can You Build Muscle When You Run?

    CARDIO AND STRENGTH TRAINING workouts are typically thought to be useful for distinct purposes: Running is for moving your body, burning calories, and training your heart, and hitting the iron is for building strength and muscle. That’s the supposed order of the world. That said, you might see a jacked guy on the track or…

  • Amazon Sale: Keen on fitness products? Up to 78% off on bikes, cycles, yoga mats

    Amazon Sale: Keen on fitness products? Up to 78% off on bikes, cycles, yoga mats

    ByNivedita Mishra Oct 20, 2023 07:36 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Amazon Sale 2023: It’s time to buy fitness products such as bikes, cycles, yoga mats and tummy trimmers at attractive discounts. Here’s a shopping list. Regular exercise is essential for overall health, but with busy schedules, finding time for gym visits can be…

  • Popular fitness influencer Raechelle Chase dies suddenly: She…

    Popular fitness influencer Raechelle Chase dies suddenly: She…

    Popular New Zealand fitness influencer and mother of five, Raechelle Chase, has died suddenly. The model’s oldest daughter Anna Chase confirmed her death in a touching statement, News.com.au reported. “She was supportive, kind-hearted and always had the best advice for us,” she wrote. “She was a wildly driven woman with ambition and has inspired millions…

  • Arsenal’s Arteta cautious on Saka, Saliba fitness for Chelsea clash

    Arsenal’s Arteta cautious on Saka, Saliba fitness for Chelsea clash

    LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta gave few clues on Friday as to whether Bukayo Saka and William Saliba have recovered from injury to face Chelsea in the Premier League this weekend and will assess them in their final training session. Saka did not join England for October’s fixtures after picking up…

  • Tim Aten Knows: Former longtime fitness center to be fit for new school

    Tim Aten Knows: Former longtime fitness center to be fit for new school

    Q: Any word on what’s happening with the Esporta building on Golden Gate and 68th? — Laura Lynn, Golden Gate  A: It looks as if a 20-year string of fitness clubs has come to an end at 6800 Golden Gate Parkway. A private Christian school has been proposed for that location between Livingston Road and…