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New Fit City Race Series Announces Schedule
The organizer of the new Fit City Race Series hopes to attract Mid-South athletes looking for challenges close to home. “With the cost of traveling on the rise, racers will be doing even more local race events and we are already offering three,” said Doug Ruddle, who is launching the new series with support from WellWorX Sporting Clubs. “My [...]
Continue reading...East Memphis Pilates and Fitness Studio Grand Opening
Posted by Mary Powers on Thu, Jul 3, 2008
Evolv Pilates and Fitness Studio set July 25 for the grand opening of its facility at the 6159 Poplar. It is located near the intersection of Poplar and Ridgeway. Elena Jenkins, the studio’s owner and a certified Pilates instructor and fitness coach, is marking the event with a weekend workshop featuring Siri Dharma Galliano. Galliano owns [...]
Continue reading...Make It a Slimmer Summer
Posted by Mary Powers on Mon, Jun 9, 2008
Report cards have arrived. Sunset is inching toward 8:15 p.m. Vacation Bible schools are opening their doors. This week The Commercial Appeal’s Health & Fitness section is marking summer’s start with a story about summer time weight gain. Mid-South physicians said too many young people spend summers snacking in front of a screen. This week Dr. Pedro A. Velasquez of [...]
Continue reading...Red, White and Blue Metric Century Ride Coming Up
Posted by Mary Powers on Fri, Jun 6, 2008
Celebrate the long July 4th weekend by joining the Red, White and Blue Metric Century Ride. For the math challenged, that translates into a 60-mile ride. Organized by the Memphis Hightailers bike club, all routes depart from the Lakeland Factory Outlet Mall on July 5 at 7:30 a.m. On-site registration begins at 6:30 a.m. The cost is $10 for members and [...]
Continue reading...Yoga for Depression
Posted by Mary Powers on Fri, Jun 6, 2008
This landed in my electronic in-box recently and it sounded interesting enough to pass along to readers of the Healthy Memphis blog. (If you are planning something equally interesting on a health or fitness topic, please send it our way.) On June 21, Midtown Yoga is hosting a workshop on yoga for depression. It is scheduled [...]
Continue reading...Burn Calories, Not Electricity
Posted by Mary Powers on Mon, Jun 2, 2008
Tammy Bright of AutoZone forwarded news of a campaign that kicked off last month urging New Yorkers to take the stairs. The strategy touts the enviornmental and health benefits participants should enjoy. With stairs climbing burning almost 700 percent more calories than standing in an elevator, it is not a surprise that New York [...]
Continue reading...The ABCD’s of Melanoma
Posted by Mary Powers on Mon, May 26, 2008
Skin cancer is the most common American cancer diagnosis. But not all skin cancers are equally deadly. The most common are cancer of the basal and squamous skin cell. More than 1 million cases of the slow-growing, highly-curable cancers will be diagnosed this year. They will result in about 2,700 deaths. Melanoma, which affects the pigment-producing melanocyte cells, will be [...]
Continue reading...A New Presidential Fitness Challenge: This One’s for Adults
Posted by Mary Powers on Wed, May 14, 2008
The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports just rolled out a new fitness challenge. This one is aimed at adults, not junior high students. Designed for folks age 18 and older, it is designed to measure flexibility, strength and cardiovascular fitness. Participants can visit the council’s Web site, enter their results and see how they [...]
Continue reading...Tennis Memphis Receives $100,000 Grant
Posted by Mary Powers on Thu, May 8, 2008
Tennis Memphis, the nonprofit organization that manages the city’s seven tennis centers, received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Tennis Association’s Tennis and Education Foundation and the Ford Foundation. The funds will go to open a Neighborhood Education in Tennis or NET Center at the Eldon Roark Tennis Center in Whitehaven. The center will provide tennis instruction as well [...]
Continue reading...Cooper-Young Gym Hosts Open House
Posted by Mary Powers on Mon, May 5, 2008
Transforming Bodies, a new gym in the Cooper-Young neighborhood, is hosting an open house Saturday, May 10. The event is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 937 N. Cooper. Roland Genesy is the owner. His credentials include 15 national and state body building championships. He earned his personal trainer certification through the Cooper Institute [...]
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Posted by Mary Powers on Mon, Jul 7, 2008
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