Before you Begin

Before starting a group cycling program, consider the following suggestions.

* It is important that your new indoor cycling program has a distinct name, logo and identity. All of the pre-packaged programs provide clubs with ready-made media kits to expedite your marketing efforts. Creating a separate name and schedule for the new program will help differentiate it from your other group exercise classes. Read more »

Armand Tecco’s Evaluation and Plan for Mary

Hello, Mary! Based on the information you provided, I recommend the following exercise program for you. Good luck.

Your Program
First, I would like to see you set aside four 30-minute time blocks per week that you can devote to exercise. Try to perform your exercise sessions at the same time each day to help you establish a set routine.

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Building Team Involvement

Wellness Center knows that in order to enjoy a smooth business operation, a company’s employees must be as satisfied as its customers. So when the wellness center changed from operating as part of a hospital to a stand-alone, health-care-based facility, it took strides to satisfy all interested parties, including clients, employees, the Winter Park Health Foundation and the Winter Park Community. Read more »

Total Fitness Offering

While a fitness center at a country club is not a new concept, the degree of personalized service offered at the DuPont Country Club’s new fitness center is, and it is the key to the club’s success. As part of the club’s Total Fitness Offering program, the fitness center opened in January 1997 as a means of providing professional, personalized fitness and preventive medicine programs for each member, thereby offering service superior to other country club fitness centers. Read more »

Panel Report Lacks Bottom Line on Hormone-like Chemicals

A long-awaited report released last week on the health effects of hormonally active agents, also known as endocrine disrupters, calls for more research to determine the ultimate safety of this group of chemicals.
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Construction & Decoratio

When the majority of American Health Products’ employees were working out in its Health & Fitness Center, management knew it was a sign of success. But what makes the company so successful is not merely that so many employees flocked to the center, causing a need to expand, but that when deciding how to grow the facility, it was to the members that the staff looked for direction. This proved to members, says fitness program manager Stephanie Crowley, that the center was striving to remain current in the industry and responsive to their needs and interests. Read more »

Wellness & Health Promotion, Part 2

Currently, the campers meet on hospital property, a convention which may change down the road. Another change may be in the area of scheduling. Some parents have requested the camp be held more than one session per summer. To accommodate them, the five-day program may soon be reduced to three, but the program will take place several times a year. Read more »

Do you suffer with a receding hairline or hair thinning?

If you experience male pattern baldness, count on Propecia to deliver the results you seek. Acting as a barrier to enzymes called 5 alpha reductase is the key to this drug. This enables hair production to return to a healthy level by making DHT levels drop. As a matter of fact, once you begin using Propecia, you will find that you will no longer lose hair, and men with male pattern baldness may experience significant hair regrowth.

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Wellness & Health Promotion, Part 1

Camp HealthRock increased kids’ knowledge of healthful
behaviors by 40 percent during the five-day session.

How do you make a junior wellness program sound like fun? For the staff of Lehigh Valley Hospital Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, part of the answer was to come up with a catchy name. According to the center’s promotional literature, Camp HealthRock is a “place right out of history.” More than 30 fitness professionals help make the camp a summer adventure, and an affordable one at that. About $100 covers everything, including a Camp HealthRock T-shirt. Read more »

Eat One Thing at a Time

Put only one food item on your plate at a time. Try not to eat while around the serving table, but walk to the end of the room or to another room where you can enjoy the food. This will help keep calories away from you and increase your physical activity. Read more »

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