Category Archives: training
Exercise Recovery Tips I Wish I’d Known
Our personal trainer, Justin Hoffmann, shares recovery tips to help you bounce back from the aches and soreness of any exercise routine.
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New Year’s Intro to Yoga Class!
Join us for a special New Year’s Day yoga class!
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Amy Prais Achieves New Certification
Amy Prais, RYT, shares some insight into the wide range of formal training and experiences that inform her practice as a yoga instructor.
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En Pointe Readiness and Injury Prevention for Dancers
Lynn Batalden, DPT, OCS, is back on point helping dancers avoid injury en pointe (dancing on their toes). Back in May, Lynn did a survey of research to discover the answer to the question “When are young ballet dancers ready …
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Creative in the Community
You never know who you might run into at a Bears game! The Family Service Agency of DeKalb was kind enough to provide preseason opening game tickets for Mark and his youth mentee through the agency. They were having a …
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The Female Athlete Triad: Risks for the Young Female Athlete
Fall sports season is just beginning, and young women today enjoy a huge variety of sport. The many positive physical and psychological benefits of exercise and sports participation are well-known, but can these activities sometimes go too far and cause …
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Exercise and the Fourth Trimester
Our health care system has been slow to address deficiencies in the provision of care to the mother after pregnancy. Awareness of this deficiency is gaining momentum, and the medical community is beginning to embrace the importance of “fourth trimester” …
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Beyond the Race: Workshop for Runners and Endurance Athletes
Join us for a unique workshop/discussion group about issues related to running and endurance training, including injury prevention, diet, and psychological skills training.
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Welcome, Justin Hoffman!
Our new personal trainer dove right in, taking over some Total Gym classes helping personal training clients, and even running our recent body rolling workshop. Justin Hoffman is currently a graduate student completing a Master of Science degree in exercise …
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Body Rolling Workshop
Thursday, May 23 |6:00-7:00 PM For those of us who don’t have our own personal massage therapist at home, the simple foam roll can be an amazingly effective form of self-care. In this free GetActive Week workshop, you’ll learn how …
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