Health and Fitness
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Fittest Loser: One goal down, a lifetime to goApr 12, 2020 6:00 am - Goals. I have been surrounded by them all my life, as have all of us. They may have begun while learning to read "GO, Dog, GO." Or, for some people, as complicated as so...
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How to support health care workers battling COVID-19Apr 12, 2020 6:00 am - The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life for everyone, but — aside from coronavirus patients and their families — no one more so than health care professionals. Like firef...
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Fittest Loser Team Challenge: Small victories matter in times of adversityApr 12, 2020 6:00 am - Eight weeks into the Fittest Loser Team Challenge is a decent amount of time to see some noticeable changes to one's body, mind and spirit. Teams this year have been ha...
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Demand for health gadgets surges in lockdown, likely to last
Apr 11, 2020 6:15 am - Fitness-tracking gadgets are selling out, home exercise classes have never been more popular and industrial robot designers are pivoting to making sanitation bots. The c...
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Why celebrations of life are important, even if delayedApr 11, 2020 6:00 am - There is a fascinating old movie that begins … "I had a farm in Africa." And it brought back many nostalgic memories to the Danish woman who was the narrator (played by ...
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Constable: Cancer devastating, but truth, love, humor keep her groundedApr 11, 2020 1:00 am - During her ambulance ride to the hospital near her home in Seattle, Katie Weber makes a phone call to her parents, Stephen and Charlotte Weber, in Arlington Heights. "Do...
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Body-weight workouts are perfect alternative for when the gym is closedApr 10, 2020 11:00 pm - Our body-weight workout is a great option when the gym is closed and you have a lack of exercise equipment at home. This total body routine uses nothing more than your o...
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Online exercise classes helping folks keep the blood pumpingApr 10, 2020 1:00 am - Robb and Mary Beth Sackett loved their exercise. Then the COVID-19 lockdown hit, pushing pause on fitness patterns the Glen Ellyn couple maintained for years. Fortunatel...
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How recovery techniques help one Naperville pastor 'breathe my way through' pandemicApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - When Naperville pastor Glen Wagner recovered from knee-replacement surgery last fall without pain medications, he thought he was doing it to avoid the risk of dependence...
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Life Time Launches Family-Focused On-Demand ClassesApr 08, 2020 11:00 pm - The impact of COVID-19 has families spending more time together than ever but aside from going outside for walks and games, family workouts can be hard to come by - unti...