Health and Fitness
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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...
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Their Life's Work: Siblings now must run their yoga studio out of their Elgin and Streamwood homes, onlineApr 08, 2020 5:30 am - Illinois has more than 1 million small businesses. Each proprietor has a story to tell about how things have changed dramatically for them with the onset of the coro...
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Their Life's Work: How a yoga studio, consignment shop, martial arts club adapt during the pandemicApr 08, 2020 5:30 am - Illinois has more than 1 million small businesses - some new, some old, some family legacies, others personal dreams. Each proprietor has a story to tell about how thing...