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Though we are in the midst of winter and snowstorms a plenty, we can't help but begin to dream about Summer! Whether you are at a local community pool, at a residential home pool or traveling and enjoy a pool somewhere else,summer and swimming pools go hand in hand. Here are some reasons why going to the pool and swimming in the summer is so great!

1. It's great exercise

If you've been cooped up too long indoors or your muscles have grown stiff from the winter and you are aching to get moving again, there's no better way to become more active than swimming at the pool. Swimming is a great way to lengthen the body, stretch muscles and improveflexibilityas well as improve cardio endurance. It is also a calorie torcher and is a full body workout--a 160 pound person can burn approximately 423 calories an hour swimming at a low or moderate pace, or 715 calories at a more vigorous pace, whereas walking at 3.5 miles an hour for 60 minutes may result in only 314 calories burned.* For kids, once they learn to swim they can also benefit from a more active lifestyle while being able to safely have fun at any pool party or vacation by the water!*Calories burned may vary from person to person

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2. Time at the pool builds social skills for both kids and adults

With increased time spent indoors and time sitting in front of computers for remote learning or remote working, our ability to use and learn social cues from others is highly diminished, as well as being limited to gatherings indoors. When virtual meetings do not have video, or if classes are more instruction based than interactive, adults and children alike exercise less and less of their social skills to communicate andpick up on facial expressions. Teamwork and communication skills can be negatively affected due to lack of meaningful social interaction. Spending time at the pool with family and friends not only allows for more active family bonding time, but also allows for safe outdoor social interactions while having lots fun making memories together. When you are at a community pool, you are surrounded by fellow swimmers and swim classes--surrounding yourself with people and engaging in social interaction is a great way to boost overall well-being and confidence. Parents and adults are able to see others in their community and bond, while children are able to see or make new friends--every new interaction with their peers helps them improve language, social skills, teamwork, compromise, coping with different emotions and more that at-home family interactions may not provide.

3. It is for everybody (mostly)

Swimming is an activity and sport that is neutral and low impact on its participant, with great health benefits that improve mobility, flexibility, physical strength and more. Regardless of your age, the exercise benefits from swimming can be reaped by all and is good for any fitness level. You can use it as your workout or to rehabilitate from injury, because the water resistance helps to strengthen muscles and joints without the harsh impact from landing on your feet on the ground. The pool is a safe place that most can dive into and enjoy!

4.Good for the mind too

In addition to allowing you to exercise social skills, the act of swimming and being in and around the pool has meditative, relaxing effects on the mind and body. As one may experience a "runner's high" from the adrenaline and endorphins released during a run or cycle session, the "swimmer's high" is the same when swimming through a pool. The repetitive process in swimming laps has a continuous stretching and strengthening affect and helps individuals to clear the mind and improve focus. Water also provides people with emotions of renewal and clarity. Not to mention, just being by the pool on a beautiful day, relaxing in a chair with your favorite book can be a great stress-reliever too!

5. Sleep Better

Studies show that regular aerobic exercise improves the quality of sleep in adults and older adults with insomnia--aerobic exercise includes swimming, cycling, running, using an elliptical or Stairmaster, and more.In a study with older adults with insomnia, participants reported having better quality of life and improved sleep after regular exercise sessions. If you're looking to catch a more restful sleep, swimming is an easily accessible, low impact way to catch those Z's.

6. It's Affordable (Usually)

Many clubs and community pools offer discounted rates for memberships. Your employer or school may have a partnership with a local fitness club with a pool, or may offer reimbursements for joining a fitness program, so check with your employer or health insurance. At the Berkeley Heights Community Pool at the YMCA, active YMCA memberships (including families with active Youth Memberships) can get discounted rates for their BHCP memberships! Additionally,take advantage of ourEarly Bird Savings offer to save even more by registering by February 28, 2021!

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Look forward to warm summer days with endless poolside fun with friends and family with the YMCA--enjoy the indoor pool at the Summit YMCA or the outdoor pool at the Berkeley Heights YMCA. Join us today and enjoy a $0 joining fee and begin enjoying a variety of fitness options including group fitness classes, virtual fitness classes, swimming, sports and more!

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About the Summit Area YMCAThe Summit Area YMCA is one of the areas leading 501(c)(3) charitable organizations. Founded in 1886, the Summit Area YMCA has a history steeped in working side-by-side with our neighbors to ensure that everyone, regardless of age, income and background, has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive. Each year, we serve over 15,000 individuals with our free and fee-based programs and services in an area spanning the communities of Berkeley Heights, Gillette, Millburn, New Providence, Short Hills, Springfield, Stirling and Summit. Through the generosity of our members, donors, and partners, we are able to offer financial assistance for our programs and services to those with demonstrated need.

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Get to know Dawn Lucowitz, who is one of the Plant City Family YMCAs most well-known fitness coaches and so much more.

Dawn Lucowitz is known widely throughout the community as a fitness enthusiast, but she began her journey at the YMCA. She has a spunky, fun and energetic personality that will be sure to make an impact on your life!

Lucowitz has been interconnected to sports and fitness most of her life and played collegiate basketball and lacrosse, eventually becoming a dual-sport Division I Hall of Fame athlete. She moved to Plant City in July 2018, unsure of what she wanted to do and even more unsure of where to begin. Not knowing anyone was a struggle so she sought help from a close friend who challenged her to visit gyms in the surrounding area to see what they had to offer, both personally and professionally.

I wanted to get to know Plant City and the YMCA ended up being the perfect place for me, Lucowitz said.

She thought she was coming to join as a member but soon realized there was so much more she wanted to be a part of. She felt an instant connection.

The second I walked in the door, I knew I could hang out with these people, she said.

Lucowitz started working as a wellness coach at the Plant City YMCA in June 2019. She wanted to utilize her Group Exercise Certification but had also just become a personal trainer and needed a place to help her get started.

I wanted a place that I knew was going to foster my desire to teach and let me grow, but mentor and teach me at the same time, Lucowitz said.

She moved on to teaching classes varying from step to HIIT while building her personal training clientele. She developed a passion for group fitness and discovered a love for one-on-one training, especially with the senior population. Years before working with the Y, Lucowitz worked in a geriatric rehab facility as a social worker. This prior experience helped feed and grow that desire to help seniors become more confident, physically and mentally, through personal training.

A few months later, Lucowitz became one of the Ys certified LiveStrong coaches to help those affected by cancer to participate in physical and social activities with a safe, supportive environment. After that, she stepped up to the plate by becoming certified to teach Enhance Fitness, which is a proven senior fitness and arthritis management program that improves endurance, strength, balance and flexibility.

Because I had a lot of flexibility in my schedule, I was forced into teaching and trying new things I never would have done before had I not had the time, she said. Any new job you take, you have a little bit of that imposter syndrome. Its having that job opportunity to be reminded, encouraged and pushed but also have people who are going to give you the right feedback you need to grow and be better next time.

Today, Lucowitz is not only a part of the Y but also a member of Toastmasters, the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce and Master Networker.

For someone who is new and looking to get connected in their community, Lucowitz advised, If you are looking to get connected and health is a priority, the Y is a great place because, yes, we have group exercise classes, machines, the pool and programs for every age group. But you get a community, added support and the ability to relate to people of every age group. Its multigenerational and Im connected to so many more people than I could imagine because the culture at the Y fosters relationships.

You can see what the Y has to offer and meet Lucowitz for yourself. Stop by the Plant City Family YMCA, 1507 YMCA Place, call 813-757-6677 or visit https://www.tampaymca.org/locations/plant-city-family-ymca.

Hannah Franklin is the Wellness Director at the Plant City Family YMCA.

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Mason Bultje 18 talks about majoring in Exercise Physiology and playing tennis at Gustavus, assisting Minneapolis children and youth through nonprofit InnerCity Tennis, and his experience as a young Black man both on and off the Hill.

Season 8, Episode 1: Service and Tennis

Greg Kaster:

Hello and welcome to Learning for Life @ Gustavus, the podcast about people teaching and learning at Gustavus Adolphus College, and the myriad ways that Gustavus liberal arts education provides a lasting foundation for lives of fulfillment and purpose. Im your host Greg Kaster, faculty member in the Department of History.

For a lot of us, I suspect the sport we most associate with inner city youth is basketball. And for those of us living in Minnesota, the year-round indoor-outdoor sport that comes first to mind is most likely hockey. Which is why for people unfamiliar with it as I was, the Minneapolis organization, InnerCity Tennis may come as a surprise.

With origin stating to the 1950s, InnerCity Tennis or ICT has contributed importantly to the development of tens of thousands of children and youth. One person at the center of that work today is ICT junior development coach, Mason Bultje. Mason is a 2018 graduate of Gustavus where he majored in exercise physiology and played tennis, earning all-conference honors and singles and doubles his senior year.

In keeping with the values of Gustavus and reflecting his own experience in the summer Tennis and Life Camps there, Mason has his profile on the ICT website states has A passion for working with underprivileged youth and players of all abilities. Since first learning about mason and his work from a faculty colleague, Ive been looking forward to speaking with him and Im delighted now to welcome to the podcast. Mason, its great to have you.

Mason Bultje:

Yeah. Thanks for having me. Im really excited to be here. Appreciate it.

Greg Kaster:

Thanks. Yeah, youre quite welcome. So I want to mention that faculty colleague is Professor Jill Locke, a friend and a member of the political science department. I gather you helped her maybe as a trainer or something like that and she mentioned you to me because you and I hadnt met before. I was intrigued by what she was saying about your work in InnerCity Tennis. So grateful to her for that connection and also for even suggesting some of the questions that Ill probably be posing, not probably, will be posing today. So how are things going right now? Is InnerCity Tennis up and running even amid the COVID pandemic?

Mason Bultje:

Yeah. Our facility in South Minneapolis where we have people come in and play tennis, we call it our pay-to-play programs, whether its adults or youth, that has been running through most of this year, but when Governor Walz shut things down kind of around Thanksgiving time, that facility closed to the public. But Im heavily involved with tennis and learning program. So its part of our outreach programs where we work with underserved youth and were helping them with their distance learning at this time.

So a lot of the kids that we are working with, I think over 75% of them are on free and reduced lunch. So they dont have the resources to stick to their distance learning at home. So they come into one of our two sites and we have coaches that help them throughout the day make sure they attend their meetings that theyre turning in their work, turning in quality work as well as give them some physical activity where we play tennis as well, and its just been so fulfilling seeing kids being able to safely see their friends and stick to their schoolwork.

There have been times where students dont attend for a couple days and they come back with 15 assignments to do. And then next week, we chip away at it. We get them caught up. So its just very fulfilling work knowing that we are providing these kids with an opportunity to receive their education when they likely wouldnt be able to if they were at home because mom might be working and dad is working multiple jobs as well or limited internet access at home.

So theres certain barriers that our kids face that our program is there to really support them as much as we can. I think for me, the number one thing is getting these kids an education and keeping them safe. And if we can play tennis and have some fun on top of that, thats the icing on the cake. But the number one thing is fulfilling the needs for for these students outside the campus.

Greg Kaster:

Its great to hear this for a lot of reasons, but one of them for me is as you alluded to, we read a lot about how difficult, how the distance learning is difficult. Its difficult even for people who are privileged, but certainly for people who maybe one or both parents have to work and they maybe dont have the internet resources, et cetera. So its nice to hear some stories about organizations like yours that clearly werent werent founded with COVID or any pandemic in mind, obviously, but are doing that kind of good work. I think its important to get those stories recorded and remember them. Well come back to your work there later. So tell us a little bit about where you grew up first of all and how you came to Gustavus.

Mason Bultje:

Yeah. So I was born and raised in Mankato. So not too far away at all. I grew up just very close to Gustavus and Id come to campus for different things like pep band or I was very involved in music in high school so I did some choir concerts there as well as the Swanson Tennis Center going to play different high school matches or tournaments. So I was just around. Im very close with my family in Mankato, and so when I was thinking about going to college, there were a couple things I knew I wanted to stay pretty close to home and then tennis was a big part of who I was and still who I am to this day.

So I kind of was looking at how I could make those things match up and I realized at some point, that I wasnt good enough to play for the Gophers. So the next school on the list was Gustavus and I went and visited the summer before my senior year of high school and just instantly felt at home on campus. Actually Gustavus was the only school I applied to, which I wouldnt recommend, but it was pretty academically rigorous in high school. So I was pretty confident about getting in and then it was just a matter of making things work financially, and just figured it out. And by, I want to say, October my senior year of high school, I knew I was going to be a Gusty and never looked back since.

Greg Kaster:

Thats great. Well, were glad thats the case and I was going to ask you if you had applied to any other schools like Minnesota State or the University of Minnesota. Im not technically, I guess, a first-generation college student. My dad didnt go to college. My mom went to a two-year teachers college, but Im just curious, do you fall into that category of first generation college student or did your parents both attend college? Maybe they even went to Gustavus. I dont know. Sometimes theres a family connection.

Mason Bultje:

Yeah. Im actually kind of the further end of that spectrum there. My mom is really who pushed me, not necessarily even pushed me, but inspired me to pursue an education. She got her doctorate while being a single mother raising four kids, and Im the oldest. I dont want to say, I guess I picked up the slack, but I was very involved in helping out and I just saw the sacrifices that she made to pursue her education. She really taught me that education is something thats really worth investing in. Its something that people cannot take away from you.

Financially Gustavus, the sticker price was pretty scary, but she encouraged me like, Well figure it out. No one will ever take away your education from you. But she actually did work with first generation college students. So I also know the challenges that they face just from talking to her about her work. So its kind of an interesting perspective that I got from her growing up.

Greg Kaster:

Sure. Obviously, youre still drawn on your current work. Whats her field? What is she working or what does she work in?

Mason Bultje:

Yeah. She has her PhD in psychology.

Greg Kaster:

Oh, wow. Thats fantastic.

Mason Bultje:

Yeah.

Greg Kaster:

My dad who as I said didnt go to college grew up in Chicago and then went into World War II, the Army, became a hairdresser. His dad had been a barber. Anyway, my dad just valued education so much and just exactly like your mom was saying all of those things to me and to my brother, one of the sibling. Man, Im so grateful. As I know you are to your mom, because its amazing to me how many people still discount education, generally, but also a college education that its not worth it. Well, I can be an entrepreneur without it.

No, its worth it, and your mom is so right, it can never be taken away from you. It repays in so many ways not just in monetary ways, obviously. And youre an example of that. Well get into that. So thats a neat story. So how about the major? You end up majoring in exercise physiology. I mean, I didnt even hear of that until, I dont know, maybe when I was in graduate school. But what led you into that area?

Mason Bultje:

Yeah, I think this part of my story is pretty similar to a lot of students. I came in thinking I was pre-med. For my first year, I really did load up my schedule quite a bit. I didnt necessarily help myself out there, but taking the bios and chems, and everything my first year. And its kind of found like I like studying the human body and I like the application of knowing more about how muscles work and how the different systems of the body work.

I just remember theres a moment in the library where I was sitting there like, Okay, I probably could get through this. I probably could get to medical school someday, but I dont like this. This isnt very fun. So I literally went on the website and just looked at other majors and classes that I kind of What field am I sort of in, but its different than this. Im sick of talking about plants right now.

So I actually had a lot of a lot of pre-reqs for physical therapy. And actually part of my story thats interesting is that my first year at Gustavus, I had wrist problems. I was playing tennis and right away in February on touring week, my wrist was really hurting and I didnt know what was going on and I had to jump through a bunch of different hoops at one point. They diagnosed me with this rare disease and I thought my wrist was going to shatter.

So through that process, I end up in the doctors office with my mom. Shes like, Yeah, you might have to do physical therapy. I could see you being good at that. Wait a minute. I already have a lot of the classes for it. Its about the human body. Youre really helping people. So I looked into it a little bit more and I really liked the sound of going the pre-PT route and I thought that Its actually the health fitness major at the time. They switched it to exercise physiology, while I was in the program.

The classes stayed essentially the same. They just changed the title of the major, which I approve of. I think exercise physiology sounds a lot better than health fitness. So then I pivoted to that route and actually was able to jump a year ahead in my major. So I finished up pretty much all of my exercise physiology classes by my junior year.

Greg Kaster:

Wow.

Mason Bultje:

My senior year was very lax and allowed me to shadow for PT, which I can get into a little bit more [crosstalk 00:12:25].

Greg Kaster:

Yeah, Id like to hear more about that. Thats awesome. So regular listeners know how much I love these stories because its often the case. Maybe its probably most often the case that students really dont know. Or lets put it this way, they may think they know what theyre going to do, what they want to be. And boy, if I only had a dollar or maybe $10 for every student who wants to be a doctor at least through the end of the first semester until the low grades start coming in. Its so interesting, the way you found that major and also the personal connection. I didnt know about the wrist injuries. I assume you overcame those because you continued to play tennis.

Mason Bultje:

Yeah. Eventually, I actually had two surgeries in three years though. So the first one didnt quite get it. So it taught me some lessons about perseverance through that. But Im all fixed now. Im good to go, but it was a bumpy start to my tennis career, no doubt.

Greg Kaster:

Yeah. And you had mentioned youd come to Gustavus having played in high school, so you already had a love of the game. What are some of the memories you have of Gustavus? I know we want to talk about the Tennis and Life camp there and then we maybe set that aside for just a second, but that aside, what are some of the memories, good, bad and ugly and you were a student of student of color there as well, if you want to talk about that. But what are some of the memories you have of the place? Im asking partly because youre two years out, so its not going to be that hard to recollect.

Mason Bultje:

Yeah. Its still fresh. I still think about what Im missing out as a full grown adult now every day. I think a lot of my memories really are wrapped around the tennis team and the camaraderie that I had with my teammates, whether thats on the court or off the court just thinking about going to practice and then going to the trainers and going to the caf. Everyones sitting around the table together and then 30 minutes later after everyone showers up and meet up in the library again.

Youre closing it down, going back to your dorm and doing it all over again. Just the time management skills that I learned from being an athlete at Gustavus. Id also say, I mean theres a lot of camaraderie obviously between the tennis team, but just athletes in general, theres just a really supportive community being an athlete. All the different sports, I feel like we all connected and support each other very well. So thats thats very central to a lot of the memories that I have.

Just being neighbors with your best friends for four years is a very unique experience. I know that living on campus a lot of people complain about it, and theyre warranted. But I do think that you can also look at it in a positive way, and that youll never have more access to being around your classmates and your friends in the way that you are when youre just down the hall and new.

Greg Kaster:

Yeah. I completely agree. And just to underscore what you said about athletes at Gustavus, Ive said this before both on the podcast and off, but over the years, Ive taught like like other profs taught, many athletes in all different areas women and men, and in general, yes, what you mentioned learning time management and having the self-discipline thats necessary to succeed in your particular sport also translates nicely into your academic work, right? At least in my experience. So I can relate. And I also can relate to what you just said about being on campus.

I mean, I guess as an undergraduate, I went to Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, where by the way I have a memory of playing tennis not as a team member, but I think maybe as what was then called physical education, PE requirement. I wasnt very good at it. But what I remember is when I lived off campus, it was really kind of on campus. It was a house called the foreign language house and it wasnt far off campus at all. I suppose like most most off-campus housing.

But man, the friendships there, the camaraderie. We still have reunions. Theres one coming up in January as a matter of fact which I hope to attend, finally. Anyway, so I can completely relate to what youre saying and just certainly want to underscore what you said about athletics and the way it connects to self-discipline and success beyond the particular sport one is involved in.

So as a student of color, what was that like? I mean, the place is overwhelmingly white like most college campuses. I mean, thats just a fact. Was that something that you felt you were aware of or not?

Mason Bultje:

Yeah. Very much so. I think for me college was sort of a great awakening if you will for me with my own identity, with my standing in the world socially. I think in high school Mankato was very, very white as well. Although you have a pretty good immigrant population from East Africa. But as far as like who was in my social circle and who was in the classes that I was in, AP classes and everything, its very white. So that was very normal to me.

So on the hill at Gustavus, I felt great. I didnt feel black so to say. Obviously, I am and I knew that, but it didnt feel as much of an anomaly as when I went down the hill. Being completely honest, I had a pretty tough time in St. Peter. I think that for me, it actually was really interesting that I didnt realize how bad it was in the world as a black man until I went to Gustavus, until I experienced the absence of that feeling while I was on the hill.

It just felt normal I guess just to always feel black, just to always feel kind of the eyes on you. Always feel like people are suspicious of you. Once I went to Gustavus, I finally felt that feeling be removed, but then at the same time when Id go to Family Fresh, Id feel it 10 times more than I would-

Greg Kaster:

In the grocery store, yeah.

Mason Bultje:

Yeah.

Greg Kaster:

Thats all fascinating to me. Quite fascinating and important. Boy, youre reminding me long ago, maybe even before you were born, the grocery store, I think it was called Ericksons. Anyway the grocery store in town on Halloween, my wife Kate who then taught in history, and I went down to do our shopping and there was a cashier in blackface. A white woman dressed up as a mammy for her Halloween costume. We were stunned. We shouldnt have been.

The woman clearly took great pride in her costume. My wife, Kate who doesnt hold back in the face of something like that, she spoke to the manager. And long story short, I mean, oh goodness, the woman was so upset. She had to get rid of the costume. Sort of to her, it was nothing at all, but to then African-American students seeing that and some white people as well, it was like, What in the hell? So thats just so interesting to me. It felt different in Mankato because Mankato is just more diverse. Growing up in Mankato, you didnt have those kinds of experiences you had here?

Mason Bultje:

I would not say that. I would say when I grew up in Mankato, it was just normal because I didnt know anything different.

Greg Kaster:

Okay. Got you.

Mason Bultje:

It was happening, but that was just the norm. Then when I went to Gustavus and I felt that stopped for a little bit. Thats when I realized like, Wow, this is what it was always like for me growing up. I dont have to just deal with this. I mean, just the things that just were normally my friends in high school, I wouldnt say that theyre racist or anything. Theyre kind of dumb high school kids, but they would make like Emmett Till jokes and that would just be normal.

I didnt think anything of it because thats just the way it was. And then when I went to Gustavus and people were not making Emmett Till jokes, thats when I realized that, okay, it doesnt have to be this way. And then taking that a step further now living in Minneapolis, I really feel much more free and secure in my identity as a black man.

Greg Kaster:

Again, its all fascinating because Ive spoken to some black alums, Gustavus alums, for whom Well, different in your case, maybe coming from lets say black towns in Mississippi and then coming to Gustavus where its much more of a shock, and they had some you know negative experiences and some negative memories around race at Gustavus. But in your case, you went through sort of what some African-Americans went through lets say during World War II who were abroad and werent experiencing racism for the first time, and then come back to a country having fought against racism, the Nazis, but come back to a country where racism is still flourishing.

So I just think its so interesting how Gustavus in your case became the place where you felt Not that there wasnt racism, but you felt its absence more than before, and that was kind of an awakening. I find that quite interesting. So were you up in Minneapolis when Mr. Floyd was Youre already living here when George Floyd was murdered this past summer?

Mason Bultje:

Yeah. So I was up here and just to add thats walking distance from InnerCity Tennis, from our facility. So that really hit close to home and got me more fired up. I think that for myself, before George Floyd, Id kind of go through phases of being really empowered and vocal and really pushing those around me to learn more about you know social justice issues and become more outspoken. But then it kind of dwindle at times and I think that with George Floyd that fire grew so big and and I realized that I cant ask allies to commit to working towards solving these issues consistently if Im not doing it.

So Ive really tried to commit myself to making that be a part of my identity, a part of who I am, and bringing diversity equity and inclusion initiatives into everything that I do. That was really a turning point for me especially having it. Like I said, it hit so close to home. I was able to organize an event for InnerCity Tennis. Its kind of like a supply drive on getting people together in the community just to kind of talk about these issues and then they were people are encouraged to walk over to the memorial, just walk over a foot bridge over 35W down a couple blocks and then youre right there.

Greg Kaster:

Youre right. I forgot how close to your facility is to the side. Kate and I were able to go. So many others were able to go to the memorial site, which was just quite profound, quite moving and very interesting. I was so struck by the mix of those A sense of celebration in some ways. Lots of life. I mean, barber shop, and cooking, and music, but also deep profound grief and sadness. So I want to come back to your You were telling me before we started recording, your work with the US Tennis Association around diversity, but lets circle back, again, to Gustavus.

I know for you as for so many people, that Tennis and Life Camps there, the summer Tennis and Life Camps that I mentioned in the intro were so I mean, its an overused word, but it still applies transformative, so important. I wasnt at all closely associated with them. I was aware of them of course teaching at Gustavus. We should note that they were founded and started in 1977 by Steve Wilkinson, a renowned collegiate tennis coach. I think the winningest tennis coach in collegiate history, at least thus far, and his wife Barbara. Did you get to know Steve before he passed away or not?

Mason Bultje:

Yeah. So I was actually the last first year class to come in, while Steve was still alive. So he passed away January of my first year. So I have one memory of him coaching me in a match in the fall and thats something that I definitely cherish.

Greg Kaster:

Thats great. Well, tell us a little bit about your experience in there. What you did in those camps, how they impacted you. You also taught there, right? Did you attend them and teach there both?

Mason Bultje:

So I actually never attended. I grew up in Mankato, but the drive was just too much for me. It is an expensive camp, and so for me, its either I could do a whole summer of tennis in Mankato or I could go to TLC for three days. So I chose more tennis. But when I went to Gustavus, I had a pretty good idea that there was a decent chance I would get involved with Tennis and Life Camps in the summer.

Greg Kaster:

Yeah. Tell us a little bit about that, about what you were doing.

Mason Bultje:

Yeah. I have a pretty decent story I guess about the beginning. I mentioned having wrist problems that happened in the spring of my first year, and I had already committed to doing TLC that summer, but then ended up needing to have surgery in May. They put a screw in my wrist. So I was going to be in the cast for most of the summer and I was really worried about my job security at that point, like not only do I not get to play tennis, do I have to be in the cast, but can I even work?

I talked to Neal Hagberg whos the director, and he said, Well make it work. The majority of my first summer, I taught tennis left-handed. Its not like Im ambidextrous or proficient with my left hand by any means, but I figured it out, and I think that really is the start of I dont know. Thats just so integral to what I do now, and with outreach, so many situations are not ideal, but you just figure it out. So I think thats one of the first lessons that I learned going in the TLC.

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Some of the major players operating in this market are TECHNOGYM USA Corp, Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., Medtronic, OLYMPUS CORPORATION, BRUNSWICK CORPORATION, Apollo Endosurgery, Inc., Nautilus, Inc, ICON Health & Fitness, Johnson Health Tech. The Simply Good Foods Company, Herbalife International of America, Inc, Kellogg Co.,The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Inc, OTSUKA HOLDINGS CO. LTD., Amway, VLCC, WW International, Inc., NUTRISYSTEM, INC, WW International, Inc., ICON Health & Fitness, DUKE DIET & FITNESS CENTER, Jenny Craig, SLIMMING WORLD, EQUINOX, INC, EDIETS.COM, Life Time, Inc., MoreLife and Hologics Inc. among others.

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ROSEMONT, Ill., Feb. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Barry P. Boden, MD, received the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) Clinical Research Award, which recognizes outstanding clinical research related to musculoskeletal disease or injury.

For over 20 years, Dr. Boden has studied the epidemiology and causes of severe sports injuries to develop preventive strategies, with a focus on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures and catastrophic sports injuries. Along with his collaborators, Dr. Boden's research determined that an axial compressive force is the predominant cause of non-contact ACL injuries (NC-ACLI) and uncovered the science behind catastrophic injuries in certain high-risk sports, leading to legislation and fundamental changes that have saved lives and prevented numerous injuries.

Non-Contact ACL InjuriesIn the mid-1990s, having observed the devastating outcomes of ACL injuries, Dr. Boden was inspired to go beyond traditional explanations and find new ways to explore the mechanisms of ACL injuries.

"Observing the high number of athletes whose careers were disrupted by ACL injury motivated me to explore the fundamental causes in order to support the development of prevention programs," said Dr. Boden, an orthopaedic surgeon at The Orthopaedic Center, a division of Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics in Rockville, Md., and clinical adjunct professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md.

Utilizing athlete interviews and videotapes that captured the moment of injury, his early research revealed that nearly 70% of ACL injuries involve minimal to no contact (subsequently referred to as NC-ACLI) and occurred as the athlete either abruptly stopped or landed from a jump, both on one leg.

"In sports, you can simply be running down the field or courtmost of the time with the ball or defending the ballstop abruptly or land from a jump, and tear your ACL," said Dr. Boden.

As the research progressed, Dr. Boden advanced his analysis of the videos captured at the moment of NC-ACLI, using 2D analysis of body mechanics. By pinpointing the precise measurements of the ankle, knee and hip angles, and trunk position at initial foot contact, he was able to study whole body dynamics at the time of injury. This provided insights into the likely forces causing the NC-ACLI. A key finding uncovered by Dr. Boden was that injured athletes either landed flat-footed or heel first. For injured athlete's, the foot became completely flat twice as fast as the uninjured, control group athletes who landed on their forefoot or toes. This indicated a difference in how the body was absorbing the high forces that occur when the foot hits the ground while landing.

"Similar to how airbags dissipate the impact forces of a crash before they reach the passenger, the calf muscles slow the impulsive ground reaction forces," said Dr. Boden. "In essence, athletes need to land like an accordion, so as the joints bend, the muscles contract and absorb those forces. Landing flat-footed or nearly flat-footed with the knee almost straight renders the calf muscles ineffective at dissipating the ground reaction forces and the impulsive forces are transmitted directly to the knee. When these forces aren't absorbed properly, something has to give, often resulting in an axial compression injury with ACL rupture."

With this knowledge, Dr. Boden's findings revealed that the primary force responsible for the NC-ACLI is the impact force with the ground which is directed through the tibia (shinbone) to the soft tissue of the knee. A mentor of Dr. Boden's, Dr. Joseph Torg, originally proposed the concept that this impact force upon landing or "axial compressive force" is responsible for the NC-ACLI. Dr. Torg, an orthopaedic surgeon, is known to many as the "Father of Sports Medicine" for his decades of work in athlete injury prevention.

Dr. Boden then partnered with co-investigator Frances T. Sheehan, PhD, a researcher at the National Institutes of Health, to further prove the mechanical principles of NC-ACLI and the engineering behind this axial compression injury. They conducted an MRI study of 25 subjects, collecting images of the subjects' knees in a safe position and the dangerous ACL injury position to determine how landing posture, especially hip flexion, might affect the alignment of the femur (thighbone) and tibia given that the ACL connects both bones.

The researchers discovered that in the dangerous position the tibial plateau (top of the tibia articulating with the femur to create the knee joint) is in a more vertical position, relative to gravity. This allows the femur to shift backwards on the tibia. As the ACL is designed to prevent this backwards shift, this creates excessive ACL stretching, enhancing the likelihood of a tear. Additionally, the point where the tibia and femur touch (joint contact) moves between the dangerous and safe positions. In the safe position the point is located on the round, posterior (rear) portion of the femur. However, in the dangerous position the contact point moves to the flat, anterior (front) portion of the femur. When the flat ends of the femur and tibia at the knee are in contact, sliding of the femur on the tibia is favored instead of the normal rolling.

When the femur and tibia collide with a significant axial compression force in this dangerous leg position (vertical tibial plateau and two flat surfaces making contact), the risk of an ACL injury is increased. In the safe landing position, the tibial plateau is in a more horizontal, stable position, and the tibia contacts the round posterior aspect of the femur, favoring rolling as the knee flexes, rather than sliding. In this position, the muscles around the knee can absorb the forces.

To further substantiate their hypothesis that axial compressive forces are the primary force responsible for NC-ACLI, Dr. Boden and his colleagues conducted cadaver studies which replicated ACL injury by applying an axial compression force to the knee. The cadaver study found that the addition of a quadriceps force increases the compressive force on the joint, thereby lowering the axial force necessary to injury. Similar to the quadriceps force, Dr. Boden's videotape studies, as well as the work of other researchers, demonstrated that valgus (knee buckling inward) is not a primary component of the injury, but can be a contributing factor by lowering the axial force necessary for injury.

"While we can't prevent all ACL injuries in athletes, the more we learn about the mechanics of NC-ACLI, the better we can help athletes understand the dynamics and train them accordingly," said Dr. Boden.

Catastrophic Sports InjuriesThe second part of Dr. Boden's research focused on catastrophic athletic injuries. Through a series of studies using data from the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research (NCCSIR) and other databases, he was able to determine the epidemiology, mechanisms of injury, diagnoses and outcomes in sports with high rates of catastrophic events.

With insight into the causes of injury, Dr. Boden's research, along with advocates, sports associations and legislators, has led to policy and rule changes, equipment redesign, training programs and education.

Catastrophic Pole-Vaulting InjuriesA 16-year review of the data showed pole vaulting had the highest incidence of catastrophic injuries in male high school and collegiate athletes. Dr. Boden's initial research demonstrated that the most common cause of injury was the vaulter missing the back or side of the landing pad (70%), followed by landing in the vault box. This work helped establish a collective effort to significantly enlarge the minimum dimensions of the landing pad in 2003, leading to an annual reduction in pole vault fatalities from 0.90 before to 0.13 after the rule change or an estimated 12-13 saved lives to date. Biomechanical research on existing vault boxes has demonstrated the risks of landing in this area due to poor shock absorption characteristics. A new vault box with improved padding has been developed which reduces the force impacts by 90%. Dr. Boden and his colleagues continue to study the injury epidemiology to determine the clinical effect of the new padded vault boxes.

Catastrophic Football InjuriesOf all high school and college sports, football is associated with the highest number of fatalities, but there was limited data to explain the causes. Dr. Boden reviewed traumatic and non-traumatic fatalities over the past few decades, and identified cardiac arrest, brain injury, heat illness and sickle cell trait (SCT) as the most common causes.

While traumatic fatalities have declined 4-5-fold since the 1960s as a result of rule changes and improved equipment, non-traumatic fatalities have remained constant, with approximately 10 deaths per year. Dr. Boden's research showed that 87% of non-traumatic football fatalities occur during practice or conditioning sessions, mostly in obese players who are participating in intense workouts and/or punishment drills (e.g., 350-pound lineman required to run 36, 50-yard sprints for perceived poor performance). With a large spectrum of baseline aerobic fitness in football, Dr. Boden and his coauthors have concluded that most of these fatalities are due to a lack of adequate exercise science applied to conditioning. The research revealed that most non-traumatic fatalities, once thought to be caused by inherent medical problems, instead are mostly caused by overexertion and irrational exercise programs during conditioning sessions and are preventable.

"Our goal with these findings is to inject more exercise science into training regimens; require baseline aerobic fitness assessment in order to develop safe, individual exercise regimes; hold coaches accountable for ensuring appropriate conditioning regimens; and establishing independent medical care to empower trainers to advocate on behalf of the players," said Dr. Boden.

The research also demonstrated:

In addition to football fatalities, a review of catastrophic brain injuries in football players revealed the increased risk of injury in younger athletes, especially those who return to football prior to full recovery from a prior concussion. Due to the efforts of many health care advocates and the scientific support of the brain injury study, the Lystedt Law has been adopted by all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The law requires any youth demonstrating signs of a concussion to be examined and cleared by a licensed health care provider before return to play.

Catastrophic Cheerleading InjuriesAt the high school and college levels, cheerleading accounts for two-thirds of the catastrophic athletic injuries in female athletes.i A review of catastrophic cheerleading injuries documented the risk of severe brain injuries to cheerleaders during the pyramid and basket toss stunts due to factors such as poor spotting or landing on the hard gym floor. Dr. Boden's report made numerous recommendations for preventing injuries such as mandating floor mats, limiting transitions between complex stunts and only performing stunts during halftime or postgame in an area free of obstruction. Since the 2006 rule changes, there has been a 70% (high school) and 66% (college) reduction in the annual number of all catastrophic cheerleading injuries. There have been no catastrophic basket toss injuries over the last nine years of data collection (20102019).

About the OREF Clinical Research Award.The OREF Clinical Research Award was established in 1995 to recognize outstanding clinical research related directly to musculoskeletal disease or injury. All submitted manuscripts are reviewed, graded, and selected by the AAOS Research Development Committee. The award provides $20,000 to recipients. For more information about the manuscript submission process, please visit aaos.org/kappadelta.

About the OREF The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) is an independent, 501(c)3 non-profit organization that raises funds to support research on diseases and injuries of bones, nerves and muscles and to enhance clinical care leading to improved health, increased activity and a better quality of life for patients. To further its mission, OREF is committed to exploring ways to partner with others to move the field of musculoskeletal research forward. For more information, visit http://www.oref.org and follow us on Twitter.

About the AAOS With more than 39,000 members, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is the world's largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists. The AAOS is the trusted leader in advancing musculoskeletal health. It provides the highest quality, most comprehensive education to help orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals at every career level best treat patients in their daily practices. The AAOS is the source for information on bone and joint conditions, treatments and related musculoskeletal health care issues and it leads the health care discussion on advancing quality.

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Frances T. Sheehan, PhD

i Boden BP. 2005. Direct catastrophic injury in sports. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 13:445-454.

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Year after year when January rolls around, scores of trendy new workouts appear on the wellness horizon, all seemingly tailored to answer a near-universal yearning for self-improvement, andfor better or for worsea desire to shed evidence of holiday-season indulgence. Whether it's hot yoga, a HIIT workout, the rebounder cardio classes du jour, or classical ballet training, the fitness fads flows freely this time of year and inevitably arrive in tandem with similarly hyped cleansing diets and eating programs.

No matter how appealing the new offerings, however, it is almost certain that we will all know someone who is getting on board withor getting more serious aboutTracy Anderson, the fitness guru who launched her program way back in 2008 and has since built it into an international colossus. Anderson has many high-profile fans, including early adopter Gwyneth Paltrow (the regimen is a Goop-fave to this day), Tracee Ellis Ross, and Victoria Beckham, but it would be a mistake to lump her into the celebrity trainer category. Instead, it is the enthusiasm of her "#tamily," a loyal, diverse, and very large following that may explain her staying power.

Most TA members initially sign up to partake just in workouts, but soon become immersed in Anderson's dietary programs, health and beauty products, and even her clothing line. There are several tiers. Studio members pay a premium to exercise in person in heated and humidified studios led by highly trained instructors who follow a program of moves that Anderson develops and changes on a weekly basis (Covid restrictions have temporarily put this option on hold). Smaller groups can opt to train with Anderson herself (again temporarily on hold because of the pandemic).

Studio membership, which requires a $1,500 initiation fee plus annual dues (the price of which have not been listed publicly in nearly a decade), includes unlimited access to studios in Manhattan, the Hamptons, and Los Angeles, as well as London and Madrid. For those who don't live near one of the bricks-and-mortar locations, or prefer to work out at home, membership to her streaming platform is $90 a month.

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At first glance, the program looks like many other workout plans, albeit more expensive. But delve a little deeper, and an unusual focus on consistency and commitment becomes apparent. Anderson advises that those following the virtual program should tune in to one of three pre-taped muscular structure workouts (beginner, intermediate or advanced), as well as to her version of dance cardio some days, a minimum of four times a week, and up to seven. Participants are meant to repeat the muscular structure classes, which target smaller muscle groups (Anderson calls them accessory muscles) and master them over a week. The duration of the workouts? Close to an hour each, not including the 20 minute in-depth breakdown videos that offer detailed demonstrations of postures for the moves each week. In other words, workouts can last upwards of an hour and a half some days.

The body movement sequences target specific areas and often require hand and ankle weights. The idea is, instead of working larger muscle groups, which Anderson believes leads to bulking, these programs target muscles that are less-relied upon, but are vital for creating a balanced physique.

Anderson is quick say that results are hard won. For those who like to dip in and out of a program, she warns, her method is probably not right. "Consistency is consistency," she tells Town & Country. "You have to spend time with yourself and lay down those foundationsbehaviorally. This matters for everything, even your health." Figuring out what "balance' means for you, and calculating how that fits into your life so you can be consistent, is a key tenet of the program, she says.

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Anderson says she is aware of how much she asks of her followers and knows what they expect in return. "It's not even about people trusting that I'm going to show up every week and I'm going to deliver that next strategic muscle exhaustion sequence. I'm going to be there every week, no matter what's going on in my life for my audience. I'm going to continue to research, and I'm going to continue to develop. That's a signal between the relationship that I have with my audience."

A quick search of the Instagram hashtag #tamily turns up hundreds of thousands of video posts of (mostly) women going through the paces of their weekly program. Some have dedicated accounts to track their progress. Scroll through weeks or months of a few individuals' workouts, and you get pretty good idea how the program works and what sort of results people get.

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It should be noted that not everyone is a fan. Along with legions of #tamily members, an internet search will also turn up many detractors of the Tracy Anderson Method. In the past 15 years, she has been criticized for her prescription for daily movement, her strategy of not focusing on larger muscle groups (many fitness programs, in fact, promote the very opposite), and for her ambivalence to having her members simultaneously follow other programs. Anderson, is aware of this though. "People called me crazy for years," she says acknowledging that the commitment she requires from her followers may not be everyone's cup of tea.

Anderson says an early focus on digital engagement was key to expanding her program and has been vital to keeping it vibrant during pandemic-related closures." I think that what separated us from the fitness pack originally was that we didn't intend to use our social media platforms to market ourselves in the traditional sense. It's about the method and connecting with the people who are practicing it, through those platforms," says Anderson. Her company does not disclose how many streaming followers have joined its online studio since it was launched in 2014 or since the beginning of the pandemic, but, according to Steven Beltrani, Anderson's chief communications officer, the method has streamers in all 50 states and in 50 countries around the globe.

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Some of these streamers have traveled long distances to meet and work out with their fellow #tamily members. Heather Hawkins, an illustrator from Australia, has been following the method in some capacity since Anderson hit the scene. Her gateway? A Goop newsletter forwarded by a girlfriend. "Initially when I started, there were only a few DVDs , so I was doing them a few times a week, but also doing other things as well (running, yoga, personal training at the gym). It wasn't until Metamorphosis [Anderson's now digitized workout video series] was released that I became committed to the program (and saw results)." More than a decade later, Hawkins is still religious about it. "Tracy films new classes each week. So youre only ever doing the one class for 7 days. But generally its a weekly journey with the class and you grow with it, learning new things about yourself along the way. Tracy constantly pushes our body and minds with her classes."

Along with traveling to the studios in New York and Madrid, Hawkins has also visited streamers abroad. "When I was in Italy I specifically travelled to Bergamo to meet up with a TAmsista [a nickname denoting the sisterhood related to the method]. And most recently my dear friend Mariam had her birthday in Phuket with a bunch of friends including friends shes met through the Tamily. She even brought a trainer over from London so we could do classes every day. It was incredible. "

When asked why she finds such a close kinship with these women, Hawkins remarks, "Theres a closeness in the community and an honesty which is so special. She adds, jokingly, "Were all a bit type A personality or type A++++."

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Whether you want to lose weight, tone muscle, improve flexibility, or do all of the above, Sworkit has a workout to help you reach your goals. The app offers more than 400 unique workouts think yoga for runners and over 800 exercises to get you moving. With over 26,000 ratings in the App Store, Sworkit gets 4.7 out of 5 stars and very favorable reviews.

I am just not a gym person, so I have tried numerous fitness apps and this is hands down my absolute favorite and the one I use exclusively these days. says one reviewer in the App Store. They provide highly customizable workouts. The trainer does each exercise with you, and theres an indicator for how much longer you have to that one particular exercise. Prior to starting the next exercise, theres a demo and a brief interval allowing you to get in proper position. I cant even think of anything I wouldve done differently if I had designed this app myself, and thats saying something.

Sworkit offers something for all fitness levels from beginners to serious athletes and even has a program for kids, which is free. You can customize workouts based on your fitness goals and how much time you have choose the type of workout (strength, cardio, yoga, or stretching), your fitness goals (to tone, strengthen, or burn calories), and how long youve got to exercise, and Sworkit delivers a personalized workout. In addition, they offer sets of classes for monthly challenges.

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The solution is to keep moving with a modicum of dietary controls to keep the system metabolically active well into old age.

Common sense tells you that the longer the duration of exercise, the larger the energy expenditure more calories burned. The intensity of the exercise either as a percentage of maximum endurance capacity (VO2 Max) or maximum heart rate (220-age) determines the type and percent of energy expended carbohydrate (muscle and liver glycogen) and adipose fat (fatty acids and glycerol).

When exercise is stopped, a process called enhanced or excess post-exercise oxygen consumption is activated - once again, determined by the exercise duration and intensity. As more fatty acids (FA) are expended post-exercise, as reflected in a lower respiratory exchange rate (RER), the FA expensed can go on for hours in untrained and endurance-trained people.

According to The Importance of Fatty Acids as Nutrients During Post-Exercise Recovery, which appeared in the March 2020, online issue of the journal Nutrients, the peak in circulating FA concentration in the immediate recovery (first hour post-exercise) period following submaximal exercise has been suggested to be due to a delayed spill-over effect from the increased adipose tissue lipolysis (fatty acid breakdown) induced during exercise.

As time progresses in the early recovery period, the whole-body lipolytic rate, determined from the plasma glycerol rate of appearance, increases by up to 400% above resting values during exercise of 1 to 4 h at 40%65% of VO2peak which roughly translates to 55 to 75% of max heart rate.

Its known that elevated circulating insulin levels can inhibit adipose tissue lipolysis (fatty acid breakdown). Its also recognized that, plasma insulin concentrations are decreased during exercise and remain lower in early recovery compared with pre-exercise or resting conditions until glucose or meal ingestion.

Thus, a lower plasma insulin concentration can also contribute to an increased adipose tissue lipolytic rate in early recovery, note the study authors from Denmark.

The Danish researchers comment that, coinciding with the low RER values in early recovery, oxidation of plasma-derived FAs is increased in the first 3 hours and represents the major part of the FAs oxidized during the early recovery period.

In my prior hospital-affiliated weight management programs, we monitored our participants RQ (respiratory quotient) - representing the spread of energy utilization at rest and the RER during maximum Pulmonary VO2 testing to determine the optimum fat burning heart rate training zone.

The study authors conclude by saying, whole-body FA oxidation is increased for several hours following aerobic exercise, even with carbohydrate-rich meal intake during recovery from exercise.

Ive previously commented that a person is as young as they are metabolically active. Its been my experience to see some post-menopausal (average age of 51) women and obese men - with a high RQ coming into my weight management program - signifying that, over time (Rome was not built in a day), they had become proficient at storing fat.

It usually took 6 weeks of combined aerobic exercise in a target heart rate zone based on testing of 50 to 70 percent of maximum heart rate along with circuit training (ten exercises) to get back to a baseline to begin to expense excess body fat and inches.

The solution is to keep moving with a modicum of dietary controls to keep the system metabolically active well into old age. For more information, please go to maxwellnutrition.com

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Fitness is very important for any person, regardless of where you come from and how old you are. Fitness is one of the key activities to reducing the risk of a number of health issues in the future. It can help you to increase your cardiovascular endurance and help with heart issues, as well as working your muscles and nervous system to become stronger.

With many of the population realizing that fitness is very important for the body, the demand for gyms has increased significantly, and gyms have been opening up all over the country since the 70s.

However, these gyms have evolved now, and people are looking for more high tech and modernized gyms. Because there are so many out there, it can be difficult to chose one for your fitness needs.

Lifestyle 360 Fitness is an interesting fitness center, as it acts more as an overall wellness center. It combines medical clinics with doctors with a fitness center and aims at helping its members to increase their overall health through these methods. You can go and get a checkup and then a training and nutrition program, as well as a stress management plan. All of these contribute to overall wellness, and Lifestyle 360 is a good choice for this.

Dynamic Fitness has a $0 enrollment fee and has a great facility for members to use. They have won several awards for its exercise and physical programs and health clubs and gymnasiums awards in 2 different years. It is obvious that their personal training and facilities are worth the cost.

24 Hour Fitness in Pearland Texas offers a 3 day free trial before signing up to the gym. Offering a number of different classes including cardio such as HIIT, cycle, dance as well as programs such as strength and mind & body. These are unique classes, and well worth a look into solely based on these.

They also, of course, offer personal training for members of the gym.

Zero Training Center is a gym with personal trainers which has numerous personal trainers and a number of positive testimonials from clients who have had great results from them. Zero Training Center has great facilities and looks very professional and modernized. Worth a look into.

Cosmic Fitness has premier facilities in the Pearland, Texas area. They offer one of the most popular forms of fitness, Crossfit, a mix of circuit and strength training. These classes are very popular and has been steadily increasing in demand for the past few years now since its inception.

These are the 5 best fitness centers to go to in Pearland, Texas, based onthis rating points list. Each of them has their strengths and you should find one that suits you and your fitness goals well.

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PHILADELPHIA (TNS) A year ago, the job of activities directors at nursing homes and assisted living facilities was to get people out of their rooms and into their communities.

People like Rachel Kaufman organized movie nights, card games, exercise classes, parties and happy hours. These activities directors, AKA life enrichment professionals or, in Kaufmans case, escapades producers, tended to be outgoing, upbeat, infinitely patient people who could make the most of tight budgets, said Kirsten Jacobs, director of dementia and wellness education with the senior housing organization LeadingAge.

The pandemic upended everything and stress-tested all their skills.

Almost overnight last March, these under-appreciated workers became key players in the struggle to keep residents safe, but also happy. They visited residents rooms with carts loaded with things to do. They wore silly costumes and dispensed cocktails. They became technology whizzes who enabled virtual family visits and, also, witnesses to loneliness, suffering and immense love. They added arranging real family visits to their list of job duties and, more recently, helped organize vaccine clinics.

Jacobs has seen boundless creativity: a poem that began in one room and grew line-by-line as a worker visited other residents, hallway Bible studies, window visits from llamas, balcony singing.

An already really intense role has become that much more intense, Jacobs said. Its a lot.

Kaufman wouldnt disagree. I worked much harder this year much harder, she said.

I have felt every possible emotion there has been to feel over the course of this year, highs and lows. Its almost indescribable. But I feel like we really took what could have been a horrible, horrible situation and made absolutely the best we could out of it.

Kaufman, 52, is a former pre-school teacher who discovered her passion for older adults through inter-generational programming. She has been at Brandywine Living at Dresher Estates, a personal care facility in Montgomery County, for almost 10 years. A warm, enthusiastic woman, she led the soup squad, a group of senior cooks who chopped mounds of ingredients for soups they gave to needier elders, before the pandemic. Brandywine had organized activities from 10 a.m. until 7 or 8 p.m. every day. In January, when there were about 90 residents, programs regularly attracted 20 to 30 people.

Then, on March 13, as COVID-19s terrifying ability to kill care home residents became clear, Brandywine locked its doors to outsiders. Later that month, residents were quarantined to their rooms. The center had a few cases in May, but got hit much harder later. September was the worst, worst, worst, Kaufman said. There was another outbreak in December. Overall, 45 residents and staff tested positive. Seven residents died.

Kaufman learned she had tested positive while serving ice cream outside on July 4; follow-up testing was negative. She thinks she wasnt really infected, but was worried for a few days that she might have unknowingly endangered others.

While Brandywine has been in lockdown off and on, it now allows small, socially distanced activities involving no more than 10 residents. Family members who test negative can visit outdoors in a designated area near the lobby.

In the early days, Kaufman and the other seven members of her team took escapades-to-go carts loaded with supplies for activities to residents rooms.

We literally reinvented our activity program overnight, Kaufman said.

They had room-based tea parties and happy hours. On the Phillies opening day, they delivered peanuts, Cracker Jack and beer, along with baseball trivia. She picked movies she has some serious John Wayne fans and helped people watch them in their apartments. They did exercises, bingo and flower arranging in the halls. The escapades team sent snapshots in real time to residents families. They dressed as super heroes and characters from the Wizard of Oz. There were Eagles and Phillies spirit days. They had parking-lot concerts and watched the Philadelphia Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera online. Sometimes Kaufman would just stop and talk for 15 minutes with a resident. When some in the memory unit stopped eating, she brought them chocolate milkshakes in the afternoon. On a recent day, she made passion fruit-mango margaritas at happy hour.

In June, the men desperately needed haircuts after months without a hairdresser. Kaufman used a buzzer for the first time on Fathers Day, joking that she was offering a money-back guarantee for her cuts. It actually went really well, she said.

The pandemic has been a crash course in technology. Most of the residents need help with FaceTime. Families sent many Echo and Alexa virtual assistants. But, Kaufman said, Zoom was the absolute star of the year.

They used it for horticulture, art and exercise classes, for bingo at Thanksgiving, a service at Hanukkah, tree lighting and caroling at Christmas.

They were really great programs, Kaufman said. It was almost like a sense of normalcy.

There were also Zoom shivas and funerals.

Even during the less restricted periods, she had much more work than usual. Smaller meetings meant more repetition. The need for cleaning and restocking supplies was relentless. Whether residents were beading, knitting or playing dice games, everyone needed their own supplies. Brandywine now uses photocopied playing cards that have to be thrown away after a game. Kaufman mourns the trees that died for the paper theyre using.

She routinely works 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., then does more prep at home. She might buy flowers for arranging at Produce Junction on her way in.

Those three weeks in September when the virus was most intense were exhausting, she said. Kaufman is usually good at leaving work behind at night, but she couldnt. Nightmares disturbed her sleep. They were always about losing control, being somewhere that seemed safe but wasnt.

She was the activities representative on Brandywines hot team that went into the area where people sick with COVID-19 were quarantined. Anyone who works in senior housing is familiar with death and illness, but it was a new experience for Kaufman to be around so many who were sick at once. She found it heartbreaking.

It was all hands on deck, so she did everything from delivering meals to finding supplies. She often helped people who were getting better talk with their families, but one memorable conversation involved a resident who was dying. Her family told her that she had been a wonderful mom and wife. They talked of childhood memories. They also said, Its OK. You can let go. We love you.

Kaufman was not afraid. Brandywine never suffered from a lack of protective equipment, and she was taking all possible precautions. The families need to see way outweighed any hesitation I may have had, she said.

The isolation has been hard on residents, but many are coping well. Most of them watch the news, Kaufman said. They know whats going on. They understand, but they dont like it.

This new way of working has made Kaufman realize how much she had missed before. One resident showed her a framed embroidered matza cover that had been her Russian grandmothers. Kaufman learned that a woman who seemed quite proper had a taste for playful modern art. Another residents room was full of Catholic art objects. When she was dying, Kaufman helped arrange for a priest to visit her.

We really got to know the residents in a really different way, she said, in a very personal way.

Krissi Kressler, corporate director of program excellence for Brandywines 31 communities, said the past few months have brought many activities workers to tears. Theyre tired, she said.

What sustains them is seeing that their work matters. I think they see our residents need them, she said. They are the residents families right now.

Jacobs hopes this appreciation endures past the pandemic. My hope, she said, is that we as a field come out of this with a deep acknowledgement of the contribution that life enrichment professionals make every day.

On Monday, Kaufman and her team helped plan Brandywines first vaccine clinic. They hung balloons, ordered special food and made a chart that tracked vaccines given. Kaufman compiled the playlist for the room where staff hung out for 15 minutes after their shots: Big Shot by Billy Joel, My Shot from Hamilton, I Shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley and 12 more. She got a shot herself and was in the room when many residents got theirs. She was touched by how happy and hopeful they were.

Honestly, she said, the whole day was overwhelming, but in a good way. ... I really hope that this is a turning point.

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