Monday, September 11, 2000
FIT BITS
Ways to stay active and healthy
EXERCISE TIPS
Full speed: To help women get in shape for the third annual Avon Running 10K Run, 5K Fitness Walk and Children's Fun Run slated Oct. 15 at Fountain Square, Avon Running will hold a series of free fitness clinics to help women get motivated for the run:
• At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Kathrine Switzer, author of Running and Walking for Women Over 40, will hold a at Lady Foot Locker, Tri-County Mall. Ms. Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1967.
• At 7 p.m. Sept. 19, Dr. Barbara Walker will present “The Balancing Act: Feeling Better by Adding Physical Activity into Your Life” at Lady Foot Locker, Florence Mall.
• At 7 p.m. Oct. 3, Dr. Cindy Cassell will present “Delaying Osteoporosis with Milk, Muscles and Maintenance” at Lady Foot Locker, Kenwood Towne Centre.
• At 7 p.m. Oct. 10, Lauren Colletta will present “Run Smart, Run Safe” at Lady Foot Locker, Tri-County Mall.
For more information, call the race hot line at 345-3057 or log on to www.avonrunning.com.
— THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
Speed Up: Strengthen your workout by including speed work periodically, recommends John Ciance, M.D., a sports medicine doctor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in the August issue of Men's Fitness.
Instead of running a 10-minute mile, try running a nine-minute mile instead. “Speed work trains the legs to move faster, works the heart and lungs, and helps develop better coordination,” he says. Make sure to take a break from speed training though, as it can be very demanding.
— GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
WEIGHTY MATTERS
Dine out: Food writer Victoria Abbott Riccardi and nutritional consultant Shari Bilt teamed up in August's Shape magazine to give tips on how to eat out at ethnic restaurants without gaining weight.
Their recommendations include eating lightly during the day of a big evening meal, eating half portions of more fattening dishes, selecting naturally healthy menu items such as salmon or skinless chicken, and replacing dessert with a frothy skim-milk cappuccino or sorbet.
— GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
SAFETY FIRST
Way overpacked: This school year, make sure your child isn't overburdened. Students often carry 30 percent of their body weight in their book bags; a safe load is 10 percent, according to Lancet and American Chiropractic Association recommendations reported in Natural Health magazine.
— THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
SHELF HELP
Self acceptance: Author Sarah Ban Breathnach offers an “intensely personal and life-affirming” session you conduct with her latest book The Simple Abundance Companion: Following Your Authentic Path to Something More (Warner Books Inc.; $14.95).
“Loving how you look when you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror or store window paves the path of self-love, and with that comes self-esteem, confidence and authentic beauty, a radiance that glows from within. A beauty that is more than skin deep.” Learn to gaze at yourself with love.
Ms. Ban Breathnach says take a notebook and write down five things you are grateful for today. List your best moments, natural talents, wishes for yourself and sources of unlikely inspiration.
Add items you need to relieve and revive you.
On the days when you need pampering, head to the drawer for bubble bath, favorite photographs, skin creams, chocolates, herbal teas, magazines, scented candles and whatever you need to recline in solace.
— THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN
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