Weighing the benefits of balance training
Posted on March 22, 2012 in Jordan shoes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dick Sandhaus, a healthy and fit 62-year old, says he never gave his balance a thought until he lost it. A wicked sprained ankle was the result. Now he practices balancing for a few minutes each day and urges his fellow baby boomers to do the same. "Rocking toes to heels and quadriceps stretches are things anybody can do if they have a floor," said Sandhaus, a self-described ...
Do toning shoes work?
Posted on December 09, 2011 in Nike basketball shoes
The buzzThe claims made about toning and wellness shoes are enticing: improve your leg and butt muscles simply by wearing them. On the Masai Barefoot Technology website, it says the Masai "sensor and balancing area" induces instability that your body instinctively tries to correct.
Fitness and exercise classes and events throughout Asheville and Western North Carolina
Posted on December 01, 2011 in Michael jordan shoes
SUBTLE YOGA: Try a class for free 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Asheville Fitness Club, next to K-Mart shopping center on Brevard Road. 665-2323. Subtle Yoga is a transformative, therapeutic and balancing practice with postures that are accessible to most people and adaptable to most abilities.
Shiver keeps focus on Rio
Posted on October 06, 2011 in Asics running shoes
Next challenge awaits triathlete Kaitlin Shiver who is balancing athletics, academics and life itself.
Brooke Wells: Tools for Balancing Working and Running
Posted on July 02, 2011 in Golf shoes on sale
With a limited amount of time in the morning to recover from my run, limited time during the day for meals and no time for naps, I make sure that I have a "toolkit" of fundamental resources ...
Charleston Ballet dances in new digs
Posted on May 29, 2011 in Asics running shoes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- After 21 years, the Charleston Ballet is packing up its point shoes, mirrors and balancing bars and moving into a new studio space. The new digs are just one block over from its old space in the Security Building on the corner of...
Balancing dating and parenting post-divorce
Posted on May 07, 2011 in Ladies shoes
The fastest-growing population on dating services like Match.com and eHarmony is people over 50, the University of Washington reports. This is my cohort now, and I've come to realize that the nether reaches of cyberspace - not bars and concert halls - are where people are finding each other.