Category Archives: Women’s Fitness

Hula Hooping to Hoop Dancing

Hooping vs. Hula Hooping? Hooping is way more fun than the hula hooping you remember as a child, because the bigger and heavier the hoop, the slower it rotates around your body. This means that even if you think you can’t hoop, with one of these hoops, you can! Everybody can hoop, regardless of age, [...]

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It’s possible to become “who you want to be – instead of who you’ve always been.”

An inspiring story from the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle on May, 26, 2010 Jen Moore of Rochester lost more than 100 lbs. Hoop dance kept it fun and perseverance made it possible It was hard for Jen Moore to lose her mother to lung cancer when Moore was just 21 and planning her wedding. It [...]

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Now you can “Pump Up your Wii Workout”

In August I talked about the possibility of adding weights to your Wii workout. …Lifting weights will be Wii more fun! What am I talking about …Riiflex 2lb. Dumbbells The Riiflex 2lb dumbbells are ergonomic, gym-quality weights that fit your Wiimotes, and give you a true calorie-burning resistance workout while you play! Molded of tough [...]

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MapMyRun on the Mountain now?

With the skiing my family has been up to and my love of my iPhone, I decided to give the MapMyRun app a chance to track my skiing at Bristol Mountain on Sunday!  Here is the map of my efforts… iMapMyRun: Jan 10, 2010 10:00 AM @Bristol MoutainFind more Mtn Bikings in Canandaigua, New York [...]

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Stretches for Skiing

I already talked about a few exercises to improve your strength for skiing, now I want to talk about flexibility. Flexibility is the range of motion of a joint. Good flexibility allows the joints to move to desired positions with the least amount of stress and injury.  There are many factors that affect a person’s [...]

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Are you sore from skiing?

Our family has been layering on the clothes and heading to Bristol Mountain for some downhill skiing this winter.  I want to start by telling you all, I am a skiing novice.  I have learned to ski as an adult, and I continue to enjoy the sport with my friends and family. I started thinking [...]

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Coming soon to the Wii scene – Wii Fit Plus

Wii Fit plus and Wii Fit plus Bundle are scheduled to be released on Oct 4, 2009. Bundled with the Wii Balance Board, Wii Fit Plus will sell for $99.99. Current Wii Fit owners will be able to get an upgrade disc for $19.99. What is this game all about?  This is what Nintendo has [...]

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Lifting weights will be Wii more fun!

Coming to  to the Wii scene this Fall, Wii Dumbbells.  Riiflex has made dumbbells to attach to you Wiimote and Nunchuck. Two pounds ($35 for a set of two) or four pounds ($40 for a set of two). Riiflex™ weights introduce a new way to add resistance to your Wii™, and Wii Fit™ workouts.  Our [...]

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Hiking Stony Brook State Park

This weekend my family and I went camping with friends at Stony Brook State Park. Stony Brook State Park’s terrain comprises hilly woodlands, a deep gorge with rugged cliffs overlooking three waterfalls and fascinating rock formations. 125 tent and trailer campsites are scattered in the woodlands above the gorge in the upper or south end [...]

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Map My…Run Walk, Hike, Ride, and Tri

I recently found the website www.mapmyrun.com. www.mapmyrun.com is similar to www.walkjogrun.net in many ways, however, their iPhone applications iMapMyRun and iMapMyWalk are AWESOME – they use GPS! iMapMy (powered by MapMyFitness is a location-based application that uses the built in GPS technology on your iPhone to allow runners, cyclists, (or any outdoor fitness activity) to [...]

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