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February 2009 Archives
1:21 AM Sat, Feb 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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Boston Sports Clubs, which has two brand-new fitness facilities in Providence, is opening both of them free to the public on Wednesday. The new gyms are located in downtown Providence, at 10 Dorrance St., and on the Eastside of Providence......
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1:01 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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Bob Thayer photo The League of American Bicyclists has named the Narragansett Bay Wheelmen as the club of the year in the Northeast. The League's Club of the Year program recognizes outstanding clubs for their hard work and dedication......
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8:37 AM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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MCT photo A big machine like this $2,400 Stamina AeroPilates Pro 686 isn't necessary to get a good Pilates workout. I'm a little appalled. I've been doing Pilates for years now, and I'm starting to see some alarming trends.......
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1:01 AM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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The American Lung Association of New England has scheduled a Stair Climb for Saturday at 9 a.m. at One Financial Plaze in Providence. There are 56 flight of stairs connecting 28 floors in the building. Stair Climbs are unique fundraising......
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7:57 AM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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Asha Praver, a California-based guru and author of Swami Kriyananda as We Have Known Him, is using this time of financial hardship in our country to get us to go inward to achieve peace. "Since so many of our......
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8:25 AM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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The National School Lunch Program "has turned out to be a poor investment," says Alice Waters, the ground-breaking California chef, in an op-ed piece in the New York Times. In 2007, the program cost $9 billion, and schools had to......
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7:24 AM Fri, Feb 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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New York Times photo Studies have shown that listening to music during exercise can improve results, both in terms of being a motivator (people exercise longer and more vigorously to music) and as a distraction from negatives like fatigue.......
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9:58 AM Thu, Feb 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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REI, the outdoor co-operative with a store in Cranston, has scheduled a free clinic about backpacking Mar. 12 at 6 p.m. It will be a collaborative clinic on great gear, great places and great backcountry trail recipes, according to the......
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10:38 AM Wed, Feb 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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I've had an ear infection for the past few days, and that's sidelined me at work and play. So I have to ask: should you work out when you're sick? At least one expert quoted by CNN says you should......
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12:00 PM Tue, Feb 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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The first week of Shape Up RI was an unusual one for Shauna Duffy's team, Accounting for A Wealth of Health, at KLR, and accounting and business consulting firm. Shauna reports: This the second year our firm, KLR, has participated......
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11:04 AM Tue, Feb 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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Julia McCann, Shape Up RI team captain at Residential Properties, took a week off from the office, but she didn't stop working. She squeezed two 5K runs a day into her vacation schedule. Her plan is to recruit members of......
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11:48 AM Mon, Feb 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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Steve Wright, sperintendent of Rhode Island' state parks, has announced some of the details about this year's Great Outdoor Pursuit, but he's keeping other information secret. The idea is for kids to decode clues to discover the locations of places......
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11:42 AM Mon, Feb 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal file photo / Bank of America Skating Center, 2007 It's school vacation week, are your children exercising? One activity we love during February vacation is ice skating. There are 14 public skating rinks in Rhode Island. The......
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7:24 AM Sat, Feb 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Pitcher and catchers have reported at the Red Sox spring training facility in Fort Myers, FL, as the team starts a new season -- with the first official workout coming today. In this......
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12:31 PM Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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Wondering what foods in your home are part of the nationwide peanut-product recall? We've got the full, interactive list from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Most Americans know about a peanut-based national salmonella outbreak but many are wrong about......
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1:01 AM Fri, Feb 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Blueways Alliance has a one-stop website for paddlers in Rhode Island. The site includes links to events, places to paddle and launch sites. The Blueways project began in 2006 when the Rhode Island Rivers Council and the National Park......
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6:50 AM Thu, Feb 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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We all know exercise is good for us. Like apples, it can keep the doctor away. It can make us look and feel better, and it can alleviate stress. But there's even one more reason to get off the couch......
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10:21 AM Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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Lincoln Woods, Rhode Island's first state park The 100th anniversary of Rhode Island's state park system will include an effort to get Rhode Islanders to visit their parks as part of the 2009 Rhode Island Great Outdoors Pursuit this......
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6:54 AM Tue, Feb 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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Yoga teacher and R.I. native Jen Swain discusses her antidote for road rage- yoga techniques and a coping philosophy for dealing with traffic and the daily grind of commuting with a Boston TV station. In 2007, I wrote about......
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10:03 AM Mon, Feb 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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Tim Mooney, manager of the Carter Preserve examines a holly during a guided hike By Tom Meade Journal staff writer Looking for a volunteer opportunity that comes with fresh air and exercise? Perhaps you'd just prefer a healthy hike.......
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1:01 AM Fri, Feb 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Harlequin ducks at Sachuest Point, a Bob Breidenbach photo It's no wonder that Adam Fry began his book Bird Walks In Rhode Island with Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown. For a hardy hike on a winter weekend......
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7:18 AM Thu, Feb 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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For the last month, I've developed an exercise routine that has added a whole new dimension to my arms, thighs, strength and stamina: kettlebells. This thing that looks like a cannonball with a handle makes for a fun, quick and......
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1:01 AM Wed, Feb 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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Members of the team Accounting for A Wealth of Health at KLR in Providence Shape Up RI launches its fourth edition Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Roberts Hall on the Rhode Island College campus. Salvatore Fichera, an exercise physiologist,......
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7:00 AM Tue, Feb 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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"Having the body you want begins with loving the body you have," those wise words come from Many Ingber, the Los Angeles-based fitness instructor to the stars, who has become even more famous since Jennifer Aniston appeared in little more......
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12:01 PM Mon, Feb 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Providence Journal/ Mary Murphy A cross-country skier is out early this foggy morning on the Rhode Island Country Club golf course taking advantage of the mild temperature and snow that is still on the ground. Dedication is the......
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