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October 4, 2009 - October 10, 2009 Archives

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Exercise shortcuts: How well do they measure up?

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By MEGAN K. SCOTT Associated Press Writer When it comes to exercise, most of us are looking for a shortcut, a way to lose weight and firm up without spending endless hours in the gym. So a funky pair of......

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 Tags  exercise   fashion   shortcuts  

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Video: 'A pretty sick ride' at the Interbike Festival

6:23 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Providence Journal video / Andrew Dickerman Bicycle manufacturers show off their latest frames, parts, clothing and accessories in Roger Williams Park, Providence, where cyclo-cross races will be held this weekend. Company representatives and riders have traveled from across the......

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 Tags  bicycles   cyclo-cross   Interbike   Providence   video  

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Update: Patricia Walden, noted yoga teacher, coming to Providence

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

The economy may be bad right now, yoga, it appears, is thriving during the downturn. More than 400 people have signed up for the New England Iyengar Yoga Conference at the Rhode Island Convention Center on Friday, Saturday and Sunday,......

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 Tags  New England Iyengar Yoga conference   Patricia Walden   Providence   yoga  

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Founder of Shape Up RI wins national award

12:48 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Felice Freyer Journal staff writer Rajiv Kumar, the Brown medical student who founded Shape Up RI, has received a Community Health Leaders Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- 1 of 10 people around the country chosen for......

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 Tags  health   obesity   Rajiv Kumar   Shape Up RI  

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R.I.'s East Bay Bike Path named to trail hall of fame

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Thomas J. Morgan Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The East Bay Bike Path will be designated as a Rail-Trail Hall of Fame trail by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy on Friday, it was announced Wednesday by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. The......

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 Tags  bicycle   Bristol RI   East Bay Bike Path   Rails-to-Trails Conservancy  

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Is running a pain? Author says: Try shucking the shoes

8:34 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

New York Times video Born to Run, Christopher McDougall's new book, answers the question most runners eventually ask: Why am I in pain? McDougall studied the life and running habits of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico's Copper Canyon, perhaps......

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 Tags  barefoot   Born To Run   running  

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New England's potato growers dig nutrition

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By Tom Meade    Email

Providence Journal photo / Frieda Squires Mary Bisson, who works at Maplewood Farm in Portsmouth, looks for rocks as the potatoes are pulled from the ground by a harvester. Stephen Anderson and his aunt, Judy Carvelho, grow potatoes and......

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 Tags  healthy food   nutrition   potatoes   recipe  

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New England Iyengar Yoga Conference coming to Providence

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Providence Journal file photo / Sandor Bodo If in about 10 days you're walking through downtown Providence and see a lot of people with yoga mats, wearing loose-fitting pants, flip-flops or earth shoes and shawls, it won't be a......

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 Tags  Iyengar   New England   Providence   yoga   yoga conference  

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