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Louisville Triple Crown of Running News [Health & Fitness]
The Louisville Triple Crown of Running (LTCOR) is the first running event in the area to offer a social media messaging system that connects with the runners friends and family; so as to let them know they have accomplished a goal of theirs. Louisville—just like Disney Marathon, Army 10 Miler, and the L.A. Marathon—has decided to hope on the band wagon and embrace technology. “Gault Race Management, long-time partner with the LTCOR, is bringing XAct Text and Social Media Messaging to the three-race series.
Get In Shape This New Year at Yoga on Baxter. [Health & Fitness]
The best way to start your New Year is to start thinking healthier. I’m not talking about getting out every day and running 12 miles and feeling like you’re going to pass out. I’m talking about a healthy start in an easy welcoming atmosphere. Yoga on Baxter is this type of place, it’s amazing and definitely makes you sweat. The teachers are amazing and they have a great introductory offer $30 for 30 days. Now the classes they have are prepared for all types of people and whatever level you are experienced at. I had never done yoga before, so this was an experience.
Bike to Work Day is Friday, Sept 30th 2011 [Health/Fitness]
Louisville's Fall Bike to Work Day is on September 30, 2011. This is an organized event to encourage commuting by bicycle around Louisville.
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Louisville restaurant menus may start providing nutritional info [Health/Fitness]
Soon you will be made well aware of your nutritional intake at some Louisville restaurants.
Thanks to the Healthy Hometown Menu Labeling Initiative, local restaurants with fewer than 20 locations are able to get nutritional and financial support to add calorie counts for their menu items.
Metro Public Health and Wellness Director, Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, says it’s just another weapon in the fight against obesity:
What? You expect me to remember all 108 moves? [Health/Fitness]
A while back, on a whim, I decided to learn Tai Chi. I didn't really know much about it, but it looked so interesting! So I showed up at the International Taoist Tai Chi Society's Kentucky branch in Hikes Point and immediately felt welcome. In the beginning class, you learn -- literally step by step -- the sequence of the 108 moves of the Tai Chi Chuan (taijiquan) set, "the art of longevity and health."
BodyBoot Camps [Fitness & Health]
BodyBoot Camps is a Louisville based outdoor fitness program that offers fitness instruction, nutritional counseling and motivational training. Their program is designed to make your exercise program fun and energizing. Their mission is to motivate, coach, encourage and educate men and women of every shape, size and fitness level through a non-intimidating, yet tense fitness program that is aimed to change your mind and body. If you’re looking for a change and want to challenge yourself, this is a great boot-camp to attend.
Summer Running: The Beginning
You are running through a rainforest. Armed with nothing but your will, your entire cotton shirt is drenched in perspiration as if you've just been caught in a monsoon. Your features are distorted with anguish as you trip over roots, each stride bringing a new green, leafy barrier to throw yourself through. And just when you think your legs will fold under the pressure, you see a light shining through the tree, and ALAS you are on... Lexington Road.
Fire Goddess also performs burlesque with hoops and aerial arts
Local fire, hoop, and aerial performer Jorden Dundich (aka Gypsy Love) has not always been the confident performer gracing stages and audiences everywhere with her hoop, fire and aerial performances like she does these days. She claims that boredom led her to the performances she now shares with classes, stage performance, and street performance.
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