fitness

There are phone apps for just about every interest and need, including keeping fit. If you’re not sure what to do for exercise, an app can help guide ...

Traversing the twists and turns of the waterslide, perfecting your form on the diving board, and testing your cunning at a game of Marco Polo. These a...

Community College of Allegheny County English professor Stephen Wells started running for exercise 11 years ago because his pants didn’t fit him anymo...

Maybe you like to pop in your earbuds before going on a morning walk. Or, perhaps, you prefer to multitask while enjoying lunch and keeping busy at wo...

A large part of aging gracefully calls for accepting and adapting to our maturing bodies. Let’s face it, the older we get, the more we find ourselves ...

Traditional exercises will always hold their place in the fitness world, but many today who seek out new ways to get fit are searching for routines th...

In February, I had open heart surgery to repair a mitral valve and have a bypass. It’s an experience I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I’d had a series of te...

Growing up in Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii, Norman Compton played football and rugby, participated in marathons and even surfed. He also has worked as a Holly...

May is Older Americans Month and the Olean YMCA is emphasizing the importance of being active and involved — no matter where or when you are in life. ...

“I have to get in shape, I have to start exercising,” says Jeanine Whitney, secretary at Colonial School District, recalling what she told herself bac...

When flying in a plane, the flight attendant reminds passengers to put their own oxygen mask on before helping others. The same analogy is true for wo...

Jackie Stewart has been a self-proclaimed “fitness nut” for the past two decades. And the title isn’t for naught. Her obsession with fitness started w...

Listening carefully, Rudy focuses on the BOCU® Balance Trainer in front of him. The device is a convex semi-sphere made of soft, pliable rubber. Balan...

Way back in 1863 was the bloody Battle of Gettysburg, a segment of the Civil War that wrought more than 51,000 casualties on that historic Pennsylvani...

Pop culture is like a vanity mirror for history. Take a look at any trend today and odds are it’s merely a reflection of the past, particularly in fas...

Tracy Tooch loves to run. In any given week, Tooch, an adjunct instructor at Community College of Allegheny County, will run approximately 50 miles, d...

Have you ever been lying in bed, unable to sleep soundly over financial worries? Or had a disagreement with your partner over money? Do you have a pla...

I just started my second year of membership at our local YMCA. I should’ve joined years ago but never did. Last year, I learned our Y was friendly wit...