New Fitness Business Product Available Through Fit Business Insider: Elite …
New Fitness Business Product Available Through Fit Business Insider: Elite …
Fit Business Insider, a website devoted to helping grow personal training businesses, is now offering the Elite Training Mentorship Program to showcase for fitness professionals how elite trainers run their businesses. Elizabethtown, KY (PRWEB) March …
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Fitness Training Guru Shares His 2012 Marketing Plan of Attack on Supertrainer.Com
In his personal trainer marketing strategy 2012, Sam covers almost all the areas necessary for effective market in his business. While he emphasizes the importance of SEO and online presence, he also lists down popular personal trainer marketing …
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Ray's List: Train Studios
A former personal trainer for Jennifer Lopez and Queen Latifah now plies his trade in South Jersey. By Raymond Tyler Train Studios owner and celebrity trainer Hesh. Photo courtesy trainstudios.com Statistics say that most Americans are in bad physical …
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Sweatband.com Enters the Commercial Fitness Market with Global Player Spirit …
Sweatband.com Enters the Commercial Fitness Market with Global Player Spirit …
Sweatband.com, the UK sports & fitness equipment superstore, has added Spirit Fitness, the leading global commercial fitness brand, to its range. The cardiovascular equipment range being launched consists of two treadmills, two elliptical cross …
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REI bringing the great outdoors to San Antonio shoppers
Based in Seattle, REI sells outdoor gear and apparel for such activities as camping, rock climbing, cycling and fitness. The new store's bike shop will offer assembly and repair services. And the seasonal gear rental department will allow customers to …
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Sweatband.com Expands Tennis Offering with More Strings from Luxilon
Sweatband.com, the UK sports & fitness equipment superstore, has extended its range of tennis strings by Luxilon. Luxilon Strings is the string brand preferred by Murray, Federer, Djokovic and Tsonga. The move follows increased demand for racket …
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Southlake Fitness & Martial Arts
NinjaGym™ Martial Arts Training and Fitness Camp in Thailand
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Live-in Martial Arts Training, Ninja Camp and Fitness Camp in Thailand.
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Southlake Fitness & Martial Arts
Southlake Fitness can help you achieve your fitness goals with our highly-trained staff, Nautilus equipment and fitness classes designed to jump-start any fitness program! We have a full range of memberships to fit your workout and nutrition needs in …
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Achieve Your Personal Training Goals in Just Six Weeks
For more information about all the personal training courses available from the Training Room, head to http://www.thetrainingroom.com/. — The Training Room runs Level 2 Fitness Instructor and Level 3 Personal Trainer Courses through fast-track and …
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Pros Team Up to Bring Fitness to Divers
Dive and fitness instructors alike can now become certified to teach fitness to divers. The Padi ScubaFit® course was developed by Gretchen M. Ashton, a certified fitness trainer and Stephen Mendel, a multi agency scuba instructor. …
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Meet your guide to a full year of fitness
The Lakeville author, blogger, stay-at-home mother of four and former computer-science and chemistry instructor chronicles her monthly fitness adventures on her blog, "The Great Fitness Experiment" (www. thegreatfitnessexperiment.com). …
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Snapdeal Buys Sports & Fitness Equipment E-com Startup eSportsBuy
Snapdeal Buys Sports & Fitness Equipment E-com Startup eSportsBuy
E-commerce firm Jasper Infotech Pvt Ltd, which runs the daily deals and now horizontal e-com site Snapdeal.com, has acquired eSportsBuy.com, an online retailer of sports and fitness equipment and accessories. eSportsBuy was started in 2011 by IIT Delhi …
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Seized vehicles in LA not exactly 'fitness equipment'
The stolen cars, valued at $ 1.5 million, were labeled as “used fitness equipment” and bound for Hong Kong and Vietnam out of Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport. But the profits the alleged thieves hope to reap went unrealized as the cars were ferreted out …
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Is less really more? Selecting the right fit for your fitness program!
Gym memberships……personal trainers……fitness equipment……each one sounds like a good idea and wise investment for our fitness goals, but are they really worth their “weight”? I'm all for receiving expert advice from a trained professional, but I've …
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Trainer's Tips: Trainer who isn't focused on you is a red flag when selecting one
Trainer's Tips: Trainer who isn't focused on you is a red flag when selecting one
Michelle Zapanta has been a personal trainer for 11 years and has a bachelor of science degree in kinesiology-psychology. She is certified as a personal trainer and power cycle instructor by the Interactive Fitness Trainers of America. …
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Let's Get in Shape, Tallahassee
shouted Zumba instructor Sue Tucker from the fit floor as she demonstrated fat-burning dance moves. Tallahassee Fitness Festival encouraged them to do just that, in various ways. Tucker and more than 50 vendors and exhibitors promoted regiments for …
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Boot camp or bust
Boot camp or bust
Weight Loss Inc. Program out of Eastside Fitness. And Moore is my former fitness instructor from the Healthiest Winner Program I attended at the now defunct Riley Park Community Centre. So I'm in good hands. I started with Kamachi three weeks ago and I …
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Weight Loss Success: Boot Camp Helped Yvette Nathan-Jones Shed 105 Pounds
Breaking Point: I finally weighed in at a weight-loss center at 290 pounds. I chose not to join that program, but I did end up seeing a psychiatrist. After being diagnosed with hypertension and Type 2 diabetes, I finally joined KBH Fitness — a boot …
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Your Students, Your Schools — Des Moines east/north
Ice Caves at Bragg Creek 1981
Image by Gord McKenna
These caves are located just west of Calgary, Alberta
(a.k.a. Kananaskis Ice Cave, Canyon Creek Ice Cave)
The following is from: www.braggcreek.ca/kananaskis/icecave.htm
Canyon Creek Ice Cave
No place for a picnic
NOTE: Access to the Ice Cave was blocked during the year 2000. Several accidents have been reported there causing its closure. The Kananaskis administration decided it was too dangerous. The ice cave trailhead is 7 kilometres from the gate at Ing’s Mine trailhead on the Canyon Creek Road.
On a hot dry day my back is soaked in sweat under my pack. I gingerly pick my way through the rock rubble in the inky black cavern. The seven-year-old voice attached to one of the dozen sparks of light, echoes the sentiment of most of the visitors to this dark and eerie place. I’m cold and I want to get out of here.
The ice cave was a popular outing for Calgarians since Stan Fullerton discovered it in 1905. Only twenty minutes west of Bragg Creek and about 100 metres up on the southern flank of Moose Mountain, the ice cave draws spelunkers of all ages and experience. From the parking lot, the cave is visible as a tall black scar about three-quarters of the way up the mountain. It doesn’t seem that far away. The round trip, including a few minutes in the cold and dark, takes about 4 hours. We can do it.
View from near the trailhead
The trail begins with a pleasant stroll through the forest. Soon we begin to climb and the footing on the dirt track becomes a bit slippery. We have a three-year-old along on her first mountain adventure. We scurry to keep up as she scrambles up with only an occasional heft up and over stone steps taller than her. As we crest a small ridge we see the cave mouth and the humps of jagged rock ruble we must negotiate. The trail is well defined, but there are occasional deviations which leave us uncertain as to which way to go. Usually the trails rejoin and all wind up at the main cave. Some are sidetracks off to other caves in the area, but you are not likely to get lost.
View of the Canyon Creek valley
We are climbing now, over slippery stones and precarious dirt trails with little or nothing to hold on to. Most of the trail requires more effort than skill, but caution is advised. Several accidents in 1998 almost brought about the closure of the access road. The greatest danger lies in the scree slopes of broken jagged rock – the debris of crumbling mountains.
We pick our way over this jumble and through rock outcrops, some seemingly placed there as a convenient set of stone steps. Access to the cave is up a steep incline that can only be negotiated on all fours. There is some traffic there on a fine Sunday in June. You have to be alert to an occasional rock tumbling down from above.
The cave entrance.
The cave mouth has a large platform of rock at the side where you can rest and admire the view of the Canyon Creek valley far below. The entrance is about 4 metres wide and fifteen tall. A stream of cool air flows from within. We break out the flashlights, put on long-sleeved shirts and head into the damp and dark.
Two sparks of light on the damp dark cavern
The main cavern is large and easy to navigate walking erect. The light fades gradually until about 15 metres in. This is as far as you can go without a flashlight as the rocks on the floor create an obstacle course in the dark. The floor is wet and covered with ice in places. Damp, cold air smells musty and seems to have a weight that presses against your skin. It is mysterious – extraordinary. Not at all the kind of place you would want to have a picnic.
A study of the caves revealed 494 metres of tunnels extending far into the mountain. The cave was formed by ice which expands in the fissures of the rock, splitting off chunks and carrying them away as silt in meltwater. Caves are also formed when weak acids, formed when groundwater and minerals combine to dissolve the limestone rock. The cave was cold, probably just above freezing. Large blocks of ice are present in the main cave. Some of the more remote caverns can be sealed with ice depending on the weather. Expert cavers probe the depths, but novices are advised to limit their exploration to the main cavern which is about five metres wide, four high and extends some fifty metres into the mountain. Caves are often dangerous; with slippery slopes, deep holes, unstable rock and unpredictable water flows. For information about caving in Alberta contact the Alberta Speleological Society at: www.caving.ab.ca
Here’s a video I found on YouTube. A couple explore the Ice Cave. I don’t know who they are or when they took this video.
The trip down can be quite unnerving, more so if you are carrying a now spent and sleeping three-year-old. Choose your steps carefully and offer a few words of encouragement to those huffing and puffing their way up. Breathing is easier on the way down, but thighs, knees and toes get a real workout.
There is no water along the way so come prepared. Although one fellow was musing about setting up a snack bar while we were there, no one is likely to undertake such a grueling commute to work. Anyone with a minimal fitness condition can handle the outing, but this is not a simple walk in the park. Come prepared for some strenuous exercise and you will be rewarded with a unique experience.
Your Students, Your Schools — Des Moines east/north
The Culture Fair was held April 24. The theme was Art Around the World. Each grade level had a different continent and classes did art activities that reflected to their continent. When families came, they toured the building, went to different …
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Niles Community Calendar for the week of May 3, 2012
St. John Brebeuf: Adoration Chapel in the Parish Ministry Center, 8307 N. Harlem Ave., is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for spiritual devotion, prayers and meditation. Call (847) 966-8145. Ezra-Habonim: Niles Township Jewish Congregation, …
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40 Marathons In 40 Days in Attempt to Run Circumference of Lake Michigan to …
A social media manager and videographer will accompany Cannon on his odyssey 24/7 providing a constant flow of images and information via YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. "Cannonites," (supporters) will also be able to follow Steve's progress through GPS …
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Spot a Bad Personal Trainer Before You Spend the Money and Risk Your Body
Spot a Bad Personal Trainer Before You Spend the Money and Risk Your Body
The perfect trainer, on paper, would be one with a college degree in the field, something like exercise science, kinesiology or sports psychology, a personal training certification and years of experience. A degree shows they have studied anatomy, …
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Nontraditional approach keeps family-owned gym business fit
And fitness training programs are geared for all consumers: moms, dads, children and grandparents. Creating relevance has given the company staying power in a tough economy, says Santana who is also a contributor to peer review journals and trade …
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Making fitness 'personal': It's important to learn about the certifications of …
One of the problems with the industry is that there is very little regulation on a statewide or national level, said Ray Dryden, certified master trainer and owner of Functional Fitness in Visalia. "Anybody can say that they are a personal trainer," …
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Low-Tech, High-Results Exercise Equipment
Low-Tech, High-Results Exercise Equipment
(WZZM) – Two of my favorite pieces of exercise equipment in my home gym are a jump rope and an exercise ball. My jump rope was very cost effective (less than $ 10) and gives a high intensity cardiovascular fitness workout. My opinion, this is a "must …
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IsoSHRED Fitness Full Motion Push Up Bars Catching the Eye of Certified …
It is time to take your home workout beyond what any other fitness product can do. There are many different fitness regiments and products such as the PX90 workout system, the perfect push up, and ab roller. The latest home fitness product and group …
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