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Good news for all those women who aren’t afraid to do a little heavy lifting. British Columbia researchers released a study recently, which found that older women who did an hour or two of strength training exercises each week had improved cognitive function a year later. The researchers formed two groups of women between the [...]

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Another new year, another outrageous new diet claim. This time the culprit is Taco Bell with their “Drive-Thru Diet.” You’ve probably already seen the commercials about Christine who wanted to lose weight but wanted to keep eating fast food. So she turned to the Taco Bell Fresco menu, which offers items ranging from  150 calories [...]

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So it’s been long known that blueberries are chock full of antioxidants such as Vitamin C and E, which helps protect the body from many chronic diseases. Though that should be enough to make them part of your daily protein shake, new research shows yet another fantastic benefit, they help improve your memory. A new [...]

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Martha Stewart and Sexy. We bet those are two words you never expected to put together! Well, yesterday on The Martha Stewart Show, she took a break from decorating impossible to make cakes and dedicated her show to all the newest (and fun!) ways of getting in shape. Some of the show’s highlights include Punk [...]

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Looks like DC’s fitness community is trying to follow Balance Gym‘s lead by starting to focus more on functional training and less on isolating muscles via weight machines. This week, Washington Post fitness columnists Vicky Hallett and Lenny Bernstein wrote about the “latest trend” in personal training: functional training. “That liberation is happening more, according [...]

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Greetings and Happy New Year! I am very excited to participate in the Balance newsletter and join this premier team. Starting this month, I’m heading physical therapy services out of both Balance Gym locations and SomaFit. Not only can you stop in one of our locations for group classes, gym memberships, personal training, Pilates training, [...]

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Jay Mathews, author of the Washington Post column “Class Struggle” recently informed his readers of a bill that would increase the time DC students would spend in P.E. Much to our surprise, however, Mathews seems to actually be against D.C. council member Mary M. Cheh and Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray’s proposal that would require [...]

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Not necessarily.  Washington Post blogger, Jennifer LaRue Huget, recently posed the question “Is it possible to incorporate cocktails into a healthy lifestyle?” in her  “Eat, Drink and Be Healthy” column. To find the answer, Huget turned to someone who is not only passionate about fitness, but also values his social life outside the gym — [...]

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