Stretch before you stroke

Mackenna Moslander, Reporter

February 14, 2020

Before spring sports begin and swimmers dive into the pool for the first practice of the season, the swim team is participating in preseason Kundalini yoga sessions to work on breathing and muscle strength.  Yoga can help with many skills including core strength and endurance, which are necessary...

Workouts around the city

Jordan Russell, Sports Editor

May 24, 2018

While many athletes find their home on a field or court with a coach and other players, some teens choose to break a sweat with a trainer, getting their daily exercise in a workout session. “There’s a different atmosphere in [workout] classes than sports,” junior Amelia Estes, who frequents...

The Broad View: 4/4/16 – 4/8/16

Bea D'Amico, Photography Editor

April 10, 2016

Stretching Limits

October 1, 2014

Ariana Abdulmassih Senior Reporter Exercise may be beneficial for helping teens stay fit and maintaining their mental health, but yoga takes it one step further by warding off anxiety and stress and improving breathing and relaxation, according to a new study. Teens who practiced yoga scored h...

Riders cycle indoors with candlelight, music

November 7, 2013

Sarah Selzer Senior Reporter Unlike the typical gym where training equipment is spread out with each exerciser working at her own pace, women of all ages cycle together by candlelight to loud electronic music at SoulCycle spin classes. “I enjoy SoulCycle because it doesn’t feel like a hard o...

Motion-activated video games are physically beneficial

February 7, 2012

Elizabeth Burkett Reporter The image of a teenager slouched on a couch playing video games has changed with the introduction of motion-sensitive gaming devices that require body motions interacting with life-like images on the screen and getting exercise in the process. “I use our family Wii Fit to pla...

Get in shape with little to no equipment

March 31, 2010

Katy Hallowell Reporter With yoga and pilates classes costing up to $45 for an hour-long session, staying in shape does not come cheap — unless you go back to basics. You can really do exercises like circuits that combined with cardiovascular exercises can strengthen bones,” said Bernard, a trai...

Bikram yoga helps rejuvenate the body

December 16, 2009

Anjali Shrestha Features Editor Just as I went into the second set of the seventh pose, “tuladandasana,” and the room reached 110 degrees Fahrenheit, I asked myself why I signed up for a Bikram yoga class. The gratification came hours later when I was home and had recovered from the experien...