EPRD Healthy Living Newsletter / March 2016 Welcome, Spring! It's the start of the warm, sunny season when we want to be fit and strong so we can do so many fun things -- hiking, biking, climbing, playing sports, swimming and so much more! But with busy schedules, family respon…
EPRD Healthy Living Newsletter / February 2016 How are the New Year's fitness resolutions going? Keeping them up? There's still time to join EPRD's February Fitness Passport Challenge , which uses passport stamps and the promise of fun prizes to get you into a Rec Cent…
Did you know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women? It's true. The good news is that heart disease can often be prevented when people make healthy choices. So let’s spend the month of February committing to caring about our bodies. To encourage you to …
Courtney Culligan, USA Triathlon All-American Want to try a TRI? EPRD is offering the opportunity with its new program Tri-Evergreen, which starts March 6. Train for a multi-sport event with this 12-week triathlon training program designed by Courtney Culligan , a USA Triathlon All-Amer…
Happy New Year from Ever green Park & Recreation District! We know holidays are a difficult time to maintain healthy habits. But Jan. 1, 2016 brought an opportunity to start fresh! EPRD is offering two Fitness Challenges in January and February to jump-start your winter fitness and he…
A funny thing happened last week. I didn't stagger home after Friday's Adult Fitness class. I walked -- with a little spring in my step, in fact! Then, on Saturday at Mary Jane, instead of skiing with legs screaming in pain, I skied with more energy and stamina than I can remember…
Adult Fitness this past Monday hurt so good for two days afterward -- my arms, my abdominals, my quads, my glutes -- that I went back to Buchanan Park Rec Center for more this morning. Susan took us through a totally different workout, doing lower body, then upper body, then core -- 25 re…
I'm discovering that the greatest way to start the work week is with EPRD's Adult Fitness class, Monday mornings at 6:30 and 8 am at the base of the Pinnacle at Buchanan. I've started going there right from carpool drop-off. Susan leads an invigorating, difficult class that ke…
Swimming at Wulf is a really peaceful way to start your day With work, play, commuting, kids and all the activities in your life, it's hard to fit fitness into your busy day! So here are some creative ideas: Work out on the way to work. The Wulf swimming pool opens at 5:45 am, and som…
This week I tried Adult Fitness, a class that combines cardiovascular conditioning with strength and core training and flexibility. The class is held around the base of the climbing pinnacle at Buchanan Rec Center. John Krane was the teacher (filling in for Susan Wescott). He had us each …
Ashtanga Yoga with Griffin Litwin I walked into my first ever yoga class at the Buchanan Rec Center in September of 2013. All I wanted to do was add a little stretching into my exercise routine. Instead, I was introduced to Ashtanga Yoga by Evergreen’s newest certified instructor, Griffin…
Wow. Hours later, I’m still sweating. Yesim adjusting my bike I finally got up the courage to try indoor spinning recently. Despite the fact that I am a cyclist, I was really intimidated. I didn’t know what to wear, what to bring, what the equipment was like, or if I could even keep up! I…