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Yoga helps Atlanta Hawks stretch their skills
Think yoga's not athletic? Watch the Atlanta Hawks as they incorporate yoga into their training regimen.
Hawks add yoga into the mix
Atlanta Hawks center Zaza Pachulia slips out of his sneakers, kneels on a yoga mat and exhales. Sitting on the back of his heels, Pachulia lowers his upper body onto his thighs. He stretches his arms out in front of him. With his body folded, only his long arms hint ...
Disabled vets get in the swing of things with golf
The Atlanta VA Medical Center has partnered with the PGA of America to introduce disabled veterans to golf.The free service, PGA HOPE, is designed to help veterans improve their social, physicial and emotional well-being as well as help them assimilate back into the mainstream community.The next golf training session for ...
Rapid weight loss leaves excess skin
Topping the scales at 372 pounds, Kristy Bell Olds knew she had hit a wall. When she finally decided less was better, she started making nutritional changes and exercising, eventually shedding 191 pounds. Today, Olds’ health is better, she feels better and has tons of energy. Life should be great, ...
Keeping your resolve for your new year’s resolutions
When Elizabeth Dixon started a blog to help people carry out their new year’s resolutions, she decided against a Jan. 1 launch date.Instead, she wanted to wait until that time when even the best-intentioned resolution makers start to slip up, get frustrated — even throw in the towel.That time is ...
Keith A. Schiesser, 39, of Lawrenceville, Ga. lost 100 pounds
SUCCESS STORY / Keith A. Schiesser, 39: From 274 pounds to 174 pounds Former weight: 274 pounds Current weight: 174 pounds Pounds lost: 100 pounds Height: 5 feet 11 inches Age: 39 years How long he’s kept it off: He started in April 2011 and reached his current weight in ...
Documentary tackles soul food and health
Consider it good timing that Byron Hurt’s documentary “Soul Food Junkies” airs in Atlanta after the holidays, when many people pledge to get healthier in the new year. In his new project, Hurt hurls stones at a few of the sacred cows of soul food — fried chicken, rich macaroni ...
Wintertime mountain biking spots in the metro area
The holiday decorations are being put away, the leftovers have been gobbled up and it’s time to get in gear with those New Year’s resolutions. If yours involves getting outside more, don’t let winter stop you. Mountain biking is a year-round sport, and the Atlanta area has some great trails ...
Former wrestler uses yoga to transform lives
This house in Smyrna, with its manicured lawn, tasteful Christmas decorations and plush confines, could be a fitting abode for Martha Stewart. You don’t expect to be greeted at the door by a couple of grizzled former professional wrestlers. Inside, the irony thickens like one of former WCW world heavyweight ...
How do you prepare a green juice?
Maybe you got a new juicer as a holiday gift. Maybe you're just curious to know why juicing is on a popularity upswing and you wonder what it involves. Whatever the reason you clicked on this blog, here's a quick explanation of what it's like to juice with one brand ...
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