Nutrition & Exercise

Portage Township YMCA Couch-to-Course Training: 4-Mile Run on Thanksgiving Day

Portage Township YMCA Couch-to-Course Training: 4-Mile Run on Thanksgiving Day For the last 10 years, Nikki Huber, certified trainer, has led groups of people with one goal in mind, finish the race. Surprisingly, most of the participants never thought finishing any race was possible, let alone starting one. The 8-week...

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Portage Township YMCA Receives Grant for Enhance Fitness Program

Portage Township YMCA Receives Grant for Enhance Fitness Program The Portage Township YMCA is the recipient of a YMCA of the USA grant for an evidence-based program created for older adults with chronic conditions, such as arthritis. Enhance®Fitness, an older adult and arthritis management program, helps...

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Have Fitness Resolutions You Want To Keep For Once? Here Are 12 Game Changing Do’s and 8 Dont’s Straight From Fitness Experts

Have Fitness Resolutions You Want To Keep For Once? Here Are 12 Game Changing Do’s and 8 Dont’s Straight From Fitness Experts The gap between the holidays and New Year’s Day can be a long week for some of us. The winter blues combined with too much turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and more is enough to make one forgo adulthood in favor of hibernation. While motivation may...

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Turkey Trot at The Portage Township YMCA – Race for All Ages

Turkey Trot at The Portage Township YMCA – Race for All Ages Lose those calories before you even eat them at the Portage Township YMCA’s 17th Annual Turkey Trot. This 4-mile, professionally-timed, competitive run is paired with a non-competitive 5K walk/run and a free 1K Kids Fun Run. The walking and running...

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Franciscan Health Reps Walk the Walk to Fight Heart Disease

Franciscan Health Reps Walk the Walk to Fight Heart Disease Some 165 Franciscan Health representatives were among hundreds of participants who turned out in force to support the war against cardiovascular disease, the number-one killer of Americans, during an annual American Heart Association Heart Walk at...

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Franciscan Health Michigan City: Prizes Fit for Healthy Winners

Franciscan Health Michigan City: Prizes Fit for Healthy Winners Sister Cheryl Dazey, Franciscan Health Michigan City vice president of mission services, awards with a new mountain bike and other goodies St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic School fourth-grader Darek Shatat, who completed the most miles and steps during...

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