Raise The Barre
The joy of tutus and tights or the dream of being the Sugarplum Fairy may have been lost on you, but chances are at one time in your life, you coveted the long, graceful bodies of ballet dancers. ............. [MORE]

Sweating To The Ohms
For a town that’s hot and humid for three quarters of the year, it may seem odd to want to exercise in even hotter conditions. However, that’s exactly what New Orleanian devotees of hot yoga do. ............. [MORE]

Submit or Summit:
Mountain Climbing’s Higher Elevations
“Get some rest,” your guide says calmly. “We’re attempting the summit.” ............. [MORE]

Running With Music
Rabbits’ feet. Special socks. The exact same breakfast. Runners use all sorts of talismans to get psyched for everyday runs or races alike. ............. [MORE]

Sculpt Sexy Curves
As the years go by, some things change and some things stay the same. One thing that never changes is that women are always looking for ways to tighten up ............. [MORE]

Shin Splints vs.
Stress Fractures
Exercise is an important component of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The human body enables people to perform many different activities without a second. ............. [MORE]

Playing Through Pain
Being physically active is an important part of staying healthy. Exercise in some form is crucial to both physical and emotional well-being. Soreness is often a part of any exercise....... [MORE]

Military Methods
If you pay attention to gyms and exercise facilities around New Orleans, you may notice the proliferation of boot camp workout programs....... [MORE]

Intense Intervals
Early on in his career as a professional boxer, Mike Ricca’s training regimen consisted of a battery of workouts that would seem grueling and unattainable to the average person...... [MORE]

2011 Fitness Trends
Be more organized. Take up a hobby.
Call Mom every week. It’s the time of
year for resolutions and most likely, one of yours has something to do with health and fitness. .....
[MORE]

IM Louisville
We woke up at 4 am the morning of the race. I was excited and felt prepared. Clay (my husband) walked me down to the start; I think he was more nervous than I was. My friends Bruce, David, and Mark lined up. ..... [MORE]

Marathon Training
If you wanted to climb a mountain, you know you’d have to do a lot of physical preparations, including climbing, altitude training and trekking .....
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Falling For Ice Climbing
For obvious reasons, Louisiana will never become a hot spot for ice climbing, but the prospect of ascending an enormous icicle is more accessible than many locals might ..... [MORE]

The Pain Of Being An Athlete
Knees that crunch like Rice Krispies. Stiff elbows. These are just some of the minor costs of being even a recreational athlete. Let’s face it – the
weather finally is cooler, football season has begun, ..... [MORE]

What's SUP?
Standup paddling (or SUP) is really not a new sport, but don’t tell that to the thousands of converts to its health and fitness benefits. Different to surfing, prone paddling, or kayaking, the deck of an SUP gives you a greatly ..... [MORE]

Going the Distance
Superwoman swimmer Karen Rogers will swim 30 miles from Farallones Island to Aquatic Park near downtown San Francisco on July 2nd. To prepare for this long distance..... [MORE]

The Local Art of Surfing
When considering images of New Orleans, or even Louisiana, few people envision surfing. But the region boasts its share of wave-riding devotees and offers more outlets for surfing
than most people think..... [MORE]

Duck, Dip, Dive & Dodge
In a musty old gym, the captain of your
middle school football team—you
remember, the one two years older
than everyone else because he failed
a few grades..... [MORE]

NOLA Ironman 70.3
1.2 miles of swimming along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, 56 miles of riding through New Orleans, and a 13.1 mile run though the streets of the French Quarter to reach 70.3 total miles of racing...... [MORE]

2010 Fitness Trends
It’s the sound of millions of resolutions being made. Somewhere in the top 5% of those resolutions includes “getting fit.” There’s something about the start of a new year that inspires people..... [MORE]

Faster, Stronger & Injury-Free
Triathletes know that to improve their race splits, they have to be faster and stronger than their competitors. A few will buy the fastest wetsuits to slice swiftly in the water during the swim and some will invest in..... [MORE]

One Chance To Win
The announcer calls out the final directions. “Next class, approach the staging area.” Forty-two riders crowd into position alongside rumbling 450cc engines, straddle machines that outweigh them. They lower..... [MORE]

What is MMA?
Mixed martial arts is a combat sport that allows fighters of all sorts of disciplines and fighting styles to compete against each other. The fighting can be done while standing or on the mat..... [MORE]

The Power & The Grace
For many Americans, gymnastics is a sport to be celebrated every four years during the Summer Olympics. The images of grace and strength, of athletes competing as individuals.... [MORE]

ULTIMATE FRISBEE
On a warm Monday evening, the sun descends behind a row of trees
along a graffiti-covered wall and casts long chain-link shadows across the dry
summer grass of Lyons Field in New.... [MORE]

ROWING
To an outside observer watching people row, the sport may look steady,
monotonous even, which couldn’t be further from the truth. An otherwise
unknown aspect of rowing.... [MORE]

SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY
As a novice triathlete on an
extended business trip to San
Francisco after Hurricane Katrina,
Melanie Detloff entered her
name into the infamous Escape.... [MORE]

GEOCACHING
Ever wonder why many children’s gamesinvolve hiding or searching for something hidden? Hide-and-seek and scavenger hunts are among the games that entertain children by.... [MORE]

Adventure Sailing
When Ryan Mayer joined a crew
of four to sail a 42-foot Hunter
sailboat from New Orleans to
Little Cayman Island in the
Caribbean nearly 10 years ago.... [MORE]

Fitness Trends 2009
The landscape of any industry changes from year to year and the fitness industry is no different. The good news is that the fitness industry seems to continuously.... [MORE]

Aging Triathletes
Covington resident Bob Sigerson, 70, is not your run-of-the-mill senior citizen. At an age when most settle into retirement, Sigerson works full-time in the insurance business,.... [MORE]

Marathon Tips
Athletic accomplishments bring people a sense of pride. Working to achieve a goal as an individual or a team and then achieving that goal is very rewarding....
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26.2 miles to Superdome
Athletic accomplishments bring people a sense of pride. Working to achieve a goal as an individual or a team and then achieving that goal is very rewarding....
[MORE]

Pilates It's got your back
It could start out as a twinge. A simple glitch in your daily activities that begins as a slight irritation could then escalate into a full-blown, take-off-work-and-lie-on-the-sofa.... [MORE]