Tyler Brent
Tyler Brent had been battling his weight his entire life. A year and a half ago, when he was 18 years old, he weighed 337 pounds (and he’s 5 feet, 10 inches tall)....................[MORE]

Juli Windom
Juli Windom’s path to fitness began unconventionally. She and her husband were having difficulty conceiving a second child. Her doctor told Windom that losing weight might help and that it would also help relieve the stress she was...................[MORE]

Janel Evans
Janel Evans had been overweight all her life. She had never participated in athletics and always dreaded the moment in P.E. class when the gym teacher would make..................[MORE]

Mark McCoy
For some time, Mark McCoy knew he had a drinking problem. He was a functional alcoholic; he wouldn’t drink at work, but as soon as he was done, he would go straight for.................[MORE]

Steven Hebert
Once most people clear the age of 50, they begin to scale back their exercise routines, looking for lower impact exercises like cycling or swimming. But local resident Steven Hebert is still going strong, ................. [MORE]

Lee Couret
Many athletes consider a marathon to be the height of their athletic achievements. But some athletes still strive for more, going as far as to compete in an Ironman race. Local physical therapist Lee Couret completed the Ironman France-Nice in June ................. [MORE]

Jamie Kirkley
Mandeville resident Jamie Kirkley, 31, had been athletic growing up. She played sports, even competing at the junior college level in tennis. But just as it does for so many people, once Kirkley entered adulthood, her exercise habits fell ................. [MORE]

Adam and Dawn Fabre
When visiting his doctor last year, Adam Fabre was given a stern message: he was writing his own death warrant. The 40-year-old man stood six feet tall, weighed 308 pounds, and ................ [MORE]

Richard McNeil
One of the beauties of sport is that people are always inventing new games or new variations on old sports. A relatively new sport that many people are unaware of is pickleball. Northshore resident............... [MORE]

Ian Tudman
Even as marathons have become more popular in recent years, they have retained their mystique. It’s a genuine physical challenge and one that many runners still take on in an effort to test themselves............... [MORE]

Alice Ford
For many athletes, there can be no greater thrill than participating in the
Olympics: traveling to an exotic locale, competing against the best in the
world in your chosen.............. [MORE]

Chuck George
Many past local successes in Health & Fitness Magazine have been area
runners, people who have embraced a healthy lifestyle, began jogging, or
competed in their first half marathon or marathon............. [MORE]

Chris Ralston
Local attorney Chris Ralston was working as a member of the American
Diabetes Association’s Louisiana Community Leadership Board. He gave speeches to business leaders, describing the dangers............ [MORE]

Steve Dufrene
Around age 50, even the fittest people begin to slow down or alter their workout routines. Sure, they stay active, but most start doing lower impact exercises. But for Luling resident Steve Dufrene,............ [MORE]

Janee Janusz
In May 2008, Tanee Janusz decided she was ready for a change. It
wasn’t any one event, she had just decided she’d had enough. She was
5 ft, 8 inches tall and weighed 315 pounds........... [MORE]

Stephen Sturges
For off road motorcycle enthusiasts, 2009 was an exciting year for the sport in Louisiana as the Louisiana Cross-Country Series made its
debut. The current points leader........... [MORE]

Tara Lusignan
Many recreational athletes are runners. Completing a 5K or a 10K or a fun run can bring a sense of accomplishment
and satisfaction. But once runs have been mastered, athletes, who are competitive by nature, often look for a bigger and better challenge........... [MORE]

Shanna Baugh
Shanna Baugh had been athletic in her youth. She was a junior world
record holder for the deadlift and played softball and gymnastics. But
once she got out of school and settled into a family life.......... [MORE]

Kelly Walsh
New Orleans attorney Kelly Walsh began swimming in childhood,
but it wasn’t until she was studying for the bar in the summer of 2007
that she became inspired to pursue long distance, open water swimming.......... [MORE]

Rachel Jaffe
Becoming a healthier person has been a long road for Metairie resident Rachel Jaffe, 39. It’s one that has involved overcoming Crohn’s disease, mothering two children, losing weight, and then becoming a personal trainer and fitness competitor......... [MORE]

Ken & Susan Latham
In Christmas of 2008, Mandeville residents Ken and Susan Latham
decided to give each other a unique gift: they gave each other the gift of
a personal trainer. They did not begin the training right away........ [MORE]

Shane Mutter
If you look at the descriptions of many
triathlons, you’ll see that most of them require participants to bike between 20-30 miles. And triathletes are widely and correctly considered to be top notch athletes........ [MORE]

Jessica Chapman
For runners, the marathon is the Holy Grail. Most people can become proficient joggers relatively quickly, running a couple of miles a day for exercise or to lose weight. A smaller number can become skilled....... [MORE]

Laura Montgomery
Metairie resident Laura Montgomery had always been active.
She was a runner, not the type of person to be sedentary. But, after
she and her husband adopted two children...... [MORE]

6.0 mixed doubles tennis team
Winning a local competition in any sport is an impressive accomplishment. Winning at the state level is more impressive. But even more impressive is is earning the right to compete with the best...... [MORE]

Matthew Pettus &
Jessica Allen
While gymnastics has long been established as a premiere sport, two sports that are derived from gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, are quickly establishing themselves...... [MORE]

Albert Pumila
There are all sorts of health problems associated with obesity: hypertension, diabetes, knee problems, just to name a few. But for Metairie resident Albert Pumila, Jr., who stood six feet...... [MORE]

Warren Backer
New Orleans resident Warren Backer felt there had to be a benign explanation for his stomach pains. Maybe it was an ulcer. He had just had kidney stones removed and it might...... [MORE]

Pamela Landry
Part of the horror of breast cancer is that it often strikes women at an early age. Women in their 30s and 40s, who otherwise feel perfectly healthy and are vibrant, active members...... [MORE]

Meghan Patterson
Award-winning athletes are often praised as being humble, despite their many accomplishments. For Mount Carmel Academy’s softball pitcher, 17-year-old Meghan Patterson.....
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Brandon Dumontier
After a few years of unhealthy habits, Lakeview resident Brandon DuMontier decided to get fit again. Not long after he started exercising again, he saw billboards advertising the Oschner.......
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Chris Stuckey
Leukemia has always been a very personal mtopic for Christopher Stuckey. When he was just a boy, his father died of acute myeloid leukemia.
On March 22nd of this year,.......
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Adam Burtuglia
The buildup to competing in an event like the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 is never easy for anyone. But for Metairie resident Adam Bertuglia, it was a long
journey that began with a.......
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Jessica Breedlove Landry
For non-runners, the thought of
participating in a half-marathon or a triathlon is intimidating. Maybe not as intimidating as climbing Mt. Everest, but still pretty daunting for people......
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Jayna Morgan
When a person gets to the point where he/she wants to lose weight,
that person wants to lose it all right away. He/she has a mental picture of an ideal self and wants to get.....
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Suzanne Sonnier
While most people want to be healthy and fi t, in some lives there comes
a point where people start to lose hope. They’ve suffered one too many
injuries over the years or they’ve....
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Chuck Norris
As a city with a limited history of sporting success, it’s always a momentous occasion when a New Orleans team advances to the playoffs or to a national.....
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Glenn Harris
Most athletes peak early. No matter what sport they play, athletes typically accomplish the most during
their mid-twenties to early thirties. After that, time takes its toll on..... [MORE]

Nancy Baldwin
For many people, even the simple act of riding in an airplane is a scary proposition. For even more people, the thought of willingly jumping out of an airplane would be unthinkable.... [MORE]