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Published: Mon, February 27, 2012 @ 12:00 a.m.

Salem Center in helps keep kids motivated

PHOTOS and story

By Jessica m. KANALAS

jkanalas@vindy.com

Wellness and exercise were executive director Heather Young’s main motivators for creating the new Children’s Fitness Center at the Salem Community Center.

This new room opened Nov. 27, 2010, after minor construction to an existing room. It gives children age 6 to 12 a place to get physical and mental exercise.

Before the children’s room, the Salem Community Center had few options for such an age group. Those 12 and older were allowed to use the second-floor facility on their own, but anyone younger had to remain either with their parents in the common areas such as the basketball court or pool or be placed in day care while their parents worked out upstairs.

Young received a grant that allowed for the room to be remodeled and a new, one-year program to begin. STOMP (Surge To Optimum Max Power), a free program, was created and consisted of three 12-week sessions designed to improve the health, wellness and knowledge of the local youth.

“It wasn’t just about weight loss,” Young said. “We try to create the habit young.”

Children who participated met with trainers, kept a journal, received handouts on nutrition and were given prizes with their success as motivation.

Between Nov. 29, 2010, and Sept. 30, 2011, when the grant ended, 2,275 children visited the Children’s Fitness Center through the STOMP program. An additional 4,779 visits were made through programming and memberships, according to the center’s records.

“It’s amazing just seeing the kids in there exercising,” Young said.

Christa Hutton of Lisbon has been coming to the Salem Community Center for three years and said she loves the new addition. Hutton’s family would split up workouts because of the age issue. Christa, her husband Dan, or their daughter, Kelsie, 15, would have to stay home to watch the younger kids.

“Now, it’s a family event,” Christa Hutton said. “We take advantage of everything.”

She brings her younger children, Katelyn, 9, and Hunter, 10, with her three or four times a week knowing they are working out as well as being watched by the center’s employees.

Amanda Rummel of Hanoverton, who also works at the center, said it helps motivate her.

“I love that it’s not just childcare,” she said. “And it’s not about your size. It’s about being healthy.”

The Children’s Fitness Center offers smaller equipment such as ellipticals, treadmills and benches to fit the smaller bodies of children. There are strength-training and cardio machines, free weights and a chin-up bar as well as a Wii, Xbox and Kinect. The room also holds two bikes with complete computers attached, which are run by the child’s biking activity. When the child is in motion, the computer is on and games are available to play, but if the child stops working out, the computer shuts off. These types of equipment allow for knowledge growth as well as physical activity and motivation.

The center is open Monday through Thursday, 4 to 8 p.m.; Friday, 4 to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

If you’d like to support the center, $25 tickets are on sale for the third annual Girls Night Out event, which is taking place from 4 to 9 p.m. March 28 at the center. The evening includes dinner, almost 60 vendors for shopping and several speakers who focus on women’s issues such as migraines, fitness and nutrition. All proceeds go to the Children’s Fitness Center for future programming. Call the center at 330-332-5885 for more ticket information.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite the brave new workout world of streaming videos and smart phone exercise apps, the old-fangled fitness DVD has never been in better shape.

As people seek to live healthier, it remains the go-to workout aid for many who like their exercise accessible, inexpensive and private, according to a recent report.

"Consumers are getting more and more advice from doctors to exercise," said Agata Kaczanowska, industry analyst for IBIS, which conducted a market research study of the $264 million-dollar fitness DVD industry.

Nearly one-third of Americans who visited a healthcare professional in 2010 were advised to exercise, she explained.

"And a lot of these first-time workout people are uncomfortable going to gym or working out in public."

So while movie DVDs are generally considered to be on life support, IBIS found that fitness DVD production revenue climbed at an 11.2 percent annualized pace in the five years to 2012.

The report, which gathers information from market trends, industry sources and government figures forecasts that the industry will grow 9.8 percent in the next five years.

Kaczanowska said 18 to 34 year-olds account for a healthy 35 percent of fitness DVD sales, followed by 35 to 50 year-olds at 33 percent. People 55 and over account for 20 percent.

The industry is even beginning to target childhood fitness.

"With the focus on childhood obesity, there's a push for parents to convince their children to exercise more, so I really do see that picking up as a trend," she said.

Inexpensive and widely available, fitness DVDs thrived in the recession. Kaczanowska expects them to weather the recovery well, despite increased competition, because the number of people told to exercise will increase.

"There will be growth in the symbiotic relationships between online viewers and DVD exercisers," she said. "A lot of companies are using online videos to promote their DVDs."

Jill Ross, co-owner of Collage Video, has been marketing fitness DVDs to consumers for 25 years. She said even when DVD technology was on its way in, fitness customers were among the last to embrace it.

"Women and men who use fitness DVDs tend to have a large library of them," she explained. "They typically rotate a dozen over the course of a couple of weeks."

Those people, she said, are more likely to stick with the same format. And why change when the exercise offerings are forever expanding?

"Whatever you're interested in, whether it's classical barre or intense cardio, there's a DVD," she said, along with an instructor to suit every taste.

"Jillian Michaels (former trainer on TV's "Biggest Loser) is pretty intense. She shouts at people, but they like her," Ross said. "Leslie Sansone is more of a girl-next-door type. She does walking programs: two, three-mile walks, and people will buy every one of them."

Currently selling well, Ross said, is anything with ballet in it, interval workouts, that combine aerobics and toning, and interval workouts alternating short segments of time.

"Women in particular are looking for more dumbbell exercises for bone strength," she said.

Ross said while major manufacturers maintain high standards, some videos are still produced without sufficient thought to their home market; missteps can range from doing complicated moves with little or no instruction to travelling 40 feet across a gym floor.

"How many people do you know who have a 40-foot (12-meter) living room?" she said. "We try not to carry those."

(Reporting by Dorene Internicola; editing by Patricia Reaney)

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In a recent TV appearance, fitness expert and Fitness Revolution franchisee Clint Howard offered fitness advice for people struggling to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

Tulsa, OK (PRWEB) February 26, 2012

In a recent television appearance, Clint Howard, owner of Tulsa’s Fitness Revolution franchise, provided advice on how to keep fit during the winter months. Promoting his book The Fit Formula, Howard offered tips to people trying to fulfill their New Year’s resolutions.

“Achieving a fit and healthy body requires commitment and action,” Howard said when describing his television appearance. “During the holiday season many people make fitness resolutions, but only as little as 10% of people follow through on them.”

To help people struggling to stick to their resolutions, Howard offered the three main pieces of advice he gives to the clients who come to see him at his Fitness Revolution franchise.

First, exercisers need to write down their goals. Howard says if it is not written down, it becomes simply a “wish or hope.” Seeing a written goal serves as a reminder to take action.

Second, exercisers must make a distinction between outcome-based goals and action-step goals. Outcome goals include general end results, such as losing 20 pounds. Action-step goals are specific steps exercisers can take each day.

Lastly, in order to stick to a New Year’s resolution, people must have other people who can hold them accountable. Howard noted this support group can include “a spouse, friends, family, or even a workout partner.”

In addition to working with clients at his Fitness Revolution franchise in Tulsa, Howard is a published author. He contributed to the book “The Fit Formula,” which has appeared on five different bestseller lists.

The book also features contributions from Pat Rigsby, co-owner of the Fitness Revolution chain of franchises. Rigsby noted, “Clint is one of the best fitness professionals in the business, and one of our many franchisees to make regular TV appearances.”

If you are struggling to keep your New Year’s resolution, you can see Clint Howard’s television appearance here.

About Clint Howard: Clint Howard is the founder/director of Tulsa Fitness Systems, Tulsa’s Fitness Revolution franchise. He has experience as an exercise physiologist and metabolic training expert. He is a featured fitness expert for Tulsa’s FOX 23 News.

Fitness Revolution is a member of the Fitness Consulting Group family of companies. Fitness Revolution franchises focus on providing clients with the best fitness coaching available today, using a training staff made up of nationally certified fitness professionals.

To learn more about acquiring a Fitness Revolution franchise, visit: http://www.fitnessrevolutionfranchise.com/franchise/

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Podcast Fitness Winner MARINA Launches Audio/Video MP3 Download iPod Workout Center MARINA, Winner of the People's Choice Podcast Award Offers Musical Fitness Personal Training MP3 Audio/Video Workouts for iPods

NEW YORK (Frankfurt: A0DKRK - news) , NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/25/2006 -- MARINA, Winner of the People's Choice Podcast Award, along with Kamen Entertainment Group, Inc. announces MARINA's High-nrg Fitness Audio Workout Center, the first online workout fitness center based on downloading "Mix ∓ Match" MP3 audio workouts for the iPod. MARINA offers hundreds of different combinations of MP3 download workouts for power walking, body sculpting, weight loss, stretching and relaxation.

"Over one million of MARINA's workouts have been downloaded from MARINA's Workout Podcast website free of charge this past year," says Company President Roy Kamen. "We've received emails Internationally spanning over 70 countries thanking MARINA for helping them with their fitness goals."

MARINA writes, performs and produces all her own original music for these mp3 workouts. MARINA has developed for clients including QVC (Urban Rebounding), Jackie Chan's CableFlex and Strive Circuit Training. Pioneering the fitness industry as an original instructor at Body Design By Gilda in 1980, MARINA has combined her music production chops with her commitment to fitness. "We are using a very popular technology at a time when the nation's health is in crisis" MARINA says. "As a mother of 3 kids and someone who has lost 100 POUNDS, I believe that MP3 iPod workouts are the perfect way to bring musical fitness "edutainment" to people who want to bring personal training with them anywhere, inside or outside!"

MARINA's High-nrg Fitness Audio Workout Center - http://www.marinaonline.com - offers over 130 mp3 workouts, by MARINA, for $.99 cents each, allowing you to design your own workout routines on a budget. New workouts are added weekly.

MARINA's High-nrg Fitness Audio Workout Center also offers an extensive mp3 original workout song catalog, written by MARINA, for $.50 cents each. Also available are MARINA's full length workout CDs (SNP: ^CDSY - news) , Workout Videos and more. Download workouts are available alla-carte and discounted with premium memberships. Basic membership is free.

Kamen Entertainment Group, Inc. operates an 11,000 square foot production facility in Times Square and has produced audio, video, music and live entertainment since 1987.

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Roy Kamen

212-575-4660

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Around the globe this week, the most popular health and fitness apps in the iTunes store include apps to track your lovemaking, to perfect your pushup, and to mix your own soothing music to calm rattled nerves.

Details on best-selling iTunes apps by country/region for the week, recorded on February 24, can be found below.

France: SexTrack
This app is your bedside companion to track your lovemaking skills on the basis of movement -- how long it lasts, how often you have sex, how fast, and how intense.
http://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/sextrack/id431509019?mt=8

Germany: CaloryGuard2
This app lets you access a database of 20,000 meals in four languages to count calories. Share your favorite meals via Bluetooth with friends, or synchronize with your iPad.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/caloryguard-2-simply-lose/id296183276?mt=8

US: iTriage
iTriage lets you research a range of health symptoms, learn about medical conditions, and locate a medical facility near you.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itriage/id304696939?mt=8

UK: Pushups Pro
This app leads you through a variety of pushup exercises (with voice instruction) in addition to sending motivational emails from an e-trainer. Pre-set workouts with four difficulty levels.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/push-ups-pro/id486234050?mt=8

Hong Kong: Relax Melodies Oriental Premium
This app lets you personalize your own soothing sounds by intergrating with iTunes songs. Features 38 sound effects, six binaural beats, and 22 music tracks.
http://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/relax-melodies-oriental-premium/id448200679?mt=8

Brazil: Anti Mosquito Sonic Repeller
To enhance your outdoor experience, this app emits a high-frequency sound to fend off mosquitoes. According to the app maker, the pitch of the sound is so high that most humans won't notice.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/anti-mosquito-sonic-repeller/id385921289?mt=8

Spain: iD-Stress
In this app from Le Centre Enlace de Barcelona, a French-English health center, therapist Ana Lombard guides you through a stress-relieving program. Claims to help improve concentration and relieve insomnia.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id-stress/id459140976?mt=8

Japan: Sight Recovery 3D
This app aims to give your eyes a workout by leading you through strengthening exercises based on 3D images.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sight-recover-3d/id453629018?mt=8

Canada: Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock
Place your iPhone in your bed and the app works by measuring your movements while you sleep, waking you in a phase of lighter sleep.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/sleep-cycle-alarm-clock/id320606217?mt=8

Ireland: Pro Pts Tracker
This self-contained app (no Internet access required to retrieve database) lets you monitor and track your daily points based on the Weight Watchers system.
http://itunes.apple.com/ph/app/pro-pts-tracker/id454964655?mt=8

 

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Coming up, Barcelona welcomes some 60,000 attendees to the four-day GSMA Mobile World Congress, where mobile health technologies will be a hot topic.

27th GSMA Mobile World Congress
February 27 - March 1
Barcelona, Spain

GSMA Mobile World Congress, a four-day event dedicated to cutting-edge mobile technology, will feature a GSMA Mobile Health program, focusing on remote monitoring, wellness, and assisted living technologies. A full program of conferences runs alongside an exhibition of the hottest new products and concept designs from the top mobile companies in the field.
http://www.mobileworldcongress.com
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32nd Natural Products Expo West
March 8-11
Anaheim, California, US

Natural Products Expo West is one of the largest natural, organic and healthy products trade shows and conventions in the world, alongside Vivaness. Natural Products Expo Asia, in its tenth year in 2012, is being held in Hong Kong August 23-25.
http://www.expowest.com
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101st International Women's Day
March 8
Worldwide

Hundreds of events will be held around the world to mark the occasion, including talks, discussions, exhibitions, and workshops. This year's theme is "Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures." To celebrate, CARE USA, a humanitarian organization that fights global poverty, will host the CARE Conference & International Women's Day Celebration in Washington DC.
http://www.careconference.org
Find out what is happening near you: http://www.internationalwomensday.com

31st IHRSA Convention
March 14-17
Los Angeles, California, US

A rival to the IDEA World Fitness Convention and FIBO, the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association annual convention is another top, long-standing fitness trade show held in Los Angeles. Thousands of fitness pros swap ideas, spot new trends, and sample the latest products coming to a gym near you.
http://www.ihrsa.org
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25th Salon Mondial Body Fitness Form’expo
March 16-18
Paris, France

Similar to Canada’s Canfitpro and the US’s IHRSA, France’s massive Salon Mondial Body Fitness Form’expo expects to draw some 20,000 visiters and 100 international companies. Check out the latest products and trends, or take classes in a range of techniques offered by Leaderfit, Reebok, Les Mills and Crossfit, among others.
http://www.vivelaforme.com
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8th International Fitness Showcase (IFS)
March 23-25
Winter Gardens Blackpool, UK

This program packs more than 200 different fitness sessions into three days, designed for fitness instructors, trainers, and the public. Comparable to Inner IDEA in the US, IFS is one of Europe's biggest fitness conventions. Expect classes on The Fit Zone, Gravity, Modern Pilates, and much more.
http://www.chrysalispromotions.com

5th BaliSpirit Festival
March 28 - April 1
The Purnati Center for the Arts, Batuan, Bali, Indonesia

While deep-pocketed yogis have a variety of far-flung locales and events to choose from, BaliSpirit attracts a devoted crowd of more than 4,500 to one of the trendiest yoga spots on the planet. Celebrates global yoga, dance, and music.
http://balispiritfestival.com
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CLEARWATER, FL--(Marketwire -02/24/12)- Net Savings Link, Inc. (OTC.BB: NSAV.OB - News), a company in the business of continually providing the mass consumer market with more choices of high quality discount deals and savings that enable individuals and families to recapture a significant amount of their net disposable income every year, announced today the addition of their Fitness Category.

The Fitness Category is designed to provide a "one stop" comprehensive fitness program that can be completely personalized, is delivered by professional trainers, and can be accessed in the home, on line, at any time. The program will enable our target market, including the more than 100,000,000 segment of the U.S. population that has been categorized as obese, along with the 60,000,000 retiring Baby Boomers, to save thousands per year over more costly fitness options in the marketplace, and still realize the benefits of a quality fitness experience.

While appealing to an enormous market with both substantial fitness and wellness benefits, and at the same time delivering formidable savings, Net Savings Link will concurrently benefit from the additional revenue stream of commissions provided by nationwide vendors, who participate in the delivery of the fitness program content.

With media coverage increasing almost daily regarding the lack of fitness in America, the new Fitness Category is aimed at educating the consumer as well as offering them product solutions and tools. Visitors to the website will be able to learn from experts on how to get in shape and then stay lean by selecting from over 75 full color videos, each targeting a specific muscle group and delivering specific instruction. It's like having your very own personal trainer at no cost.

To round out the "one stop" experience, a fitness/wellness store has been incorporated in the category that includes Sports and Nutrition, Vitamins and Supplements, and Apparel and Accessories -- all at discount.

Statements included in this update that are not historical in nature, are intended to be, and are hereby identified as, "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements may be identified by words including "anticipate," "believe," "intends," "estimates," "expect," and similar expressions. The Company cautions readers that forward-looking statements including, without limitation, those relating to the Company's future business prospects are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, due to factors such as those relating to economic, governmental, technological, and other risks and factors identified from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the SEC.

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If you're a fan of wearable sport and fitness sensor devices, you'll be glad to know the trend is hot and only getting hotter. According to research firm ABI, consumers can expect to see 90 million shipments of such gadgets in 2017.

According to ABI on Wednesday, the market will "explode" over the next few years, as companies such as Nike, Adidas, and Motorola as well as specialized vendors such as Polar and Garmin unveil new, updated devices.

While sports, fitness, and well-being trackers will be the most popular, the analysts say that home monitoring applications for assisted living and remote patient care to manage chronic conditions will also surge.

Over the next five years, the total market for wearable wireless devices in sports and healthcare will grow to nearly 170 million devices in 2017, up from 20 million in 2011, an expected growth of more than 40 percent.

Bluetooth 4.0 takes a lot of credit for the expected expansion, as the new technology is making inroads into a slew of fitness and health products, according to both ABI and The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG).

Announced earlier this month, Bluetooth SIG is forming a new Sports and Fitness Working Group, which aims to increase interoperability between wearable gadgets and sensors and so-called "hub" devices such as smartphones, televisions, and gym equipment.

 

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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Endomondo today announced it has been recognized as a winner of the Microsoft Health Users Group (HUG) 2012 Innovation Awards.  This year's winners were honored February 22 in Las Vegas at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference & Exhibition.

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As one of the most popular fitness downloads, Endomondo can be used for distance-based activities and utilizes both GPS and Bing maps to track routes, distance, duration, split times, calorie consumption and more while providing audio feedback on performance. Windows Phone 7 allows end-users to take full advantage of all Endomondo has to offer.

"Our vision is to make fitness fun," said Christian Birk, co-founder of Endomondo.  "To succeed in this goal, Endomondo's service takes full advantage of Microsoft's platform. We've worked hard on this app so recreational athletes across the world will like it."

Endomondo turns mobile devices into personal trainers for millions of people.  But what makes Endomondo stand out from other fitness tracking apps is the social feature. By incorporating aspects found in leading social networks, Endomondo helps users find the motivation to both become active and stay active.  Users can send real-time pep talks to friends while they are exercising, compete against friends, challenge co-workers and share it all on Facebook or Twitter.

This online social fitness network centers on sports that unify active individuals and promotes exercise for both recreational and serious athletes. The network currently tracks up to 200,000 workouts per day.  A recent study conducted for Endomondo in Europe showed a 28 percent increase in exercise activities for those engaged in the community.

"The 2012 Microsoft HUG Innovation Awards recognizes organizations that are using technology to improve general fitness and patient care, reduce costs, streamline clinical and business processes and enable informed decisions," said Steve Aylward, general manager of U.S. Commercial Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft. "Each of this year's winners clearly demonstrated the innovative use of IT to improve fitness, traditional business or clinical processes and, as a result, positively impacts the health and well-being of persons within their organization."

Now in its 15th year, the awards program honors health organizations and independent software vendors and systems integrators who create the most impactful and innovative health solutions with Microsoft-based products.

To join Microsoft HUG, visit http://mshug.org/.

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Launched in September 2008, Endomondo Sports Tracker turns the mobile phone into a full-fledged personal trainer and a social training partner. The app can be used for running, cycling, walking and all other distance-based outdoor sports. Using GPS, the app tracks route, distance, duration, split times, calorie consumption and more while providing audio feedback on performance. The app offers a full history of workouts, as well as social features that allow users to compete with friends without giving up flexibility. The app also supports heart rate monitors on most handsets.  Endomondo.com incorporates the social community where users can challenge friends and share results. Endomondo Sports Tracker has 7 million users with exponential growth. Being available on seven mobile platforms (iOS, Android, RIM, Symbian, Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, Java), the app supports almost all GPS phones. It is the highest rated app of its kind in several of the biggest app stores. ??For more information, please visit http://www.endomondo.com and follow @Endomondo on Twitter.

 

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