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Local gym members will have the chance to get on a stationary bike and pedal to benefit others through an initiative called Spin for a Cause.

Were excited. This is our first year doing it, said Lisa Gallagher, director of the Opelika Sportsplex fitness center.

Spin for a Cause participants are asked to log 300 miles using apps to help the Alabama Rural Ministry rebuild homes in Lee, Macon and Sumter counties. The organization strives to reach its goal of $25,000, which will be applied to the cost of purchasing construction materials for homes that will benefit up to 30 families, according to Lisa Pierce, ARM executive director.

Pierce said the organization also is renovating a community outreach center in Tuskegee.

We are using a website that has an app called Myvirtualmission that has allowed us to set up teams for each gym. Each person that signs up can see the route that the non-stationary bikes are riding April 21-23 as they log in miles. As they ride, they add their miles using the website or app, said Pierce.

Spin for a Cause is a part of larger effort called Cycle of Service, a three-day bike ride to raise awareness about housing needs in the area and funds for house repairs. Participants will cover 100 miles per day from Friday through Saturday. Proceeds will benefit ARM.

People can complete the challenge by spinning at home or at a spin class, Gallagher said.

We have nine spin classes a week, she said. Every time someone does a spin class, they are accomplishing about 12 miles in the 45-minute classes.

The initiative also will be a competition between the Opelika Sportsplex and Moores Mill Fitness in Auburn.

There is currently not a ride going across Alabama that is fully supported, and this is a friendly competition between fitness centers to virtually participate. We are not aware that anyone else is doing this, Pierce said.

Participants can register to ride on the Cycle of Service website at cycleofservice.arm-al.org. It costs $25 to register and an additional $9 for the premium plan on the Myvirtualmission website. Once registered, participants will be emailed a link to sign up based upon their gym.

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The 22-year-old missed the first two grands prix of the season thanks to a lack of fitness caused by his training being compromised by fracturing three vertebrae in an accident in January's Race of Champions.

Wehrlein believes the extra training he was able to do thanks to missing the Chinese Grand Prix earlier this month played a key role in his fitness improving so much.

"I'm surprised how good it is," said Wehrlein when asked by Motorsport.com about how he reacted to the race distance. "But that's what we could have expected because the strength went away but it's coming back quite quickly.

"You can see what a big change these two weeks of training have been to me and I'm just really happy overall.

"This race was great in terms of performance and I'm really happy to come back like this, it's like I've never been away."

Despite having no problems during the race, even in the closing stages when battling to hold off Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat, Wehrlein did experience some pain afterwards.

"Fitness wise, I'm feeling good," said Wehrlein. Now I feel it, of course after a long race I have some pain in my back. I'm quite tired as well, but I guess everyone is after the heat.

Wehrlein also believes that the Bahrain GP weekend was important for him mentally after the criticism he received for skipping two races.

He admits that some of the comments made did have an impact on him.

"Mentally, it was a great weekend, I know what I can do and I know I can be quick but the last three weeks were really difficult for me.

"I heard some crazy comments from other people about myself, what I should do or what they would do in my situation even though they don't know what my situation was. The best answer is to show the performance on track and to come back like this.

"I came back like I never had a break."

Even though he performed well on his return, Wehrlein has no doubt that he would not have been able to contest the season-opening Australian GP with his fitness level at that point.

He pulled out after running during Friday practice, with Antonio Giovinazzi taking over the car for qualifying and the race, and the Chinese GP two weeks later.

"In Melbourne, it was not possible to drive," he said. I wasn't there with my back, I wasn't there in terms of fitness.

"It was just too early, it was eight weeks after three broken vertebrae. I couldn't move for 5 weeks, so I was still recovering from my accident."

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QUINCY -- Sam Karoll's life experiences transcend his young age.

Karoll, 26, was born in Atlanta and adopted by Monty and Laura Karoll, of Quincy, when he was six months old.

"I was too young to remember when they actually started telling me," he said. "I always grew up knowing. I would say most adopted kids, when they're really young, have this mindset that when you start arguing with your parents they can't boss you around because they aren't your real parents. That was always a really mean thing to say, and I grew out of that pretty quick.

"I never found out who my birth parents are. I have no interest in them, but I did find out that I have two older brothers. I think about it all the time, what it would have been like growing up with brothers. It would be cool to meet them at some point, but what do you say to somebody you were supposed to spend every day of your life with for 18 years when you grew up in two completely different households?"

Being an outsider

In a predominantly Catholic city, the Karolls fall into the minority.

"Growing up, I was one of like five Jewish kids in this entire town," he said. "My nickname in high school was Jew,' because I was one of the only Jewish kids in high school. We lived in Israel for six months when I was a kid. I attended half a year of third grade here, dropped out of school and attended the fourth grade in Israel. The language barrier was the hardest thing. There were two kids in my class that could speak English that I could have a conversation with. Here I was the outsider because I'm Jewish. There I was the outsider because I'm American."

Sports were always a positive outlet for Karoll. The field unified all involved.

"I played soccer until I was a freshman in high school, but I was always a lot bigger than the rest of the soccer players," he said. "I actually ended up getting recruited by a couple kids on the football team. I was a defensive end, on special teams and occasionally on the offensive line. I liked tackling kids.

"When it comes to sports, I have an aggressive demeanor. I might be a little overly aggressive, but the second that practice was over, I would relax. I had that ability to just kind of shut things off. If I was able to take out all my anger on the football field or in a sport. I wasn't taking it out on anyone else throughout the day. Still now, working out is a way for me to vent."

After high school, his ideas for his future were endless. He considered going into the military, culinary school or following in the footsteps of his father and becoming a doctor. He chose Monmouth College and sought to continue his football career there.

"I tore my ankle the summer before going to Monmouth," he said. "On our very first padded practice, a lineman fell on it and (tore it again). I went from being one of the top in the freshman class to going to the very bottom by injury. I thought to myself, There goes freshman season.' I'd already torn my shoulder and had just torn my ankle. It wasn't worth it, so I just stopped playing and focused on school."

"My junior year, I got to talking with the first entrepreneur professor Monmouth had. I told him I didn't feel like I was learning anything about owning a business. He told me to take my money and go open one. I came home to help my dad open up his private radiology practice. I learned what not to do with that, what works and what doesn't. I ended up dropping out of school."

Monty Karoll was initially distraught by his son's choice.

Taking his own path

"In Judaism, the family of a child is supposed to do whatever it takes to make sure the child gets the highest level of education possible," Sam Karoll said. "So dad got kind of mad about it, until he realized what you do learn from owning your own business is probably more practical than any degree you could ever get. I was confident in my decision, but I did feel like I was letting him down. I still debate trying to go to medical school every once in a while."

Karoll tried to emulate his father and fondly refers to him as his hero.

"My laid back personality comes from dad," he said. "I think I probably heard him get mad at another person twice in my life. He had a perfect ACT, SAT, got accepted into every Ivy League school in the nation. He did it all, and I was just the kid who wanted to drop out of college. He had really high expectations for me in high school, but there was no way I could compare to his track record.

"I knew intellectually I would never live up to his legacy, but I did strive to be who he was as a person. Never casting judgement on someone else or thinking I'm better than anyone else. He didn't really tell me how to be. It was more observing."

Having left college and spending much of his time in the gym, Karoll started to consider how he could parlay his pastime into a new career. In 2012, he began looking for jobs at gyms in Quincy. When he couldn't find the right fit, he decided to start his own.

Shadow Crossfit opened in March 2013. The gym originally was housed in the Edward Schneidman Industrial Park on North 24th.

"It was weird being that 21-year-old kid going to start a company. Other people are worrying about getting paid, and I'm worrying about loans and interest and renting out a building," he said. "Entrepreneurship is a mentality though, and there are a lot of advantages to being young. You have a lot more energy. When I started out I was leading every class. I was at the gym from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m. I used to sleep under my desk when I could. I did that for a year."

The gym moved to 805 N. 12th, in 2015.

The loss of Monty Karoll

"With that first building, I had a young, go-big-or-go-home mentality. It was massive -- 17,000 square feet," he said. "Making the decision to downsize was really tough. My lease was up, and my dad suggested this place. We set a move date for March 12. He got sick the week before that, and he passed away the day before we were supposed to move.

"Dad was always extremely optimistic but also realistic. He always taught me to be the same way. I was at the bedside when it happened. I had to make the call for the doctors to stop CPR after 40 minutes. It was just the reality of the situation, but I couldn't focus on the move. I didn't care if we had to close or they kicked us out. I just had to be with my family.

"The next morning I showed up at the old location to get something, and I saw a lot of cars and trailers. The members were moving about 20,000 pounds of equipment and flooring for me. They came out here and painted the new place. Everything in here was moved, installed and painted by a member of this gym. I saw that, and I just bawled my eyes out."

Most of the members that helped him keep the gym open are still around, he said.

"Ever since we opened up, it wasn't just about fitness," he said. "The goal was always to create a community people could come to and feel safe in, a place where they were able to talk. I wanted them to feel a part of something bigger. I've had clients call me at midnight to talk. I could tell you all of our clients' kids' names and about their lives. When something happened after two years of taking care of people, they all flipped it around and took care of me."

Karoll has started to develop a fitness web application named Xplore. He hopes to incorporate the community aspects of his gym into the app and offer users education on nutrition. The new venture, he said, is the result of observing what is lacking in the industry.

And he still wants to go big: He hopes to someday begin hosting international seminars through the new company.

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Some 48 hours after being put through Danica Patrick's fitness test by Danica Patrick herself - it's the basis for her upcoming book and the sort of thing that will occupy her time when retirement from racing comes - I wasn't constantly sore. But every time I stood up came a sharp reminder from my legs that Patrick had kicked my butt.

This was the workout: 100 air squats, 100 push-ups (on my knees), 100 butterfly sit-ups and 100 lunges, all timed to see how long it took to complete the set. That's the benchmark for more than 700 participants in the trial program for Patrick's "Pretty Intense" book, due out next year.

Her fitness challenge has been an ongoing project this season while balancing her NASCAR duties. Participants sent in "before" pictures of themselves and were given access to Patrick's 12-week fitness and "clean eating" program. The results, including "after" photos, will be part of the book.

With Patrick's driving days possibly nearing an end in the not-too-distant future, what might have seemed like an off-track hobby is being fast-tracked into something far bigger. She launched the clothing line "Warrior by Danica Patrick" on HSN after participating in the design process. And she developed the workouts and meal plans for the book.

Ask Patrick about how much longer she will race, and her reply doesn't suggest the question is off-target.

"As long as it's fun - and it hasn't been super fun lately," she said before the season started. "But every year I start the year, I always have hope that it's going to be the year that things are going to click. I understand my career hasn't progressed.

"Maybe it's regressed? Why is that? Am I worse driver than I was a couple of years ago? Probably not," she said. "I don't think anybody gets worse. So it's really a matter of all the factors around you."

Patrick turned 35 last month. She has been racing more than half her life, building her brand along the journey and using a marketing strategy that has made her one of the most recognized female athletes in the world despite her limited on-track success. She is ranked 29th through the first seven races of the season.

Patrick drives for one of NASCAR's top teams, but the sponsorship that was so easy to come by during earlier days - remember the GoDaddy TV ads? - is now a harder sell. Before the season, Stewart-Haas Racing and primary sponsor Nature's Bakery became embroiled in a lawsuit over missed payments by the sponsor and what Patrick did or didn't deliver on behalf of the brand. It was an 11th-hour loss of about $15 million and it shed light on how hard it is to sell even the most marketable of drivers.

Now in her fifth full season in NASCAR's top series, Patrick has yet to win a race and she only has six top-10 finishes in 161 starts.

Make no mistake: She can drive. She has led laps in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500.

But her lone victory in the IndyCar Series came in 2008 and sticks out as a glaring reminder of how her superstar status outstrips her racing resume.

It's been a popular thought for some time that Patrick eventually would make the transition to a lifestyle career, maybe becoming some version of a Rachael Ray type. This much is true: Patrick appears capable of doing pretty much anything. She can whip up a five-course gourmet meal, pair wines, paint, and dress for either black tie events or black dirt at the race track.

Is carving out a space in the lucrative health and fitness business where she ultimately wants to be?

"Sure," she said after a long pause. "If I'm going to do all this and write a cookbook and a fitness program, I'll take this as far as I can to motivate people to be successful. The program works. I know it works."

After giving up dairy and gluten a few years ago, she really noticed the difference. She no longer would slog through a crummy afternoon and thought, "Man, today is just not my day."

"I just don't have those," she said. "The only thing that knocks me out now, sometimes, is allergies. But I don't get tired. I don't get full when I eat - and I eat all the time, too."

She is a firm believer in meal preparation, and almost always carries a cooler with healthy eating options. At Thanksgiving, she served a grain-free, dairy-free stuffing, and a cold salad of shaved brussels sprouts, toasted butternut squash and a homemade dressing.

She's gone from working out once per day to twice per day and now occasionally three times. When it comes to food, there's no such thing as a cheat day.

"Wine, and every now and again, I have too much. But that happens," she said. "But I don't ever, ever, not on purpose, cheat on food. It's a routine. When I eat like (crap), I feel like (crap). If you want to lose weight and lean out, you have to eat well."

There's been a trickledown effect on her inner circle.

Friends make elaborate breakfasts. They work out more. Boyfriend and fellow driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has completely changed his routines and auditioned last year for "American Ninja Warrior." Patrick's mother did the fitness challenge and has never felt better.

As for me, well, I'm not totally inactive but I wouldn't label myself a "fitness enthusiast."

I should have known I was in trouble when I arrived early for our side-by-side workout and found Patrick already warming up on the treadmill.

Or when she told me to tighten my shoelaces.

Or when she laughed out loud at my first attempt at a squat.

Truly, though, my biggest mistake was trying to keep up at the start. She was reeling off lunge after lunge in a race against the clock to beat her personal mark. It didn't take long for me to fall off her pace, and Patrick laughed later when she told me most people initially try to keep up, and instantly regret it.

I didn't finish the test. It seemed next to impossible when going head-to-head with Patrick, who completed the exercises in just over 9 minutes.

Afterward, Patrick the trainer scolded me - and offered a bit of insight into how she thinks about her own professional life.

"With racing, working out, you name it," Patrick said, "if you are not determined in your mind that you can do it, then you won't do it."

And her personal life? Well, the divorcee says she does want a family. Her April Fool's Day joke was to post a photo of herself and Stenhouse on her social media platforms suggesting they had gotten engaged.

She let it sit overnight before finally acknowledging, again on social media, it was a prank. She posted a photo of a tree swing Stenhouse had built her in the woods of their North Carolina estate.

Once so glamorous off the track, and so competitive and confrontational on it, these days Patrick is more like a love-struck, self-described hippy who preaches serenity and takes time to enjoy everything around her.

So when is that family coming? The proposal from Stenhouse?

"I got that under control," she smiled.

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If we told you getting fit was as easy as downloading an app, would you believe us?

While you actually have to use the applications to see results, there are plenty of innovative options that can help you tackle your health and wellness goals. Whether you're a fitness novice, a marathon runner, or fall somewhere in between, the best workout apps target your specific needs for a personalized diet and/or exercise experience.

From customized workout applications to calorie-counting trackers and programs that help you book a yoga class or two, we've compiled the best wellness apps for your get-fit journey.

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Calorie Counter and Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal

Free-$10

MyFitnessPal is a calorie counter and so much more. The database has over four million foods (and is still growing) you can look up your eats by scanning the bar code, or use the recipe calculator for your own creations. It will also track your activity and help you set up a custom plan based on your goals. Want to know how many calories you burned cleaning the kitchen? It'll tell you.

Strava Running and Cycling

Free-$6

Whether you use it for running or cycling, Strava allows you to track your time, distance, speed, and cadence while also recording elevation changes. And there's a competitive aspect to it too. You can try to outdo your best record and the records of other users. The large active user base means there's always plenty of competition on the leaderboard.

FitStar Personal Trainer

Free-$5

From full gym routines to quick at-home ab workouts, FitStar Personal Trainer has whatever you want. Like with actual personal training, you start with a fitness test to begin at a level that's right for you, and after each workout, the app asks you questions to help tailor the next workout to better suit your needs. Complete with instructional videos and audio tracks, it really is a personal trainer in your pocket.

Lose It!

Free-$40 per year

With an extensive database of grocery items, recipes, and restaurant meals, Lose It! is still one of the top apps for weight loss. Not only does it track your food (calories and nutritional value) and activity to set up custom plans for you, but it's also a community. You can share recipes, exercise routines, and motivation with your friends. It gives you all the information you need in easy-to-read graphs and easy-to-follow instructions. Plus, it reminds you when you forget to log your food, which never hurts.

ClassPass

$40-$115 per month

Not a member of a gym? No problem. Depending on which plan you buy, ClassPass gives you access to a variety of different workout classes like spin, barre, yoga, and even hot Pilates all of which you can see and schedule conveniently from your phone.

Fooducate

Free-$2

Navigate the grocery store aisles with ease. Simply scan an item bar code to receive the nutritional information and the fine print you would otherwise miss (e.g., additives, preservatives, and no-no ingredients like high-fructose corn syrup). Scan something that's not such a good choice, and Fooducate will provide some healthier alternatives. And for produce and other items without bar codes, just type them in, and the app will deliver all the pros and cons plus a quick-reference letter grade from A to D-. It'll also look out for and alert you to allergens if necessary.

HealthyOut

Free

This app makes it easy to eat out without undoing your diet. Find local restaurants in your area (you can filter by cuisine and type of dish), enter your dietary preferences and restrictions (e.g., low-fat, low-calorie, gluten-free, heart-healthy, Atkins, Paleo, etc.), and the app will do the rest. It'll note the healthiest choices on the menu, break down all the nutritional information, and suggest modifications to make your order even better.

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The usual rules for indoor play dont apply at the new exhibit at the Childrens Museum of Richmond in Chesterfield County.

Kids can climb the walls if they want, or ride on scooters and bikes. In fact, that type of activity is encouraged.

Fairytale Fitness opened in March at the museums branch off Hull Street Road with the goal of luring kids into a magical world filled with movement. The exhibit is designed for parents and caregivers to get in on the fun as well.

We designed an immersive space that combines imaginative play with physical movement, said Jenna Petrosino, education manager for the Childrens Museum.

Around the walls are fairy tale stories with colorful graphics of storybook scenes. Kids are encouraged to engage in Peter Pans Pirate Escape by climbing the ship, walking the plank, swinging on the ropes and rowing on the stationary rowers.

When theyre done with that, they can move on to the Gingerbread Race where they can roll in the barrels and scoot on the scooters. Stationary bikes are nearby in case they want to ride to Grandmothers house.

If they still have energy, theres a rock wall on one side of the room where the whole family can try out their climbing skills.

Adult access is intentional here. There is a small door, as well as a large one, into the gingerbread house. The ship is big enough for adults to climb aboard. The rock wall can be used by a person of any size.

When caregivers are involved in learning, Petrosino said, it enhances the experience.

And after all, fitness should be a family affair.

Were talking about healthy living here and that has to happen as a family, she said.

The one thing you wont find in the Fairytale Fitness exhibit is a chair.

Again, thats intentional.

We got one comment from a parent who is also an educator that she found herself getting down on the scooters and climbing the rock wall instead of sitting and observing.

Since there is no place to sit, except the floor, parents are more likely to play with their children, and maybe check out the fitness options themselves, Petrosino said.

Feedback on the Fairytale Fitness exhibit is positive, she said, and the planners will continue to add to and tweak the exhibit to make it better as time goes on.

The exhibit was developed with funds from The Carmax Foundation, Petrosino said, and the museum would be open to involving other supporters in order to enhance the active-living theme.

The Chesterfield museum location, the first to offer a fitness-oriented exhibit, is located at 6629 Lake Harbour Drive in Midlothian. The location has been open since 2012.

Hands-on activities have always been popular at the Childrens Museum. But involving the whole body, with bigger, more cardiovascular movements, is a bit of a new area.

What theyre doing is developing executive-function skills, Petrosino said, and the fairy tale theme ties all the magic together.

Liz Smith, guest services manager at the Chesterfield museum location, said the exhibit is especially popular on rainy days, when children cant get outside and move.

And after school, when the older kids have so much energy to burn off, this is really great, she said.

Maria Howard is a group exercise instructor for the YMCA of Greater Richmond and the University of Richmond Weinstein Center. Her column runs every other week in Sunday Flair.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. The pain was real.

Some 48 hours after being put through Danica Patricks fitness test by Danica Patrick herself its the basis for her upcoming book and the sort of thing that will occupy her time when retirement from racing comes I wasnt constantly sore. But every time I stood up came a sharp reminder from my legs that Patrick had kicked my butt.

This was the workout: 100 air squats, 100 push-ups (on my knees), 100 butterfly sit-ups and 100 lunges, all timed to see how long it took to complete the set. Thats the benchmark for more than 700 participants in the trial program for Patricks Pretty Intense book, due out next year.

Her fitness challenge has been an ongoing project this season while balancing her NASCAR duties. Participants sent in before pictures of themselves and were given access to Patricks 12-week fitness and clean eating program. The results, including after photos, will be part of the book.

With Patricks driving days possibly nearing an end in the not-too-distant future, what might have seemed like an off-track hobby is being fast-tracked into something far bigger. She launched the clothing line Warrior by Danica Patrick on HSN after participating in the design process. And she developed the workouts and meal plans for the book.

Ask Patrick about how much longer she will race, and her reply doesnt suggest the question is off-target.

As long as its fun and it hasnt been super fun lately, she said before the season started. But every year I start the year, I always have hope that its going to be the year that things are going to click. I understand my career hasnt progressed.

Maybe its regressed? Why is that? Am I a worse driver than I was a couple of years ago? Probably not, she said. I dont think anybody gets worse. So its really a matter of all the factors around you.

Patrick turned 35 last month. She has been racing more than half her life, building her brand along the journey and using a marketing strategy that has made her one of the most recognized female athletes in the world despite her limited on-track success. She is ranked 29th through the first seven races of the season.

Patrick drives for one of NASCARs top teams, but the sponsorship that was so easy to come by during earlier days remember the GoDaddy TV ads? is now a harder sell. Before the season, Stewart-Haas Racing and primary sponsor Natures Bakery became embroiled in a lawsuit over missed payments by the sponsor and what Patrick did or didnt deliver on behalf of the brand. It was an 11th-hour loss of about $15 million and it shed light on how hard it is to sell even the most marketable of drivers.

Now in her fifth full season in NASCARs top series, Patrick has yet to win a race and she only has six top-10 finishes in 161 starts.

Make no mistake: She can drive. She has led laps in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500.

But her lone victory in the IndyCar Series came in 2008 and sticks out as a glaring reminder of how her superstar status outstrips her racing resume.

Its been a popular thought for some time that Patrick eventually would make the transition to a lifestyle career, maybe becoming some version of a Rachael Ray type. This much is true: Patrick appears capable of doing pretty much anything. She can whip up a five-course gourmet meal, pair wines, paint, and dress for either black tie events or black dirt at the race track.

Is carving out a space in the lucrative health and fitness business where she ultimately wants to be?

Sure, she said after a long pause. If Im going to do all this and write a cookbook and a fitness program, Ill take this as far as I can to motivate people to be successful. The program works. I know it works.

After giving up dairy and gluten a few years ago, she really noticed the difference. She no longer would slog through a crummy afternoon and thought, Man, today is just not my day.

I just dont have those, she said. The only thing that knocks me out now, sometimes, is allergies. But I dont get tired. I dont get full when I eat and I eat all the time, too.

She is a firm believer in meal preparation, and almost always carries a cooler with healthy eating options. At Thanksgiving, she served a grain-free, dairy-free stuffing, and a cold salad of shaved brussels sprouts, toasted butternut squash and a homemade dressing.

Shes gone from working out once per day to twice per day and now occasionally three times. When it comes to food, theres no such thing as a cheat day.

Wine, and every now and again, I have too much. But that happens, she said. But I dont ever, ever, not on purpose, cheat on food. Its a routine. When I eat like (crap), I feel like (crap). If you want to lose weight and lean out, you have to eat well.

Theres been a trickledown effect on her inner circle.

Friends make elaborate breakfasts. They work out more. Boyfriend and fellow driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has completely changed his routines and auditioned last year for American Ninja Warrior. Patricks mother did the fitness challenge and has never felt better.

As for me, well, Im not totally inactive but I wouldnt label myself a fitness enthusiast.

I should have known I was in trouble when I arrived early for our side-by-side workout and found Patrick warming up on the treadmill.

Or when she told me to tighten my shoelaces. Or when she laughed out loud at my first attempt at a squat.

Truly, though, my biggest mistake was trying to keep up at the start. She was reeling off lunge after lunge in a race against the clock to beat her personal mark. It didnt take long for me to fall off her pace, and Patrick laughed later when she told me most people initially try to keep up, and instantly regret it.

I didnt finish the test. It seemed next to impossible when going head-to-head with Patrick, who completed the exercises in just over 9 minutes.

Afterward, Patrick the trainer scolded me and offered a bit of insight into how she thinks about her own professional life.

With racing, working out, you name it, Patrick said, if you are not determined in your mind that you can do it, then you wont do it.

And her personal life? Well, the divorcee says she does want a family. Her April Fools Day joke was to post a photo of herself and Stenhouse on her social media platforms suggesting they had gotten engaged.

Once so glamorous off the track, and so competitive and confrontational on it, these days Patrick is more like a love-struck, self-described hippy who preaches serenity and takes time to enjoy everything around her.

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Cheryl Wolotira

No, this column hasnt turned from fitness to politics. I had a conversation recently that I keep thinking about and that is perfectly described by those three words.

I had a doctor visit last week. Ive been talking to her nurse for ages about weight loss and fitness struggles. Many years ago, she discovered I had been going to Weight Watchers and had met my goal. At that time, she told me that she had been going to Weight Watchers meetings and had had a roller coaster experience, but she was still at it. That was 14 years ago.

At my recent appointment, we got to talking about Weight Watchers again. I havent been to a meeting in probably 10 years, but the nurse had been going every week, until just recently. She says she still hasnt made her goal weight and to change things up, had joined the online meetings rather than going to a physical meeting. She said she hadnt had any luck with that (and to be honest, neither had I, more on that in a minute) and had decided to go back to a face-to-face meeting, but in a different location. This new meeting, she said, felt like a community to her. The people were very warm and welcoming, she told me, and she had made several new friends. She has joined a water aerobics class with some of them and she looks forward to going to meetings. I feel like I got a reset, she said to me. She feels like shes finally going to be successful.

Earlier in the conversation, she had said that she looked forward to retirement so that she could have time to take better care of herself. Im going to join a gym, she told me. At that, I gave her a piece of unsolicited advice: sign up with a trainer. I told her that working with a trainer not only would give her the benefit of working with a professional, but it also would make her more likely to be successful because she would be accountable to that person to be at her appointments or have to explain to someone why she couldnt be there. I dont feel like coming, today, says no one to Pritam. How many of us have joined a gym, and after a couple of weeks, started making excuses to not go. Ill go tomorrow and work twice as hard, many of us say to ourselves. But, we dont. Tomorrow comes and some shiny thing creates another excuse. Boom! No more gym.

When she told me about the new meeting and the aerobics class, I pointed out to her that was what I was talking about. Her new friends are expecting to see her every week at the meetings and in class, and she goes. She feels like shes accountable to them and shes feeling better and having better success than she has for a long time.

So, why had neither one of us had good results with online weight management? Accountability. If youre just interacting with your phone or tablet its really easy to tell yourself youll log your food and weight later and not do it. I do know people who love using an app and are very successful with them. I just dont happen to be that type of person. And, apparently, neither is my nurse.

What struck, and inspired, me about our conversation was the fact that after more than a decade, she was still at it. She hadnt yet had the success that she was working toward, but she is still paying attention to her food intake, still trying to get out and exercise, still going to meetings.

Nevertheless, she persisted.

By Cheryl Wolotira

This is the latest in a series of fitness columns by Cheryl Wolotira, a retired educational technologist and middle school teacher. She is married, the mother of two adult children and three Labs. Cheryl loves to read, is a keen traveler, an enthusiastic consumer of technology, and is passionate about food and wine, which is why she has to exercise.

Cheryl is working with Pritam Potts, owner of Edmonds-based Advanced Athlete LLC, to reach her fitness goals.

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A fitness blogger has shared photographs of her hairy legs and armpits in the hope it will inspire others to embrace their natural beauty.

Morgan Mikenas has more than 7,000 followers on Instagram, where she posts about her incredible fitness regime and transformation after she took up bodybuilding.

The fitness fan recalled an incident at school, when she was aged 11 or 12, where other girls laughed at her hairy legs while she was wearing gym shorts.

Morgan said she was so upset, she ran straight home to her mum and cried - asking if she could teach her how to shave.

But last year, she decided she wanted to embrace the natural look and ditched razors for good. She hasn't shaved her armpits or legs since the beginning of 2016.

In a video posted to her YouTube channel entitled 'Why I Don't Shave', she flashes her armpit and says she wants to explain to her followers why she doesn't remove body hair.

"I guess my number one reason why I stopped was that it just took so much time. It took so much of my time to get in the shower and have to shave everything and then wash my hair and then wash my body it's just like another thing.

"I just, one day, was like 'why am I doing this anymore? This just takes so much time.'

"After I let it do its thing and grow out I just realised 'oh hey this is kind of nice'. It started getting super soft.

"When you shave your body hair it's prickly and itchy and uncomfortable. So I guess that's another reason why.

"I'm not trying to make all of humanity just stop shaving armpits and leg hair anymore. I just want to inspire others and what works for you, what makes you feel the most comfortable."

Morgan worked in childcare and used to take children swimming every Friday.

She was shocked by the reaction of kids when they saw her in a swimsuit, who said: "Oh my god, you look like a man!"

Morgan said: "What does that say if that's how these kids are being taught? I've even seen kids in third grade that shave their legs."

Most of all Morgan, wants everyone to embrace their natural beauty on the inside and outside.

In one Instagram post, she said: "What is beauty anyway? To me... it's to be beautiful before someone else told you what beautiful is supposed to be.. Just as you are, you are beautiful.

"Being different is normal. Being different is a good thing! It is what makes you who you are. Being different is freedom. You are one of a kind, and that is your power. Find what makes you stand out."

"What makes you different? Embrace that and just be happy."

Link:
Fitness blogger who hasn't shaved any of her body hair for more than a year shows off her natural look - Mirror.co.uk

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