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"In the last few years, Blink has carved out a much needed space in the industryone where all gym members can feel comfortable working out with a more approachable outlook on fitness," said Todd Magazine, President of Blink Fitness. "We're excited to finally come to Philadelphia and are confident residents will be receptive to the quality and value they'll find within our gyms. We look forward to continuing to build Blink's footprint here."

These first two openings in Philadelphia mark Blink's first new market ventures outside of the New York metro area since the company's launch in 2011. Blink Fitness plans for continued growth in the area with two additional gyms slated to open early 2018, with more Philadelphia locations to come.

The city of Philadelphia shares similar qualities to Blink's home in New York City dense neighborhoods and a variety of transit hubs with the option of commuting to and from the suburbs.

With its differentiated brand philosophy, Blink is on a mission to change the rhetoric around fitness. Blink's 2017 campaign, "Every Body Happy," featured real Blink members of all shapes and fitness levels to demonstrate how "fit" looks different on every body. The same survey revealed additional insights reinforcing the need for this fresh perspective on fitness:

The brand new gyms will provide Blink's signature Feel Good Experience. Specifically, Blink is committed to providing a modern and colorful design, elevated customer service, relentless focus on cleanliness, energizing music and confidence-boosting training programsall while offering memberships at a low cost (starting at just $15 per month).

Blink's goal is to reach 300 gyms in the next five years through franchising and continued corporate-owned growth.

As part of Blink's commitment to philanthropy, the grand opening celebrations will include the donation of 50 one-year memberships, worth more than $10,000, to local non-profit organizations that serve the communities where the gyms are located.

Blink South Philly at Whitman Plaza Opening June 19 @ 12pmAddress: 330 W. Oregon Avenue Square Footage: 14,000 sq. ft. Phone Number: 215.383.2540 Hours: Monday-Thursday: 5AM 11PM Friday: 5AM 10PM Saturday-Sunday: 7AM 7PM

Blink Academy Road at Shelly Plaza Opening June 22 @ 12pmAddress: 8194 Frankford Avenue Square Footage: 13,500 sq. ft. Phone Number: 215.383.2536 Hours: Monday-Thursday: 5AM 11PM Friday: 5AM 10PM Saturday-Sunday: 7AM 7PM

About Blink FitnessFounded in 2011, Blink Fitness is a premium quality, value-based fitness brand with more than 70 locations open or in development throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and California. Blink Fitness puts Mood Above Muscle which celebrates the positive feeling you get from exercise, not just the physical benefits. Eachgymemploys the company's signature Feel Good Experience that highlights enthusiastic staff members, a clean environment, an open, spacious, and colorful design, energizing music and fitness training that is motivating and affordable.

For more information about Blink, visitblinkfitness.com. Franchising details are available onblinkfranchising.com. Blink Fitness has franchise opportunities available nationwide with a focus on the following markets: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Miami, Tampa and several areas of California, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Facebook: BlinkFitness Twitter: @BlinkFitness Instagram: @BlinkFitness

About Radius GMRRadius Global Market Research (www.radius-global.com ) is one of the largest independent market-research companies. For more than 50 years, the business has partnered with global marketers to develop insight-based strategies that drive brand performance. A superior level of senior team involvement is the hallmark of Radius GMR's approach. Radius GMR is based in New York. Global operations include London-based Radius Europe, Radius MEA in Dubai, and Radius Asia in Beijing.

This survey was conducted online within the United States by Radius GMR on behalf of Blank Fitness from May 10 17th, 2017 among 4,704 adults 18+ with 409 completes from LA DMA and 423 from Philadelphia DMA. The sample is representative of US census. The survey was conducted utilizing an online panel of respondents. A complete survey method is available upon request.

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World number one Andy Murray will continue to play for as long as he remains fit enough to compete and is hopeful that his love of tennis could see him target a third Olympic title at the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

"So long as I'm fit and healthy and enjoying playing I'll do it as long as I can," Murray, who is making the final preparations for the defense of his Wimbledon title, told the Guardian newspaper.

"I don't want to stop in two years. I want to keep playing. Who knows where I am going to be in a few years," the Briton added. "When I go out, I'm really trying to get better and learn stuff and improve. There's a point to me doing it."

The 30-year-old, who will be looking to claim a record-extending sixth title at this week's Aegon Championships in London, believes a third straight Olympic gold medal is a realistic goal but is not taking selection for granted.

"I would hope to still be playing at the next Olympics," he added.

"I don't think that would be how I would judge when or if I'm going to stop, based on just trying to make it to the next Olympics.

"Maybe I might not even be in the Olympics ranking wise or there might be more British guys ahead of me at that time."

Murray opens his title defense at Queen's Club against British number four Aljaz Bedene on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru)

After his comeback was cut short by Tommy Haas in Stuttgart last week, Roger Federer is eager to get a win under his belt in the opening round of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle as the Swiss gears up for another tilt at Wimbledon.

LONDON Jo-Wilfried Tsonga returned emphatically to winning ways in the Queen's Club Championships in London on Monday, putting his shock first round exit at his home French Open firmly behind him.

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A new Stanford University study looks at the accuracy of seven popular fitness trackers on the market, compared to results of tests that doctors use.

The good news is that these trackers are found to be largely accurate when it comes to measuring heart rate. The bad news: they are way off when it comes to calculating the number of calories burned.

As fitness trackers gain popularity, many users are taking data from their wearables to their doctors even though the information yielded are not always accurate. How are doctors dealing with this information?

Anna Shcherbina, a graduate student in Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University; one of the co-authors of the new study published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine looking at the accuracy of seven popular fitness trackers

Neil Jay Sehgal, an assistant professor of Health Services Administration at the University of Maryland School of Public Health

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Physical activity during and after pregnancy improves psychological wellbeing and may protect against postpartum depression, according to a new analysis of existing research.

Even low-intensity exercise, such as walking with a baby stroller, was linked to a lower likelihood of depressive symptoms in new mothers, researchers found.

The negative consequences of postpartum depression not only affect the mother but also the child, who can suffer poor emotional and cognitive development, said study co-author Celia Alvarez-Bueno of the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Cuenca, Spain.

Postpartum depression, the most common complication of bearing a child, affects 1 in 9 women, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Symptoms can include anxiety attacks, insecurity, irritability, fatigue, guilt, fear of harming the baby and a reluctance to breastfeed.

The symptoms start within four weeks of delivery and are considered severe when they last for more than two weeks, the study team writes in the journal Birth.

Thats why its important to test the most effective strategies to prevent this disorder or mitigate the consequences, Alvarez-Bueno told Reuters Health by email.

The study team analyzed data from 12 controlled trials of exercise interventions during or after pregnancy between 1990 and 2016 that addressed the effects of physical activity on postpartum depression. The studies included a total of 932 women and all examined the severity of postpartum depression as well as including basic information about the length, frequency, type and intensity of the exercise.

The exercises used in the various studies included stretching and breathing, walking programs, aerobic activity, Pilates and yoga.

Compared to women who didnt exercise, those who did had lower scores on depression symptom tests during the postpartum period, the researchers found. The apparent benefit of having fewer depression symptoms was seen even among women who did not meet the cutoff for a depression diagnosis.

We expected that physical activity could reduce postpartum depressive symptoms, Alvarez-Bueno said. However, we were pleasantly surprised when we found that exercise after pregnancy also reduced depression among the women who didnt have diagnosable symptoms.

Most intervention programs lasted for three months or longer and recommended three to five exercise sessions per week, but the current study didnt draw conclusions or provide recommendations about the type or length of exercise that would be most beneficial.

The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommended in 2009 that pregnant and postpartum women engage in 30 minutes of moderate physical activity most days of the week.

We know that exercise is just as effective as anti-depressants for adults. The trick is to get them to do the physical activity, said Beth Lewis of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, who wasnt involved with the study.

With postpartum depression, its even more complicated due to the increased stress and sleep deprivation after having a baby, she told Reuters Health. Were starting to learn more about exercise and how it helps.

Future studies should include more data about the types of physical activity programs that could reduce depression, the study authors write. Health providers should know more about the duration, intensity and frequency of exercise to recommend to new mothers, Alvarez-Bueno noted.

It remains unanswered how these characteristics improve postpartum depression prevention, she said. More research addressing this issue is urgently necessary because of the influence on both the mother and child.

Lewis and colleagues are conducting a randomized trial that analyzes home-based exercise and home-based wellness programs among 450 mothers with a history of depression. In another study, theyre analyzing exercise programs among low-income women at risk for postpartum depression.

Exercise is often the first thing that gets crossed off the list when theres a new baby, Lewis said. Its important to take care of yourself through exercise to keep that wellbeing high.

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The Grant Way Lift Station, which services the Du Quoin (IL) State Fairgrounds, iS slated to be renovated with money from the Delta Regional Authority.

Public programs that invest in rural America reduce poverty and expand the economy, an economist tells the Senate ag committee. Senators must exercise leadership to preserve these effective programs.

EDITORS NOTE: Bruce A. Weber is an economist who testified before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry as part of the committees budget deliberations. His testimony (adapted slightly) appears below. Weber urged the committee to exercise caution about threats to rural development programs that support such things as affordable housing, broadband expansion, water and electric utilities construction, and small business development.

Four fundamental structural realities drive the future of rural America and its farm economy.

My colleagues have discussed the structural challenges in the current agricultural economy and how farm programs address the challenges facing farms. I would like to discuss the structural challenges facing the rural economy and how rural development programs address these inherent challenges. The takeaway is that place-based federal rural investments stimulated income and job growth and reduced poverty in rural areas.

Several recent studies support this conclusion:

I would suggest some specific examples of rural investments that I believe are important for rural people and places based on my 40 years of studying rural economies:

The rural development programs [the Senate ag committee] has developed over many decades have a significant positive impact on Americas rural communities. Many of these programs are currently at grave risk. This is a critical moment for Senate to exercise leadership in ensuring that rural communities have the supports they need to thrive as they face the future.

Bruce A. Weber is professor emeritus of applied economics, Oregon State University,

and senior economist of Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI).

2015 Center for Rural Strategies

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Going vegetarian is the most effective 'diet' for losing weight, say researchers Metro 'This finding is important for people who are trying to lose weight, including those suffering from metabolic syndrome and/or type 2 diabetes,' says Dr Kahleov. 'But it is also relevant to anyone who takes their weight management seriously and wants ...

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Sometimes its the little things that count. Try these simple but clever hacks to help you lose weight and feel healthier, with relatively little effort.

1. Plan ahead

We eat whatevers available when were hungry, and often whats available isnt a healthy option. Keep healthy, non-perishable food in your bag, your car, your desk drawer at work and anywhere else youre likely to get hungry.

Going out for the day to a place with abundant junk food? Prepare your favorite healthy lunch and take it with you.

2. Swap it out

When it comes to nutrition, often theres a healthier alternative that tastes just as good. You just need to get used to it. Try reaching for the trail mix instead of the potato chips, using Greek yogurt in place of sour cream, swapping olive oil and vinegar for a creamy salad dressing and treating yourself to frozen yogurt rather than ice cream.

3. Go nutrient dense

You can improve your health by eating nutrient dense foods that are high in nutrients (such as vitamins and minerals) but low in calories. According to Authority Nutrition, nutrient dense food include salmon, blueberries, kale and even dark chocolate.

4. Drop the diet drinks

Chemical packed diet drinks are considered a very unhealthy option by many nutritionists. Despite their lack of calories, diet drinks make you fat. Experts suggest the artificial sweeteners in diet drinks may interfere with your metabolism and trick the body into thinking its getting sugar, causing it to pump out insulin. This may be why some research has linked diet drinks to an increased risk of Type 2 Diabetes.

5. Make water your go-to drink

Drinking plenty of water is one of the simplest things you can do to improve your health and lower your overall calorie intake. If you find it boring, add a slice of lemon or lime and give yourself time to get used to it. If you usually drink sodas and juices it will take a while to stop craving the sugar.

6. Make on the side your default

Most of us overdo sauces, dressings and extras like butter and sour cream. Always ask for it on the side and use as little as you need to enhance the taste of your food.

7. Go plant based

My favorite piece of nutritional advice is from Michael Pollan:

Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.

You dont have to go vegan, or even vegetarian, but by including lots of plants in your diet, youre keeping your body full of nutrients and limiting unhealthy fats and sugars. The other parts of this snippet of advice are simple too. Eat food (not chemicals and additives) and not too much of it (just stick to sensible portion sizes).

8. Replace food (with something better)

If you and your friends always meet for a meal, or a coffee (usually accompanied by a donut or three) consider mixing it up. Meet at the beach to go surfing, at a club to go dancing, or at an art gallery to look at beautiful paintings.

9. Change your habits

Getting healthy can be as simple as replacing an unhealthy habit with a healthy one. Replace vegging out in front of the TV after dinner with an evening walk, or lunch at your desk with a stroll around a nearby mall. Small changes add up over time.

10. Invest in a tracking tool

Consider getting a tracking device, such as a Fitbit, that monitors your daily activity. They can be surprisingly motivating. Youll find you push yourself to walk extra steps each day or do more exercise, just to see your numbers going up.

11. Find a hobby you truly love

If its an active hobby, or one that gets you out in the fresh air, thats great, but according to an article in Forbes, any hobby can be good for your physical and mental health.

These hacks will help you feel healthier in no time, as long as youre consistent. No strict diet or punishing gym regime needed.

Karen Banes is a freelance writer specializing in parenting, lifestyle and entrepreneurship. Contact her at her website http://www.karenbanes.com/.or via Twitter where she tweets as @KarenBanes.

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Britt Marie Hermes is a former naturopathic doctor who now speaks out against the pseudoscientific ideology, and she just published a fascinating article about how she used to sell detox diets and how she now knows theyre a scam.

There is no such thing as a deep detox. The entire concept of detoxification in alternative medicine is bogus. There are absolutely no health benefits to be gained from detoxification diets or therapies. Our organs do not need a break from their physiological activities. Drinking special shakes or taking certain herbal supplements is not going to help any organ work better or more efficiently. Our body does not need to be supported with mega-doses of vitamins and minerals. We dont need enemas or laxatives to clean out our colons. Needless to say, The Right Detox was not based on any kind of credible scientific evidence.

Hermes points out that, consciously or not, this is all about selling products and making money. And when she was promoting the products, she knew just what her customers needed.

We were hoping to increase business by luring customers into becoming long-term patients. It worked. They would come to the practice ready to invest more time, energy, and money into their healthcare regimen. We were ready to sell them false promises and false hope in the form of supplements and naturopathic therapies like intravenous vitamin drips, enemas, and far-infrared saunas. The detox program did not help patients achieve their health goals.

Did any of that cross her mind at the time? Not at all. She believed in the products so much, she used them herself. And if her own natural diet wasnt working, she just added more treatments to her regimen.

That really shows you the problem with these diets. When it doesnt work, the blame falls entirely on the customers. Not the products. And certainly not on the people selling them to you while making unscientific claims about their efficacy. The real question is whether or not they know its all a hoax.

At least we have former detox advocates who can let everyone in on the scam. At the very least, customers should be asking better questions before putting their own health in jeopardy.

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Scott Kirk, Special to the Reporter-News 11:28 a.m. CT June 19, 2017

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On a recent Sunday afternoon at the D1 fitness center, Jill Lane revealed the latest, most state-of-the-art fitness equipment to a group of high school athletes and their parents.

On the opening slide of her PowerPoint presentation was a picture of a dinner fork.

Nutrition is the most overlooked part of training, but thats changing, said Lane, a certified nutrition consultant and health fitness specialist in Dallas.

If the role that nutrition plays in athletic performance is trending up, Lane has much to do with that. In the last 10 years, her clients have included such professional luminaries as recently retired football star Demarcus Ware and former Texas Rangersstar Josh Hamilton. If we are what we eat, then Lane believes we should be putting only the best into our bodies.

To me, its the No. 1 training tool, she said. Its the gas, its the oil, its the tires.

Lanes presentation was geared toward athletes, whom she defined as people who work out at least an hour a day three to four times a week and participate in at least one athletic event a week. One of her first points was to dispel the myth that their kids could eat anything and that their metabolism would burn it off. She said the proper diet could not only increase performance, but also help them recover quicker and improve focus for school work.

Among the foods she recommended were walnuts and pumpkin seeds, grass-fed beef, free-range chicken, sweet potatoes, broccoli and Brussels sprouts, berries and coconut oil, and unsweetened coconut milk.

She said to avoid partially hydrogenated and hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup, MSG, artificial sweeteners and artificial food colorings.

When it comes to hydration, she said to start with water and begin drinking the day before an event to maintain focus. Sports drinks have their place, she said, but also contain a lot of sugar.

Lane recommended organic foods, but suggested that people work them into their diets, especially if they are just starting to change the types of foods that they eat.

Another part of the equation is when to eat. For young athletes, she said, thats fairly easy to figure out.

I call that the puppy dog phase, she said. Theyre fueling growth. Start at age 8 and dont stop until theyre 18.

Specifically, she said young athletes should eat breakfast within an hour of waking up, a snack within an hour of practice and eat periodically throughout the day, particularly proteins.

Another important aspect of conditioning is sleep. She said its recommended that young athletes get 10 hours of sleep.

I havent seen anyone who gets 10 hours of sleep, she admitted. But youll see professional athletes like LeBron James get 10 hours of sleep. Professional athletes have a little more control over their time because they dont have to go to class.

Lane said that the young athletes should learn to prepare their breakfasts and snacks, calling it a life lesson that will help them when they leave home and continue to play sports.

Lane, a former college soccer player, has been advising athletes on nutrition for more than a decade and she says she runs across athletes whose diets make her wonder how they can perform.

She recounted the story of how NFL running back Marshawn Lynch would eat Skittles candy at halftime.

I wish he hadnt told that, she said. At some point, your genetics run out.

For a more positive example, Lane pointed to Tom Brady of the New England Patriots.

When someone is 39 and they win the Super Bowl and theyre talking about playing five more years, that should get your attention, she said.

However, the most powerful influences on a childs nutrition dont come from professional athletes, but from parents.

Modeling is a big thing, said Lane. Our kids have to see us doing healthy things.

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