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Right in the heart of the University of Vermont, Burlington campus, there's a big dormitory going up, with room enough for 700 students next fall.

The dorm is being set aside for students like Azilee Curl, a first-year studying neuroscience who has taken a pledge of sorts to live out her college career at UVM with her health in mind.

She's part of a growing group on campus who all live together in a clean-living residence hall, have fitness and nutrition coaches at the in-house gym, and can access free violin lessons, yoga and mindfulness training.

There's also zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol use here one infraction and you're out.

Dr. Jim Hudziak, a pediatric neuropsychiatrist at UVM's Medical School, started the program about two years ago. His message is clear: Take good care of your young mind.

"The most critical part of the brain, for paying attention, for regulating your emotions, for making good decisions, has not even been organized yet," he says, talking about the college-age brain.

For the program, he teaches a mandatory course called "Healthy Brains, Healthy Bodies" where students learn that even at 18- and 19-years-old, their brains are still developing, and will keep doing so even after they graduate.

"When I heard about it, it made me really excited to come to UVM. It really, really sparked my interest," says Azilee Curl. Studying neuroscience, she says "It just didn't make sense to read about it and not live it."

Hudziak says UVM, which has a reputation as a party school, is trying to mitigate risk of binge drinking, and other risky behaviors, as soon as students arrive on campus.

"You get accepted to college, and we celebrate the fact that we are putting a wildly unprepared, underdeveloped brain in a high-risk environment."

But grooming health-conscious students might not be the only incentive for UVM. As colleges compete for a smaller pool of students in New England, administrators hope applicants find Hudziak's program a reason to come to the Burlington campus. It's a heavily marketed option for incoming students.

UVM administrators predict Hudziak's program will grow, too. They're expecting more than 1,200 students to enroll next fall, up from 400 total students this year. And maybe the messaging is working. According to reports, drug violations are down on campus.

Still, for every one student in the wellness program, there are about 25 who aren't.

"It was probably gonna be too regimented for my lifestyle," says 19-year-old Emily Bruggeman from Hebron, Conn. "I like to be a little bit more autonomous in terms of my well-being and stuff like that." You hear that a lot on campus.

For those already in the program, Hudziak says, nearly everyone sticks around for a second year.

"I have this prevailing belief that young people, given the opportunity to make good decisions, would choose to make good decisions. But they have to be in an environment where those choices are as easily available as high-risk decisions."

His program is capturing the attention of higher education leaders across the country. He says leaders at more than 20 other schools, including New York University, Tulane and Boston University, have reached out seeking advice.

Lydia Emmanouilidou contributed to the reporting for this story.

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Fitness is all the rage these days; we all want it but for some of us, were not quite sure the best way to get fit.

Local fitness expert Sean McCawley understands this all too well.

At McCawleys business, Napa Tenacious Fitness, its not about losing a little weight or popping into his studio for a few sessions.

This is not a place to come to lose 10 pounds and then drop out, absolutely not, McCawley said.

Its not just a weight-loss service, its not just a strength and conditioning service, this is more of what I would call lifetime fitness.

And dont confuse what he does with the large group classes and one-size-fits-all programs some large gyms offer.

At Napa Tenacious, its all one-on-one instruction customized specifically for you and no one else, said this small business owner.

I like to call myself more of a coach than a trainer, McCawley explained.

My goal to help people learn how to feel better, which involves establishing a fitness and nutrition routine that turns into a lifestyle routine. My clients tend to stick with it over several years and that makes a profound difference in peoples lives.

It costs nothing to have an initial three sessions with McCawley, he said.

Its important that people trust me before they commit, he said. The only way to build the trust is to spend some time with them. Even first-timers should not feel intimidated, he said.

The first time you come in I like to do more of an assessment to see where you are physically, he said.

The second visit is a concentrated exercise routine where I take the data from the initial assessment and then apply it to the second training session. The third session we take it a little farther. The exercises I design for the programs are very simple, I put focus on lower body movement, no matter what, every time you come in. Then upper body pushing and pulling movements.

Those three take the priority, and then for the rest of the session well implement core movements like bicep, triceps target areas for instance, he said.

These are totally customized programs for each individual that comes in, because everyone is a little different. Each client gets their own folder and what I like to do is 4-week exercise phases where we will track all their prescribed exercises for four weeks. Each week, within a phase, we increase either the weights or the reps. After four weeks, I design a new 4-week program and then we start again.

McCawleys method uses what he refers to as progressive overload where the muscles are progressively overloaded for the first three weeks of each phase. Thats how you progress, he said.

The first three weeks will always be a progressive overload where the challenge of the exercises will increase. And then on the fourth week, we taper down to de-stress the body. You cant just keep stressing and stressing and stressing; it doesnt work that way, he said.

Over three months, six months and a year, his customers start to accrue those permanent strength changes, he said.

But lifetime fitness is about a lot more than just working out, according to McCawley.

I also do nutritional consulting and thats included in the services my clients sign up for. To find out what people are currently eating, I like to use the metaphor of a lunchbox. I want to look inside my clients lunchbox and see whats in there. I will then ask them if they think thats a good diet, and most times they will admit its not.

McCawley explained how it works.

We do a one-on-one nutritional session where I educate them on portion size, whats a carbohydrate, whats a fat, whats a protein and so forth. Those are really important things that a lot of people just dont know, he said. For instance, If you want to lose weight, 7-9 small meals a day will help because your body can absorb carbohydrates, protein and fat more efficiently. And If you absorb them efficiently, they are used efficiently and dont go into storage. Thats what love handles are, he said.

Who is McCawleys prime target market? Just about everyone, he said.

I think of myself as the Swiss army knife of personal trainers so my current clients are all over the board. I have teenaged boys and girls who play competitive sports, I have 20- to 50-year-olds who are also looking to get into shape and make the exercise routines we design for them more a part of their life. I even work with people into their 80s and beyond.

McCawley said he has about a 50-50 split among men and women.

I also work a lot with people and athletes rehabbing injuries, and some of the fitness routines we do in here work very well. Rehabbing on your own is hard, he said. Having a coach help you helps you stick to your program makes a big difference.

But fitness can do a lot more than make you feel and look better, McCawley noted. If you are out of shape and sedentary you are absolutely taking years off your life.

The trick is to keep moving to keep breathing, and a regular fitness program helps you do that.

Becoming more fit is empowering, McCawley said, and that can empower you to take on other adventures in your life you might never have thought of.

I see this transformation in my clients all the time. People get empowered to do amazing things, and I have to say, humbly. Its nice to be a part of that.

McCawley said he also assigns clients fitness homework every week. It gives people exercises to do this at least once a week for 15-20 minutes, and even that can make a real difference, he noted.

You might wonder what sort of commitment McCawleys customized programs involve.

I dont do any more than three days a week, but I would like to see everyone do at least one session a week, two would even be better, he noted.

Sessions are by appointment only. Call 707-287-2727 or email McCawley at napatenacious@gmail.com. His studio is located at 1812 Soscol Ave. in Napa.

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Planet Fitness expanding to Hawaii with location at Ala Moana Center Ala Moana Center announces dates for six new tenants opening this year

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Planet Fitness will be joining Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th and Target in the old Nordstrom building at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, Pacific Business News has learned.

On Monday, PBN broke the news that the New Hampshire-based international fitness chain was expanding to Honolulu with a new location at the states largest shopping mall.

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An exact location was not immediately known, although PBN has confirmed through the architect working on the project Honolulu-based MGA Architecture that Planet Fitness is taking a portion of the first floor of the former Nordstrom building with Kona Street frontage. Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, which will be taking up 41,000 square feet of first floor, is slated to open this summer. Target, which is leasing 136,525 square feet including part of the first level and entire second and third levels, is scheduled to open in October.

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NEW YORK MILLS The Fitness Mill is under new ownership but stillwill be home to familiar faces and familiar routine.

Longtime owner Al Calogero said that under a deal that closed on Monday, March 13, Alex Carbone of the Carbone Auto Group now owns the Main Street fitness club.

Carbone was unable to be reached for additional comment Tuesday, and Calogero declined to discuss the specifics of the deal other than to say that the fitness center will remain just that a fitness center that in a27,000-square-foot historic mill that dates back to 1838, a time when New York Mills was a manufacturing hub.

The mill has history but is moving forward.

"This is my 24th year running it," Calogero said. "It will stay the same."

The Calogero-Carbone changeover will bring building revitalization, backed by roll-out plans for cutting-edge new equipment and facility upgrades, but the health club is maintaining a business as usual focus continuing to deliver the best value to its membership, according to a release.

"I'm not ready to retire, but I can focus on other things," Calogero said, indicating he is welcome to a change of pace. "Alex (Carbone) had the funding to revitalize the facility. It was a perfect match."

Calogero said he will have more time to focus on the center's fitness offerings and stay on in a managerial role.

Al Calogero is one of the areas most successful fitness icons," said Carbone in a news release. "His expertise together with my resources are a perfect match in bringing the locally owned and established business back to member expectations. With the solid foundation built by Al and the current staff, I look forward to revitalizing The Fitness Mill, providing the next level of services and amenities to our members."

The Fitness Mill will continue to be a locally owned and operated health club with dedication to innovation and excellence. We will continue the great services our members are used to and well be expanding our offerings as part of our plan to upgrade the facility.

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BOLINGBROOK Northwestern Medicines plan to invest $46.4 million in DeKalb County by building a health and fitness center received unanimous approval Tuesday from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.

The boards 7-0 vote to approve a certificate of need for the project cleared the way for work to begin on the two-story, 111,105-square-foot Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Health and Fitness Center. It is set for construction at 626 E. Bethany Road on the hospital systems campus. The center is expected to be completed by March 31, 2019.

To obtain the permit, Northwestern officials had to justify that the proposed fitness center was needed in the community and that it was financially and economically feasible.

Kevin Poorten, president of Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee and Valley West hospitals, said the center would differ from a traditional gym, offering services from health professionals and educational resources along with fitness facilities.

We, like many other hospitals, are shifting [our] focus to engage consumers before they are acutely ill, utilizing preventative methods that can be helpful in providing care before the patient is admitted to the hospital or the emergency room, Poorten said.

Hospital officials addressed concerns that arose during public hearings about the proposal, including that the center could detract membership from the neighboring Kishwaukee Family YMCA at 2500 W. Bethany Road. Two people, local activist Barry Schrader and former DeKalb Mayor Bessie Chronopoulos, told the board of their concerns of how the project would affect the Y during the public comment period at the start of the boards meeting.

However, Bridget Orth, director of regulatory planning at Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, said options to collaborate with the Y were explored from 2011 to 2013. Options discussed included moving some or all of the Ys fitness services into the proposed center and linking the two facilities with a bridge.

However, the YMCA board of directors determined that keeping the Ys operations on one campus would be in its best interest, she said.

The proposed project would be the only medically affiliated fitness center in the area, Orth said. There may be a small overlap of services with the Y, but like the YMCA, we believe that a healthier community is a stronger community, which is why they did not oppose our project.

A letter from Kishwaukee Family YMCA CEO Mark Spiegelhoff was presented to board members Tuesday as well.

In the letter, Spiegelhoff wrote that the health and fitness center could offer more partnership opportunities between the health system and the YMCA.

The YMCA and Northwestern Medicine KishHealth have a longstanding and solid relationship, Spiegelhoff wrote, and we fully expect that we will continue to partner together to best serve the community after the center is completed.

Michael Kulisz Jr., chief medical officer of Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee and Valley West hospitals, also spoke about the importance of preventative health care, adding that many chronic health conditions can be prevented through weight management.

As a physician, I can attest to the fact that medications and periodic appointments are only a small fraction of the total health picture for patients, Kulisz said. The choices patients make in what they eat, how active they are, and their access to support systems and educational resources for their condition, all impact their health quality of life and overall prognosis.

Wellness programs offered through the center will be provided for free, many including access to the fitness center, according to the proposal.

Additionally, doctor-prescribed fitness programs will be covered by Northwestern Memorial HealthCares charity care policy.

Its very important to distinguish that the programs and services that will be offered through the center are going to be made available to the entire public regardless of their ability to pay, Poorten said.

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Organic food grocery store chain expanding to Kakaako

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Sweat + Soul, a boutique fitness studio, is moving to a new location at the Keauhou Lane Shops in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako, its owner confirmed to Pacific Business News.

The 34,000 square feet of shops will be built below the 209-unit Keauhou Lane rental housing complex. Developed by Oregons Gerding Edlen on behalf of landowner Kamehameha Schools, Keauhou Lane is located on the same parcel of land as Stanford Carr Developments 40-story, 423-unit Keauhou Place condominium project.

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Sweat + Soul, owned by Melissa Rota, will join Down To Earth, which will anchor the Keauhou Lane Shops. PBN first reported about the local organic grocery store chains lease at the shops. The fitness studio is leasing 1,926 square feet at Keauhou Lane Shops, according to Commercial Consultants Inc., which is handling leasing for the shops.

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Fitness service business Pepper Boxing is slated to open in early May in Green Hills.

According to a release, the boxing concept offers a high-intensity, full-body workout in a classic old-school boxing environment.

Pepper Boxing will operate from a space located in a retail strip center with an address of 2176 Bandywood Drive. (See the building here courtesy of Google Maps.)

The studio will serve both beginning and experienced boxers with a circular ring-like bag layout and an instructor positioned at the center of the ring, creating a clear line-of-sight for clients (Pepper Boxing bills this orientation as distinctive to similar boxing businesses in Nashville). The Pepper instructors offer various group fitness backgrounds, including those in professional boxing, Muay Thai and yoga.

Alexander Kaufman, Pepper Boxing founder, said classes will deliver a full-body workout with clients burning between 750 to 1,000 calories per 50-minute session.

Of note, the studio will feature water-filled teardrop punching bags that, he said, allow for effective blow absorption and less stress on bones and joints.

Boxing is a very graceful sport and a big stress reliever, which is why its no surprise that its been named the top workout of 2017 by many fitness experts, said Kaufman, a New York City native who has trained worldwide and previously owned training companies in Berlin, Paris, London and New York.

Were focused on building a sense of community and camaraderie at Pepper Boxing so that clients can see the beauty in getting ugly during their workout, he added.

MTLC Building Group of Franklin is serving as general contractor, with Nashville-based MHP Architects handling design.

Kaufman, a former professional power lifter with more than 20 fitness certifications, is not disclosing the cost to get the business operational or terms of the lease.

Pepper Boxing will offer special programs for young boxers, ages 12 and under, through its Pepperonis program as well as discounts for college students, Kaufman said.

The studio is currently pre-selling class packages at a 20 percent discount, and all classes will be free throughout opening weekend in May with advance online booking, he said. The per-class price is $26 and private training is available for $100 per session.

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Imagine youre a CEO trying to get your employees to exercise.

Most health incentive programs have an array of tools pamphlets, websites, pedometers, coaching, team activities, step challenges, money but what actually motivates people?

Is it social support? Competition? Teamwork? Corporate leaders often try a little bit of everything.

A new study published in the journalPreventative Medicine Reports found these efforts should hone in on one area: Competition.

It was a far stronger motivation for exercise than friendly support, and in fact, giving people such support actually made them less likely to go to the gym less than simply leaving them alone.

Most people think that when it comes to social media more is better, says Damon Centola, an associate professor in Penns Annenberg School and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and senior author on the paper.

This study shows that isnt true: When social media is used the wrong way, adding social support to an online health program can backfire and make people less likely to choose healthy behaviors.

However, when done right, we found that social media can increase peoples fitness dramatically.

For this research, Centola and Jingwen Zhang, Ph.D., lead paper author and recent Annenberg graduate, recruited nearly 800 Penn graduate and professional students to sign up for an 11-week exercise program called PennShape.

After program completion, the students who attended the most exercise classes for activities like running, spinning, yoga, and weight lifting, among others, won prizes.

What the participants didnt know was that the researchers had split them into four groups to test how different kinds of social networks affected their exercise levels.

The four groups were: individual competition, team support, team competition, and a control group.

Overwhelmingly, competition motivated participants to exercise the most, with attendance rates 90% higher in the competitive groups than in the control group.

Both team and individual competition equally drove the students to work out, with participants in the former taking a mean of 38.5 classes a week and those in the latter taking 35.7.

The biggest surprise came in the number of workouts a week by members of the team support group: Just 16.8, on average half the exercise rate of the competitive groups.

Framing the social interaction as a competition can create positive social norms for exercising. Zhang says, now an assistant professor at the University of California, Davis.

Competition triggers a social ratcheting-up process, he adds. In a competitive setting, each persons activity raises the bar for everyone else.

Social support is the opposite: a ratcheting-down can happen. If people stop exercising, it gives permission for others to stop, too, and the whole thing can unravel fairly quickly.

The positive effects of social competition go beyond exercise, to encouraging healthy behaviors such as medication compliance, diabetes control, smoking cessation, flu vaccinations, weight loss, and preventative screening, as well as pro-social behaviors like voting, recycling, and lowering power consumption.

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The Needham Park and Recreation Department is offering several programs for adults, ages 17 and older, and seniors, ages 50 and older. Ballroom Dancing Class: 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, April 4-May 16. Outdoor Boot Camp: 9 to 10 a.m. Saturdays, April 29-June 3, L.L. Bean Discovery School, 340 Legacy Place, Dedham. Adult Golf Lessons: Tuesdays, May 2-30, or Wednesdays, May 3-31, at the Needham Golf Club, 49 Green St. Classes for beginners are from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and for advanced beginner from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.. Outdoor Tennis Lessons: Thursdays, May 4 to June 1, on the Mills Courts, 82 Gould St. Classes for beginners and advanced beginners are at 9 a.m., and advanced beginners at 10 a.m. Senior Golf League: Tuesday mornings, May 2-July 18, at the Needham Golf Club. Senior Exercise Classes: 9 a.m. Mondays, April 3-May 22; 9:15 a.m. Wednesdays, March 22-May 17; and 10:30 a.m. Fridays, March 24-May 26. Fees are charged for each program. Registration is taken from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at the Park and Recreation Office, 500 Dedham Ave., or online at http://needhamma.gov/parkandrecreation.

Outdoor activity courses at the L.L. Bean Discover School, 340 Legacy Place, Dedham. Geocaching: 1 to 2:30 p.m. March 25 and April 1. For ages 8 and older. Cost: $15. Introduction to Map and Compass Skills: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 22 and 29. For ages 10 and older. Cost: $45. Introduction to Fly Casting: 2 to 5 p.m. May 13, 20 or 27. For ages 12 and older. Cost: $75. Boot Camp: 9 to 10 a.m. Saturdays, April 29 to June 3. Cost: $125. For information: 781-455-7550, ext. 3; http://needhamma.gov/parkandrecreation.

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Many recognizable faces were noticed during the recent Big 12 Conference Wrestling Championships at the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa.

Among the many former Oklahoma State wrestlers, high school coaches and others associated with the sport, was a familiar face wearing West Virginias colors.

Tanner Kolb, the assistant strength and conditioning coach at West Virginia, attended the tourney in his role within the Mountaineer wrestling program. He joined WVU in 2012 and is in charge of strength and conditioning for the schools wrestling and soccer programs.

His journey to West Virginia included a stop in Stillwater, where I had an opportunity to become acquainted with him and visit with him often.

Kolb, a Pittsburgh native, was a three-year captain of the wrestling team at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, where he received a bachelors degree in sports and exercise science in 2003.

He arrived in Stillwater in 2003 and served as a volunteer in Oklahoma States weight program, working with the football, wrestling, softball and equestrian squads. He spent the summer of 2004 as the strength and conditioning coach at Perry High.

Kolb also spent three years working at Stillwater Medical Centers Total Health facility as a fitness specialist. His duties included teaching Olympic lifting techniques, instructing group exercise classes and working with the weightlifting portion of the citys Pioneer Senior Olympics.

He finished requirements for a masters degree in exercise physiology education at OSU in 2007 and moved away for other job opportunities, leaving behind many friends and acquaintances.

He worked as strength and conditioning coach at two high schools in Michigan and spent three years as the head strength coach and professor at Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, where he taught four classes and implemented programs for all sports.

Kolb, who had numerous articles published in fitness/training industry publications, left Waynesburg for East Carolina, where he was assistant strength and conditioning coach for one year before accepting the post at West Virginia.

Working and studying in Stillwater werent Kolbs only connection to the city or the university.

His father, Jon Kolb, an all-state football player at Owasso, was an All-American football player for the Cowboys in 1968.

Jon was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1969 draft. He played for the Steelers from 1969-1981.

Jon, considered one of the NFLs strongest players at the time, became a starting left tackle in 1971 and started in 177 games and played on four Steeler Super Bowl championship teams in 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979.

The current Pittsburgh resident was the strength and conditioning coach, along with coaching the defensive line and tight ends, with Pittsburgh from 1982-1992.

Jon, who was named to the Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Team, was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.

Being a close-knit family, Jon chose Tanner and his brother Caleb to introduce him at the ceremony.

Ron Holt is a sports columnist for the Stillwater News Press. Holt served as sports editor for more than 30 years and resides in Bixby.

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