Saucon Source (https://sauconsource.com/category/opinion/fitness/)
Early Saturday morning the Saucon Valley community will rally to help one of their own for the third consecutive year. Organized by Vivian Demko and the Voices of Hope Relay for Life team, Tri for Hailey is a physical fitness fundraiser designed to assist nine-year-old Hailey Carroll with her treatment, as well as raise funds for the American Cancer Society.
The wait has now come to a close for high school fall athletes as far as voluntary workouts on campus are concerned. Granted, there will be many restrictions including social distancing requirements, temperature screenings and limited use of the facilities, but this is the first step on the long road back to normalcy in high school sports. Designed using two-week intervals, Saucon Valley’s four-phased plan will begin on Monday, June 29.
This past week the Saucon Valley School District campus was buzzing with a lively array of girls drenched with sweat and neon who ranged in the age from 7 to 13. Dozens of young ladies spent their mornings under the watchful eye of Brickhouse Strength owner and operator Chris Fluck. For the second consecutive summer, Chris and his staff once again introduced and taught some essential skills and techniques that are designed to enhance athleticism and, more importantly, attempt to help reduce the likelihood of injury. More and more studies support the unfortunate idea that female athletes are more prone to sports-related injuries than males. Chris realizes this problem and is again trying to do something about it.
Michael Andres, no doubt, has a passion for tennis. He has been playing since the age of four and is a key member of Joann Ochse’s Saucon Valley High School tennis team. When Michael is not training or playing tennis, his thoughts never seem to be too far away from the court and what the sport has to offer.
During Wednesday evenings throughout June the Saucon Valley soccer fields were painted with a lot of pink belonging to the bright, smiling faces of girls brought together for Stevie Ochse’s first ever “Kick Around”. Coach Ochse provided a series of free clinics geared toward female soccer players in grades 1-6.
Chris Fluck is the owner of Brickhouse Strength. It is an established health and fitness business providing quality services to a faithful following since 2015. Fluck has combined his personal experiences and philosophy with proven techniques to provide a quality fitness outlet that is growing in popularity.
The tone was set early at the third annual Tri for Hailey this morning in Hellertown as it was announced before the race got underway that Hailey currently has no evidence of disease.
The picture to the left is a scene from one of my favorite movies, “Good Will Hunting.” In it, Matt Damon’s character is a South Boston resident who spends his time working as a janitor at MIT. One day, he comes across an “unsolvable” equation on the chalkboard. After a few short minutes, the problem is solved. Turns out, the dude is a genius!
There is not a day that goes by that someone does not say to me: “I really want to work out, but I don’t have any time. And healthy eating? That’s too much work!”
Whenever I hear these excuses, I remember a friend asking me: “What did Mother Theresa, Albert Einstein and Michelangelo have in common?” Don’t think too hard. The answer is obvious–they each had 24 hours a day to accomplish what was truly important to them. In the course of a week, you have 168 hours at your disposal.
