Tyrese Martin grew up in Allentown, where he was a standout basketball player at William Allen High School. Having achieved success playing for the Atlanta Hawks, Martin now hopes to help kids in Allentown and the surrounding Lehigh Valley find a path to success in partnership with St. Luke's University Health Network.
John Graham, the Senior Network Administrator for Fitness & Sports Performance at St. Luke’s University Health Network, has been selected by his peers to help forge the next generation of leadership for the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Instead of the report cards of our youth listing all of the subjects we have in school, an adult report card can include our top four or five priority areas. For example, perhaps your career is at an all-time successful high (A+), but your eating habits have taken a big hit working late hours and relying on drive-thru windows twice a day as your primary meal source. (Diet: D-)
As with most things, our perspective determines what we see. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. That certainly holds true for the winter months and the potential for outdoor enjoyment. Get out there and keep your 2022 goals and resolutions from getting frozen in place!
If one of your New Year's resolutions for 2022 is to improve your physical fitness, a business that will soon open in the Creekside Marketplace shopping center on Rt. 412 may be able to help. Owner John Rainis said he expects to open Unrivaled Nutrition & Training Feb. 1.
We don't need any Ghost of Christmas future to scare us straight. All we need is a calendar, a plan for holiday schedule management and the self-commitment to ensure that we finish the year the way we started it: fully focused on getting things done in 2021!
Perhaps the best part about early fall is the cool and crisp weather that can make this one of the most appealing times of the year for outdoor exercise, which is why it's a perfect time to visit local rail trails.
Give some thought to activities you enjoyed in the past but have, over time, stopped doing. If you find yourself wanting to live a more active lifestyle but less than enthused about traditional workout options, try making a list of your favorite physical activities from when you were a kid on summer vacation.
As participants begin the 165-Mile Challenge this year, they have a new app for the "Get Your Tail on the Trail" program, offered by St. Luke's University Health Network and the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L).
If your first month of 2021 did not match up to the expectations you set for yourself, it’s no reason to lose confidence in your goal, but it may be an excellent prompt to consider refining your eating technique to hit your target weight goals.
