Bloom Magazine
Category: Health & Fitness
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Roller Derby for Kids—Meet the Thunderbirds: They’re ‘Cute But Not Cuddly’
By Libby Peterson The Bleeding Heartland Roller Girls, Bloomington’s roller derby league, won’t be the only game in town anymore.…
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Weekly Exercise: ‘Supermen’
Last week, Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness Studio, showed us a variation to the Lower-Back Extension, called “The…
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Parkinson’s Disease Patients Defy Stereotype—to Dance!
BY KELLY KENDALL After teaching a special dance class for just a few short weeks to people with Parkinson’s disease,…
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Weekly Exercise: ‘The Swimmer’
Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness Studio, has shown us a Lower-Back Extension and a variation to the exercise. This…
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Weekly Exercise: Lower-Back Extension with a Twist
Last week, Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness Studio, showed us a Lower-Back Extension. She now adds a…
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Pioneer Massage Therapist Still Going Strong on Square
BY ROSIE PIGA PIZZO When Kay Thorbecke opened her massage therapy practice in 1980, she was, she says, the “only…
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A Heart Attack Warning Device Being Tested in Bloomington
BY JANET MANDELSTAM Imagine a device that could warn you of an impending heart attack before you were aware of…
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Weekly Exercise: Lower-Back Extension
For our next set of exercises, Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness Studio, focuses on exercises for the…
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Weekly Exercise: Quadricep Stretch
For the past few weeks, Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness Studio, has been showing us stretches that…
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