Bloom Archives
Category: Health & Fitness
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Two Bloomingtonians Become Finalists in Video Competition
Friends Corinna Lee Manion and Dustin Eagan competed against each other as well as 70 other contestants in a video competition sponsored by the…
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Weekly Exercise: Work the Obliques with a Stability Ball
This week continues our workout with a stability ball. Last week Allison Chopra, personal trainer at Urban Fitness Studio, showed us how to work our hamstrings. Now…
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Finding Your Passion Is Key to Exercising, IU Study Finds
BY DALE BURG Yet another group of researchers—this time from Indiana University—has found a correlation between even very modest physical activity and a positive…
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Is Taking 5-Hour Energy Good (or Bad) for You?
BY JULIANNE WATTERSON One small bottle promises it all: an instant boost of energy “that will keep you sharp and alert for hours,” with…
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Weekly Exercise: Hamstring Exercises with a Stability Ball (Video)
This week continues our workout with a stability ball. Last week Allison Chopra, personal trainer at Urban Fitness Studio, showed us how to work our lats. Now…
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Weekly Exercise: Stability Ball Lat Exercise
This week continues our work with a stability ball. Last week, Allison Chopra, personal trainer at Urban Fitness Studio, showed us how to work our cores…
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Susan Gubar’s Brave Memoir Receives High Critical Praise
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS Susan Gubar, feminist literary scholar and IU Ruth N. Halls and distinguished professor emerita, was shocked when doctors diagnosed her…
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Weekly Exercise: Ball Plank with a Roll In
This week continues our work with a stability ball. Last week, Allison Chopra, personal trainer at Urban Fitness Studio, showed us how to pick the correct…
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At Bell Trace: A New Kind of Fitness Center
BY SAMANTHA PAUL “Our clients report finding an inner strength they didn’t know they had,” says Cassey Connelly, manager of Bell Trace Health &…