 Work it out
Every week, employees at M&I Bank’s
downtown office can take a yoga class or attend a Weight Watchers
meeting on-site.
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 Hit it at
home: Quick 15-minute workouts
Some
days, getting to the gym seems like more effort than actually working
out itself. But most of us can find the time to fit a 15-minute
mini-workout into our days.
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 Top of your
game
After 15 years as a professional soccer player, Marcelo Fontana has
figured out a lot more than just how to kick the ball into the net. "If you set a goal," says the Milwaukee Wave midfielder,
"you have to do everything you can to achieve it. If you don’t
reach it, at least you did all you could.
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Cool pool
workouts
Whether
you’re coming to exercise after an injury, starting your fitness
journey, or simply looking for something new to do, it might just be
time to slip on that swimming suit and try an aquatic option on for
size.
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Laughing
your way to good health
During the 1960s, Norman Cousins, the former editor of the Saturday
Review magazine, was diagnosed with a progressive degenerative
disease. In his book, "Anatomy of an Illness," he describes
how he helped to cure himself using massive doses of laughter.
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Momma
movement
Mothers-to-be are often inundated with
information on what’s right for baby before the bundle of joy
arrives. For the past two years, Stefanie Masters has been helping
expectant mothers do something a little unexpected that’s right for
both mom and baby: Pre-natal belly dancing.
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Need
for speed
Scott Synold is far from
ancient. Still, the 32-year-old can’t believe how little exercise
the average kid gets today compared to when he was growing up in
Wauwatosa. "Everything is right at your fingertips now," he
says.
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Get
the boot
Attending boot camp sounds hard. Really hard. Getting out of bed early on Saturday for the 45-minute extreme
workout makes it harder still. That people are willing to do both surprised even Erika Gudgeon,
owner of PUSH Functional Fitness on Milwaukee’s East Side.
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Project
fitness
The question is, with today’s lifestyles and stress and our own
penchant for quick fixes, how much — and for how long — are we
willing to do what it takes to attain it?
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