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Getting Into Personal Training with Exclusive Fitness: Your Journey Starts Here

Getting into personal training has never been easier with Exclusive Fitness! Our expert trainers are here to guide you every step of the way, offering personalized plans tailored to your goals. Whether you're looking to build strength, improve endurance, or boost your overall fitness, we're here to help you succeed. Start your journey with us today!

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Embarking on a Fitness Journey: A Beginner's Guide to Joining a Gym

Joining a gym as a beginner is a transformative step towards a healthier and more active lifestyle. By understanding the benefits, setting realistic goals, choosing the right gym, and adopting a gradual and consistent approach, beginners can navigate the gym environment with confidence. Seek professional guidance, explore diverse workout options, and stay motivated through challenges.

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Tennessee Men’s Clinic Spotlights Rock Climbing in Tennessee for Building Strength and Focus on the Vol Wall

Experience Tennessee Climbing and Boost Strength and Endurance at Knoxville’s Vol Wall with Tennessee Men’s Clinic

Rock climbing has become a popular fitness trend in Tennessee, offering more than just an adrenaline rush—it’s a sport that strengthens both body and mind. A prime indoor climbing destination is the Vol Wall in Knoxville, located at the University of Tennessee. Catering to climbers of all skill levels, from beginners to seasoned pros, the Vol Wall offers a variety of routes designed to challenge your strength and improve technique. Whether you're focused on building muscle, enhancing balance, or sharpening mental focus, rock climbing provides an excellent full-body workout. Tennessee Men’s Clinic offers an ideal way to support your overall physical and mental well-being, making it a perfect fitness activity with long-lasting benefits.

The Climbing Scene in Tennessee

Tennessee boasts a diverse array of climbing opportunities, both indoor and outdoor. While natural climbing spots like Foster Falls and the Obed Wild and Scenic River draw outdoor enthusiasts from all over, the Vol Wall is a convenient option for urban climbers or those looking to train year-round. This climbing facility features various climbing walls and bouldering areas that cater to different skill levels. For those who live in Knoxville or nearby, the Vol Wall is an ideal place to get started or to keep improving your climbing technique.

Building Muscle Strength

Rock climbing is a full-body workout that engages muscles in ways traditional gym exercises often don’t. Each climb requires the use of your core to stabilize your body, your legs to push upward, and your arms to pull yourself closer to your goal. Over time, climbers see improved strength in their back, shoulders, arms, and legs.

Climbing also builds functional strength, meaning it engages multiple muscle groups simultaneously. This differs from the isolation exercises commonly seen in weight training, making climbers strong in ways that translate well to other physical activities. For instance, gripping the holds of the climbing wall strengthens the forearms and hands, while balancing on small footholds builds leg muscles and improves coordination.

Sharpening Mental Focus

Rock climbing isn’t just a physical workout—it’s also a mental challenge. Planning each move and thinking several steps ahead is key to successfully completing a route. Climbers must make quick decisions while managing fear and uncertainty, especially on more challenging routes or boulders.

The mental focus required in climbing can help in daily life as well. The sport demands concentration and patience, teaching climbers to stay calm and composed under pressure. As they build mental endurance on the wall, many find they’re better equipped to handle stress and focus on tasks off the wall as well.

Endurance and Adaptability

Climbing is a sport that rewards persistence. Climbers often face routes they can’t complete on their first attempt, but with patience and practice, they eventually succeed. This process of trial and error not only improves physical endurance but also helps develop adaptability and resilience. The lessons learned from climbing—whether mastering a difficult move or strategizing the best route—can be applied to various life challenges.

For those looking to enhance their strength, focus, and resilience, rock climbing in Tennessee offers the perfect mix of physical challenge and mental engagement. The Vol Wall in Knoxville, with its diverse range of routes, provides an excellent starting point for climbers at any skill level. It encourages participants to push their limits, fostering both physical and mental growth. Tennessee Men's Clinic suggests all climbers to take a more holistic approach to their overall health, ensuring that rock climbing becomes a powerful tool for boosting physical fitness, mental clarity, and long-term well-being.

References:

https://news.utk.edu/2018/10/24/five-reasons-why-you-should-go-rock-climbing-at-the-vol-wall/#:~:text=The%20VOL%20Wall,%20featuring%206,000%20square%20feet%20of

https://rockshoulders.com/strength-training-for-rock-climbing/#:~:text=With%20strength%20training,%20you%20can%20focus%20on%20specific

https://time.com/6256185/rock-climbing-health-benefits/

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Ultimate Bunker Games is Cleveland’s only Authorized and Official GellyBall Dealer with the largest Indoor field in the entire area.

We also have some AWESOME news! Walk-On and Open Play are coming soon!

What do we have to offer?

I’m glad you asked….

- Up to 20,000 square foot indoor arena with bunkers, black lights, party lights, strobes, fog machines, and more! Located inside the Bradley Square Mall - Cleveland, TN

- Over 10 acres of Woods and open field for outdoor events! Located on Spring Place Rd next to Valley View Baptist Church.

- Mobile unit that can travel up to 50 miles or more! To host in your location! Cleveland, Chattanooga, Dayton, Dalton, Athens, Knoxville, and all surrounding towns and cities.

- Professional equipment designed to stand up to the highest standards.

- Very well organized games, contests, and competitions.

- Professional Party Host and additional refs to help keep your event organized and fun.

- Music you love and modified for your particular event.

- PA systems

- Indoor Arena has a very large party room area that you can bring your own food, drinks, cake, and snacks. You can decorate it how you like.

- 1.5 hours of event time with the ability to add more time.

- Packages that allow up to 10 participants with the ability to add up to 100+ more!

- Choose from: GellyBall, Paintball, AirSoft, Laser Tag, Arrow Tag, Nerf Warz, and L.A.R.P. (Not all offered indoor and/or outdoor).

- So much more!

BORED? NOTHING TO DO? WANT ADVENTURE? GOT A GROUP?

Ages 4 to 84 (Well, maybe even older)

If you have not already experienced the AWESOME parties at Ultimate Bunker Games then this is your opportunity!

If you already have, then try another one of our activities: Paintball, GellyBall, AirSoft, Laser Tag, Nerf Battle, Arrow Tag, or even L.A.R.P.

Is it too hot/cold outside, raining, dark, allergies? Then try our Indoor 20,000 square feet Arena at the Bradley Square Mall.

Do you love being outside, woods, open fields? Try our 10+ acres outdoor field on Spring Place Road.

You have your own gym, field, woods, yard, park, other location? Let us come to you with our Mobile Unit!

We book parties in advance and days/times are filling fast.

Birthdays

Family Reunions/Gatherings

Social Events

Corporate Events

Couples Therapy

Special Events

Employee Team Building

Bachelor / Bachelorette Parties

So much more…….

OUTDOOR:

We offer Paintball, AirSoft, GellyBall, L.A.R.P., and Laser Tag at our Outdoor Field. (10+ Acres)

INDOOR:

We offer AirSoft, GellyBall, Laser Tag, Arrow Tag, Nerf, and L.A.R.P. At our Indoor Arena (20,000 SqFt).

MOBILE:

We offer Paintball, AirSoft, L.A.R.P., GellyBall, Laser Tag, Arrow Tag, and Nerf at your appropriate location (Home, Park, Gym, etc) Travel up to 50 miles.

WALK-ON (Open Play)

Walk-On / Drop-In Play is available on a limited basis. Give us a call or text for dates and times.

Always Text, Email, or Call before booking a party to check availability.

For more information:

(423) 595-3856 Text / Call

UltimateBunkerGames@gmail.com (Email)

Http://FaceBook.com/UBGGames (Pics & Videos)

Http://UltimateBunkerGames.com (To Book)

Visit our Store at the Bradley Square Mall:

200 Paul Huff Pkwy

Cleveland, TN 37312

(Paintball, AirSoft, and other products and supplies. Repair Service as well).

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Planet Fitness To Celebrate Grand Opening Of New “Judgement Free” Club In Elizabethton, TN – Therogersvillereview

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Planet Fitness, one of the largest and fastest-growing global franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand, today announced the grand opening for its new club in Elizabethton on Wednesday, September 15. The new Planet Fitness located at 791 West Elk Avenue opened last month and is open seven days a week, Monday at midnight through Friday at 9PM and 7AM – 7PM on weekends.

The grand opening will kick off with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 1:00 p.m with the Planet Fitness team, representatives from the Elizabethton Carter County Chamber of Commerce and local officials.

After the ribbon cutting, the celebration will pick back up with an after-party from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m and include food trucks from Smokey Dawggs Gourmet Hot Dog Co. and Southern Craft BBQ, where guests can purchase food. There will be fun giveaways including and two lucky raffle winners will go home with 2 tickets to the UT vs. South Alabama game in Knoxville on November 20th. There will also be radio remotes with WXSM AM 640 and WQUT 101.5. Other local vendors, including Titan Nutrition and The Coffee Shop, will also be present during the event. There will also be yard games for all to participate in and firetrucks will be on display for any kids.

Planet Fitness will also be donating $1,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Elizabethton and Carter County (BGCECC) in celebration of the grand opening.  Through our partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, we have been able to reach youth across the country with pro-kindness, anti-bullying programming, and emotional well-being training. Our signature philanthropic initiative, Judgement Free Generation®, recognizes teens who promote inclusion, acceptance and kindness in their communities.

“In the short time that we’ve been open, Elizabethton has already welcomed us with open arms,” Chris Skipp, Tennessee VP of Operations, ECP-PF. “This is our chance to give back to our new community and we hope that anyone who hasn’t swung by the new club yet will use this a chance to come learn all about our Judgement Free fitness center.”

Planet Fitness’ top priority remains keeping its members and employees safe. Members will see first-hand the enhanced safety and sanitization protocol at its well-ventilated and spacious clubs, such as:

Touchless check-in using the free Planet Fitness App

A Crowd Meter feature on the Planet Fitness App and website so members can check club capacity in real-time before heading to the gym

Increased sanitization every 20 minutes to continually clean and sanitize high-touch areas

Social Fitnessing in which some cardio machines and equipment are marked out of use so members have ample space and separation for physical distancing

Mask policies in accordance with local and state requirements

The new club offers state of the art cardio machines and strength equipment, 30-Minute Express Circuit, numerous flat screen televisions, fully equipped locker rooms with day lockers and showers, and more.

Planet Fitness prides itself on providing a high-quality experience at an exceptional value and being home of the Judgement Free Zone®, where members experience a hassle-free, non-intimidating environment.  

The PF Black Card® membership, which is $22.99 a month, includes additional amenities such as the ability to bring a guest every day at no additional charge, and access to all 2,000+ Planet Fitness locations in all 50 states, among other benefits.

*PF Black Card® amenities may vary by location

About Planet Fitness

Founded in 1992 in Dover, NH, Planet Fitness is one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the United States by number of members and locations. As of June 30, 2021, Planet Fitness had more than 14.8 million members and 2,170 stores in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Canada, Panama, Mexico and Australia. The Company’s mission is to enhance people’s lives by providing a high-quality fitness experience in a welcoming, non-intimidating environment, which we call the Judgement Free Zone®. More than 95% of Planet Fitness stores are owned and operated by independent business men and women.

About ECP-PF 

ECP-PF Holdings Group is based in Orange, CT. It is one of the largest Planet Fitness Franchise ownership groups, currently operating more than 100 locations across Canada, Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, New Mexico, New York and Tennessee. It is owned by Exaltare Capital Partners, a Boston, MA based private equity firm that invests in owner-managed, family-controlled businesses in the consumer sector. 

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Polka-Dotted Farmhouse Makes Colorful Splash Atop Our Most Popular Homes

It’s easy to figure out why a farm in upstate New York was the most popular home on realtor.com® this week. It all comes down to polka dots.

Yes, this week’s star-performing property is a dotted domicile offering up a hopeful ray of sunshine in an often gloomy world. It looks like what a kid might draw up as her dream home. Festooned with green, blue, and purple circles, this charming spread is about a 90-minute drive from New York City.

However, those dots cost a pretty penny. Listed for $4.6 million, the 13-room Victorian with a peculiar paint job comes with hundreds of acres, an antique barn, and a two-bedroom guest cottage.

Also making our collection of the 10 most popular listings this week is Tamar Braxton’s $15 million mansion in SoCal and a beautifully preserved Queen Anne Victorian in Louisiana. Go ahead and scroll down for the rest of the listings…

10. 8519 Wittmer Rd, McCandless Township, PA

Price: $70,000 Why it’s here: It’s your chance to live in an ultra-affordable dome home! Built in 1977, this circular residence is nestled deep in the woods, yet offers a light and bright interior, lofted bed, and second-floor deck.

McCandless Township, PA

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9. 25400 Prado De La Felicidad, Calabasas, CA

Price: $15 million Why it’s here: Outspoken reality TV star and recording artist Tamar Braxton has put her home on the market. Braxton won’t be needing the luxe residence now that she’s filed for divorce from hubby Vince Herbert. The mansion features indoor and outdoor dining rooms, a pool, game room, mirrored gym, lounge, recording studio, wine cellar, and master suite with balcony and fireplace.

Calabasas, CA

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8. 72 Maryland Dr, Jackson, TN

Price: $209,900 Why it’s here: The spacious and affordable five-bedroom home features a newly remodeled kitchen, den, dining room, and living room. We can just imagine stretching out on the porch and taking in the beautiful trees.

Jackson, TN

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7. 507 N Central St, Knoxville, TN

Price: $525,000 Why it’s here: This historic brick home in downtown Knoxville has been artfully restored with sleek interiors. There are four bedrooms and original details such as exposed brick, wood beams, and hardwood floors.

Knoxville, TN

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6. 29575 Edgedale Rd, Pepper Pike, OH

Price: $649,000 Why it’s here: Making the most popular homes list for the third week in a row is this Frank Lloyd Wright–inspired rancher. The open floor plan features a brand-new kitchen, dining area with built-in buffet, and great room with floor-to-ceiling windows.

Pepper Pike, OH

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5. 1 Cave Top Dr, Festus, MO

Price: $599,000 Why it’s here: This 3,000-square-foot, custom-built home has four bedrooms and four bathrooms and comes with 8 scenic acres. Built in 1992, the Tudor-style property includes a game room and a fabulous all-season room that leads outside to a pool.

Festus, MO

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4. 431 E Bridge St, Breaux Bridge, LA

Price: $960,000 Why it’s here: Built in 1898, this Queen Anne Victorian is on the National Register of Historic Places. Inside you’ll find a mix of modern features and original details. There’s an updated kitchen, covered porches, a library, double parlor, high ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling windows. Not enough? The property also comes with an attached Creole cottage and pool.

Breaux Bridge, LA

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3. 715 E University Ave, El Paso, TX

Price: $399,000 Why it’s here: If you’re up for a project, this time capsule near the Mexico border might merit a close inspection. Built in 1955 and having had only one owner, the home could use some TLC in the kitchen and the carpets could stand a refresh. But there’s beautiful tile work in the bathrooms, a large living room, a second family room, and a finished basement.

El Paso, TX

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2. 66860 Willow Grove Rd, Saint Clairsville, OH

Price: $3,000,000 Why it’s here: This 58-acre estate needs a new executive! The 9,100-square-foot main house is designed for entertaining large groups and includes a huge dining room with coffered ceiling, a catering kitchen, wet bars throughout, an elevator, and staff quarters.

Saint Clairsville, OH

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1. 5681 S Route 22 Pave, Millerton, NY

Price: $4,660,000 Why it’s here: The 1888 Victorian with the whimsical exterior paint job is just one of the many features of this extensive 270-acre property.

“It’s perfect for a brewery,” points out listing agent Marti Steed, who’s sharing the listing with Ron Steed. If mixing hops isn’t your thing, there are plenty of other uses for the polka-dotted home and its surrounding land.

The 2,900-square-foot home needs work, but could be someone’s dream home, weekend getaway, or even a bed-and-breakfast. There’s also an antique post-and-beam barn, second barn, and two-bedroom guest cottage.

Millerton, NY

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Exercise and Diet Are More Important Than Ever With Virus at Large

If your life these days is anything like mine, a pre-pandemic routine that included regular exercise and disciplined eating has probably given way to sedentary evenings on a big chair, binge-watching reruns of your favorite TV series while guzzling chocolate ice cream or mac ’n’ cheese.

But let’s not beat ourselves up about it. Several doctors I spoke with recently said most of their patients and many of their colleagues are struggling to maintain healthy habits amid the anxiety of the pandemic. “The Quarantine 15” (pounds, that is) is a real phenomenon.

The double challenge of protecting our health, including our immune systems, while battling unhealthy temptations “is a struggle everyone is dealing with,” says Dr. David Kilgore, director of the integrative medicine program at the University of California-Irvine.

Well before COVID-19, more than 40% of U.S. adults were obese, which puts them at risk for COVID-19’s worst outcomes. But even people accustomed to physical fitness and good nutrition are having trouble breaking the bad habits they’ve developed over the past five months.

Karen Clark, a resident of Knoxville, Tennessee, discovered competitive rowing later in life, and her multiple weekly workouts burned off any excess calories she consumed. But the pandemic changed everything: She could no longer meet up with her teammates to row and stopped working out at the YMCA.

Suddenly, she was cooped up at home. And, as for many people, that led to a more sedentary lifestyle, chained to the desk, with no meetings outside the house or walks to lunch with colleagues.

“I reverted to comfort food and comfortable routines and watching an awful lot of Netflix and Amazon Prime, just like everybody else,” Clark says. “When I gained 10 pounds and I was 25, I just cut out the beer and ice cream for a week. When you gain 12 pounds at 62, it’s a long road back.”

She started along that road in July, when she stopped buying chips, ice cream and other treats. And in August, she rediscovered the rowing machine in her basement.

But don’t worry if you lack Clark’s discipline, or a rowing machine. You can still regain some control over your life.

A good way to start is to establish some basic daily routines, since in many cases that’s exactly what the pandemic has taken away, says Dr. W. Scott Butsch, director of obesity medicine at the Cleveland Clinic’s Bariatric and Metabolic Institute. He recommends you “bookend” your day with physical activity, which can be as simple as a short walk in the morning and a longer one after work.

And, especially if you have kids at home who will be studying remotely this fall, prepare your meals at the beginning of the day, or even the beginning of the week, he says.

If you haven’t exercised in a while, “start slow and gradually get yourself up to where you can tolerate an elevated heart rate,” says Dr. Leticia Polanco, a family medicine doctor with the South Bay Primary Medical Group, just south of San Diego. If your gym is closed or you can’t get together with your regular exercise buddies, there are plenty of ways to get your body moving at home and in your neighborhood, she says.

Go for a walk, a run or a bike ride, if one of those activities appeals to you. Though many jurisdictions across the United States require residents to wear masks when out in public, it may not be necessary — and may even be harmful to some people with respiratory conditions — while doing strenuous exercise.

“It’s clearly hard to exercise with a mask on,” says Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases at Stanford University’s School of Medicine. “We go hiking up in the foothills and we take our masks with us and we don’t wear them unless somebody starts coming the other way. Then we will put the mask on, and then we take it off and we keep going.”

If you prefer to avoid the mask question altogether, think of your house as a cleverly disguised gym. Put on music and dance, or hula-hoop, Polanco suggests. You can also pump iron if you have dumbbells, or find a cable TV station with yoga or other workout programs.

If you search on the internet for “exercise videos,” you will find countless workouts for beginners and experienced fitness buffs alike. Try one of the seven-minute workout apps so popular these days. You can download them from Google Play or the Apple Store.

If you miss the camaraderie of exercising with others, virtual fitness groups might seem like a pale substitute, but they can provide motivation and accountability, as well as livestreamed video workouts with like-minded exercisers. One way to find such groups is to search for “virtual fitness community.”

Many gyms are also offering live digital fitness classes and physical training sessions, often advertised on their websites.

If group sports is your thing, you may or may not have options, depending on where you live.

In Los Angeles, indoor and outdoor group sports in municipal parks are shut down until further notice. The only sports allowed are tennis and golf.

In Montgomery County, Maryland, the Ron Schell Draft League, a softball league for men 50 and older, will resume play early this month after sitting out the spring season due to COVID-19, says Dave Hyder, the league’s commissioner.

But he says it has been difficult to get enough players because of worries about COVID.

“In the senior group, you have quite a lot of people who are in a high-risk category or may have a spouse in a high-risk category, and they don’t want to chance playing,” says Hyder, 67, who does plan to play.

Players will have to stay at least 6 feet apart and wear masks while off the field. On the field, the catcher is the only player required to wear a mask. That’s because masks can steam up glasses or slip, causing impaired vision that could be dangerous to base runners or fielders, Hyder explains.

Whatever form of exercise you choose, remember it won’t keep you healthy unless you also reduce consumption of fatty and sugary foods that can raise your risk of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension — all COVID-19 risk factors.

Kim Guess, a dietitian at UC-Berkeley, recommends that people lay in a healthy supply of beans and lentils, whole grains, nuts and seeds, as well as frozen vegetables, tofu, tempeh and canned fish, such as tuna and salmon.

“Start with something really simple,” she said. “It could even be a vegetable side dish to go with what they’re used to preparing.”

Whatever first steps you decide to take, now is a good time to start eating better and moving your body more.

Staying healthy is “so important these days, more than at any other time, because we are fighting this virus which doesn’t have a treatment,” says the Cleveland Clinic’s Butsch. “The treatment is our immune system.”

This KHN story first published on California Healthline, a service of the California Health Care Foundation.

Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a national health policy news service. It is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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Exercise and Diet Are More Important Than Ever With Virus at Large

If your life these days is anything like mine, a pre-pandemic routine that included regular exercise and disciplined eating has probably given way to sedentary evenings on a big chair, binge-watching reruns of your favorite TV series while guzzling chocolate ice cream or mac ’n’ cheese.

But let’s not beat ourselves up about it. Several doctors I spoke with recently said most of their patients and many of their colleagues are struggling to maintain healthy habits amid the anxiety of the pandemic. “The Quarantine 15” (pounds, that is) is a real phenomenon.

The double challenge of protecting our health, including our immune systems, while battling unhealthy temptations “is a struggle everyone is dealing with,” says Dr. David Kilgore, director of the integrative medicine program at the University of California-Irvine.

Well before COVID-19, more than 40% of U.S. adults were obese, which puts them at risk for COVID-19’s worst outcomes. But even people accustomed to physical fitness and good nutrition are having trouble breaking the bad habits they’ve developed over the past five months.

Karen Clark, a resident of Knoxville, Tennessee, discovered competitive rowing later in life, and her multiple weekly workouts burned off any excess calories she consumed. But the pandemic changed everything: She could no longer meet up with her teammates to row and stopped working out at the YMCA.

Suddenly, she was cooped up at home. And, as for many people, that led to a more sedentary lifestyle, chained to the desk, with no meetings outside the house or walks to lunch with colleagues.

“I reverted to comfort food and comfortable routines and watching an awful lot of Netflix and Amazon Prime, just like everybody else,” Clark says. “When I gained 10 pounds and I was 25, I just cut out the beer and ice cream for a week. When you gain 12 pounds at 62, it’s a long road back.”

She started along that road in July, when she stopped buying chips, ice cream and other treats. And in August, she rediscovered the rowing machine in her basement.

But don’t worry if you lack Clark’s discipline, or a rowing machine. You can still regain some control over your life.

A good way to start is to establish some basic daily routines, since in many cases that’s exactly what the pandemic has taken away, says Dr. W. Scott Butsch, director of obesity medicine at the Cleveland Clinic’s Bariatric and Metabolic Institute. He recommends you “bookend” your day with physical activity, which can be as simple as a short walk in the morning and a longer one after work.

And, especially if you have kids at home who will be studying remotely this fall, prepare your meals at the beginning of the day, or even the beginning of the week, he says.

If you haven’t exercised in a while, “start slow and gradually get yourself up to where you can tolerate an elevated heart rate,” says Dr. Leticia Polanco, a family medicine doctor with the South Bay Primary Medical Group, just south of San Diego. If your gym is closed or you can’t get together with your regular exercise buddies, there are plenty of ways to get your body moving at home and in your neighborhood, she says.

Go for a walk, a run or a bike ride, if one of those activities appeals to you. Though many jurisdictions across the United States require residents to wear masks when out in public, it may not be necessary — and may even be harmful to some people with respiratory conditions — while doing strenuous exercise.

“It’s clearly hard to exercise with a mask on,” says Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases at Stanford University’s School of Medicine. “We go hiking up in the foothills and we take our masks with us and we don’t wear them unless somebody starts coming the other way. Then we will put the mask on, and then we take it off and we keep going.”

If you prefer to avoid the mask question altogether, think of your house as a cleverly disguised gym. Put on music and dance, or hula-hoop, Polanco suggests. You can also pump iron if you have dumbbells, or find a cable TV station with yoga or other workout programs.

If you search on the internet for “exercise videos,” you will find countless workouts for beginners and experienced fitness buffs alike. Try one of the seven-minute workout apps so popular these days. You can download them from Google Play or the Apple Store.

If you miss the camaraderie of exercising with others, virtual fitness groups might seem like a pale substitute, but they can provide motivation and accountability, as well as livestreamed video workouts with like-minded exercisers. One way to find such groups is to search for “virtual fitness community.”

Many gyms are also offering live digital fitness classes and physical training sessions, often advertised on their websites.

If group sports is your thing, you may or may not have options, depending on where you live.

In Los Angeles, indoor and outdoor group sports in municipal parks are shut down until further notice. The only sports allowed are tennis and golf.

In Montgomery County, Maryland, the Ron Schell Draft League, a softball league for men 50 and older, will resume play early this month after sitting out the spring season due to COVID-19, says Dave Hyder, the league’s commissioner.

But he says it has been difficult to get enough players because of worries about COVID.

“In the senior group, you have quite a lot of people who are in a high-risk category or may have a spouse in a high-risk category, and they don’t want to chance playing,” says Hyder, 67, who does plan to play.

Players will have to stay at least 6 feet apart and wear masks while off the field. On the field, the catcher is the only player required to wear a mask. That’s because masks can steam up glasses or slip, causing impaired vision that could be dangerous to base runners or fielders, Hyder explains.

Whatever form of exercise you choose, remember it won’t keep you healthy unless you also reduce consumption of fatty and sugary foods that can raise your risk of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension — all COVID-19 risk factors.

Kim Guess, a dietitian at UC-Berkeley, recommends that people lay in a healthy supply of beans and lentils, whole grains, nuts and seeds, as well as frozen vegetables, tofu, tempeh and canned fish, such as tuna and salmon.

“Start with something really simple,” she said. “It could even be a vegetable side dish to go with what they’re used to preparing.”

Whatever first steps you decide to take, now is a good time to start eating better and moving your body more.

Staying healthy is “so important these days, more than at any other time, because we are fighting this virus which doesn’t have a treatment,” says the Cleveland Clinic’s Butsch. “The treatment is our immune system.”

This KHN story first published on California Healthline, a service of the California Health Care Foundation.

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Exercise and Diet Are More Important Than Ever With Virus at Large

If your life these days is anything like mine, a pre-pandemic routine that included regular exercise and disciplined eating has probably given way to sedentary evenings on a big chair, binge-watching reruns of your favorite TV series while guzzling chocolate ice cream or mac ’n’ cheese.

But let’s not beat ourselves up about it. Several doctors I spoke with recently said most of their patients and many of their colleagues are struggling to maintain healthy habits amid the anxiety of the pandemic. “The Quarantine 15” (pounds, that is) is a real phenomenon.

The double challenge of protecting our health, including our immune systems, while battling unhealthy temptations “is a struggle everyone is dealing with,” says Dr. David Kilgore, director of the integrative medicine program at the University of California-Irvine.

Well before COVID-19, more than 40% of U.S. adults were obese, which puts them at risk for COVID-19’s worst outcomes. But even people accustomed to physical fitness and good nutrition are having trouble breaking the bad habits they’ve developed over the past five months.

Karen Clark, a resident of Knoxville, Tennessee, discovered competitive rowing later in life, and her multiple weekly workouts burned off any excess calories she consumed. But the pandemic changed everything: She could no longer meet up with her teammates to row and stopped working out at the YMCA.

Suddenly, she was cooped up at home. And, as for many people, that led to a more sedentary lifestyle, chained to the desk, with no meetings outside the house or walks to lunch with colleagues.

“I reverted to comfort food and comfortable routines and watching an awful lot of Netflix and Amazon Prime, just like everybody else,” Clark says. “When I gained 10 pounds and I was 25, I just cut out the beer and ice cream for a week. When you gain 12 pounds at 62, it’s a long road back.”

She started along that road in July, when she stopped buying chips, ice cream and other treats. And in August, she rediscovered the rowing machine in her basement.

But don’t worry if you lack Clark’s discipline, or a rowing machine. You can still regain some control over your life.

A good way to start is to establish some basic daily routines, since in many cases that’s exactly what the pandemic has taken away, says Dr. W. Scott Butsch, director of obesity medicine at the Cleveland Clinic’s Bariatric and Metabolic Institute. He recommends you “bookend” your day with physical activity, which can be as simple as a short walk in the morning and a longer one after work.

And, especially if you have kids at home who will be studying remotely this fall, prepare your meals at the beginning of the day, or even the beginning of the week, he says.

If you haven’t exercised in a while, “start slow and gradually get yourself up to where you can tolerate an elevated heart rate,” says Dr. Leticia Polanco, a family medicine doctor with the South Bay Primary Medical Group, just south of San Diego. If your gym is closed or you can’t get together with your regular exercise buddies, there are plenty of ways to get your body moving at home and in your neighborhood, she says.

Go for a walk, a run or a bike ride, if one of those activities appeals to you. Though many jurisdictions across the United States require residents to wear masks when out in public, it may not be necessary — and may even be harmful to some people with respiratory conditions — while doing strenuous exercise.

“It’s clearly hard to exercise with a mask on,” says Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases at Stanford University’s School of Medicine. “We go hiking up in the foothills and we take our masks with us and we don’t wear them unless somebody starts coming the other way. Then we will put the mask on, and then we take it off and we keep going.”

If you prefer to avoid the mask question altogether, think of your house as a cleverly disguised gym. Put on music and dance, or hula-hoop, Polanco suggests. You can also pump iron if you have dumbbells, or find a cable TV station with yoga or other workout programs.

If you search on the internet for “exercise videos,” you will find countless workouts for beginners and experienced fitness buffs alike. Try one of the seven-minute workout apps so popular these days. You can download them from Google Play or the Apple Store.

If you miss the camaraderie of exercising with others, virtual fitness groups might seem like a pale substitute, but they can provide motivation and accountability, as well as livestreamed video workouts with like-minded exercisers. One way to find such groups is to search for “virtual fitness community.”

Many gyms are also offering live digital fitness classes and physical training sessions, often advertised on their websites.

If group sports is your thing, you may or may not have options, depending on where you live.

In Los Angeles, indoor and outdoor group sports in municipal parks are shut down until further notice. The only sports allowed are tennis and golf.

In Montgomery County, Maryland, the Ron Schell Draft League, a softball league for men 50 and older, will resume play early this month after sitting out the spring season due to COVID-19, says Dave Hyder, the league’s commissioner.

But he says it has been difficult to get enough players because of worries about COVID.

“In the senior group, you have quite a lot of people who are in a high-risk category or may have a spouse in a high-risk category, and they don’t want to chance playing,” says Hyder, 67, who does plan to play.

Players will have to stay at least 6 feet apart and wear masks while off the field. On the field, the catcher is the only player required to wear a mask. That’s because masks can steam up glasses or slip, causing impaired vision that could be dangerous to base runners or fielders, Hyder explains.

Whatever form of exercise you choose, remember it won’t keep you healthy unless you also reduce consumption of fatty and sugary foods that can raise your risk of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension — all COVID-19 risk factors.

Kim Guess, a dietitian at UC-Berkeley, recommends that people lay in a healthy supply of beans and lentils, whole grains, nuts and seeds, as well as frozen vegetables, tofu, tempeh and canned fish, such as tuna and salmon.

“Start with something really simple,” she said. “It could even be a vegetable side dish to go with what they’re used to preparing.”

Whatever first steps you decide to take, now is a good time to start eating better and moving your body more.

Staying healthy is “so important these days, more than at any other time, because we are fighting this virus which doesn’t have a treatment,” says the Cleveland Clinic’s Butsch. “The treatment is our immune system.”

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How 57,000 Socialists and Communists Plan to Take Over the Democratic Party

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How 57,000 Socialists and Communists Plan to Take Over the Democratic Party

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In a move that could have major implications for American politics, the leading socialist and communist organizations in the United States have formally allied to increase their infiltration and manipulation of the Democratic Party.

Communist Party USA (CPUSA) leader John Bachtell partially explained the new strategy in the pitch for party members to attend an online webinar that was held on May 23, 2018. According to Bachtell, the webinar would feature a panel of representatives from the CPUSA, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Freedom Road Socialists Organization (FRSO), LeftRoots, and others.

The event was sponsored by a group called the Left Inside/Outside Project, which is the idea of “building power inside and outside the Democratic Party.” The organization began shortly after the 2016 elections as a response to the Presidency of Donald Trump. Bachtell claimed that CPUSA “is collaborating with several left groups and progressive activists to promote unity and coalition building in the electoral arena.”

The plan is to encourage all elements of the left to vote, which would result in “defeating the extreme right domination of government and the courts.” This “strategic imperative,” according to Bachtell, is why “building electoral coalitions with every force possible including with the Democratic Party is key.”

Inside/Outside

The Left Inside/Outside Project first announced itself in a letter, “The Left We Want to Build: Breaking Out of the Margins,” published on FRSO-aligned website Organizing Upgrade on June 9, 2017.

The letter laid out a bold plan by America’s leading communist groups to massively expand their collective influence both inside and outside the Democratic Party. In the wake of “the ascent of authoritarian white nationalism to the White House and the GOP’s headlock on 25 state governments and Congress,” the letter called for “building a left trend – an alignment of organizations and individuals – based on strategic unity.”

Further: “We believe that … Only determined, long-term, energetic efforts to break out of the margins based on a common view of how to engage in our electoral system, while also building mass protest, offer a chance to make the left a force in U.S. politics and, eventually, a contender for power.”

The letter went on to propose better coordination among America’s largest Marxist organizations, to increase infiltration of the Democratic Party and to further pressure it from without, through mass protest action:

“The fight against the far right is strongest when it is energized by an inspiring vision for economic and social justice. Campaigns for openly socialist candidates and progressive challenges to neoliberal Democrats must all be part of the political mix. And the opportunities for broadening the reach of progressive and left forces will be greatest when they both struggle within and work in tandem with the larger anti-Trump or anti-right front…”

The letter described this proposed communist/socialist alliance as a “left trend.”

“All of the organizations and networks we belong to have important strengths, but also very real limitations in terms of size, demographics, or geographic or sectoral concentration. None of them, in their current form, are capable of playing the strategic role we believe the left must play in the next period. A left trend might have that potential – the ability to reach far beyond the existing left to create a force that can move us from defense to offense.”

The letter was signed “In unity and struggle” by key leaders of America’s most powerful Marxist organizations, CPUSA, FRSO, DSA and the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS).

Potential Disaster

Broadly speaking, there are two lefts in America. One side is the anti-Democratic Party left –which consists of the Revolutionary Communist Party, Socialist Alternative, Socialist Party USA, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Party of Communists USA, and so on. On the other side are the groups willing to work inside the Democratic Party – that is, those organizations signing on to the strategy outlined above.

These organizations are not to be underestimated. Separately, all these groups are dangerous. Together, they spell potential disaster.

For example, CPUSA claims about 5,000 members, but its support base is much wider. Many Communist Party USA leaders are also Democrats. Examples include Houston Communist Party Chairman Bernard Sampson (local Democratic Party Precinct chairman) and Ohio Communist Party Chairman Rick Nagin, who serves on the Cuyahoga County Democratic Executive Committee.

The CPUSA is strong in organized labor, in Black churches and in the “peace movement.” CPUSA strongholds include New York City, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Arizona, California, and Texas. The CPUSA is aligned with China, Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuela and the communist parties of Russia, Britain, Canada, Mexico, Iraq, and Iran.

CCDS is only a few hundred strong. It often shares members with DSA, FRSO and CPUSA. Its strongholds include Boston, New York City, Chicago, Louisville, Kentucky, and the Bay Area. CCDS has close ties to China, Vietnam, and Cuba.

FRSO is extremely secretive about membership numbers. Fewer than 100 cadre are publicly acknowledged. My estimate is around 2,000 members, but that is purely an educated guess. Dozens of front organizations of FRSO are extremely well funded through the Ford Foundation and other large leftist non-profits.

FRSO is strongest in the following areas: Boston; New York/New Jersey; Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.; North Carolina; Tennessee; Georgia; southern Florida; Los Angeles; and the Bay Area. FRSO also has smaller bases in Austin, Texas, New Mexico, Missouri, Vermont, Ohio, Oregon, and Washington state. FRSO supports Cuba and Vietnam. Some elements also support China and North Korea. Freedom Road focuses heavily on racial politics and is the main force behind Black Lives Matter. FRSO-aligned activists currently holding public office include Philadelphia City Councilor Helen Gym, Memphis Tennessee County Commissioner Tami Sawyer, and Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba.

LeftRoots “is a national organization of 250 front-line organizers and activists, committed to politically developing their members to lead social movements across the U.S.” It is essentially a project of FRSO.

DSA is the giant of the bunch. On the back of the Bernie Sanders movement, DSA has grown from 6,000 to upwards of 50,000 dues-paying members in less than two years. The organization has locals in every state but South Dakota. The larger locals include Seattle (600 members), Portland Oregon (350 members), East Bay (850 members), Los Angeles (1200 members), Chicago (1100 members), Boston (1000 members), New York (3,000+ members), Washington, DC (1200 members), Baltimore (450 members), Atlanta (500 members) and Austin, Texas (700+ members).

Thousands of DSA comrades are active in the Democratic Party and have taken hold of local Democratic County committees from Maine to Nebraska. In Iowa, DSA controls about 20 percent of the delegates to the Democratic State convention. DSA has run hundreds of members and supporters across the country on the Democratic ticket this election cycle. They include DSA members Kaniela Ing (Congressional District 1, Hawaii), Rashida Tlaib (Congressional District 13, Michigan), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Congressional District 14 New York), Zak Ringelstein (U.S. Senate, Maine), and Connie Johnson (governor, Oklahoma).

The Democratic Socialists of America is in many ways further-left than the Communist Party. In 2017, DSA voted to leave the Socialist International because it was too moderate.

Democratic Socialists of America also controls Our Revolution, the reportedly 100,000-strong nationwide organization set up to support candidates sympathetic to the Bernie Sanders movement.

Working Together

According to David Duhalde, former Deputy Director of Democratic Socialists of America and now “Senior Electoral Manager” at the activist website Truthout:

“I have been rather pleasantly surprised about how well the different post-Bernie formations have been doing and working together to keep this political revolution going. I want to give one great example, which is Our Revolution, [which] either locally or nationally endorsed all of our candidates that we endorsed nationally, as well. Not to mention tons of local races.

“We have a very good working relationship with Our Revolution. We often share information and talk about candidates. We, also, have this affiliation program where DSA chapters can be the local Our Revolution chapter, as well. That is to avoid unnecessary conflicts, duplication of efforts. So, our Knoxville chapter which helped elect two DSA members is, also, the Our Revolution chapter.”

According to John Bachtell, the CPUSA is also present in Our Revolution, as well as other “grassroots” progressive organizations:

“[CPUSA] members were involved with Bernie Sanders campaign and are continuing their activism in Our Revolution, Swing Left, Indivisible, Working Families Party, statewide groups like the New Virginia Majority and local Democratic Party groups and 2018 electoral campaigns.”

The hard-left has infiltrated the Democratic Party in virtually every state, from the largest cities to remote rural areas. From New York City and Los Angeles to North Dakota and Central Oregon. In rural areas in Republican-dominated states, the Democratic Party is often a shell, nothing more than a ballot line. It is easily conquered by disciplined socialist activists. In the big cities DSA and their friends can overwhelm local Democratic party branches by sheer weight of numbers.

The shock primary victory of 29-year-old socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over high-ranking Queens Congressman Joe Crowley is but one of many examples.

Our Revolution and the communists and socialists of the Left Inside/Outside Project are rapidly taking over the Democratic Party.

All in all, the Democratic Party-aligned U.S. left can boast about 57,000 cadre. Support organizations and affiliated unions, churches, civic groups, and non-profits would add several hundred thousand more to that total. If well organized, these numbers are than enough to solidly take over the Democratic Party.

The Party of FDR, Harry Truman, and LBJ is rapidly becoming the party of Marx, Lenin and Mao. Voters need to be acutely aware of their choices when they go to the polls in 2018, 2020, and beyond.

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