Friday, October 15, 2010

Mount Baldy Run to the Top

Congratulations to all the FitnessWorkx Trainers, Staff and Clients for finishing one of the toughest races held in California. The Mt Baldy Run to The Top is a 8mile race that climbs more than 4,000 feet and ends at the summit of Mt Baldy just above 10,000 ft elevation.




From Left-to-Right: Rick Rosendaal, Nick Rians, Sarah LeBerthon, Joel Duran, Francesca D'Eccliss, Erin Brady, Carlos Lopez, Sam Fu, Hunter Sugiyama, Jeff Cunningham

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Midlife Exercise Increased Brain Function Later in Life

A very interesting new study from the University of Pittsburgh was published today on the online journal Neurology. The study followed 299 men and women with a average age of 78 for nine years and found that regular exercise cut the risk of typical age related memory loss by half. The researches used walking as a metric since it was the most common exercise the participates listed, but the lead author Dr. Kirk Erickson stressed that all forms of exercise would achieve the same positive results, "If regular exercise in midlife could improve brain health and improve thinking and memory in later life, it would be one more reason to make regular exercise in people of all ages a public health imperative."


Walking: Get a brain boost later in life by walking now - latimes.com

Instructional Exercise of the Week: Reverse Barbell Curl

Friday, October 8, 2010

Would like to send a BIG THANK YOU for everyone who participated in the SAVEOURBEACH.org Seal Beach Clean up on Saturday 9/18/10!! As a show of thank you www.FitnessWorkx.com held a free Boot Camp class instructed by Rick Rozendaal for all those who help clean our beach.