‘Miscellany’ Archives
Ringing Rubber Bells!
Ringing Rubber Bells By Robert Albee There are many of us who are now looking back at age 65 and forward to the rest of our lives, however long that might be. We want to be productive and healthy and engaged with our families and communities. Each of us are different and based on the damage and partially-healed injuries we sustained in getting to our current age, we enter our elder years with a history of liabilities to address along with our current state of health and wellness. So at what point do we start becoming feeble and fearful of falling and breaking a hip which is often the beginning of the end for an elder. We often fall because we lose our balance or simply trip over something that is in our way. To begin facing this issue, I enrolled to become a trainer in A Matter of Balance. MOB is an evidence-based program designed to enable participants to become much more aware of fall prevention strategies and engage in physical activities designed to strengthen our [...]
One Year Success at PCC: Ideas Welcome
As I am writing this article, It seems incredible that Running Wolf Fitness Center will soon be celebrating its one year anniversary! Running Wolf Fitness Center opened its doors last year on October 17th, 2011. Just a bit of an update on Running Wolf for this last year. We are located in the Phillips Community Center building located at 2323 11th Avenue South in Minneapolis. Since we opened there have also been many additions to the rest of the building with other agencies and the Minneapolis Park Board. So it is a much busier place! Agencies that are in the building are: Waite House Guri Nabad Ventura Village Neighborhood Assn A Partnership of Diabetics -APOD Minneapolis Swims (more…)
