The News Review:
- Want to Ease Labor Pains? Try Water Aerobics During Pregnancy
- A good time to give fitness a try
- Bon voyage and all that
- YWCA pool to close next month
- Go all-inclusive in the Dominican Republic
Want to Ease Labor Pains? Try Water Aerobics During Pregnancy
HealthNews CA
Is there going to be a lot of pain how will I handle it and will I need an epidural? Pain is an inevitable byproduct of childbirth but the degree to which you experience pain will ultimately effect your need (or desire) for an epidural or other pain medication. One way to possibly minimize that pain and keep in shape during your pregnancy is to regularly do water aerobics. from the University of Campinas reported that women who are expecting and who have participated in a moderate-intensity water exercise program were significantly less likely to request painkillers during labor than those who did not exercise. However there were no significant differences between the groups in duration or type of delivery neonatal outcomes or cardiovascular capacity.
A good time to give fitness a try
News & Observer NC
Many have weight and fitness rooms where you can walk a treadmill or lift weights. Most have gyms where you can get in on a pickup basketball game or walk or run laps on a cold day. All have fitness classes covering a range of exercises from aerobics to tai chi to yoga. And for the month of December some have programs you can sample on a 30-day trial. If you like it you can continue in the new year typically for a modest fee. At Cary’s Herbert C. Young Community Center for instance Holiday Workouts will meet Mondays in December beginning at 6 p.
Bon voyage and all that
Bangkok Post Thailand
The gentleman said he regarded himself as “a warrior” and he had not undergone years of tough military training to end up giving dancing lessons. At least he wasn’t transferred to an inactive post – just the opposite in fact. There’s plenty of leaping about in aerobics. The miffed general said he was working on a “throwing the hand grenade dance” which was bit of a worry because he sounded like he meant it. You never know the general’s new dance might catch on in the discos or whatever they are called these days. It could be a sort of line dance with everyone simulating – well hopefully simulating – lobbing a grenade and then diving for cover. Mashed potato with a twist There’s no reason why the general’s offbeat dance shouldn’t catch on.
YWCA pool to close next month
Muncie Star Press IN
“There’s so many of us who cannot do exercises outside of the water” class member Gail Green said. “This is the only pool that keeps that temperature for arthritic patients. “Of the approximately 100 members a majority were seniors who used the pool for low-impact water aerobics classes Markert said. YMCA officials say they also offer a warm water pool although YWCA users may be envisioning the pool before 2006 when a computer was installed to regulate temperatures. Now it stays between 82 and 84 degrees just two to four degrees colder than the YWCA pool. Markert was surprised to learn of the federal requirement when it was brought to her attention by the Delaware County Health Department about nine weeks ago. When they notified her she thought they would have a year to comply but that year began last December when former YWCA director Julie Coleman was notified.
Go all-inclusive in the Dominican Republic
Sunday Mirror UK
I leave him by the pool with a Cuba Libre ¡ a local favourite ¡ as I go off to my step aerobics class on the beach. Strangely take-up is not huge. In fact one morning I’m the only participant and the instructor ropes in some of the young men from the entertainment team to make up the numbers. It’s difficult to concentrate as they parade their sculpted black bodies gleaming with sunshine and vitality.
Related from Golf-monster: Dominican Republic Named ‘Golf Destination of the Year’