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  • 10-Year-Old Leo Noviello Runs Infinitus Marathon

    10-Year-Old Leo Noviello Runs Infinitus Marathon0

    When you hear of a ten-year-old running a marathon, you are very likely impressed — as you should be. When you hear that he ran the 28-mile Infinitus Trail Race, you should be in awe. That is exactly what Leo Noviello did in the mountains of Vermont on May 29. The Infinitus Trail Race was

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  • Rhabdomyolysis and Exercise0

    Rhabdomyolysis is an issue that athletes or exercisers encounter when exposed to excessive heat and humidity, coupled with prolonged and/or intense exercise and a lack of acclimatization. During rhabdomyolysis, muscle tissue breaks down, releasing intracellular fluid into the bloodstream. Protein (myoglobin) from this fluid may then concentrate in the kidneys, causing a blockage in the

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  • Local Company Makes Trailer for US Women’s Open0

    When a customer in California needed a custom-built trailer for the US Women’s Open Golf Championship, they contacted Transport Custom Designs of Montoursville. “Although golf has played a very important role in my life for many years, never did I ever dream I’d actually have an opportunity to provide the golfing world with a very

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  • Exercising With Arthritis0

    I have worked with many physicians over the years and have thoroughly enjoyed our conversations. While they come to me for fitness information, our conversations often drift to other health-related topics of which I am less versed. One such discussion was about exercise and different forms of arthritis. A physician once told me, “You can

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  • Resistance Training is Good for More than Just Building Muscle0

    I recently looked at an infographic published by the American College of Sports Medicine on the benefits of resistance training. It got me thinking about my undergraduate exercise physiology class and how far science has progressed in recent decades in understanding the relationship between strength training and health. The professor, who was excellent, by the

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  • Local CEO Fitness and Prevention Keys to Ending Pandemic0

    Health experts have made it very clear from the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic that the most vulnerable populations to the virus were those with chronic conditions such as diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), both of which are often related to obesity and may be preventable. I asked River Valley Regional YMCA CEO,

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