Tag Archives: Fitness
The Rundown with Christine Woods: Program Director, Faculty/Staff Wellness
Christine Woods is an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Certified Exercise Specialist and the Program Director for Faculty/Staff Wellness here at TU. She’s also running the Faculty/Staff boot camp I’ve been attending this week. I asked her a few … Continue reading
Will Student Bodies measure up?
Today I signed up for Student Bodies, an eight week program sponsored by the Towson University Counseling Center to help women challenge negative influences on body image and to develop a healthy mindset about diet and exercise. According to the … Continue reading
Filed under Healthy Eating Habits, Wellness
Ooh-rah TU boot camp
One of the best things about being a grad assistant is that sometimes you get to decide if you want to be considered a student or a university staff member. A few weeks ago, when I got my flu shot … Continue reading
Filed under Exercise & Fitness
FREE Zumba class for TU students, faculty, & staff today in Burdick Hall
You may have already heard of the Zumba revolution sweeping the fitness world by Latin-dancing storm. Zumba is one of my favorite ways to work out, since the moves are easy to follow, it’s really effective at burning calories, and … Continue reading
Filed under Exercise & Fitness
Q&A with Kerry Ballek, MS RD LDN CDE
Kerry Ballek is a registered dietician with an MS degree in nutrition and a certified diabetes educator who works for Dining Services @ TU. I sat down with her this morning to find out how students can make smart food … Continue reading
Filed under Healthy Eating Habits
Top ten tweets on my beat
Here’s a list of my favorite twitterers on topics of fitness, wellness, healthy diet, exercise, and recreation. So as not to hurt anyone’s ego, I’ll list them in no particular order: @RunnerDude_ Thad McLaurin, tweets about his adventures in long-distance … Continue reading
Filed under Exercise & Fitness, Healthy Eating Habits, Wellness
10 things I love about Group Ex @ TU
1. Defying limits If you’re someone who doesn’t take a lot of risks with your workouts, it’s great to have a Group Ex instructor who will help push you to take your workout a little bit further than you thought … Continue reading
Filed under Exercise & Fitness
