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| BETTERLIFE spring 2012<br />
EVERY DAY<br />
Rebel<br />
Magazine and<br />
The <strong>Village</strong><br />
team up to tackle<br />
‘Tough Mudder’<br />
The Lady<br />
Knights<br />
10 your resort<br />
SWISH St. Mary’s Lady Knights basketball team<br />
has perfect 30-0 season!<br />
Thanks to a few excellent <strong>Village</strong> members, who also are<br />
fantastic high school basketball players, the St. Mary’s Lady<br />
Knights basketball team just completed a perfect 30-0 season. St.<br />
Mary’s won the prestigious Nike Tournament of Champions in<br />
December with wins over Christ the King, NYC, Cicero North,<br />
NY, Good Counsel, MD, and Riverdale Baptist, MD. They also<br />
were victorious in the Martin Luther King Classic Basketball<br />
tournament with a big win over Winward Prep, Los Angeles,<br />
CA. St. Mary’s completed their season by winning the Division<br />
1 State Basketball Tournament at the end of February. The team<br />
is currently ranked #1 in the nation<br />
by every major poll, including<br />
ESPN/Powerade, Maxpreps, and<br />
USA Today. <strong>Village</strong> members on<br />
the team include Coach Curtis<br />
Ekmark, players Courtney<br />
Ekmark, Danielle Williams, and<br />
Dominique Williams. Some of<br />
you may remember Courtney,<br />
Danielle, and Dominique when<br />
they used to play in the <strong>Village</strong><br />
basketball league as eight<br />
year olds—they competed<br />
as the “pink warriors!”<br />
Congratulation ladies!<br />
top Marcia Leach, Camelback<br />
Youth Services Director<br />
Marcia Leach (CV) Lee Dayley<br />
(DMB), Zach Nielson (CV), Garth<br />
Miracle (CV), Morgan Oswald,<br />
Tod Whitwer (DMB), Hayden<br />
Anderson, Colton Carlsen (CV),<br />
Adam Sebouai, Katie Hoeschler,<br />
Nick Taratsas (DMB). Not Pictured<br />
is Jason Kirstein (DCR)<br />
top Camelback’s Marcia Leach is not afraid<br />
of the mud<br />
middle Verrado members Micaela Leighton and<br />
Heather Anderson<br />
bottom Tom Clark<br />
The folklore and romance surrounding the human heart has a<br />
long history. Humans have connected the heart to love and health for centuries.<br />
Sayings like “have a heart” or “I love you with all my heart” have come about<br />
because we instinctively know how important our hearts are to our lives,<br />
whether it’s for expressing sentiment or for living a long, healthy life.<br />
Heart muscle needs workouts<br />
Your heart is a muscle and like any muscle, if it doesn’t get a workout every day, it will diminish in strength over<br />
time. You probably own a car, which undoubtedly costs a fair amount of money. It only makes sense that you<br />
take care of your car by making sure that you put good fuel in it. You also know that you can’t just let your car<br />
sit for long periods of time because it will deteriorate and might not start the next time you use it. Your heart is<br />
a lot like your car. It needs good fuel, regular use and maintenance. Driving your car around town at only minimal<br />
speeds is not good for it, either. Your car needs to be driven at higher highway speeds to clean<br />
out the engine and make it more efficient. The same principle is true for your heart.<br />
Heartbeats<br />
Do things that make your heart beat faster like walking fast or jogging. Take a hike—literally. Find out about your<br />
local hiking trails. You might even join a hiking group to make it more fun.<br />
Heart sounds<br />
Listen to your heart as you pick up speed. It’s the healthy sound of your body’s pump in action, flushing blood<br />
from your lungs to your organs and muscles, refreshing them with oxygen. Oxygen is life-giving. The more we get,<br />
the better we feel and the better we function.<br />
Let’s get pumping!<br />
A HAPPY<br />
HEART<br />
EQUALS A LONG,<br />
FIT LIFE<br />
move it or lose it—get pumping!<br />
by Linda Hertzberg, Group Fitness Director at Camelback<br />
<strong>Village</strong>. Linda holds a bachelor’s degree in biology, and<br />
is certified in several fitness disciplines by ACE<br />
(American Council on Exercise), as well as being a<br />
Certified Pilates Trainer.<br />
Pump your arms when you walk. Take long strides or lift your knees when you walk. This will enable you to<br />
maintain a high level of oxygen intake. If you are stuck indoors, march in place to music and move your arms up<br />
and down. Try doing modified squats and lunges, then alternate them with arm movements. Move vigorously for<br />
two minutes and slow down for one. Keep this interval sequence going for 15 minutes and as you get stronger,<br />
gradually extend your workout time. Keep a daily record of how many minutes you spend “pumping” your heart.<br />
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