LifestylesPage 6Did you know? It takes 4,000 calories to loseone pound.• <strong>March</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2010</strong> •Spring into FITNESSSimple changes can make for a healthier lifestyleFood for ThoughtSubstitute your favorite unhealthy eats forHaley Millerideal for those activities. Make sure to always[page editor]bring a friend with you in order to keep safe.these healthier substitutesSpring is a great time to jump-start a fitness Walking can be a great way to work out;regime. The weather is nicer, the gyms are according to thewalkingsite.com, the average BADBETTERoffering more classes, and swimsuit season amount of calories burned from walking oneBurger King Whopper withBurger King Whopper Jr.is right around the corner. In order to get mile is one hundred. Another great option ifCheesewithout mayoin shape before the glorious gates of the you can only fit a small amount of exerciseMunicipal Pool open, we should begin eating into your day is the on demand Exercise TVCalories: 760Calories: 330healthier and exercising more.options on Comcast’s Channel 99. TheseFat Grams: 43gFat Grams: 12g<strong>Richmond</strong> is a great place to get fit. With 10-minute videos can add a workout to yourgyms such as Medfit, Earlham, Fitnessworks daily routine. Choose from options such as(Health Connection), and the YMCA, there Pilates, Yoga, abs, and aerobics.Taco Bell Volcano NachosTaco Bell Triple Layer Nachosare several places where you can get inAn important part of getting healthy isshape. Earlham College Wellness Center changing eating habits. Simple changes likeCalories:1000Calories: 350offers a pool, track, weight room, and several swapping soda, juice, and sports drinks forFat Grams: 62gFat Grams: 18gexercise machines to work out on. There are diet sodas, water, and unsweetened tea canalso classes offered throughout the week for provide results. For example, a can of Cokespecific exercise needs. Medfit is open 24 has 150 calories; if you drink two cans of Cokehours a day, making working out on your own per day, you are consuming 300 unnecessaryDairy Queen Small ChocolateDairy Queen Small Oreotime much easier.calories. Plus, drinking more water helpsCookie Dough BlizzardBlizzardIf working out inside is not your style, there your body metabolize fat more easily. Also,are several areas in <strong>Richmond</strong> where walking, exchanging high calorie and high fat items forCalories: 675Calories: 283running, bike riding, and roller blading areFat Grams: 26gFat Grams: 10ghealthier choices will provide results.welcomed and encouraged. Places like the Getting healthy is something we can all do.Cardinal Greenway and Glenn Miller Park are So grab a buddy and spring into fitness!Get a beach body in time for summer!ABStart by grabbing achair. Rest the tip ofyour foot on the chairwith your knee bentand the opposite legplanted on the ground.Bend both knees. Holdfor 3 seonds. Repeat 15reps and switch legs.EASY WAYS TO BURN100 CALORIES• Put on lip balm 765 times.• Ride your bike at amoderate pace for 21minutes.•Tread water for <strong>25</strong>minutes.• Fly a kite for 20 minutes.ABStart by laying on theground with your legsextended and yourarms behind your head.Crunch your legs andarms towards eachother. Do 15 reps.AStart laying on theground with your legsbent,• Vaccum for 20 minutes.THIGHS ABS• Hula-hoop for 20minutes.• Chew your food for 60minutes.• Canoe for 15 minutes.AKneel upright on theground with your armsextended.• Sing for 50 minutes.BZUMBAWhat is it?Zumba is a workout class that infuses Latindance with interval training and calorie burning.It has been described as a “fitness party!”Is it for you?If you find tradtional working out boring, enjoydancing, and want a simple aerobic workoutroutine that also tones, this is for you.Where to do it.Earlham College Wellness Center,Saturdays atNoon<strong>Richmond</strong> High School Tiernan Center, Mondaysand Wednesdays at 4:30 pmMEDFit, Mondays and <strong>Thursday</strong>s at 5:30 pmBENEFITS!Zumba teaches cool dance moves while gettingyour body totally toned. It is so fun you do noteven notice the workout.Keeping your arms andfeet on the groundlift your hips towardsthe ceiling then backdown, Repeat 20 reps.BUNSSPINNINGWhat is it?A vigorous hour of riding a stationary bikeduring a class where an instructor adjustslights, music, and incline to create an energizedatomostphere.Is it for you?If you like high intensity workouts, are crosstraining for a sport, and enjoy cycling.Where to do it.BENEFITS!• Wash your dog for <strong>25</strong>minutes.• Do continuous cartwheelsfor 10 minutes.• Yo-yo for <strong>25</strong> minutes.MEDFit, Mondays at 5:30 pm, Tuesdays at 5:45am and 5:30 pm, Wednesdays at 5:30 pm, and<strong>Thursday</strong>s at 5:45 am.Earlham College Wellness Center.Spinning can help athletes stay in great shapebetween sports or during the summer. The highintensity helps create large muscle mass.BYOGAWhat is it?Is it for you?Where to do it.BENEFITS!Drive towards theground and catchyourself. Bend yourelbows into a push upform. Do 15 reps.CHEST&ARMSA spiritual workout including many stretchesand positions.If you are interested in slow, relaxing poses,and core strength, as well as those who areinterested in gaining flexibility.MEDFit, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridaysat 8 am.Earlham College Wellness Center.Yoga can help relieve stress as well as allowyou to connect with your inner spitiuality. Itteaches you to relax and calm your body.
DetailsB<strong>March</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2010</strong>FromLauren O’Brien[co-editor-in-chief]• Page 7 •Indy to AnaheimPA<strong>Richmond</strong> advanced six BPA members to nationals, this year to be held in Anaheim, California.Nineteen total BPA members traveled to Indianapolis on Sunday, <strong>March</strong> 7 and returned Tuesday, <strong>March</strong>9, to compete in the state-level competition over Sunday and Monday. Four seniors and two juniors placedhighly enough in their categories to qualify for nationals, starting on May 4.Three days in Indy consisted of a meeting on Monday night after arrival, and awards on Tuesday morningbefore returning home, with many separate competitions along the way, plus a dance on Monday afteranother meeting.The video production team, made up of seniors Katy Atwell, Brandon Pope, and Joleesa Wade, andjunior Chad Bell, submitted a video created about senior Joseph Roan. The video focused on how he hasovercome his condition of cerebral palsy to become a very talented boxer. The video was aired on the dailyannouncements before the state conference.Junior Kunal Brahmbhatt and senior Derek Williams competed individually in entrepreneurship andbanking and finance respectively, and their presentations also placed them in a high enough percentile toadvance.Other members who competed at state took part in many other categories of competition; presentationmanagement, fundamental word processing, human resource management, and database applications.The trip was not, however, all work and no play. Students stayed at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Indy,spending time together in their rooms and the city.“With most of our free time we just walked around in the mall and ate where we wanted. I probablywalked to the mall from the hotel over ten times. State was pretty fun,” senior Kaly Reichter said.AdditionalStateCompetitorsHuman Resource Management – Elaine Brady, 9Keyboarding Production – Roshni Brahmbhatt, 9Economic Research Project – Lorraine Burwell, 12Presentation Management – Dakota Collins, 11Database Applications – Aaron Cruez, 11Computer Animation Team – Logan Durham & Zach Volner, 12Interview Skills – Taylor Gabbard, 11Payroll Accounting – Alex Hazelbaker, 12Banking & Finance – Craig Mayle, 12Fundamental Word Processing – Alicia Ponder, 12Graphic Design Promotion – Kaly Reichter, 12Database/Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications – Chris Shoemaker, 12Did you know? The BPA celebrated its 40th birthdayin 2006.www.bpa.orgAbout AnaheimAverages over 328days of sunshineannually, withan average dailytemperature of 73degrees.Anaheim, CAAnaheim is thelocation of theDisneyland Resort.36 miles southeast of LosAngeles, and 15 miles eastof the Pacific Ocean..2nd largest city in the OC,10th largest city in California,59th largest city in the nation.Katy Atwell, 12Video Production Team2nd place“I can’t wait for Nationalsin Anaheim. California,here we come!”Chad Bell, 11Video Production Team2nd place“It feels good to bepart of a team that hasput in a lot of work,to make a video thathas inspired a lot ofpeople, such as myself.”Brandon Pope, 12Video Production Team2nd place“I’m pretty pumped forNationals. We’re gonnahave a blast in Anaheim.My team is taking it all.”Joleesa Wade, 12Video Production Team2nd place“I’m really excitedto go to Nationals,not because it’s inCalifornia but becausewe want others to seeone of the unsungheroes.Kunal Brahmbhatt, 11Entrepreneurship2nd Place“I’m really excitedto go to Cali my firstyear in BPA. I thinkit’s pretty cool that forsomething I enjoy, Imiss school and go toCali.”Derek Williams, 12Banking and finance7th place“I’m excited I madeit to Nationals inCalifornia my first yearin the BPA. I didn’texpect to make it muchfurther than State.”1.2. 3. 6.4.5.1. Video production team Brandon Pope and Katy Atwell, 12, Chad Bell, 11, and Joleesa Wade, 12, display their awards. 2. State winner Kunal Brahmbhatt, 11, plays Rock Band. 3. <strong>Richmond</strong> and other district BPA members enjoy the dance. 4. Advisers Denise Selm and Angela Nolte. 5. The theme forthis year’s BPA conference. 6. Brandon Pope, 12, and Chad Bell, 11, pay attention at the assembly for voting delegates. photos provided.RegisterAdvertisements removedFor local ads, see print version