Go Big and Stay Home: Building a Budget-Friendly Home Gym
By Janice Enloe, personal trainer and running coach, RUN Oak Park and Weights and Measures As the holidays and snow days approach, it can be a challenge to make it to the gym or out for…
Category Archives: Health
Active Commuting: Quick Tips for Running or Cycling to Work
By Janice Enloe, personal trainer and running coach, RUN Oak Park and Weights and Measures Run and cycle commuting is growing in popularity. Maybe it’s Oak Park’s close proximity to downtown Chicago, the need to log…
Run for Your Life
By Janice Enloe, personal trainer and running coach, RUN Oak Park and Weights and Measures My running group raced into the rec center as the summer sky lit up and the first thunderclap barreled across south…
Know the Truth About Nutrition
By Bret Bohning, executive chef, and Amanda Piskor, manager, Marion Street Market. If you’re looking to improve your health in 2016, one great way to do that is to take a look at what you…
Tools to Help You Help Your Child Focus
By Nancy Hite, educational rehabilitator, movement and pediatric massage therapist for Dr. Bills Learning Center The health and creativity of any child is based on emotional, functional and mental nourishment. As a parent, you can help…
Hit the Ground Walking
By Janice Enloe, personal trainer and running coach, RUN Oak Park and Weights and Measures “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Oak Park’s fitness walkers have emerged after a…
Incorporating Yoga into Your Fitness Routine
By Adrienne Smith, yoga instructor and studio manager of CorePower Yoga – Oak Park/River Forest With the start of a new year, a lot of people try to make healthy changes. No matter what your…
All in Your Business – Fitness in the Family
By Julie Chyna, executive editor of The Oak Parker Growing tired of the corporate grind, Adryenne Hearne Alvarez and her brother, Derek Hearne, would frequently talk about their various business ideas. They realized that with…
Belly Up to Your at-Home Barre: The Kitchen Counter
Burn calories – not dinner – with this at home workout. By Ali Haynes Barre, the ballet-inspired fitness craze that combines low-impact moves with isometric holds and heavy repetition, is the perfect match for the…
HIIT It! High Intensity Interval Training for a quick and effective at-home workout
By Janice Enloe, personal trainer and running coach, RUN Oak Park and Weights and Measures The text from my running buddy arrived at exactly the same moment as my return flight was cancelled for the second time.…