Fitness Guide - March 2007

Fitness Guide - March 2007

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Wednesday, 07 March 2007

fitness: a state of general mental and physical well-being

Restaurants/Smoothies

Fitness Centers

  • Ladies Workout Express of Leander, 202 W. South Street, Leander, 259-8606
  • Ladies Workout Express, 1050 N. Lakeline Blvd., Cedar Park, 249-6556, www.ladiesworkoutexpress.com
  • Curves, 601 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park, 260-0688
  • YMCA, 204 E. Little Elm Trail, Cedar Park, 250-9622
  • Cypress Creek Fitness for Women, 1540 Cypress Creek Road, Cedar Park, 535-2791, www.ccfitness.biz
  • Fitness 19, 14900 Avery Ranch Blvd., Austin, 388-1911, www.fitness19.com
  • Fitness 19, 2051 Cypress Creek Road, Cedar Park, 249-6030, www.fitness19.com
  • Gold’s Gym, 13945 N. US 183, Austin, 219-9338, www.goldsgym.com
  • Lifetime Fitness, 13725 N. RM 620, Austin, 219-0909, www.lifetimefitness.com
  • Anytime Fitness, 2800 S. Bagdad, Leander, 260-9797, www.anytimefitness.com

Gymnastics

  • High Tech Gymnastics, 901 Oakwood Drive, Leander, 259-4913
  • AcroTex Gymnastics, 2004 Sun Chase Blvd., Cedar Park, 219-6459

Health and Diet Foods Retail

  • Divine Light Massage and Herbal Center, 601 E. Whitestone Blvd. Ste 210, Cedar Park, 528-9728, www.divineherbal.com
  • General Nutrition Centers (GNC), 11200 Lakeline Mall Blvd., Cedar Park, 918-2508, www.gnc.com
  • Sports Authority, 11301 Lakeline Blvd., Austin, 331-4892, www.sportsauthority.com
  • Play It Again Sports, 200 Buttercup Creek Blvd., Ste 109, Cedar Park, 331-9739
  • Dan’s Advantage , 3005 CR 175, Leander, 257-3783
  • Chants and Cheers, 601 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park, 733-7716
  • American Sports Products Group, 1001 Cypress Creek Road, Cedar Park, 659-9766

Martial Arts

  • JTS Services, 807 Mountain Ridge Drive, Leander, 260-3159
  • ATA Black Belt Academy, 10960 E. Crystal Falls Parkway, Leander, 260-2821, www.leanderata.net
  • Austin Okinawan Karate, 1504 Gretchen Drive, Cedar Park, 260-0453, www.togkf.org
  • HK Taekwondo, 1075 N. Lakeline Blvd., Cedar Park, 260-0060
  • Shaolin Do Kung Fu, 715 Discovery Blvd., Cedar Park, 260-3499, www.texaskungfu.com
  • Culin Karate Center, 200 Buttercup Creek Blvd., Ste #126, Cedar Park, 336-5050, www.joinkarate.com
  • North Austin Taekwondo, 2004 Sun Chase Blvd., Cedar Park, 331-5326, natkd.com
  • Dragonheart Karate, 200 S. Bell Blvd., Ste F4, Cedar Park, 918-8912, www.dragonheartkarate.com
  • Tang Soo Do Academy, 1525 Cypress Creek Rd., Ste D, Cedar Park, 335-1890, www.tsdacademy.com

Swimming

  • Elizabeth Milburn Pool, 1901 Sun Chase Blvd., Cedar Park, 381-9317
  • City of Leander Swimming Pool, 601 S. Bagdad Road, Leander, 260-3548
  • Block House Swimming Pool, 3100 Block House Drive, Leander, 260-2699

Dance and Yoga

  • Julianna’s Performing Arts Studio, 1908 S. Bagdad Road, Ste. B, Leander, 260-1972, www.dancejpas.com
  • M.A. Dance Project, 601 E. Whitestone Blvd., Ste. 620, Cedar Park, 259-6444, madanceproject.com
  • Dance Emotions, 200 Buttercup Creek Blvd. , Cedar Park, 401-0043
  • Cedar Park Dance Co., 300 Brushy Creek Road, Cedar Park, 257-9722, cedarparkdance.net
  • Balanced Body Yoga & Wellness, 715 Discovery Blvd., Ste 409, Cedar Park, 848-0780, www.balancedbody.com

Golf/Tennis

Exercise is necessary for leading a healthy lifestyle.

Sticking with exercise programs:

  • Choose something you like to do.
  • Get a partner.
  • Stick to a regular time every day.
  • Sign a contract committing yourself to exercise.
  • Put "exercise appointments" on your calendar.
  • Keep a daily log or diary of your activities.
  • Check your progress. Can you walk a certain
  • distance faster now than when you began? Or is your heart rate slower now?
  • Ask your doctor to write a prescription for your exercise program, such as what type of exercise to do, how often to exercise and for how long.
  • Think about joining a health club. The cost gives some people an incentive to exercise regularly.

Benefits of maintaining a healthy lifestyle:

  • Reduces your risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, diabetes and obesity.
  • Keeps joints, tendons and ligaments flexible so it's easier to move around.
  • Reduces some of the effects of aging.
  • Contributes to your mental well-being and helps treat depression.
  • Helps relieve stress and anxiety.
  • Increases your energy and endurance.
  • Helps you sleep better.
  • Helps you maintain a normal weight by increasing your metabolism (the rate you burn calories).

Easy ways to sneak exercise into busy schedules:

  • Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
  • Go for a walk during coffee breaks or lunch.
  • Walk all or part of the way to work.
  • Do housework at a fast pace.
  • Rake leaves or other yard work.

A healthy life begins with eating right. Maintain healthy eating habits by substituting nutritious snacks and meals.

Unhealthy choice

  • Doughnuts, pastries, scones
  • Sugar cereals and regular granola
  • Potato or corn chips, buttered popcorn
  • White pasta, white rice
  • Fried vegetables or vegetables served with cream, cheese or butter sauces
  • French fries, hash browns, potato chips
  • Pork spare ribs, bacon
  • Regular ground beef
  • Lunch meats such as pepperoni, salami, bologna, liverwurst
  • Regular cheese (American, blue, Brie, cheddar, Colby, Parmesan)
  • Regular ice cream
  • Cookies
  • Shortening, butter or margarine

Healthy choice

  • English muffins, small whole grain bagels
  • Oatmeal, low-fat granola, whole grain cereal
  • Pretzels (unsalted), popcorn (unbuttered)
  • Whole wheat pasta, brown rice
  • All vegetables raw, steamed, broiled, baked or tossed with a very small amount of olive oil
  • Baked, mashed or boiled potatoes
  • Lean pork (tenderloin, loin chop)
  • Lean or extra lean ground beef, ground chicken or turkey breast
  • Lean lunch meats such as turkey, chicken and ham
  • Low-fat cheese with less than 3 grams of fat per serving
  • Sorbet, sherbet, nonfat or low-fat ice cream
  • Fig bars, gingersnaps, molasses cookies
  • Olive, soybean or canola oils

When eating on the go, making healthy decisions can be easy.

Restaurant tips:

  • Ask for sauces and salad dressings on the side and use them sparingly.
  • Use salsa and mustard instead of mayonnaise or oil.
  • Order baked, broiled, or grilled (not fried) lean meats including turkey, chicken, seafood or sirloin steak.
  • Salads and vegetables make healthier side dishes than french fries. Use a small amount of sour cream instead of butter if you order a baked potato.
  • Choose fresh fruit instead of sugary, high-fat desserts.

Fast-Food tips:

  • single slice of veggie pizza
  • grilled, not fried, sandwiches (for example, a grilled chicken breast sandwich)
  • bean burrito baked potato frozen yogurt

Information available on www.familydoctor.org

M.A. Dance Project, 601 E. Whitestone Blvd., Ste. 620, Cedar Park

Offers:

  • Classes for ages two to adults
  • Ballet and jazz
  • Body work
  • Creative rhythm and movement
  • Hip Hop
  • Intro to dance
  • Lyrical, pointe and tap
  • Local youth company for ages 7-18

259-6444• www.madanceproject.com

Tang Soo Do Academy, 1525 Cypress Creek Road, Ste D, Cedar Park

Offers:

  • Tang Soo Do Academy teaches life skills with a curriculum that includes goal setting, courtesy, respect, perspective and the “I-can” attitude. Both adult and youth classes are offered. Classes are based on Korean disciplines of Soo Bahk and Tae Kwon and incorporate Aiki-Jujutsu and Judo.
  • “My wife and I wanted to create an environment where children would have another place of positive reinforcement,” Owner and Master Instructor Hoke M. Nunan said.

335-1890 • www.tsdacademy.com

Ladies Workout Express, 202 South St., Leander

Offers:

  • Ladies Workout Express caters to women of all shapes, sizes, ages and fitness levels. It offers an interval circuit-training program that provides a full strength and aerobic workout in 30 minutes. The program speeds metabolism, burns fat and aids in weight loss.

259-8606 • www.ladiesworkoutexpress.com

Who-go’s, 601 E. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park

Offers:

  • Fresh and hot sandwiches, paninis, fresh-squeezed juices, smoothies, fruit bars, fruit salads, shaved ice, Mexican shaved ice with fruit, muffins
  • Supplements like energy, immune, digestive, protein and collagen

528-9010 • www.who-gos.com

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