Collegiate Fitness
why exercise is important for your body, mind and spirit By Mirella P. Auchus, Ph.D., MBA, Licensed Psychologist Going to college represents a major life transition and developmental step into adulthood! There are multitudes of wonderful and exciting changes and opportunities that await you. You will be meeting people and living on your own with no curfews, no one to tell you when to eat, what to eat, when to study and Read more »
What’s really behind the burn during and after exercise?
By Brian B. Parr, Ph.D., ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist Imagine you are out running or cycling, cruising along at a speed that is intense but sustainable. Then imagine you start up a long hill. At first you can keep your pace pretty easily, but soon the hill starts to get your attention as it gets more difficult to maintain your speed. Then you feel it… the fatigue, heaviness, and weakness Read more »
Paddling Mississippi
by Ernest Herndon It’s funny, but Mississippi is not known as a canoeing-kayaking state. I say funny because unless you require whitewater thrills when you float a river, the state’s waters are a fantastic place to dip a paddle. And we do have some whitewater, by the way. The thing is, many people associate Mississippi with cotton fields, mud, mosquitoes, that sort of thing – rather like we associate Texas with cowboys Read more »
Running the Boston Marathon: a race we’ll never forget
By Joey Lee April 15, most people think of it as tax day, but I’ll forever remember it as the day I came way too close to losing absolutely everything, when my family was almost taken, leaving me with nothing, alone and broken. It started like any other race morning, very early, but that’s the only normal thing about the Boston Marathon. I left the hotel and took the subway to the Read more »August 7th 2020
In continuing its efforts to support a healthy Mississippi, the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation announced four read more »
New Capital Orthopaedic Center under construction in Flowood Posted Wed 09/13/2017 9:02PMBenson Construction and Masonry has recently started construction on a new clinic and outpatient surgery center for Capital Orthopaedic and read more »
LeFleur Museum District to Host the 2017 MS Science Fest in September Posted Wed 09/13/2017 8:57PMJACKSON, Miss. – The 2017 Mississippi Science Fest presented by C Spire is slated for September 22 -23 in Jackson’s read more »
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