The Importance of Strength Training for Your Heart
The Importance of Strength Training for Your Heart By Lana Turnbull If you want to have and keep a healthy heart, exercise is one of the most important ways to stay physically fit. It you have heart disease risk factors or have had a heart event such as a heart attack, exercise is crucial to your treatment plan and your future heart health. So when it comes to exercising your heart, what Read more »
MS Mountain Biking
Mississippi Mountain Biking By Joey Lee Photos by Abe Draper Remember that feeling you had when you first rode a two-wheeler without training wheels? How much fun it was to pop a wheelie, race through puddles, jump curbs and skid on the dirt? I bet you even made ramps out of found objects and caught some major air, if only in your mind. You want that feeling back? It’s easier than you think. Read more »
Making Golf a Real Workout
Making Golf a Real Workout. Stretch your body and your game. If you have always thought of golf as more of a mental game than a physical workout, you are at least half right. Playing golf requires a great deal of concentration and may be mentally draining, but believe it or not, golf can also be a good way to get into shape. Even though it is considered a low impact sport, golf Read more »
The Okatoma Creek
The Okatoma Creek Mississippi Whitewater With the highest point above sea level in Mississippi only 806 feet, as you can imagine, the state is not known for an abundance of whitewater rivers. However, whether you are a seasoned paddler, or maybe just like to get away with the whole family for an occasional canoe trip, chances are, you have met the Okatoma. A tributary of the Bouie River, Okatoma Creek is a popular Read more »February 20th 2019
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Break Out of the Smoking Habit Posted Mon 11/21/2016 6:29PMJoin the Great American Smokeout this November 17. Every year, on the third Thursday of November, the American Cancer Society’s read more »
AAP Releases New Guidelines for Children’s Use of Media Posted Mon 11/21/2016 6:24PMThis October, the American Academy of Pediatrics released new recommendations for children’s exposure to screen time that relax some previous read more »
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