A few gusty storms over the last several weeks have reminded us that summer really is over. The shortest days of the year are ahead. Those long, wistful Seattle summer days come with a trade-off: for many of us, winter commutes mean commuting in less light, much more rain and potentially snow and ice. With [...]

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The University of Washington’s Ride in the Rain challenge aims to help UW commuters find that bicycling can be a great commute year-round, even during the wet, wintry months. But UW faculty member Sharona Gordon didn’t need convincing. She prefers biking in the rain to riding in sunny weather. “The rain makes me feel connected [...]

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UW Medicine’s Sports Performance Center at Husky Stadium is proud to announce a new golf performance clinic! The golf clinic will provide a 90-minute one-on-one evaluation of the golfer’s entire kinetic chain to identify physical limitations that may be resulting in pain, inefficiency, and/or inconsistency in their golf swing. This will be assessed through a screening of [...]

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Are you sitting down for this? Don’t be surprised if your back is sore. Prolonged sitting is one of the biggest culprits behind back pain. Sitting pretty much dominates our days: we sit in our cars, at our desks, during breakfast, lunch, and dinner, on our couches… All of this hunching over computers, steering wheels, [...]

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Whether you have two minutes at your desk or time for a full yoga class, the benefits are waiting for you. Yoga invites us to slow down and breathe. That’s the core of it and luckily, regardless of age or physical ability, we can all do that. Just take a moment to slow down — way down. And [...]

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In 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services declared September National Yoga Month. The goal was to bring awareness to the amazing benefits of yoga, and that’s our goal all month! Welcome to week one of our celebration. Sign up here if you haven’t already! I was inspired after last year’s Yoga Month when [...]

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One of the best ways to stay healthy during the workday is to hit the stairs. Whether you are on the go or just trying to take a break from a fast paced work environment, stairs are a smart way to get moving. Harborview Medical Center (HMC) is a level one trauma center so this [...]

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Over 1,500 UW faculty and staff participated in this year’s Summer Fitness Challenge to move more and eat well. Through partnerships with our Fitness Discount Network, participants and their families were able to try out local gyms for FREE. Now we are going into the new school year feeling stronger and more energized. To celebrate, [...]

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It’s the final week of the Summer Fitness Challenge and nearly 1,600 UW faculty and staff have spent the past eight weeks moving more and eating well. So far we have learned where to start with an exercise program, how to gage intensity, the benefits of adding strength, how to progress properly, how to add [...]

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Exercise Tip of the Week – Increase Your Physical Activity Exercise and physical activity are not synonymous. Exercise is planned and purposeful, and scheduled bouts of it will improve your fitness and health significantly (I’ve been encouraging you to fit in at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day, whether it’s broken up in [...]

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Welcome to week six of the Summer Fitness Challenge! This week’s topic is fitting in exercise while travelling. Vacationing is so much fun in the summer, but sometimes we find ourselves returning a little less fit. Exercise Tip of the Week – Fitness and Travel It can be very hard to keep up your normal [...]

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I have never been a gym person. I’m very impressed by those who find the time and motivation to make it to those temples of sweat, those hallowed halls of healthful contraptions, and put in effort for the sole goal of improving their fitness. When I do find the get-up-and-go to walk into a gym, [...]

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