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Technology, Education Keys to Keeping Athletes Safe from Lightning
(May 2013 - Michael Popke)
Within a four-week span last fall, a 71-year-old soccer spectator in Demarest, N.J., and an 11-year-old middle school football player in Fort Myers, Fla., were struck and killed by lightning.
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Volunteers Offer Sequestration Solution for Military Facilities
(Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - Christopher Prawdzik)
As budget cuts continue to affect fitness facilities across the military, volunteers could be the key to keeping your programs running smoothly.
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Synthetic Turf Offers Baseball Teams Options
(May 2013 - Paul Steinbach)
A true baseball purist, Steve Malliet likes stepping onto a well-manicured baseball diamond and smelling the freshly mowed grass. And his personal journey through professional baseball, with stops in the front offices of four minor-league teams and one big-league club, has allowed him this pleasure often. ...
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Kroc Center Challenges Will Continue After Construction's Done
(May 2013 - Andrew Cohen)
The late-February opening of a 104,000-square-foot facility in Memphis, Tenn., meant that the Salvation Army could count 23 Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers in all. ...
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NOFFS Adds New Navy Workouts and Fueling Strategies
(Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - Christopher Prawdzik)
The Navy will roll out two enhancements to its Navy Operational Fitness and Fueling System (NOFFS) in the coming months, first with a technological enhancement in May and then three new workout series in the summer.
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Retro Fitness CEO Eric Casaburi Talks Undercover Boss
(Tuesday, May 07, 2013 - Paul Steinbach)
Retro Fitness, a franchise offering a state-of-the-art workout experience in a checkerboard-and-hair-band atmosphere, has thrived despite an economic recession to the tune of 90-plus clubs, more than 300,000 members and more than 1,200 employees. Concerned the company he founded in 2004 ...
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New Projects: Rock Chalk Park, Jacksonville U., Anchorage Skate Park
(April 2013 - Emily Attwood)
Construction is expected to begin this month on a renovation and expansion of the Bielenberg Sports Center in Woodbury, Minn. ...
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Air Force 24-Hour Fitness Test Shows Early Momentum
(Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - Christopher Prawdzik)
Three months into a yearlong test of 24-hour fitness facilities for the Air Force, early reception appears positive, but officials will collect data on the six test facilities through December 2013 to determine their feasibility.
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SITES Program Promotes Sustainable Landscape Design
(April 2013 - Paul Steinbach)
In the shadow of a large TV tower on the south campus of Grand Valley State University, ducks, geese and cranes gather in ponds ringed by native grasses and plant life.
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Locker Reuse at Center of Locker Room Renovation
(April 2013 - Andrew Cohen)
One might have expected the renovation of Brooklawn Country Club’s men’s locker room to yield new custom wood lockers, but members of the Fairfield, Conn., private club wouldn't hear of losing their cage-style metal lockers, which are valued by members and management for their history, large size and superior ventilation.
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Sports Injury Expert Dawn Comstock Talks Concussion Prevention
(April 2013 - Paul Steinbach)
There are few better brains to pick on the subject of prep sports injuries than the one residing in Dawn Comstock's head. Eight years ago, the injury epidemiologist joined the faculty at Ohio State University and established as her first major research initiative the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance System — an NFHS-endorsed online tool that hundreds of certified athletic trainers across the country use weekly to report injury exposure and incidents, logging up to 300 distinct variables for each injury in the process.
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Online Fitness Guide Delivers Comprehensive Marine Workouts
(Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - Christopher Prawdzik)
The strength and conditioning professionals that occupy Semper Fit centers and other fitness centers can see what type of programming is available to individuals and units and tailor their offerings.
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Despite Early Criticism, Appreciation of Barclays Center Grows
(April 2013 - Andrew Cohen)
They dreamed of titanium. They got rusted steel. The most fraught sports-architecture design process in recent years ended in late September with the opening of the Barclays Center, the new home of the Brooklyn Nets and the future home (it was announced in late October) of the New York Islanders.
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Rural Schools, Medical Facilities Partner for Athletic Training Services
(April 2013 - Michael Popke)
Athletic trainer Jodie Smith has logged more than 2,500 miles in a single month, traveling between eight schools in and around Billings, Mont. Seven of those schools are K-12 facilities, with the number of high school students at each one ranging from 21 to almost 300. ...
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Broken Lockers: Repair or Replace?
(April 2013 - Emily Attwood)
When Kim Clark took over as the University of Houston's director of campus recreation in 2012, one of the first things she noticed was the poor condition of the lockers. ...
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Military Yoga Part 2:
Yoga Programs Are a Match for Tough Workouts
(Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - Christopher Prawdzik)
After battling image issues and some resistance, yoga programs have emerged as useful therapeutic tools for military personnel. Not far behind, however, is yoga’s growing appeal as a workout alternative for other fitness programs.
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Military Yoga Part 1: Your Instructor is Your Strength
(April 10, 2013 - Christopher Prawdzik)
Yoga certainly is not new to the military — whether it’s used to cope with the effects of post-traumatic stress or as a supplement to a rigorous workout regimen. But establishing a successful yoga program requires some special care and consideration, as the military fosters unique challenges. And the whole process should start with the instructor.
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Scholars React to Cancellation of NCAA Colloquium
(April 2013 - Paul Steinbach)
The writing was on the wall beginning last summer, when for the first time in the six-year history of the NCAA-sponsored Scholarly Colloquium on Intercollegiate Athletics, the NCAA News failed to promote a call for papers. ...
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Social Media Complicating Efforts to Oversee Student-Athlete Behavior
(April 2013 - Michael Popke)
John Williams now realizes how close Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Va., came to being sued for violating a student-athlete's First Amendment rights. ...
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'Baby Steps' in Diet and Exercise Help Get People Moving
(April 2013 - Rob Bishop and Barry Klein)
You eat too much. You don't exercise enough. You're going to die ugly. How's that for uplifting lunchtime entertainment? et we keep getting asked back to speak with community groups and local employers to deliver that message. ...
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Race Planning Tests Mettle of Facilities and Personnel
(April 3, 2013 - Christopher Prawdzik)
Once the weather warms, most could throw a rock and hit the nearest 5K or 10K race in virtually any part of the globe, and military events are no exception. They make for ideal promotional opportunities, fundraisers and team-building exercises.
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2013 AB Facility Madness: The Winner Is...
(March 2013 - Michael Gaio)
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Grad Student Zack Goodman Researches Heart Rates in Ice Hockey
(Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - Paul Steinbach)
You've read reports of impact-sensing technology affixed to the interiors of football helmets, but you likely haven't heard of heart rate monitoring equipment tucked inside hockey pants ...
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New Projects: Gibbs Field House, Kennesaw Skatepark, UC Riverside
(Friday, March 08, 2013 - Emily Attwood)
Northern Kentucky University has broken ground on a new outdoor field complex for use by its intramural sports programs, as well as student groups and the public. ...
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Arena Renovation Dresses Up Restrooms
(February 2013 - Andrew Cohen)
Exhibit A in how to dress up the back end of a concrete-block seating bowl, the renovation of Vancouver's BC Place
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