Becoming a Lifeguard at 70

If you had told me twenty years ago that I would be a lifeguard in retirement, I would have been at the least puzzled. But 20 years ago, I had arrived at a new Lutheran (ELCA) parish in Souderton, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. I would have been pretty preoccupied. 20 years later we were […]
Jill Potter Tells Us What PALS for Life Means to Her

PALs for Life — Support for the Breast Cancer Survivor During a Global Pandemic
The PALs for Life Program turns nine years strong this coming winter, having helped countless women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer since its inception in 2013. PALs stands for Physical Activity and Lymphedema Study which is a protocol exercise program that is backed by research from the University of Pennsylvania and shown to […]
Women and Weight Training: Some Myths of Fitness that Will Surprise You, Part 2

Can Women Get Too BIG? This area is one that not only frustrates anyone in the fitness industry but also angers a lot of people, especially women in the body building circuit. The amount of effort and dedication it takes to even make some changes is very time consuming and exhausting. When you say women […]
Pain After a Workout: Some Myths of Fitness that Will Surprise You, Part 1
We are all thrilled to see that Covid restrictions are easing around the country and we are getting back some of the normalcy we so dearly missed. Now that our gyms are open and fully operational, why not have a refresher about all the information (some useful and some not so useful) that we learned […]