Tag: fitness

The “freshman 15” is the 15 pounds freshman are expected to gain – in theory or reality – in college due to stress, dining hall food, drinking and lack of exercise. Students here, however, debate whether it’s really a thing.

A New York University study last year found that 70 percent of college students are stressed because of finances. Another study, this one from the Cooper­a­tive Institutional Research Program at UCLA, found that college freshmen are reporting the lowest levels of emotional well-being since the study started in 1985.

Kinetik Performance is a new fitness studio in Upland that not only focuses on physical exercise but also specializes in personal nutritional guidance.

Photos of ultrathin, fit, and tan women with flat stomachs and big boobs in bathing suits and short shorts fill pages on social media sites like Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr. From women so thin each of their vertebra pokes through their skin, to women wearing nothing but a thong and a sultry look, the Internet provides millions of images of women in a sexualized state.

Loud music and laser light shows motivated indoor cyclists during the strength training class at Cyclinsanity in La Verne.

Fitness apps are giving smart phone users motivation at their finger tips.