o The Clackamas Print
Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011
‘Back’ into shape
By Nathan Sturgess
Associate Photo Editor
Getting eight hours of sleep
and eating three square meals a
day aren’t normal parts of college
life. You drag yourself out of bed,
often hours before you’d like,,
barely have time to shower and
scarf down some Cheerios before
you have to head out the door
either to your first shift or your
first class.
But even as our lives seem to
get more and more hurried and
stressful, our awareness that it
isn’t the best for us is becoming
more apparent. Books, reality TV
shows, documentaries and even
iPhone apps that deal specifically
with helping people make better
decisions about their health are
becoming commonplace.
Another avenue by which we
can learn about wellness and what
it means to be healthy is through
community sponsorship of pre
sentations that create awareness
about lifestyle choices. One such
event occurred on Jan. 20 at the
Carnegie Center in Oregon City.
The speaker for the event was
Heather Rike, a health educa
tor that works with Complete
Health Chiropractic Center, a chi
ropractic clinic in Oregon City.
The clinic sponsors Rike to travel
around to different venues, edu
cating people about health and
the potential benefits of chiro
practic care.
In her presentation, Rike
emphasized the importance of
stress management and how mis
managed stress can lead to more
malicious diseases. According to
Rike, stress can be broken down
into “distress” which is negative
stress and what she referred to as
“eustress.”
“Eustress (is) the positive
stress, things like job promotion
or buying a new house, having a
baby. Those are good filings that
happen to us, but they’re stress
ors,” she said.
It’s important to try to avoid
allowing both good and bad
stressors to pile up and become
too difficult to deal with at once
which, according to Rike, can
Nathan Sturgess Clackamas Prtn
Health educator Heather Rike addresses an audience about
the importance of the spine on Jan. 20 at the Carnegie Center
lead to diseases like cancer and
heart failure, the two top killers
of Americans today. In order to
avoid these pitfalls, it’s important
to adopt the components of a
healthy lifestyle.
A few of the components that
Rike touched on were getting
seven to eight hours of sleep every
night, eating healthy meals and
avoiding unhealthy substances
like tobacco and drugs. Another
important point that she made
was that research has shown that
it’s actually easier to maintain
good health with a minimum of
60 minutes of exercise per day.
A theme throughout Rike’s
presentation was an emphasis
on the importance of chiroprac
tic care. She explained how our
backs, along with giving the body
support, also houses the spinal
cord, which is a major part of our
nervous system.
“Stress in any part of the ner
vous system may result in a vari
ety of health problems throughout
the body,” she said.
She explained that each ver
tebra houses nerves that go to
all parts of our body and help
regulate how that organ or tis
sue functions. One example Rike
used was the symptoms of stom
ach trouble, like heartbum and
indigestion, can be caused by
nerves being unabje to communi
cate with the brain and properly
regulate stomach function.
According to Rike, the need
for health education is becoming
more important in the light of the
way that we eat in America today.
She went on to explain how poor
diet is being connected to diseas
es like diabetes and dementia. -
Unfortunately, even with the
relevance of Rike’s informa
tion, the presentation was not
well attended. The only attendees
besides the library staff were two
elderly ladies from the local area,
Ramona Tracy and Lorraine Moll.
But they were both interested
in wellness and how health care
is changing. “We’re at the point
where people are just ready to
realize they have to take responsi
bility for their own health,” Tracy
said. “It’s amazing that people
assume that if they aren’t on
medication that they are well.”
The Oregon City Library ref
erence librarian, Sue Adams,
hosted the event. In spite of the
low attendance, she was encour
aged by the talk. She mentioned
several things that she wanted
to work on as a result of Rike’s
presentation, particularly exercis
ing more, finding more time to
relax during her day and spending
more time with friends.
Shake your hips to slim your hips
hour of a fast-paced routine'.
The first practice I was able
to go to, I was expected a very
simple, watered-down dance;
something easy for all of us who
have been off the dance floor
for so long. What we got, how
ever, was a high energy dance
from Thunderbird camp where
the team goes every summer.
Hopefully, I won’t make a fool
By Kayla Calloway
out of myself come February.
Co-Editor-in-Chief
For those of you who are
looking for a fun way to get
or all you naysayers out back into shape, I’d recommend
there, dance is a sport. dance in a heartbeat. With the
It’s a sport that requires dozens of types out there, from
ballroom to hip hop, there’s a
strength, flexibility, endurance
and grace. It works muscles form and a rhythm for every
you never knew you had and one.
You can go to a studio if you
the cardio can be a workout
in and of itself. Over the last want some one-on-one instruc
three years, I had forgotten just tion from an expert, and there
how much of a workout dance are even some classes offered
here at Clackamas, such as aer
could be.
On Feb. 12,1 will be perform obic dance, which will get any
ing with over a dozen Molalla pulse pumping.
if you’fe not up for a full
High School dance team alumni
at the Indianettes’ home dance blown class, with video games
competition. I was on the team systems as intuitive as they are
all four years of high school in today you can simply dance
addition to my studio classes I in your own living room. The
had been taking since I was six. Nintendo Wii has “Just Dance,”
But even with all those years a fun way to get you up and
under my belt, my body was moving to today’s top hits.
feeling the pain after only an Microsoft’s Xbox 360, with its
F
new Kinect sensor, has “Dance
Central.” With the Kinect sen
sor, you don’t have to worry
about controllers getting in the
way of your fun.
And while you’re having
fun dancing, remember that
eating right is half the battle.
Like I mentioned last week,
I’m eating a piece of fruit a
day. Already I’m feeling more
energized, which will come in
handy on the 12th.
But this isn’t enough.
Starting this past Sunday, I am
giving up soda for a week,
maybe more if I have the will
power. Considering that I typi
cally drink at least one every
day at school and work, this is x
going to be a true challenge.
Read next week to see if I make
it through the high fructose
com syrup withdrawals.
This week’s words to live by
come from a Chinese proverb:
“He who takes medicine and
neglects to diet wastes the skill
of his doctors.”
- Do you have any ideas to
help others get back into shape
or any healthy recipes to rec
ommend? E-mail Kayla at
chiefed@clackamas. edu.
Fitness Nutrititi
WEIGHT: Step away
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“Cut out time in your schedule to work out to offset th|
(bad) eating habits,” said Rhoden.
Most students will say something about how they wa
love to exercise, but they just can’t afford a gym members!
“Money shouldn’t be an issue ... we have great nutril
and health and fitness classes should you want to get into I
of those,” said Rhoden.
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“I walk a lot (but I) never think about calories and fat,” d
Hill, who instead bases his choices off of number of ingri
ents. “Three to five ingredients is so overly processed it’s I
not good for you.”
One of Hill’s biggest concerns about exercising at the d
lege is that the gym isn’t all that convenient. “They tend
close too early or open too late,” he said. “The access is, sal
limited.”
Others see the gym hours of availability as a good thl
■ One student, Jess Smith, works out five times a week eil
in the gym here on campus or at home. She enjoys our fact
because there is a great variety of equipment.
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One thing to keep in mind is that your body continue!
bum calories at a higher rate after you finish working]
according to Rhoden.
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“You’ll feel better, look better and your self-image is I
ter,” said Rhoden.
Randall weight room hours:
Monday and Wednesday 8:30 - 10 a.m. and 1:00- 8 p.n
Tuesday and Thursday 12:00- 8 p.m.
Friday 8:30 - 10 a.m. and 1:00- 5 p.m.
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