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Harris Trainer Renea Sweet, top, demonstrates an abdominal exercise to Tiffany Copeland during a personal training session Thursday at the Roundup Athletic Club in Pendleton. Work in a workout Exercise resolutions can fall by the wayside without preparation By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian D ecember may be the biggest month of the year for retailers, but January is the peak month for gyms. regulars at local athletic clubs suddenly find it harder to locate an unused treadmill, as a convergence of new year’s resolutions and extra pounds packed on during the hol- idays brings in additional customers. The phenomenon is temporary, however: amy Smith, fitness director at the Round-Up athletic Club in Pendleton, said many new RESOLUTIONS The East Oregonian in January will look at the best ways to keep New Year’s res- olutions and highlight some of the more ambitious and unusual resolutions our readers have made. If you have a resolution you’d like to share (and don’t mind us checking in with you later in the year) send us an email at editor@eastoregonian.com gym-goers lose interest after about three months. “Obviously in January we always see a surge in membership,” she said. “Our goal at the club is to help those people who join in January to stay healthy and stay members past March.” To get past that “critical” first three months, Smith suggests people either find a work-out buddy, hire a personal trainer or join an exercise class. The key is accountability. “That often helps them to get started, when they know they need to be at a certain place at a certain time,” she said. There are many free apps available for download that can also help by tracking a person’s exercise levels, food and water intake, sleep patterns and more. People often overestimate how much they’re exer- cising or underestimate how much they are eating without tracking it, Smith said. She also suggested people try out See Resolutions, Page A8 Composer celebrates Malheur Wildlife refuge after armed occupation, symphony showcases Malheur’s beauty By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian as the occupation of the Mal- heur national Wildlife refuge unfolded in early 2016, Jay Bower- man watched with growing incre- dulity. The feel- ing escalated as the armed militants protested federal regulations regard- ing public lands by squatting for 41 days inside the Thomas headquarters of the federal bird refuge. The occupation, he felt, had tainted one of Oregon’s most beau- tiful spots. “it was disturbing,” Bower- man said. “Malheur deserves to be remembered not for its armed Staff photo by Kathy Aney Curlews and their operatic call inspired composer Chris Thomas to write the “Curlew Scherzo,” the fourth movement of the Malheur Symphony. occupation, but for its natural beauty, wildlife diversity and rich cultural heritage.” after the court verdict in which seven occupiers were acquitted, Bowerman found comfort in lis- tening to a haunting orchestral work called “Cantus arcticus” (subtitled “Concerto for Birds”) by Finnish composer Einojunhani rautavaara. The work has birds sounds layered in with the music “i listened to the music over and over and over,” he said. “it was so soothing.” He wondered if music could help the people who love the refuge to heal from the occupation. Bowerman isn’t a guy who thinks thoughts and lets them float away. The son of legendary university of Oregon track coach Bill Bow- erman, Jay Bowerman was u.S. champion in the biathlon in 1969. He served as executive direc- tor of the Sunriver nature Center and Observatory for 30 years and now researches and writes about such things as amphibians, spotted frogs, fungi and leeches. He pitched the idea of the musi- cal tribute to his wife, Teresa, and to Michael Gesme, music direc- tor and conductor with the Cen- tral Oregon Symphony. intrigued, See Symphony, Page A8 CHI St. Anthony Hospital Family Clinic is recognized as a Patient -Centered Primary Care Home. 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