February is Heart Month

POOLING YOUR RESOURCES!

Pooling Your Resources
Aqualillies Synchronized Swimming Classes

Eleven minutes of morning traffic delays, two hours behind at work, and approximately 131,002 seconds late on synchronizing your Swatch. You can barely keep your head above water.

So your timing is just right for Aqualillies. Already a splash on the Hollywood pool party circuit, the dazzling Esther Williams-era water ballet troupe is holding its first two-day workshops this weekend and next.

Suit up and, over the course of two 75-minute sessions, you’ll pick up sculling techniques, back layouts, ballet legs, torpedos, tuck turns, and marching. Then you’ll set your new skills to music by putting together a simple (yet graceful) routine.

If the 1920s luxury cruise liner-esque trappings of the Millenium Biltmore’s heated pool don’t inspire you to dive right in, the vintage Busby Berkeley flicks certainly will.

It’s a stroke of genius.

Workshops, January 16, 17, 23, and 24, Saturday and Sunday, at TheMillennium Biltmore Hotel, 506 South Grand Avenue, at West Fifth Street, Downtown (213-624-1011‎). Space available in sessions one (10:30-11:45 a.m.), two (noon-1:15 p.m.), and three (2-3:15 p.m.). To sign up, go to aqualillies.com. 

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

It's that time again.....time to make New Year's resolutions.  Will you keep them this year? Are they attainable? Do you want to lose weight? get in shape? meet someone special? The first step is making a list of realistic and attainable goals. Most important is to remember that you must do everything in moderation. That is the key to success. Smaller bites, smaller portions, moderate workouts so you don't overuse and abuse your body, and treating yourself are important elements. Make sure to check your list regularly and update it to keep it relevant. Here's to a year of health, success, and happiness.  And....remember that a day without chocolate is futile! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wishing everyone a Happy and HEALTHY New Year from all of us at Aqua Flex'n Stretch! Keep splashing and having fun.  Remember that 'life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it' (Lou Holtz)! 

IT'S RAINING!!

Finally in Southern California we have rain and snow in the mountains. No outdoor classes today. 

SUGAR...Did you know???

Did you know...

An average 8 oz soda will have somewhere between 27 to 30 grams of sugar.

Even something as healthy as a fruit smoothie from a juice bar can contain
up to 105 grams of sugar in a 20 oz serving! That is 20 tsp of just sugar.

 

This is because most of those places actually use sugar and "fruit" syrups to flavor their smoothies. You can make your own smoothies with less sugar. 

Falls--did you know??

Did you know??? According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in three adults aged 65 and older falls each year. Seniors are hospitalized 5 times more often for fall-related injuries than for any other type of injury.  Time to change that statistic!