Susan is the Project Director of Never Going Back to Abuse Project for Connecticut Alliance for Victims and Violence and Their Families, Inc., (CT-ALIVE), a non-profit organization which supports her free workshops and programs for women who have been abused. Her business is called the Thriver Zone, and she conducts free workshops and programs for […]
CONTINUE READINGThis is a guest post from one of our personal training clients, Samantha Cloud. It is no news to most high school coaches that the number of top-level high school athletes using personal trainers has surged in the past decade. This rise has many high school coaches questioning the need and the effectiveness of player’s […]
CONTINUE READINGI’m a single (and ready to mingle) 63 year old mother of 3 and grandmother of 6 (so far). I work as the Head Technician for a local ophthalmologist and have been doing it for almost 25 years. I love to travel and spend time with the grand kids. I’m often a homebody though and […]
CONTINUE READINGWe are exceptionally excited to announce the start of our All Access group classes at Excel Fitness! These classes will be unique to the area in many ways: 1. Our classes are not traditional start/stop on the hour time slots. They will be blocks of ongoing circuits two and half hours long. Each 30 minute […]
CONTINUE READINGThank you for your generosity. We are shipping this year’s second batch of gently used shoes to Africa! Over the years, we have donated hundreds of pairs to rerunshoes.com. These shoes are kept out of America’s landfills and are given new life in other parts of the world! For more information, visit http://www.rerunshoes.com/
CONTINUE READINGYou won’t hear a lot of women say, “I LOVE lifting heavy!”. April’s Member of the Month, Marilyn Waters, is one of those few. She finds time to come in and train with Pat three time a week while juggling work as a massage therapist and spending time with her big family of eight (2 […]
CONTINUE READINGTom Hine puts a lot of value on his health as evidenced by his faithfully going to the gym almost every day to get on the bike for 45 minutes. His orthopedic issues (replacement knee and two rebuild shoulders) and his stroke don’t hinder him from pedaling away while watching the news on TV. He […]
CONTINUE READINGWelcome to that special time of year, best characterized by the sniffling, sneezing, coughing, sore throat, body ache…FLU SEASON (among other illnesses)!!!!! Year after year we hear: “This is the worst flu season ever!” Ads from various drug stores and doctor’s offices urge the young and old to get their flu shot; while the shelves are […]
CONTINUE READINGWe are gearing up to kick off fundraising for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 2012!!! Last year we raised over $8,000 for the cause. Come celebrate and support a great cause again this year and bring your friends and family along with for the fun! Wine donated by Wine Cellars Rt. 4. Snacks from Hartford […]
CONTINUE READINGExcel Fitness Raises Money for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer By: Shawn M. O’Brien, Co-Owner of Excel Fitness Making Strides Success TEAM EXCEL 2011 If you haven’t heard of Excel Fitness in West Hartford, CT, we don’t blame you; we are a small, but award winning fitness center with close ties to the local […]
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