EPRD Healthy Living Newsletter for October 2017

Stay in Shape with Fall Fitness Classes

Cooler fall days present a great opportunity to taste Evergreen Park & Rec District's diverse array of fitness classes. Here are some of your many choices:

• Water exercise classes
• Indoor cycling
• Sunrise Yoga
• Zumba
• Core Conditioning
• Circuit Power Hour
• Mat Pilates
• Silver Sneakers classes
• and many more! 

This is just the tip of the iceberg! Here are the class schedules for Buchanan Park Rec Center and Wulf Rec Center.

Questions about classes? 

Check out the calendar scrolling down the left side of EPRD's website homepage or contact Fitness Specialist, Susan Wescott at 720-880-1112 or swescott@eprd.co. 

Healthy Parenting

Source: Huffington Post

Halloween Fun

23 absurdly easy Halloween crafts.

Healthy Body

Got Back Pain?

These exercises can relieve it and tone up your tummy.

Healthy Mind

Source: CNBC

Focus: Positive

Shift your mindset to become happier

Healthy Aging

Aging Brain

How to slow aging in your brain.

Healthy Eating

Junk Food

What happens to your body when you eat greasy food. 

Healthy Giving

Holiday Giving

Can you trust retailers when they say they donate a part of the proceeds to charity?

Read More

Healthy Living! from EPRD for September 2017

It's Fall!

How about channeling some of that summer fitness into an EPRD trail race? There's one left this season, the Fall EverGold 10-miler on Oct. 7. Want something shorter and more family friendly? Gather together family and friends to enjoy the Glow Run 5K, a glow-in-the-dark nighttime race at Alderfer/Three Sisters Park - followed by hot drinks and s'mores around a fire!

Healthy Parenting

Don’t be Careful

What to say to kids instead of "be careful." 

Source: Lifehacker.com

Healthy Body

Working Out

What to do at the gym to get the best results. (Try an EPRD personal training session.)

Healthy Mind

Can’t Sit Still?

How to meditate when you can’t sit still.

Healthy Planet

Source: Mother Earth News

Make Your Own Fertilizer

How to start a compost pile.

Healthy Aging

Stay Slim

Keeping a steady, healthy weight as we age also helps keep blood pressure low.

Healthy Eating

Lounge at Lunch

Don’t eat lunch at your desk. It's not good for you! Here's why.

Source: Netdoctor.co.uk

EPRD Fitness Classes

EPRD has a large variety of classes at Buchanan Park and Wulf Rec Centers to help you meet your health goals. Find classes and hours on evergreenrecreation.com. We also offer personal training!

Facility Information 

Buchanan Park Recreation Center (BPRC)

Wulf Recreation Center (WRC)

Evergreen Lake House

Read More

Healthy Living from EPRD for July

Intro

Healthy Living from EPRD for July

Dawn to Dusk Very Early Bird Deadline 7/31

It’s hard to believe August is almost here and the end of summer is starting to beckon. If you’re a trail runner, July 31 is the date to remember – that is the last day for your team of four to save $200 in EPRD’s first-ever Dawn to Dusk Team Relay at Alderfer/Three Sisters Park. The relay will be held at Alderfer/Three Sisters Park on Sat, Sept. 23, 2017.

Activities going on at Alderfer Barn during the 12-hour event include live music; yoga classes; massage; a giant Jenga game; a Beer Garden featuring beers from local breweries; food vendors selling pizza, barbecue and ice cream; and even a coffee vendor. Register here. 

HEALTHY GIVING

Dam Ducky Derby

The Dam Ducky Derby is a great way to give back in your own community. 

HEALTHY  MIND

Manage Stress

5 stress management tips when things get out of hand.

HEALTHY BODY

Solar Eclipse Tips

There’s a solar eclipse coming – protect your eyes.

HEALTHY PARENTING

Grieving Children

Grieving children need your “I’m sorry," too. 

HEALTHY EATING

Workout Nutrition

What should you eat and drink before a workout?

HEALTHY AGING

Older is Getting Younger

When it comes to aging, 100 is the new 80.

Read More