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Running: Where do you get the motivation?

Running: Where do you get the motivation?

by Michael Bates Health & Wellness Center exercise physiologist It’s 5 a.m. and the alarm is blaring. Do you hit the snooze or do you pop out of bed, lace up your running shoes and head out the door? What motivates those dedicated runners who get out of bed every […]

May 10, 2013 ×

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Upgrades at Sembach gym improve workouts

Upgrades at Sembach gym improve workouts

A few months ago, when Pvt. Benjamin Myers first walked into the post fitness center to workout, the military police Soldier found weightlifting gear crammed into a corner of the basketball gymnasium.

May 10, 2013 ×

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Take a hike: May 10th, 2013

VOLKSMARCHING NOTES Many thanks to readers Pat and Cheryl Patterson, and Bob and Pat Kiebler for providing brochures. Got a comment? Found something you’d like to correct? Want to change ‘unknown’ to a useful trail description? Write me at volksmarch@gmail.com with the subject “Feedback.” Interested in volksmarching but not sure […]

May 9, 2013 ×

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Swim challenge members celebrating their achieved distances.

Ramstein Aquatic Center hosts swim challenge

The week of April 22 at the Ramstein Aquatic Center, the first participants in the center’s swim challenge made it past 100 kilometers. Elaine and Dennis Edwards made it to this amazing milestone within mere days of each other.

May 3, 2013 ×

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Exchange rewards good grades

Hard-working students deserve recognition, so the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is rewarding military students in grades 1 to 12 who maintain a “B” or better average with the “You Made the Grade” program.

May 3, 2013 ×

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Squats improve physical training

Squats improve physical training

In honor of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, the Ramstein Health and Wellness Center would like to inform you about a basic compound full body exercise that is considered vital in developing core strength, leg strength and upper body strength, and helps to improve all aspects of the Air Force physical fitness training; the squat.

May 2, 2013 ×

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Special race for wounded warriors to be held April 30

A special adventure race experience for wounded warriors is scheduled to take place Tuesday here. The event is sponsored by the Wounded Warrior Project, American Red Cross, Army Community Services and Garmisch Outdoor Recreation.

April 26, 2013 ×

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Staff Sgt. David Meredith, 721st Aerial Port Squadron security manager, spars against James Scullion, Celtic Warrior Boxing Club coach, during practice Feb. 27 at the Miesau Army Depot. The combination of cardio, cross training and strength training makes boxing a great alternate workout for any fitness level.

KMC boxes its way to a better body

The Celtic Warrior Boxing Club was started about six months ago, and as most boxing clubs, it’s used to get the club’s members in shape, while preparing them for their next bout.

April 19, 2013 ×

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Ramstein gets ready ‘fore’ golf!

Ramstein gets ready ‘fore’ golf!

The Woodlawn Golf Course is holding golf classes instructed by Bruce Loome, a Woodlawn golf pro and a member of the British PGA. Learn more about golfing at Ramstein.

April 19, 2013 ×

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Take a hike: Volksmarching in the KMC

Check out these great volksmarching (hiking) trips and events for the Kaiserslautern Military Community from now until the end of June in Germany.

April 11, 2013 ×