Mindfulness is one of the simplest ways to re-center yourself in college, and yoga is the perfect way to do it. It merges movement with mental focus, creating a full-body and mind exercise. Every breath flows into every movement, grounding you in the present moment.
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Zumba is more than just a workout, it helps me feel free
What could be more fun than doing something you’re bad at for an hour in a dark, hot room with thirty other people who are better at it than you? The correct answer is probably anything—unless we’re talking about the Rec’s Wednesday night Zumba class.
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For more than 40 years, Cal Poly Karate has helped students inside and out
Monday and Wednesday nights, the Recreation Center wrestling room becomes a dojo. Students are able to manage their stress by practicing Shorin Ryu, a conservative style of karate from Okinawa, Japan. Cal Poly Karate has its origins in 1979, when Reza Pouraghabagher, who is still an instructor, started the class. However, the style of Shorin […]
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ROTC cadets conduct largest field training of the year
Cal Poly’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program linked up with cadets from California State University, Fresno and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) on April 7 to kick off their largest field training exercise (FTX) of the year. This FTX was a three-day event at Camp Roberts on the border of Monterey and […]
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Yoga class diversity offers students strength, stress relief and self development
Which yoga class is right for you?
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Failing your New Year’s resolution? Don’t worry, everyone else is, too
If you have already nixed your New Year’s resolution to lose weight, don’t sweat it. Experts say many diets are actually destined for failure when approached in certain ways.
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Excessive exercise: Treading the line between a healthy habit and a problem
Whether it be hiking Bishop Peak or participating in a workout class at the Recreation Center, Cal Poly provides plenty of ways to stay fit. In fact, that’s one of the main features that sets this community apart. At what point, however, does the goal to become fit go from being healthy to obsessive?
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Keep your New Year’s resolution? There’s an app for that!
Aryn Sanderson arynsanderson.md@gmail.com The easiest part of New Year’s resolutions? Making them. The hardest? Keeping them. Today is National Ditch Your New Year’s Resolution Day. But if you haven’t broken your 2013 resolution yet, these smart phone apps — and their real-life Cal Poly equivalents — will help you follow through. Resolution #1: Eat healthier […]
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Gregory Heath on exercise: ‘More of the Same is Not Enough’
Sam Gilbert is a journalism sophomore and Mustang Daily health columnist. It’s that time of the year where we go from tanning at the Recreation Center between classes to digging up our rain boots and scarves. That’s right: November is upon us. It’s nice to have a little change in scenery every once in a […]
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Unpacking the pounds: the freshman 15 demystified
While the Freshman 15 is a myth, adjusting to a new lifestyle can effect the health of first-time college students.
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Study examines relationship between exercise, hunger
When kinesiology assistant professor Todd Hagobian was an undergraduate student at University of Southern California, he was training on his bike seven days a week. He’d bike anywhere from one to five hours a day, while only taking a day off once every two or three weeks. And after every workout, he always noticed the same […]