Health & Fitness Issue 2019: Dance is all about connections, community and expression WATCH
Here’s some good news about dancing: Anyone, at any age, can do it.
Nicole Tsong
Nicole Tsong, who loves movement in all forms, is a yoga teacher and a writer. She teaches yoga at studios around Seattle and has written her column Fit for Life in Pacific NW magazine since 2012. You can reach her at nicole@nicoletsong.com and learn more at nicoletsong.com.
The Backstory: How do we move in Seattle? It’s hard to count all the ways.
The Backstory: While dance has clear physical benefits, the mental and emotional ones run deep, too.
Nicole Tsong is moving on, but her ‘Fit For Life’ lessons are forever: Keep moving, Seattle!
Her weekly magazine column is ending, but Tsong plans to keep working out and wants you to, too.
Your brain might resist the falling part of trampoline wall class — but only until you get addicted to the tricks
Once you get the hang of the basics, you’ll be bouncing off the wall at Emerald City Trapeze.
Buti Yoga adds dancing, freedom, fun — and an occasional yelp — to a fast-paced, strength-building workout VIEW
The music will move you, but you’re unlikely to have time for intentional breathing.
Even the ‘warmup’ is intense in this Thai boxing class VIEW
It’s a fight to the finish at Pacific Muay Thai, where you’ll sprint, punch, kick — and sweat from the get-go.
In a bungee workout, you’ll fly through the air, all right — but there is very little ease involved VIEW
It’s a challenging workout, but you’ll love it.
With electrical muscle stimulation, more of your muscles will work, more deeply, all through your workout VIEW
The gentle pulses of EMS might feel soothing, but they’re really upping the wattage of these brief-but-intense workouts.
Wanna get paid to work out? You’ll have to dive deep for lifeguard certification first.
It’s sink or swim trying to pass the challenging requirements, including a 300-yard swim, treading water for two minutes without your hands and a timed...
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