By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer A few weeks ago I had the good fortune to spend a few warm summer-like days in Wisconsin at the Wisconsin Dells. When I was a child, my family used to take me and my brother to the Dells [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hiking’
Dare To Hike Devil’s Lake, Wisconsin
Posted in Fitness, Nature and Stress, tagged Add new tag, Devils Lake, hiking, Kayak, Madison Wisconsin, Rock climbing, Wisconsin Dells on April 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Go on a Travel Adventure! Find Out How In Rosemont March 20-21, 2010
Posted in Fitness, tagged Adventure Travel Show, hiking, National Geographic Adventure, Rosemont, Scuba diving, Word Travels on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer The winter has a lot of people itching to get away from it all. Now that Spring is showing signs of heading our way, it’s a great time to think about your next vacation or adventure trip.And why not [...]
Winter Fitness in the Forest
Posted in Fitness, Nature and Stress, tagged hiking, HIking Poles, Outdoors, Palos Forest Preserves, Snowshoe on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Don’t let the snow and cold keep you from exercising outdoors. With the right gear and proper supplies, you can still hike and enjoy the great outdoors! And the Chicago area forest preserves are open all winter to help [...]
Don’t Let Winter Cold and Snow Keep You Couped Up: Go SnowShoeing!
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, Nature and Stress, tagged Backcountry.com, GORE-TEX, hiking, Outdoor, Ski, Snow, Snowboard, SnowShoeing Magazine, snowshoes, Winter sport on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, L.M.T. ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, & Owner, Working Well Massage Winter is here which means more and more snow soon. If you don’t want to exercise inside, you can ski or sled or snowboard. What about outdoor exercise for hikers and those that don’t want to travel to downhill ski? [...]
Fitness in The Forest-Part 3-Waterfall Glen
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, Nature and Stress, Stress Management, tagged Argonne, Dupage Forest Preserves, Fall colors, hiking, Waterfall Glen on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, LMT, ACSM PT, Certified Wellness Coach There is still time to enjoy the fall colors and get a bit of healthy hiking in this fall. Throw on a few layers of clothes, a good pair of hiking shoes, a camel back for water and grab a few LARABARs and you are ready [...]
Fitness In The Forest-Part 2-Starved Rock Begs to Be Hiked
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, Stress Management, tagged canyons in Illinois, Forest fitness, hiking, LaSalle Canyon, stair climbing, Starved Rock, waterfalls on November 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By Sue Shekut, LMT, ACSM PT, Certified Wellness Coach My boyfriend and I are avid hikers and bicyclers. We have spent many happy hours biking and hiking around Chicago area forest preserves this spring, summer and fall. But we get tired of the relative flatness of the terrain. Then we went to Starved Rock State [...]