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A gym can help you get moving

By STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvilleglobe.com

There’s nothing better than exercise to keep moving.

But having fun while exercising is a matter of preference.

The ArlingtonMarysville areas have a number of gyms where people can work out and get the exercise they need to be healthy.

They all offer different things in an effort to find their niche and stand out. But many of the offerings are the same.

So location is key in picking one. Do you want it closer to your SEE GYM, PAGE 3

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The popular Zumba exercise class is available at many gyms, including the new PA Fitness in Marysville.

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Group exercising is fun for some and can get people into a regular routine.

GYM FROM Page 2 work, or your home or do you want to go to one where your friend works out. out?

Most offer free weights and cardio machines. A few have saunas, pools, personal trainers and racquetball and basketball courts. Many offer different types of classes to provide variety in your workout. Others offer juice bars and sell workout clothes at pro shops. A few even offer tanning, massage and child care. Some even offer low rates.

So, there is something for everyone. The key is picking one and getting started.

The Marysville area has a couple of newcomers right near downtown to give people even more choices.

Both just opened up in the past few months.

Mike and Rick Jellison and Lenny Moskowitz opened their third PA Fitness in the area at the start of this year.

Having three places to work out is

a big advantage for them, Moskowitz said.

“You can bounce around and not get stale,” he said, adding clients can go to four yoga classes a week if they like with all of their gyms.

Moskowitz said they had been looking at the 1052 State Ave. site for a couple of years. Because it had been a Gold’s Gym, it was an easy build out, he said, as they opened within 30 days.

“We wanted to be in this part of town,” he said, as the other locations are 13315 38th Ave. NE in Marysville and 3131 Smokey Point Drive in Arlington.

He said another advantage they have is child care. It also offers classes such as zumba, yoga, Insanity, insanity, all free with the membership. Clients range in age from 13 to seniors, with a number of classes for older participants.

There are also free weights and 50 pieces of cardio equipment. He said the equipment is never down long as the other owners have another SEE GYM, PAGE 4

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Planet Fitness, another new club in Marysville, offers big-screen TVs, lots of cardio equipment and low introductory rates.

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The other newcomer to downtown is Planet Fitness at 1346 State Avenue.

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“It sets us apart,” club manager James Hessen said, adding many of their clients are “first-time gym users.”

Signs all around the facility stress that there is no gym intimidation. The gym is set up more for general fitness than for big, muscular men and women. There are plenty of cardio machines and weights, but not the huge barbells and free weights.

Another part of the gym is a 30-minute workout routine area. A green light goes on for a minute as you go to each of 20 stations. The red light goes on for your 30-second resting period in-between.

Since the business is new, it is offering special rates. For details, call Hessen at 360-386-9986.

For kids, one of the most popular places to work out is at Kung Fu 4 Kids.

It is a special place because it works out both the mind and body, chief instructor Sifu Carlton Doup

said. Along with working out the entire body for strength and flexibility, diet and the participant’s mental state also are emphasized.

“It’s health in general, not just physical activity,” he said.

Character development is just important, too. An entire curriculum developed by Robyn Silverman is taught there. Scientific, meticulous lesson plans are taught through projects and speaking.

“It helps them learn better interpersonal skills,” Doup said.

Following is a list of local health clubs.

ARLINGTON • Absolute Air Park, 18802 67th Ave. NE, Arlington. 1-855-788-JUMP. Dodgeball, aerobics, boot camp.

• Crossfit, 6105 192nd St. NE, Arlington. 206-920-4102. Core strength, conditioning program.

Track, gymnastics, weightlift. Short, intense group workouts with trainer.

No machines.

• Curves, 16201 Smokey Point Blvd., Arlington; 20265 74th Ave. NE, Arlington. Total body workout. Circuit style resistance machine. Strength and cardio. Zumba. Customized meal planning. Coaching 1 on 1.

Weekly meetings. 30-minute Jullian Michaels workouts.

• Pilchuck Crossfit, 6105 192nd St. NE, Arlington. Intense workouts.

• Power Alley Fitness, 3131 Smokey Point Blvd., Arlington; 38th Ave. NE, Marysville; 1052 State, Marysville. 360-657-FITT. Cycle, Step, Zumba, spin, yoga, dance, insanity, fit camp, kickboxing, treadmills, elliptical trainers, upright and semi-reclined bicycles, steppers, ARC trainers, free weights, resistive equipment, tanning. Center at 38th Ave. NE offers lower, upper, total body and abs fit classes instead. • Sea Mar Community Health Center, 9710 State Ave., Marysville. 360657-3067. Free exercise classes in yoga, pilates, Zumba.

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GYM FROM Page 5 • Stillaguamish Athletic Club, 4417 172nd St. NE, Arlington. 360435-9404. Zumba, total body, core, yoga, butt n gutt, step, muscle conditioning, kids, fit, insanity, fit for life, cardio kick, step circuit, energizer zone, personal trainers.

Swim: laps, lessons, aqua fitness, family. Physical therapy, hot tub, child care.

MARYSVILLE • Anytime Fitness 11515 State Ave. Marysville. 360-659-2348. Free weights, stair climbers, cycles, elliptical, treadmills, tanning, trainers, cardio TVs, wellness programs.

• Crossfit, 1528 3rd St. Marysville.

425-280-4629. Core strength, conditioning program. Track, gymnas-

tics, weightlift. Short, intense group workouts with trainer. No machines.

• Curves, 1522 3rd St. Marysville, 360-657-5525. Total body workout. Circuit style resistance machine. Strength and cardio.

Zumba. Customized meal planning.

Coaching 1 on 1. Weekly meetings.

30-minute Jullian Michaels workouts.

• H2O Fitness and Therapy. 6501 23rd Ave. NE, Marysville. 653-8331.

Exercise, yoga, kickbox, swim, sauna, pool, weights, training.

• Kung Fu for Kids, 804 Cedar Ave., Marysville. 360-653-2820.

Offers group classes and private lessons for children, teens and adults. Chinese (Northern Long Fist Kung Fu, Traditional Wushu, Tai Chi) and Korean (Jungyae Moosul, Taekwondo) martial arts.

• Planet Fitness, 1346 State Ave.,

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• Rising Stars Gymnastics and Sports Center, 3707 124th St. NE, Marysville. 360-653-7827. Exercise, yoga, kickbox, swim, sauna, pool, weights, training.

• Tracie Mackie Fitness, 9623 55th Ave. NE, Marysville.

• 26/25 Fitness, 1052 State Ave., Marysville. 658-4653. Exercise, yoga, kickbox, swim, sauna, pool, weights, training.

• YMCA in Marysville, 6420, 60th Drive NE. 360-653-922. Swim lessons, soccer martial arts, gymnastics, flag football, basketball, baseball, dance. Diabetes prevention.

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Lots for kids come summer

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badam@arlingtontimes.com MARYSVILLE — As the weather improves in Marysville so can health and wellness in general with these upcoming outdoor activities.

Allen Creek Elementary hosts the seventh annual Healthy Communities Challenge Day Saturday, June 4, starting at 10 a.m.

Participants will learn about healthy living, nutrition, gardening and fitness through demonstrations.

“This has become an annual event that families look forward to,” recreation coordinator Andrea Kingsford said. “There is lots of energy, fun activities and is a great way to connect with and learn about organizations that support healthy living in our community.”

Free Fit Saturdays will start every week from July 11 to Aug. 15 at the Totem Middle School track.

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July 11 – Journey Fitness July 18 – PA Fitness July 25 – Anytime Fitness Aug 1 – Marysville Parks and Recreation Aug 8 – YMCA Aug 15 – Marysville School District Fun Run at Jennings Park “We are pleased to be able to to partner partner with will local fitness organizations to provide this unique opportunity for the community to come out, get active and perhaps try a new type of fitness that they will be able to incorporate into their everyday lives,” Kingsford said.

Saturday, May 30, from 9 a.m. to noon. will be Geocaching for Beginners where participants can

use smartphones or other GPS-powered devices to find caches around Jennings Park. There will be a debriefing on the basics of geocaching and the equipment needed prior to the hunt. Register by emailing akingsford@ marysvillewa.gov.

Dochel Park hosts the Tree Climb Experience April through August with Tree Climb founder Katie Oakley. Participants will climb up into tree canopies via a rope system, learning about the ecosystem. All tree-climbing equipment will be provided. There is a $30 fee.

You can also get into jogging Saturdays throughout the summer at Jennings Park with certified personal trainer Tory Klementsen.

Cardio bootcamp is offered Mondays and Wednesdays, April 13 to

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Aug. 26 at 5:30 p.m. at Jennings Park to improve cardio and muscular endurance. Classes will all be outdoors and will vary day to day. There will be a $50 fee to attend all 10 days.

You can also get into shape while improving your tennis skills with professional tennis registry instructor Arnie Moreno

at Totem Middle School Tuesday and Wednesday evenings through June 30 to Aug. 13.

Youth sports Ultimate Sports will put on three sports clinics for youth at Lakewood High School.

Soccer camp, ages 7-24, SEE KIDS, PAGE 11

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KIDS FROM Page 10 will begin June 16-19; volleyball camp, ages 8-14, starts June 22-25; track, ages 7-14, starts June 29-July 2.

Each clinic will cost $95.

Kids Love Soccer will be held at Jennings Park ballfield Friday afternoons from April 24 to June 12 and July 10 to Aug. 28.

It is aimed at 2-to 10-year-olds to teach soccer fundamentals. It costs $92.

ARLINGTON — Folks in Arlington can get into shape this summer with these upcoming activities.

Outdoor bootcamps will be held at the Stillaguamish Athletic Club, where participants will use kettlebells, battleropes and tires to get in shape every Saturday at 7:15 a.m.

Adult coed softball sing-ups begin June 16. The games will be played Wednesdays, July 8 to Aug. 11, at Twin Rivers Park.

There is also an adult men’s baseball team with tryouts Wednesday June 11, 18 and 25 at 6 p.m. The eight-week league will be played Wednesday nights July 9 and Aug. 27 at Evans Feild. Fee is $80.

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KIDS FROM Page 11 The Arlington Art Walk will take place on Centennial Trail, starting on Olympic Avenue to the Stillaguamish River, where participants can learn about the city through local art.

You can learn the trails of the Mountain Loop Scenic Highway with classes that cover the basics of hiking, mapping and safety with specialist Edith Farrell April 26 at 1 p.m.

Cost is $10 for each class.

To sign up visit the Stillaguamish conference room at the city of Arlington utilities office.

Young athletes can hone their skills at various Skyhawks sports camps.

The Multisport camp Aug. 10 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Zumba is a popular exercise for many because it is intense and done to music. at Pioneer Elementary School,introduces 6 to 12-year-olds to the fundamentals of soccer, baseball and basketball.

It costs $145.

Skyhawks Minihawk camp focuses on 4 to7-year-olds in the same sports.

It costs $125.

Skyhawks tennis teaches the basics to 6- to 12-year-olds at Arlington High School Aug. 17-21 from 9 a.m. to noon.

It costs $125.

Skyhawks flag football eases youngsters from 6to 12-years-old into the

gridiron game.

It runs July 6-10 at Twin Rivers Park from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Also at Twin Rivers is Skyhawks soccer camp for 6- to-12-year-olds going June 19 to July 2 from 9 a.m. to noon.

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You are what you eat (healthy)

BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

If there’s one trend of healthy eating that Sheli Fisher and Roger Smith can agree on, it’s going natural.

Fisher owns “Just for the Health of It” at 9214 State Ave. in Marysville, while Smith owns Arlington Health Foods at 317 N. Olympic Ave. in Arlington.

Each one promotes diets designed to cut out a lot of what they believe modern industry has done to damage foods and drugs.

Sheli and her daughter, Courteney, offer a variety of gluten-free foods.

But another recent culinary movement that they’ve tested out for themselves is the “paleolithic diet,” also known as the “caveman diet” for its emulation of a more hunter-gatherer menu.

“It’s insanely popular,” said Courteney, who works as manager of her mother’s store.

“You basically eliminate all sugar, all grains, all dairy and all legumes — that means no peanuts.”

“It’s a gluten-free diet by default,” Sheli said. “You’re pretty much sticking to

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Roger Smith looks over products at his health food store in Arlington. fruit, vegetables, meat, nuts and seeds.”

The Fishers stock paleo bread that’s made from almonds and coconuts.

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“I did it for just three weeks before my other daughter’s wedding, and I lost thirteen pounds that have never come back.”

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EAT FROM Page 13 they range across the board,” said Sheli, who touted egg rolls, pot stickers, Bavarian pretzel rolls, taquitos, and even Ramen and Vermicelli as among the foods that now have gluten-free versions.

“A good rule of thumb is, if a food product doesn’t say ‘gluten-free’ on the label, you shouldn’t risk it,” she added. “It’s just as simple with your diet.

If you’re reading the label of a food product and you don’t know or can’t pronounce the ingredients, just set it back on the shelf. If you listen to your body and how it’s feeling, it’ll tell you if your diet is wrong.”

The Fishers’ warnings against genetically modified foods were echoed

“Our cells work of omega oils, but we don’t eat enough wild game and grass-fed animals to obtain those oils anymore. ” Roger Smith, Arlington Health Foods

by Smith, who sees the increasing numbers of diagnoses of allergies to gluten and pollen as possibly being caused by the numbers of chemicals in our foods and drugs.

“An allergy is when your immune system responds to a perfectly normal substance as an invader and attacks it,” Smith said.

“Our immune systems are weakened when our bodies have to deal with things like food additives, and even when you take drugs to deal with the symptoms of allergies, you’re still putting chemicals into your

system that way.”

Smith advocates cutting processed foods out of one’s diet as much as possible, on up to sticking mainly with “raw foods” that are not only unprocessed, but also uncooked and organically grown.

“When foods are genetically modified, they become unrecognizable to the body,” Smith said.

“We’re introducing babies to certain foods too soon, which is how allergies can start. Even pasteurization and homogenization can kill the good bacteria in milk. I’m a big believer in

getting the milk straight from the animal. Without pasteurization, there can be issues with bad bacteria, but I was raised that way and didn’t have any problems.”

Smith describes raw goat’s milk as healthier and easier to digest than cow’s milk. He noted that stores such as his carry entire lines of natural antihistamines, designed to alleviate the symptoms of allergies without introducing the body to further chemicals.

“And I’m still carrying the omega oils,” Smith said. “Our cells work off omega oils, but we don’t eat enough wild game and grass-fed animals to obtain those oils anymore.

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Sheli Fisher grabs some items off the shelves at her store in Marysville called, “For The Health of It.” She advises that people who want to get moving need to eat right to get energy and not be weighed down.

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