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Inside NuStep: PressNUSTEP ANNOUNCES CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 2009 PINNACLE AWARD NuStep, Inc., announced today it is seeking nominations for the 2009 Pinnacle Award, the national award that recognizes outstanding whole-person wellness programs in senior living communities and senior centers. Entries must be postmarked by June 27, 2008. NUSTEP, INC., PLEDGES $10,000 MATCHING GIFT TO ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION Ann Arbor-based NuStep, Inc., maker of the NuStep TRS 4000 recumbent cross trainer, has signed on as top sponsor for the Alzheimer's Association's annual "Summer Somewhere" fundraiser scheduled for February 22, 2008, at Washtenaw Community College. NUSTEP SPONSORS THE MEDICAL FITNESS ASSOCIATION, CHALLENGING AMERICANS TO WALK 70,000 STEPS NuStep, Inc. will sponsor the Medical Fitness Association for it's Second Annual Medical Fitness Week April, 23-29, 2007 and it's Steppin' Out National Walking Challenge. NUSTEP’S LEG STABILIZER: BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION Leg Stabilizer Keeps Leg in Neutral Alignment,
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NUSTEP AND COOPER CLINIC OFFER TOP 10 TIPS FOR OLDER ADULT FITNESS NuStep Inc., maker of the NuStep TRS 4000 Recumbent Cross Trainer, recently hosted the renowned Cooper Institute for a certification workshop on fitness programming for older adults. The workshop offered practical advice on older adult fitness, including key considerations, exercises and strategies for active living. NUSTEP AND ABC’S EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION PROVIDE FITNESS FOR A HERO NuStep, Inc., is making a young woman’s at-home rehabilitation possible with the donation of a TRS 4000 recumbent cross trainer to ABC’s hit television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. NUSTEP ANNOUNCES 2007 PINNACLE AWARD WINNER NuStep, Inc., the leader in breakthrough innovations for wellness and maker of the TRS 4000 recumbent cross trainer, honored United Presbyterian Homes of Washington, Iowa, and Mather’s LifeWays of Chicago, Ill., with its 2007 Pinnacle Award. NUSTEP HOSTS COOPER INSTITUTE COURSE ON OLDER ADULT FITNESS Workshop Offers Certification for Older Adult and Special Populations Fitness Programming NUSTEP AND HEART AND LUNG FOUNDATION PRESENT SECOND ANNUAL HEART & LUNG GAMES NuStep Inc. recently teamed with the Heart and Lung Foundation of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation to present the Second International Heart and Lung Games, May 26-28, 2006, in Chicago, Ill. NUSTEP PARTNERS WITH MEDICAL FITNESS ASSOCIATION TO PRESENT NATIONAL WALKING CHALLENGE NuStep Inc. recently joined with the Medical Fitness Association to sponsor the Second Annual Medical Fitness Week, April 24-30, and its Steppin’ Out National Walking Challenge. The National Walking Challenge engages local communities throughout the world, focusing on teaching families the skills needed to develop healthy lifestyle habits. NUSTEP RAFFLE HELPS PHYSICAL THERAPIST NuStep, Inc. recently awarded Leo Albano a NuStep TRS 4000 Recumbent Cross Trainer. Albano was the winner of NuStep’s raffle at the recent American Physical Therapy Association conference. NUSTEP AND UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ANNOUNCE COMPLETION OF STROKE STUDY NuStep and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine announced the completion of a study examining the effectiveness of the NuStep TRS 4000 Recumbent Cross Trainer in improving lower limb impairment, balance and function in stroke patients. The study's data suggests that NuStep's Recumbent Cross Trainer may help stroke survivors with their recovery. NUSTEP RECEIVES ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION'S EASE-OF-USE COMMENDATION NuStep Inc., the maker of the NuStep TRS 4000 Recumbent Cross Trainer, that transforms lives by improving health and wellness among people of all ages, was recently awarded an Arthritis Foundation Ease-of-Use Commendation. In The NewsWellness center gets Pinnacle Award By Tonya McKiever Benton County Daily Record ROGERS — Only a couple of weeks after celebrating its first birthday, the Adult Wellness Center learned Thursday it had been selected from centers across the country as the winner of the Pinnacle Award. "We're so happy," said Keri Wilkinson, director at the Adult Wellness Center. "I just saw the contest on the Internet and wanted us to enter. I set that as a goal for us. I just didn't know we would win our very first year. It's wonderful, and we're all thrilled." According to its Web site, the NuStep Pinnacle Award is given to an organization that addresses the six dimensions of wellness — physical, social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual and vocational. As the winner, the Wellness Center will be given a NuStep TRS 4000 Recumbent Cross Trainer. Along with the new NuStep Cross Trainer, the center will be given the Pinnacle Award trophy later this month in Orlando, Fla. "And we'll receive lots of national attention for the center and for Rogers," Wilkinson said. "There will be lots of exposure in industry publications, too. It's just a real honor for us. We couldn't be happier." Some local programs are models for state Northern Kentucky's responses to some senior citizen needs have become model programs for the state. The Kentucky Resource Market, a one-stop long-term care information and assistance program in Florence, is a pilot program for the state that compiles data on services and resources for the aging population and people with disabilities. People can call or log onto a Web site and find resources ranging from housing and transportation options to health care, in-home services and other needs. In 2005, the Campbell County Senior Center launched the first Wellness Center within a senior center, providing state-of-the art fitness equipment for seniors and special programming and activities geared to keep seniors mentally and physically healthy. The Wellness Center has won two national awards - the best practices award from the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging this spring and the 2006 Pinnacle Award for the top senior wellness/fitness program in the nation by NuStep, Inc., which makes exercise equipment. Nearly 1,500 seniors are registered at the Wellness Center. Monitoring shows participants improving in blood pressure, sugar levels and body weight decreasing their falls, said Pat Dressman, human services director for Campbell County. "There was no model like this in Kentucky when we opened," said Dressman. "This is the kind of thing we need to see more of. Every county would need something like this. The state is realizing this and has provided additional wellness funding." She said Senior Services of Northern Kentucky has started providing wellness programming. Publication date: 09-28-2007 Copyright © 2007 The Enquirer Rogers Adult Wellness Center Marks Anniversary ROGERS -- The impact and importance of the Rogers Adult Wellness Center cannot be measured by percentages, calculations and data. Or so wrote Don Farmer when he was attempting to quantify the center's impact for Keri York Wilkinson, director of the center. Farmer is the fitness coordinator at the center. However, Womack was quick to give credit to the Rogers City Council for "going on blind faith when deciding whether to fund the center." Tickets were sold to Friday's luncheon to raise money for the center's garden. There were 100 tickets sold at $20 each and a silent auction that was to end later. There were several pieces of pottery, a watch, gift certificates and several other items up for auction. There are 3 acres behind the center for the gardens, which will include rubberized walking trails, a pond and an abundance of flora, Wilkinson said. The trail in the garden will eventually link to the city's trail system. An ad requesting bids for the garden project will be published this weekend. The initial projected cost was about $380,000. The center received a $250,000 community development block grant for the garden. Womack said he has not met with Wilkinson regarding the center's 2008 budget and could not say how much, if any, money will be available in the 2008 budget for the garden. The preliminary Rogers budget for 2008 should be ready by Tuesday, Oct. 23. Womack said no one could have predicted how successful the center would be when it opened, but at a cost of about $7 million, the center's inaugural year can now only be described as a success. The center's mission from the outset has been to improve the quality of life for people ages 50 and older through whole person wellness with programs as varied as physical fitness, educational, arts and crafts and social events. © The Morning News The new year ushered in a "nu" way for Bridgepoint Hospital's patients to work out, thanks to the local Lions Club. The Toronto Beaches Lions Club donated a NuStep cross trainer to the Riverdale hospital's second floor gym in January. The cross trainer allows a user to sit down while working out. It will be used at Bridgepoint by both in-patients and out-patients. Patients use the machine to increase endurance and strength, and for other cardiovascular rehabilitation techniques. The gym previously had only one trainer, which always had a line up of people to use it, said Terry Slobodian, president and CEO of Bridgepoint Health Foundation. The donation, which Slobodian said is "directly impacting the lives of patients,"was spearheaded by Lions Club director and Bridegepoint volunteer Fred Rossiter. "Our club is proud to purchase this much-needed rehabilitation equipment that will help improve their quality of life," club president Bill Field asked in statement. One Man's Resolve Austin American-Statesman, January 15, 2007 "One Man's Resolve" By Pamela LeBlanc Need some inspiration to kick-start your flagging New Year's resolution? Meet Jim Martine. Last January, the 39-year-old Martine weighed 420 pounds. A year later, he's 200 pounds lighter. And he did it all the hard way, through exercise and changing his diet. More than that, he created what he calls a positive bubble around himself — by listening to upbeat music, watching TV comedies instead of news reports and speaking positive things to himself every day. "I looked at it as a part-time job," he says. It wasn't easy. He'd been in shape before. A 6-foot former high school football player, he injured his back after graduation. The weight crept up on him after surgery in 1987, when he says "the only thing I could do was eat." Physical pain led to drinking. By the time he married Michele in 1990, he weighed 260 pounds, and his weight continued to climb. Eventually, he tipped the scales at close to 500 pounds. At restaurants, he looked for chairs without arm rests. When he flew, he had to book first-class, where the seats are larger. He developed sleep apnea, high cholesterol and heart problems. "I was a ticking time bomb," he says. "When I looked in the mirror, I knew I was fat, but I didn't know I was super morbidly obese." Doctors encouraged him to consider gastric bypass surgery. But after attending a seminar on the procedure, he decided he wanted to get in shape naturally. He'd been working with a trainer, but began to take it seriously. He bought a recumbent cross-training machine called a NuStep. At first, he struggled to exercise for just 10 minutes. Gradually, he built up to 75 minutes a day. "My father always told me, 'If you never give up, you never get beat.' I told myself that daily, sometimes many times a day," he says. He switched to a healthier diet, cutting out greasy and calorie-laden foods and focusing on poultry, fish, beans and vegetables. (Turkey chili is now a staple; nachos made with baked corn tortillas, low-fat cheese and lots of tomatoes and hot sauce are a treat.) He stopped drinking alcohol. For a whole year, he avoided restaurants and parties. "I did not deprive," he says. "I found a way to modify foods I liked in ways that were healthy." He developed a rhythm, doing cardiovascular exercise at home four days a week and lifting weights twice a week with trainer Rusty Gregory of Forte Personal Fitness on South Lamar Boulevard. Gregory was amazed by his client's transformation. "I'd trained him for two years and got absolutely nowhere," Gregory says. "A year ago he came in and said, 'All right, it's time.' " This time Martine stuck to it. He rarely missed a workout. He didn't just go through the motions; he pushed hard. "He was on a roll, his diet impeccable and his attitude amazing," Gregory says. "He started believing." Martine says it helped to know that even people in tip-top shape don't necessarily enjoy every minute of exercise. The first month, he lost 39 pounds. After that, he lost an average of about 16 pounds a month. (Most experts recommend a slower pace. Check with a physician before starting a program.) His weight dropped so quickly he bought clothes at a thrift shop because he knew they wouldn't fit for long. Now that his weight hovers around 220 pounds, he's trimmed his workout schedule from six to five days a week. His tastebuds have changed, so he doesn't crave rich foods. (He even splurged a bit over the holidays, but "it just wasn't for me," he says.) He has more energy, and can do things he couldn't do before, such as hiking and kayaking. "If I don't exercise or eat right, I feel like I'm out of rhythm," he says. His doctors are thrilled. In 2000, Martine's total cholesterol was 276. Now it's 148. His triglyceride level has dropped from 410 to 32. He no longer needs medication. Because he made a lifestyle change and didn't just go on a crash diet, Martine says he knows he can keep the weight off. He drinks lots of water and takes a multivitamin daily. He stops eating four hours before he goes to bed. Jim's wife, Michele, is proud of the new Slim Jim, who looks younger and feels better. "He's not just changed his weight, he's changed his whole outlook," she says. Martine says others can follow his example. "There is a choice, and you can do it," he says. Copyright 2007, Austin American-Statesman NuStep TRS 4000 Recumbent Cross Trainer: An Industry Standard in Function and Diversity |
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