Get Healthy Harlem

So I came across this link this morning and it contains videos showing you how to get small bursts of physical activity into your day.  I work at an office and sit at a computer for over 8 hours a day, so it appealed to me...

Learn to Swim Program

Knowing how to swim makes you healthy and keeps you safe. To help teach New Yorkers to swim, Parks is offering free swimming lessons for people of all ages.

How to register

In order to guarantee everyone an equal chance of attending our programs, we’ve developed a lottery for program registration.

Harlem One Stop provides a list of parks in Harlem.  Fine the one closest to you!

I thought this was an awesome article and speaks to the fact that you are never too old to get off that couch and improve your life. Go 'head Ernestine!

 I found this cool link that lets you see how many calories you can burn by doing lots of different activities - from playing guitar to bowling to bikram yoga to walking 4 miles per hour.I had no idea that all of these things helped you burn calories and lose weight!

StreetSquashStreetSquash is an after-school youth enrichment program that combines tutoring with physical activity, squash instruction, community service, and one-on-one mentoring.

Tired of always having back, knee or hip pain? Been through series of physical therapy for that shoulder pain? Come to Neighborhood Holistic and get rid of pain once and for all! We use a combination of medical massage and yoga to bring you back to health- visit www.neighborhoodholistic.com or e-mail Lyn-Genet at lg@neighborhoodholistic.com.

The CDC continues the push for more community-based prevention programs to address the obesity epidemic.  Here, the WSJ highlights a new set of community-oriented recommendations from the CDC aimed at fighting obesity. 

Ride the City is a map that shows users the safest bike route from Point A to Point B. Like GoogleMaps and MapQuest, you can enter in your starting and ending destinations and the map shows you the shortest distance between the 2 points.