Organizing health and wellness events for your neighborhood: A few ideas

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It’s always a joy for health buffs and fitness enthusiasts when they see how much they’ve influenced other people into living a healthy lifestyle. However, the encouragement reaches a whole new level when people actually make time to organize health and wellness events for the benefit of their community.


As fitness enthusiasts ourselves, it’s always quite the experience to be invited to a community-oriented gathering to help people reach their fitness goals. Many of you may be reluctant to take the reins of organizing such an endeavor. Many of you may believe that it takes a lot of time, money, and effort to put these events. It doesn’t.

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Take for example family fun runs. Getting a solid sponsor from any business in the community to chip in for run-completion achievement shirts is all you’ll need money-wise. The rest of the logistics can come from volunteers, who can be positioned at stops and rest points to offer water.


Tag-football and half-court basketball tournaments may also attract a lot of people from the community. What’s better is that these games can be a weekly thing, and later, an official event for the neighborhood.


What about you? Can you come up with other ideas on how to organize similar events for your community? Feel free to share in the comments below.


My name is Mike Volitich. I’m currently studying sports therapy at the UCLA. I’ve always been interested in sports, travel, fitness, and athletic wear. More on health on this blog.

The top health benefits of hiking

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Many hiking enthusiasts will argue that the activity may even be better than running or joining marathons. This is because, unlike more physically demanding hobbies or sports, hiking allows you to take it easy and better take in the scenery. Hiking lets you dictate the pace, so to speak.


Hiking’s innate, less rigorous nature allows you to lessen the risk of injury while promoting great physical and mental well-being. You finish a hiking route less stressed, less breathless, as having had an unhurried communion with nature does wonders to stimulate your mind and remove your worries. In other words, you’ll come home feeling some euphoria from the long walk without being depleted nor exhausted.

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Taking in the fresh air while enjoying the sights and sounds of the world around you are perks unique to hiking. It’s great for meditation and contemplation, aids in improving your mood, and allows you to better ruminate on things that trouble you and work on sounder solutions.


Of course, hiking likewise promotes other important bodily benefits like weight loss, better sleep, and a healthier heart. It improves your blood sugar levels and lowers your blood pressure, strengthens your hamstrings, calf, and hip muscles, and enhances your core and sense of balance. After all, it still is an exercise routine.


Hello, I’m Mike Volitich, a UCLA student pursuing a degree in sports therapy. When I’m not too busy with my classes, you’ll find me listening to podcasts and doing outdoor recreational activities like hiking, skiing, ultimate frisbee, and kayaking. For similar reads, visit this blog.