September is when apples, malus domestica, attract our attention and appreciation. Apples beckon us, crisp and shiny, from grocery store aisles.
The phrase “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” pops to mind.
Google tells us that Pectin, a fiber found in apples and other fruits, is used to make medicine. People use pectin for high cholesterol, high triglycerides, and to prevent colon cancer and prostate cancer. It is also used for diabetes and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
The Healthline website gives us ten other reasons that eating an apple today would be a good idea.
The “good apple” for this post, though, was found through author, Helen Hunt Jackson, who wrote the September poem in our graphic above.
Helen Hunt Jackson gave us our health and fitness direction for today in advice to her friend, Emily Dickinson, who was reluctant to publish poems that would brighten mind and heart of millions of future readers.
“It is cruel and wrong to your ‘day & generation’ that you will not give them light…I do not think we have a right to withhold from the world a word or a thought any more than a deed, which might help a single soul”
Now we have today’s “good apple” marching orders.
We don’t hold back. We share word, thought and deed – our gift – which would help any single soul next to us. WF!
Scroll Down For Fitness Classes. Everyone Welcome! – Note – No Zumba Class this Tuesday, the 14th!
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1. Weekly FREE half hour “Happy Monday Get Strong” Group Strength Class every Monday at 4:00 p.m.!
In these no-charge introductory sessions you’ll learn home-based weight training exercises designed to prevent sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss.) Your strength and balance will improve with light dumbbells and resistance band exercises.
Registration is through http://go.gymgo.com/truetomybody. If you would like more information on how to register for these no-obligation Zoom sessions, email me at wildfire1@truetomybody.com.
Also ask me about One-to-One Personal Training on Zoom. During these Private sessions you’ll receive personal encouragement, instruction, guidance and feedback designed to assist and correct your form for fast, long-lasting results.
Rates start as low as $25/half hour pre-paid for online eight-session private personal training pack.
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2. Zumba Gold® online classes keep us happy and fit. Newcomers always welcome!
NO ZUMBA GOLD® CLASS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, DUE TO WILDFIRE! ATTENDING AN ALL-DAY MEDICARE HEALTH PLANS TRAINING.
Friday morning Zumba Gold® class has RETURNED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND.
(WildFire! missed teaching it. Body and mind needed those dance steps.)
New Friday class start time is 9:15 a.m.. (Not 9:30 a.m. as before.)
We also still dance on Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m. – except for this week!
Otherwise join us twice-a-week, weekly or once-in-a-while for fun, easy-to-follow Latin rhythms. No dance experience needed!
Online classes have no location boundaries – you and your friends can live anywhere!
Register for classes through http://go.gymgo.com/truetomybody. I email the Zoom log-in code to all Gymgo members on class day. We laugh, dance and have a great time wondering what tech surprise is coming next. (Amazing that after a year those surprises still happen!)
Best Zumba® Gold rate is $3.75/per class for 8-class series = $30 prepaid. First class is FREE.
E-mail me at wildfire1@truetomybody.com with questions!
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