TO AVOID WEIGHT GAIN, WOMEN NEED TO WORK OUT FOR 60 MINUTES EACH DAY
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, even more exercise is needed to avoid gaining weight without eating less. The study findings are based on 34,079 middle-aged women followed for about 13 years. Most were not on calorie-cutting diets. The women gained an average of almost six pounds during the study.

Those who started out at a healthy weight – with a body mass index of under 25, and who gained little or no weight during the study – consistently got the equivalent of about an hour of moderate daily activity.

The results indicate that U.S. government guidelines, issued in 2008 and urging about 30 minutes of exercise five days a week, aren’t enough to stop weight gain while getting older without cutting calories, said Dr. I-Min Lee, the study’s lead author. Click here to read the entire article.

JAZZERCISE PARTNERS WITH BACK IN THE SWING TO EMPOWER BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS
Jazzercise is proud to announce its partnership with the Back in the Swing® Foundation for Breast Cancer Survivorship. Back in the Swing is a grassroots nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to providing awareness, access and financial support for supportive breast cancer survivorship programs and academic medical research in the field of breast cancer survivorship. The organization’s goal is to empower breast cancer survivors to get back in the swing of life physically, emotionally and spiritually.