Did you eat your weight in Christmas cookies or holiday fudge?  Well, get a head start meeting your fitness goals with some post holiday shopping!  For the first time ever Fit Right Northwest is having a post-holiday sale at their stores.  For the next weekend only, 26th-29th, they have lots of merchandise priced to move that [...]

Fit Right Northwest is a retail business, but customer health is as important to its owners as sales, they said.

“Our goal is to get people off the couch and moving,” said Co-owner Dave Sobolik. “We want to educate them.”

Last night was the launch of Oregon's latest environmentally minded active wear company, END. Specifically, they have taken on the sporty shoe challenge, making running and hiking shoes that have been stripped down in their design, using less unnecessary material (rubber, resin, foam, glue) and aim to have their products within 3-5 years be completely composed of renewable, sustainable, or recycled material.

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Mother's Day is here and we have some healthy fun events to participate in: Step Up Women's Network Event Thursday, May 8, 2008 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Meet between the escalaters at Washington Square Women helping women at Washington Square Mall! Washington Square has teamed up with Step Out Step to assemble 500 "wellness bags" for local breast cancer patients.  Volunteers will be treated to a special morning of breakfast, mini massages, wellness clinic by Rachel Heyer of Stroller Strides, and children's entertainment.  RSVP: Washington Square Marketing at 503.639.8865 or rebecca.lesley@macerich.com . Friday May 9th is Mother's Day Fun!! Celebrate Health, Fitness and YOU at the 4th Annual Baby Boot Camp Mother's Day Celebration Class! Join other Moms as you experience what the buzz about Baby Boot Camp truly is. Bring your friend, Mom, and Sister to this class that is bound to challenge you & be a blast at the same time. Baby Boot Camp BIGGEST Challenge Winners announced at 10:30 a.m. & Goody Bags for the first 125 Mamas. There will be chair massage, Fit Right Northwest relay races, Gaia Baby Food tasting, Title Nine fun and 15% off of Baby Boot Camp classes.  Yowzas!  Fruit, bagels, cupcakes, cookies and of course coffee!  Raffle benefiting Doernbecher's Childrens's Hospital. Tickets 1/$5, 3/$10, 7/$20 Where: Washington Park, Portland (meet at the soccer field below the Rose Garden Park) Why: It's healthy fun and FREE Time: 9:00-11:00 a.m. RSVP: Erin at 503.703.1269 ...