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Three Holdrege friends found a way to stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic. They joined the Don Sjogren Community YMCA, together, and have found improved health and social connection.
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Pickleball is a sport that is gaining momentum at all three local YMCA branches.
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Daily exercise is proven to save lives. But, for local law enforcement officers, those workouts are even more important to saving lives.
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After a tragic car accident left a former YMCA camper and counselor paralyzed from the waist down, she found a home again at the Don Sjogren Community YMCA.
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When Gothenburg friends Linda Erickson and Barb Fink retired, they decided it was time to focus on their health and wellness. Today, the two friends make their weekday morning water workouts at the YMCA at Gothenburg Health a priority and have noticed the benefits. “Both of us have...
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The 8:15 a.m. exercise class at the Don Sjogren Community YMCA provides a great workout plus social time, accountability and emotional support.
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Seven years ago, Ken Reynolds of Lexington lay on an operating table with doctors performing open-heart surgery on him. A surprise heart attack at the age of 66 woke him in the middle of the night, and quadruple by-pass surgery was needed. After an 11-day stay in the hospital, Ken...
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The morning Macho Dads workout class at the YMCA at Gothenburg Health came about simply as a way to stay accountable to exercise. “When the YMCA first opened, Jason Wagner and I decided we would start going in to exercise during the mornings,” said local attorney Colten Venteicher. “I...
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“I’m disciplined enough to get up at 4:45 a.m., but I’m not disciplined enough to exercise on my own.”
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“I made a deal with myself that day that if I could ever get myself into that type of (triathlon) condition, I wouldn’t have to look back in my life and wonder, ‘What if I had done more to get healthy?’”
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