sheJAMs

sheJAMs Upcoming Socials:

MAY

Tuesday, May 15th

Maine Running Company Open House

563 Forest Avenue, Portland

7 – 8:30 pm

Run Group will start and finish out of Maine Running Company so we all can come to this open house just for sheJAMs members.

DON’T BELONG TO RUN GROUP? Come give it a try tonight or just meet us after for the Open House! Everyone welcome! She Jams Open House will include refreshments (Wine & Cheese), Bra Fitting Seminar and Footwear Fitting Seminar. She Jams members can save $15 on Footwear and receive savings of 10% with purchase of 1 apparel item, 20% = 2 apparel items and 30% when you purchase 3 apparel items (Includes Bras and all Non Sale Apparel).

Those who would like to go to Great Lost Bear after the Open House are welcome!

Friday, May 18th

Gorham Bike & Ski Girls & Gears Event

693 Congress Street, Portland

5:30 – 7:30

Hurry & Register for the 6th Annual Girls & Gears Night! Space is limited, be sure to get in. The evening always starts with great food, wine and friends. We will have the latest in women’s cycling clothing and bikes. There will be a fashion show hosted by the famous Lori Voornas, from WJBQ! You know there will be plenty of surprises during the evening & great deals! So, invite your cycling girlfriends and enjoy massages, giveaways and special pricing on women’s items purchased that night. There will also be a raffle and you need to be present to win! So, get ready for a great night! The wine is on us!

YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT! http://gorhambike.com/articles/girls-and-gears-womens-event-pg930.htm

Thursday, May 24th

The Vitamin Shoppe

335 Maine Mall Road, South Portland 761-9907 – John Michaels, Manager

6 – 8 pm

John will give a brief overview of The Vitamin Shoppe and it’s unique position in the supplement/sports nutrition business and offer to answer questions from the group. Feel free to submit questions ahead if you choose (anonymity guaranteed) at: store536@vitaminshoppe.com attention John

“Sugar and it’s hidden health impacts” Mary Moskowitz – Personalized Health Nutrition & diet Counseling – Mainely Health & Nutrition – , M.S. presents ‘Kicking Sugar’ covering the many aspects of sugar on our bodies and practical ways to improve our diet. Limited parking is available in The Vitamin Shoppe parking lot @ 335 Maine Mall Rd. in South Portland but you may also park across the street in the Maine Mall lot as well. There is a pedestrian crossing at the Maine Mall main entrance in front of the new Hilton Hotel and Chipotle restaurant.

WHAT TO BRING: SheJAMs will provide Pizza and Wine, please bring something to share – appetizer, salad, or dessert

JUNE

Thursday, June 21st

LuLulemon

22 Milk Street, Portland 773.9820

Meet at Lululemon in Portland for a quick stretch and then we are off running to the East End where we will have a Yoga retreat over looking the ocean. After yoga will run back to the store to enjoy some fun socializing sheJAMs style!

WHAT TO BRING: SheJAMs will provide Pizza and Wine, please bring something to share – appetizer, salad, or dessert

sheJAMs FLASH MOB! Training 6 weeks! Come and learn a dance routine to do a Flash Mob at the Tri for a CURE! SheJAMs members, family, friends & co-workers invited to come and learn the routine as long as they plan to be at the Tri for a CURE on Sunday, July 29th. We are planning on have a flash mob in the transition area around 8:15 am race morning. We might even get on television!

DATES FOR TRAINING ARE: Tuesday June 12, 19, 26 July 10, 17 & 24

TIME: 7 – 8 pm

LOCATION: Back Bay Soccer Fields

PLEASE RSVP BY JUNE 4th IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING! Our Choreographer & Coach will be Trish Moulton

Sugar Linked to Heart Disease, Cancer April 3, 2012

By Meghan G. Loftus

A segment that aired on CBS’s 60 Minutes on Sunday features comments from a few experts who think sugar could contribute to the development of many serious health problems, including heart disease and cancer. The primary source for the segment—Dr. Robert Lustig, a California endocrinologist—points out that sugar consumption has been on the rise since the 1970s, when the public was advised to cut down on fatty foods. “Take the fat out of food, it tastes like cardboard,” Lustig says. “And the food industry knew that. So they replaced it with sugar.” Since then, rates of heart disease and diabetes have steadily increased. A study that’s currently taking place, led by Kimber Stanhope, a nutritional biologist at the University of California, Davis, may tell us why: Excessive sugar consumption seems to cause a chain reaction that elevates levels of small dense LDL—the worst kind of cholesterol—in the bloodstream. This type of cholesterol binds to vessel walls and can cause blockages. Sugar may affect a person’s cancer risk, too. Lewis Cantley, a Harvard professor and the head of the Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, says the insulin spikes caused by sugar ingestion could cause certain types of cancerous tumors to grow. Nearly one third of common cancers—among them, breast and colon cancers—have insulin receptors, and when they’re hit with insulin, the tumor is stimulated to consume glucose. So what does this mean? The experts in the 60 Minutes segment recommend cutting back drastically on sugar, or even avoiding it altogether. The second option may not be practical for long-distance runners, who need to replenish energy stores to complete their workouts. If you’re in need of immediate energy (i.e., in the middle of a long run) when you consume sugar, your body will convert it into energy instead of beginning the chain reaction that elevates bad cholesterol levels. But when you’re just lounging around, it is likely best to follow the experts’ advice. Check out these tips from our nutrition editor, Joanna Golub, on how to determine whether what you’re about to eat is loaded with potentially hazardous added sugars. This entry was posted in Nutrition & Weight Loss. Bookmark the permalink.

Do-It-Yourself Injury Prevention: Interview With Dr. Jordan Metzl

By Somyr Perry

Published Mar. 9, 2012

comments Tweet Share His new book is the ultimate guide for athletes struggling with injuries. Jordan Metzl, MD, a renowned New York City-based sports physician, recently authored “The Athlete’s Book of Home Remedies,” the ultimate DIY guide for athletes struggling with injuries. Dr. Metzl is a competitive age-group triathlete and marathoner. Actually, he’s pretty hardcore, completing Ironman Lake Placid last July, the New York City Marathon last November, as well as the Psycho Wyco ultra marathon trail race in Kansas City.

Competitor.com caught up with Metzl to uncover how he conceptualized his new book and to see if he takes his own advice in training.

Competitor.com: What was your inspiration for the book?

Jordan Metzl: Athletes are busy. They just want to do their sports and stay healthy. More importantly,they want to know when an injury is serious enough to see a doctor, what kind of doctor to see, and also when to consider surgery. With so much information out there, one can easily get information that will lead them down the wrong path. There is just all kinds of crazy information that is easily accessible through the Web. I wanted to give athletes the most-up-to date information on how to recognize, prevent and treat almost every injury and medical condition they will encounter. I wrote this both as an athlete and as a doctor, which is why we chose to put both images on the cover.

Who is your target audience?

Anyone who wants to stay active, fit, and stay in the game. This would include runners, triathletes, soccer players, skiers—basically there is something in the book for every sport. There is also information for all ages. I have everything from how to treat runner’s knee to how to treat a concussion to how to plan your meals based on your training.

What are three takeaways that you hope readers get from your book?

With good information, athletes can treat most of their injuries at home by themselves. Medical tests have become increasingly sophisticated, meaning they show every tear or strain. Not all of these issues need surgery, in fact, most don’t. Knowledge is power and the information in the book will allow athletes to make the smartest decisions for themselves. Prevention is essential. In both the book and the enhanced e-book I go through my workoutcalled “Ironstrength” that athletes can do any time, any place, that will not only improve performance, it will reduce injury.

What advice in the book do you actually use yourself?

As a dedicated runner (I’ve done 29 marathons) and triathlete (9 Ironmans), I know that for my own body I want to keep performing at a high level and beating my brother, Jamie. I also know that as a sports medicine doctor, runners who train about half as much as the triathletes, are hurt more than twice as often. So my idea of making this as much about prevention and performance enhancement was important to me. I teach my “Ironstrength” classes here in New York to my patients so they can learn the most important exercises to keep their bodies moving. I do these exercises myself to keep me going. Most importantly, they are very time efficient. I can do my workout twice per week for 45 minutes and that’s all the strength training I need. I find that my joints ache less and that I can run longer, faster, and with less injury. ****

SheJAMs Upcoming Socials
Please RSVP to julie@shejams.com

APRIL

April 23rd  All Speed Cyclery – 72 Auburn Street, Portland 878-8741  6 – 8 pm

All Speed will provide tech clinics on simple repair tasks (flat tire, brake + shifting adjustment, etc) and answer any technical or gear/clothing related questions your members may have. 

They will also provide sheJAMs members with a one night discount of 15% off all bikes and 20% off all clothing and accessories *(and a season long discount of 10% on bikes and 15% on clothing). 

SheJAMs member Katelyn Michaud will talk about the women’s ride she leads out of All Speed on Wednesday evenings that she would love for you to join!  

WHAT TO BRING:  Your bike if you want to leave it for a spring tune up!  SheJAMs will provide Pizza and Wine, please bring something to share – appetizer, salad, or dessert

April 25th   Bayside Bowling – 58 Alder Street, Portland 791-BOWL 6 – 9 pm
Come and join us in a relaxing atmosphere of bowling with your sheJAMs friends!
Great food and a bar is available at the Bayside!  
We have lanes reserved but we need to know if you are coming! There will be a cost to bowl.  
We won’t know the cost until we figure out how many will be at the event!  
COME JOIN A FUN NIGHT OF FUN AND LAUGHS!
Best bowling costume gets to bowl for FREE!!!!!  
RSVP FOR THIS EVENT IS A MUST IF YOU WANT TO BOWL!

MAY
Thursday, May 24th  The Vitamin Shoppe, 335 Maine Mall Road,  Portland  761-9907  – John Michaels, Manager    6 – 8 pm

John will give a brief overview of The Vitamin Shoppe and it’s unique position in the supplement/sports nutrition business and offer to answer questions from the group. Feel free to submit questions ahead if you choose (anonymity guaranteed) at: store536@vitaminshoppe.com attention John

“Sugar and it’s hidden health impacts”  Mary Moskowitz – Personalized Health Nutrition & diet Counseling – Mainely Health & Nutrition – , M.S. presents ‘Kicking Sugar’ covering the many aspects of sugar on our bodies and practical ways to improve our diet.

Limited parking is available in The Vitamin Shoppe parking lot @ 335 Maine Mall Rd. in South Portland but you may also park across the street in the Maine Mall lot as well. There is a pedestrian crossing at the Maine Mall main entrance in front of the new Hilton Hotel and Chipotle restaurant.

WHAT TO BRING:   SheJAMs will provide Pizza and Wine, please bring something to share –
appetizer, salad, or dessert

JUNE
Thursday, June 21st  LuLulemon, 22 Milk Street, Portland 773.9820
Meet at Lululemon in Portland for a quick stretch and then we are off running to the East End where we will have a Yoga retreat over looking the ocean. After yoga will run back to the store to enjoy some fun socializing sheJAMs style!

WHAT TO BRING:   SheJAMs will provide Pizza and Wine, please bring something to share –
appetizer, salad, or dessert

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

www.shejamstri.com

NEW “ALL WOMEN’S” OLYMPIC TRIATHLON!

REV3 sheJAMs Triathlon A Revolutionary All Women Olympic Triathlon to Kick Cancer

REV3 sheJAMs Triathlon is a unique race that will be limited to 300 women.

REV3 will bring a world class venue to Old Orchard Beach and allow us the opportunity to create a life changing experience for women who participate! Anyone can compete, but all must raise $100 for the cause! We all know someone who has been touched by cancer! Come out and show your support by challenging yourself and raising money for cancer research, education and patient support programs through the Maine Cancer Foundation!