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Tag: exercise physiology

Swole Patrol: KNPE’s Project FLEX adds earned privilege of 1:1 personal training

February 26, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

Swole – think “swollen” – is a hip way to compliment jocks on their muscles. Urban Dictionary defines swole as “a paragon of hypermasculinity, manifesting in the physical and attitudinal embodiment of strength, occupying space with intimidating quantity and developing rippling musculature

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KNPE to dedicate M. Joan Popp Lab

September 24, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education will dedicate a new and renovated lab in October, thanks to the generosity of a late, longtime faculty member. The M. Joan Popp Motor Behavior Laboratory, located in Anderson Hall 213, hosts classes in areas

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M. Joan Popp Motor Behavior Lab opening underscores power of giving back to NIU

September 24, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Opened in 1964 – the year the Beatles first came to America – NIU’s Anderson Hall definitely can show its age in some corners. Not in the new M. Joan Popp Motor Behavior Laboratory, however, which sports new paint and a sleek,

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Oak Crest fitness program boosts health, prepares students, joins two generations

July 3, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

During DiAnne Schmitt’s many decades living in DeKalb, she has savored the “communiversity” culture afforded by living in a college town. Now that her address is an apartment in the Oak Crest Retirement Center, she continues to consume NIU’s culture of arts

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Engage U.S. travelers return energized from U.S. Olympic Training Center visit

June 13, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

“Being in the presence of Olympic coaches and athletes was incredible. I even got to the see one of my favorite male gymnasts who has been to the past two Olympic Games! That was definitely a highlight for me. Training in the

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Sit or stand? SCOPE research examines sedentary behaviors of older adults at Oak Crest

March 29, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Excessive sitting, some say, is the new smoking – in other words, something that insidiously contributes to shortening a lifespan. Indeed, says Emerson Sebastião, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, at least one decade of research

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