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High School Bodybuilders Amaze
Yu Shing TingSafe and Drug Free School and Olomana School present the 10th annual Hawaii High School Bench Press Contest and the Mr. and Miss High School Body Building Championships March 9 at the Ward...
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A Painful, Mysterious Infection
Yu Shing TingA painful abscess on the back of the author’s thigh. Nathalie Walker photo nwalker@midweek.com Pop quiz: What caused the big, red, swollen bump on my right thigh pictured here? A) spider...
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One Stroke Closer To Olympic Goal
Yu Shing TingSummer Harrison. Photo by Kira Fox Sixteen-year-old Summer Harrison of Kaimuki is one step closer to her dream – becoming an Olympian. With a time of 1 minute and 1.25 seconds in the...
View ArticleOne Strong Ohana Offers Help
Yu Shing TingEditors’s note: For more on Mariska Hargitay and her foundation, see the cover story here Like Lilo (from Lilo and Stitch) says, ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind....
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Hot Salsa On The Dance Floor
Yu Shing TingCharlie Castro. Photo courtesy Salsa No Ka Oi Eleven years ago Charlie Castro injured his ankle while playing basketball and has since rebounded through a passion for salsa dancing. “After...
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Getting To The Core Of Yoga Practice
Yu Shing TingStudents perform the ‘reverse warrior’ move. Photo courtesy CorePower Yoga CorePower Yoga has opened its first Hawaii studio at Kahala Mall, offering yoga classes to help you feel...
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Choose Clothes To Fit Your Body
Yu Shing TingCaprice Willard at Macy’s Ala Moana. Yu Shing Ting photo Chances are you may know someone like this, or maybe it’s you – after all that dieting and exercising, you’ve lost the weight but...
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A Cross Country Camp For Teens
Yu Shing TingLocal running legend Jonathan Lyau hosts the fourth annual Aloha Cross Country Camp July 25 to 29 at Camp Erdman offering education and motivation for incoming eighth- to 12th-graders who...
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Promoting Healthy Eating To Kids
Yu Shing TingOne of the things I wish I learned in school is how to cook. Back then most of my meals were made by my mom, who is a great cook (the kind whose recipes are all in her head). But these...
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Time To Crown A New Miss MMA
Yu Shing TingMiss MMA Hawaii Leslie Kaleiwahea. Photo by Robert Tolentino, courtesy Leslie Kaleiwahea Leslie Kaleiwahea of Aiea started training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu about five years ago, and says...
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A Leeward Beach League For Kids
Yu Shing TingAloha Beach Volleyball volunteer coaches Jordan and Rusti Cripps, Dennis Le, Kaydee Yukawa, Chase and Shea Suzumoto, Kelli Yoshimura, Bert Hayashi, Perlas Bardouche, Keoki Shupe and Diana...
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An Exercise And Proper Diet Payoff
Yu Shing Ting Family and friends of Skyler Kamaka are used to seeing the 21-year-old in athletic wear and with no makeup. But now, they'll have to get used to seeing the newly crowned Miss Hawaii in a...
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Vote To Send Lori To The Ironman
Yu Shing Ting For her 50th birthday, Lori McCarney of East Oahu decided to do a triathlon. Since then, the senior vice president at Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties and mother of three, who is now...
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Figuring A Way To Win It All Again
Yu Shing Ting In 2009, Christine Gardner entered the Paradise Cup figure competition so that she could cross it off her bucket list. She ended up winning, and has been competing regularly in various...
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This Dining Event Really Is Special
Yu Shing Ting Chances are you've been glued to the TV watching the 2012 London Olympics and even shed some tears from the inspiring stories of the amazing athletes. Special Olympics Hawaii is no...
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Liddell, Penn On Training And Diet
Yu Shing Ting [media-credit id=1 align="aligncenter" width="650"][/media-credit]Nathalie Walker photo nwalker@midweek.com UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell was in Hawaii to help celebrate the grand...
View ArticleLiddell, Penn On Training And Diet
Yu Shing TingUFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell was in Hawaii to help celebrate the grand opening of UFC Gym BJ Penn in Kakaako Aug. 18. Liddell, who retired from the sport two years ago, maintains an...
View ArticleThe 10 Warning Signs Of Dementia
Yu Shing TingIt's funny the things we remember. For instance, I still can tell you some of my best friends' home phone numbers from 25 years ago (we didn't have cell phones back then) even though I...
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Ready, Set, Hut! … Er, Zumba!
Yu Shing Ting In an effort to raise funds for the Moanalua High School football program, Zumba instructor Diana Walton is hosting a Zumba Fitness Master Class Saturday, Sept. 29, from 9 to 11 a.m. in...
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Listen Up: Earphones For Runners
Yu Shing Ting Training for any sport has its challenges, but tangled earphone wires shouldn't be one of them. Runner and triathlete Frank Dugger always trains with music, but while training for the...
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