As promised, here is another fresh summer recipe from Get Your Rear in Gear “Ask the Trainer” expert Chris Freytag. Enjoy this light, tasty, recipe with yummy summer flavors. This recipe can also be found in her Choose This! Cookbook. Curry Chicken Lettuce Wraps Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: [...]
Julie Somora captained Team Somora in honor of her husband Andrew at the inaugural Get Your Rear in Gear Kansas City event on July 9, 2011. Andrew has been battling colon cancer for the past year. To help promote the event, Julie agreed to be interviewed by the local FOX affiliate the day before. See [...]
For the first time in history, the weather had the final say at a Get Your Rear in Gear event. The Tinley Park race on Sunday, July 24 was called on account of severe thunderstorms in the Chicago-area but the weather did help spread spread awareness of the event and the disease. A live interview [...]
The following question was received through the Get Your Rear in Gear website. If you have a question for our panel of doctors, submit it here. Please recognize we may not be able to answer all questions received. Question from Christina: I was diagnosed 8 years ago with ulcerative proctitis that I was told only [...]
Question from Get Your Rear in Gear reader: I’m getting really frustrated here. I’m 29 5’6″ and 165 lbs. I go to the gym 4 times a week and every one of those days I do one hour of high intensity steady cardio. And I include strength training (resistance machines) on two of those days. [...]
A July 6, 2011 article featured in USA Today discusses the recent CDC findings and on the reasons why southern states are currently lagging behind northern states in the decline of colon cancer death rates. A study focusing on the gap from 1997 through 2007 found the regional gap to be remarkable. In this article [...]
Our friends at Fight Colorectal Cancer (formerly Colorectal Cancer Coalition, or C3) are hosting two upcoming webinars focusing on advocacy. Show Us the Money! What Congress is Doing for Cancer Research & How We Can Make It Do More Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 8 – 9:30 PM Eastern In this webinar, we’ll update you on [...]
When people watch someone they love struggle with a disease, they deal with it in multiple ways. It’s why nobody can step into the shoes of another for how they grieve a loss. Some may suffer in private. Some may act-out and not show their sadness. Others may choose to make a difference in honor [...]
The July 2011 issue of the CDC‘s newsletter Vital Signs is all about colorectal cancer. In this issue you can read about the latest findings, see who’s at risk, state-by-state statistical information and how individuals can help increase screening rates in their areas. In this issue the CDC reports: Between 2003 and 2007, approximately [...]
The Muscatine Journal in Muscatine, Iowa ran an article on Thursday, July 7 highlighting the Get Your Rear in Gear River City event on September 17, 2011. Read the full story here or full text below. In an email to Get Your Rear in Gear, event chair Bryan Fessler described why he decided to bring [...]
