Residents of Westport, Fairfield County, and the rest of the country can never be to sure of their health. Everyone needs to monitor your blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure and more. The best part about this is that fitness will help you improve all of your numbers in these health categories. Check out some of the health screenings and events below for Westport and Norwalk, and then let me know your results and we could get you on a good fitness/health track.

The Westport Wheaton Health Clinic offers:

*Wellness Clinic for Adults and Children—Mondays, from 9 a.m.– 10:30 a.m. (walk-in clinic)

This walk-in clinic offers free blood pressure screening, monitoring, and counseling. Blood sugar, hemoglobin and TB testing are available for a minimal charge. No immunizations will be given during this clinic. (Walk-in clinic)

*Cholesterol Screening

Cholesterol Screening, Tuesday, May 27, from 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. (by appointment), at the Westport Weston Health District. Screening includes total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol levels, blood sugar and triglyceride levels. Fasting is required. The cost for the screening is $25. Call Monica Wheeler, RN, at 227-9571, ext. 242, for an appointment.

*Free Skin Cancer Screening

Save the Date! Free Skin Cancer Screening, Sunday, May 4, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m., at the Health District. The Health District, Dr. Robin Oshman and the American Academy of Dermatology will team up to celebrate National Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month by providing full body skin cancer screenings. Screenings are free and open to individuals who have not previously been screened. No appointment is necessary, but it is first come first serve.

*Free Stroke Screening

Free Stroke Screening, Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the Health District. Come learn if you are at risk for a stroke, what you can do to help prevent a stroke, and what the signs are. No appointment is necessary. Call Monica Wheeler, RN, at 227-9571, ext. 242, for more information.

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Norwalk Health Events Center’s 5th Annual Benefit Walk. For more information, call 203.852.2164 or on the web at www.norwalkhospitalfoundation.org.

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The Westport Road Runners Summer Series begins July 7 and runs through Setpember 6.

The first race on July 7 is at Stapes HS. The summer series is extremely popular among all Westport residents along with those from Norwalk, Stamford, and Greenwich. The whole series will definitely help you improve your fitness in a fun and supportive atmosphere. Check out the information at the bottom of the page.

The July 7 race at Staples gives you 6 weeks to get in shape for the summer series.

YES i’m suggesting you prepare for running by strength training!!

Why Weight Train?

As an example of the benefits strength training can provide, recent studies have shown that as few as six weeks of proper weight training can significantly reduce or completely relieve kneecap pain or “runner’s knee.” It also reduces the recurrence of many other common injuries, including nagging hip and low back pain. By strengthening muscle, as well as bone and connective tissue (ligaments attach bone to bone; and tendons attach muscle to bone), weight training not only helps to prevent injury but also helps to reduce the severity of injury when it does occur.

In addition to injury prevention, weight training improves performance. Studies show that with as little as ten weeks of weight training, 10K times decrease by an average of a little over one minute. The research has also shown that running economy defined as the steady-state oxygen consumption for a standardized running speed (milliliters per kilogram body weight per minute), will be improved due to weight training. By improving running economy, a runner should be able to run faster over the same distance due to a decrease in oxygen consumption. Improved running economy would also increase a runner’s time to exhaustion. From Doug Lentz

ENTRY FEES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

DAY OF RACE ENTRY ONLY BEGINNING AT 7:30 A.M.

Westport Road Runners Org

We are now offering a FREE personal training session to all those in Fairfield County. It doesn’t matter where you are: Greenwich, Stamford, Westport, Norwalk or surrounding areas. We will have one of our top notch, colleged educated, certified personal trainers meet you at a park or come to your home.

At Lifestyle Health and Fitness we believe everyone should be afforded an opportunity to live a healthy life with the help of a fitness expert or personal trainer.

The FREE fitness session will involve a consultation and basic exercises to give you a jumpstart in your fitness program. You can then sign up for a personal training package or go on your way having learned a little bit more about how to get in shape.

Please contact Jason LaChance of Lifestyle Health and Fitness at

(760) 712-7183 or at Training@JasonLaChance.net

Researching!! Looking to bring you the best fitness/health events in Fairfield County along with the best gyms and venues for personal training in every city. If you have a personal trainer or belong to a gym in Westport, Norwalk, Stamford, Greenwich or surrounding areas please let me know what you think of them. This will help everyone in Fairfield County find someone that fits their health and fitness needs. After all I can’t train everyone!!

Checking out a few sites from workout pass. I have to admit I haven’t used this site enough as there’s just too many sites and too many workouts to go over. I guess that’s a good thing though. I still haven’t seen any Westport or Fairfield County fitness sites on here, but I guess I’ll keep looking. Maybe I’ll even try to add my own hybrid workout/fitness site.