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Do weighted vests really help you get in shape faster?

Weighted vests are increasingly showing up in fitness classes, touted as a way to keep bones healthy, improve performance and boost weight loss.

Waves of contentment: Swimming buoys mental well-being

Since my adolescent son recently started swimming competitively, I have been closely following the sport more than ever before.

Mariska Hargitay ‘not done with Olivia Benson yet’

The actor and producer, having one of the best years of her professional life at age 61, returns this month for a 27th season of “Law & Order: SVU.”

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Turning up the heat: Hot yoga uses triple-digit temps to intensify workout

Most people go indoors to escape the Las Vegas triple-digit temperatures. Some people go indoors to exercise in triple digits. They are devotees of hot yoga and hot Pilates, where the room temperature is cranked up, and the humidity is increased.

Henderson’s ‘The Havoc’ gets kids hooked on boxing

Brandon “The Havoc” Harris is an undefeated professional boxer. “I came up with the name myself because I destroy everything that gets in front of me when I’m fighting,” he said. Outside the ring he’s “the nicest guy … always laughing and cracking jokes.” He shares the art of boxing at the Henderson Multigenerational Center.

Lake Powell area calm after the summer season

The monsoon season is over, the crowds have gone, and the daytime temperatures are ideal — perfect conditions for a fall trip to Lake Powell. The lake, which boasts more than 1,800 miles of shoreline, lies within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, on the border of Arizona and Utah. The lake was created when the Glen Canyon Dam was built. Although the dam was, and still is, a controversial topic for many, the lake it created has become an outdoor person’s paradise.

Henderson home to unique breast cancer fundraisers

From the Rose Regatta Dragon Boat Race & Festival to the Big Shots Breast Cancer Fundraiser, Henderson-area residents find ways to have fun while raising funds to fight breast cancer.

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