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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Spartan Race participant climbing up an obstacle during the Spartan Race in Phoenix, Ariz. on Feb. 10, 2018. (Photograph by: Alex DeMarzo/Arizona Sonora News)

Obstacle course races: A rising trend here to stay for the long haul

Alex DeMarzo February 23, 2018

As dawn appears over the Fort McDowell Rodeo Grounds in Phoenix, thousands gather to unleash their inner warrior as they compete in an obstacle course known as the Spartan Race. According to a Running...

Photo by Jaime Odom/ Arizona Sonora News Service

Make strides to fight childhood obesity through nutrition

Jaime Odom April 29, 2015

With acres of growing corn and veggies, bright colorful signs, tractors, and child size gardening equipment, it is not a surprise that this place stands as a staple for school field trips, summer camps,...

Gail Lawley, left, laughs with Hank Mosser, right, during Laughter Yoga in Tucson, Ariz. on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. Mosser is trapping an imaginary ball in his hands during a laughter excercise. Photographed by Noelle Haro-Gomez

Arizonans lighten up with laughter yoga

JRomeo March 3, 2015

Sometimes laughter is the best medicine. Along with a little yoga. Laughter yoga, which incorporates breathing and laughter exercises to stimulate relaxation, is creating more smiles across Arizona...

Kriti Agarwal with other dancers dressed in traditional Bollywood clothing. Photo Courtesy Kriti Dance.

Is Bollywood the new Zumba?

Leah Cresswell October 16, 2014

Bollywood dancing —fists pumping in the air, crazy mad core gyrations and furious cardio bursts — is quickly becoming the new Zumba for exercise enthusiasts, spreading much like the Latin American...

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