This past Saturday, Balanced Strength, Inc., had the great opportunity to participate in one of the South Los Angeles Community Health & Wellness Fairs. This was part of Barack Obama’s call to action in National Health Care Day of Service.
(If you look closely, you may be able to catch part of my team in the background of the video, showing attendees exercises and giving health & fitness consultations.)
At 8480 Figueroa, with the help of friends and colleagues, Adam Belfer, Sarah Cahill, and Heidi Llovet, we were able to show visitors how to lose weight, measure cardiac risk with waist to hip ratio calculations, prevent diabetes and high blood pressure, strengthen their bodies, and reach other health and fitness goals.
Sarah, Adam, and I get ready to take center stage to lead a workout that you can do anywhere, to prevent back pain.
Council member of District 8, Bernard Parks attended and spoke to all about the importance of health care reform.
Council member Bernard Parks addresses us at the Community Health & Wellness Fair in South Los Angeles.
He advised us to do our own part in reducing health care costs by participating in “pre-healthcare”. In other words, we should all get health screenings such as glucose testing (for diabetes), blood pressure, HIV, etc. By participating in pre-healthcare, we are able to detect health conditions before they worsen. Early detection can save ourselves, the public, and our healthcare system millions of dollars.
We look forward to the next day of service in September, to take a stand on education reform.
