52 to a Healthier You: Week 8

Welcome back to 52 to a Healthier You from the Texas Health Fitness Center HEB.



Check back next week for Week 9: Staying motivated as resolutions wane.

If you need help finding a physician, please call 1-877-THR-WELL or log on to www.TexasHealth.org. If you want to find a trainer to help you set a fitness program, please call 817-267-9191.

Doctors on the medical staff practice independently and are not employees or agents of the hospital.

Texas Health HEB goes to the dogs for a day

Photo from the DFW Tracking Club website

On Sunday, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford will play host to dogs partaking in a tracking test event through the American Kennel Club.

Dogs, accompanied by their handlers, will be put through the paces of a track following the scent of an individual. The hospital provides use of the campus for the test.

Dogs who pass the test enter a pretty elite group, said Debra Lyons, one of the organizers of the event who described it as “probably the hardest dog sport there is.”

Only 7 percent of the canines who try succeed. And in the state of Texas so far only four dogs have passed the test – three here at Texas Health HEB in years past and one at Rice University. Dogs who succeed can then go on to help in search and rescue type situations.

For more information, you can visit the DFW Tracking Club’s website.

52 to a Healthier You: Week 7

Welcome back to 52 to a Healthier You from the Texas Health Fitness Center HEB.



Check back next week for Week 8: How to prevent injuries and schedule workouts.

If you need help finding a physician, please call 1-877-THR-WELL or log on to www.TexasHealth.org. If you want to find a trainer to help you set a fitness program, please call 817-267-9191.

Doctors on the medical staff practice independently and are not employees or agents of the hospital.