Tag: active

Dancing Makes You Smarter

Mary Klootwyk We all know the benefits of physical exercise, including low-impact exercise, but what many don’t know are the cognitive benefits of square dancing. Square dancing requires active attention and quick physical responses, and because of this, it triggers several multiple brain functions at once, such as kinesthetic, rational, musical, and emotional, which have…

Tour de Tucson: Unit 27 Cyclists Pass the Torch

Sue Case Many athletic residents live in Unit 27; however, those who ride bicycles, and particularly those elite athletes who ride in the annual Tour de Tucson (El Tour), are part of a special group. Kay Erb and her husband Tom had been avid cyclists in Michigan before they moved to SaddleBrooke in 2002. They…