Coming to the Lansing Center on September 25th from 10-4, the Healthy & Fit Expo will feature kettlebell instruction on the demonstration stage.

Now in its 4^th year, the annual Healthy & Fit Magazine Expo returns to the Lansing Center on Saturday, September 25, 2010, promising to be the biggest and best event, so far!  

The Healthy & Fit Magazine Expo is a free family event that is fun for all ages.  Vendors from across the Lansing area will offer the newest innovative health and fitness information. The event offers health screenings, healthy eating tips and interactive workout and sports areas.  The demonstration stage will feature exciting live workouts including Jazzercise, Pilates, Zumba and more.  Attendees will have the opportunity to watch or even get up and join in. Children can participate in kid’s games, climb the Tiki-head rock wall, and race through the inflatable obstacle course.

This year, we’ve decreased the amount of paperwork for vendors (your insurance coverage is included in the registration price), increased the amount of advertising we are dedicating to the event, and we’re targeting Healthy & Fit Magazine’s extensive readership base to attend the event.

Last year, well over 3,000 people attended the expo following an extensive advertising effort that included monthly ads/references to the expo in Healthy & Fit Magazine; billboard advertising in Lansing, East Lansing and surrounding communities; live radio interviews in front of the Lansing Center before and during the expo; distribution of posters and handbills, prior the event, to vendors who displayed them in their businesses and advertising on both TV-6 and TV-10.

Our goal, this year, is to top that number!

Think of how much easier life would be if you could just talk face-to-face with potential customers/clients, and register, now, for the 2010 Healthy & Fit Magazine Expo. Download the 2010 Healthy & Fit Magazine Expo Kit and register today!

For more information, visit http://healthyfitexpo.com.

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At last year’s event one of the coolest things for kids was the netted activity area. Here kids got a chance to play basketball with one another, form hockey games, play wheelchair basketball and more. It wasn’t just the kids who got into the act. Often parents and older kids joined into the fun too, making it a family experience. When there wasn’t an actual game going on there were experienced athletes available so that parents and kids could get instruction or more information about a sport they didn’t know much about. Right next to the netted area, also enclosed in, was an area where anyone could throw their best fast pitch and have the miles per hour of their pitch calculated. So come on out and shoot some hoops or test your pitching strength.

Have you ever wondered what it was about Zumba that everyone loves so much, or if you could keep pace at your local Jazzercise class, or what in the world a Kettlebell looks like? If there is one thing that’s great about the Healthy & Fit Magazine Expo, it’s introducing the community to new, fun ways to incorporate an exercise routine into even the busiest lifestyle. Last year’s demonstration stage provided an ongoing host of the newest and most innovative ways to get healthy and fit. Not only could participates watch but they could jump right in and try the routines out for themselves. Not only could participates try it but they could try it for FREE!

For me it was great to finally see Zumba in action. I had heard so much about it, but never had a chance to see for myself why it was considered the new, fun way to stay in shape. It was clear to me that is was fun too after seeing community members get involved in the demonstration with huge smiles on their faces. It was also great to see everyone participating in the Jazzercise workouts. Everyone from kids to senior citizens alike had a chance to get a feel for what Jazzercise was all about. The instructor, Pam Lynch, was great about getting everyone on their feet and involved. Then there was the Kettlebell demonstration. I’ve never pictured myself as a weight lifter but after learning more about Kettlebells and trying out the weights for myself on the demo stage, I was surprised to find I actually enjoyed it.

One of the main attractions at last years expo, was also one of my favorite. Of course, I’m talking about the giant inflatable tiki head climbing wall for kids and the full sized obstacle course for the whole family. Because the Healthy & Fit Magazine expo booth was set up right next to the climbing wall, I got a great view of child after child climbing up the wall, their faces glowing as they reached the top. Three kids at a time were able to make their way to the top, keeping the lines for the attraction low. Parents were then able to walk around and visit with vendors, getting valuable health news, while their kids made their way to the top.

Parents and kids alike could then head over to the large-scale inflatable obstacle course. Here they could race one another to the finish, weaving through five foot padded stanchions, and climbing up a wall before crossing the finish line. I’ll never forget racing through the course with my sister while a large group of bystanders cheered us on.

We are excited to see so much interest already in this years Healthy & Fit Magazine Expo. With fourteen companies already on board and 20 booths claimed, spaces at this years expo are going fast. Check out what companies have already reserved a space for this years expo by visiting our Vendors Page.

If your interested in becoming a vendor yourself be sure to download the 2009 Healthy & Fit Magazine Expo Kit and sign up as soon as possible to be sure that you get first priority in vendor booths! And be sure to call Healthy & Fit Magazine with any questions regarding the expo at 517.244.1844.