Fitness
This type of exercise focuses on flexibility and helps to reduce stress.
What is yoga?
This macronutrient is essential for muscle growth and repair, regularly found in nutritional drinks and shakes like Core Power or Muscle Milk.
What is protein?
This university, founded in 1847, is located in Westerville and is one of the oldest in central Ohio.
What is Otterbein University?
This practice of focusing on the present moment can help reduce stress and improve emotional well-being.
What is mindfulness?
Depending on where you’re standing in Westerville, you could be in one of these two counties.
What is Franklin or Delaware County?
The opposite of aerobic exercise, weightlifting is a type of this kind of exercise.
What is anaerobic?
This vitamin is essential for calcium absorption and bone health, commonly found in milk and naturally provided by the sun.
What is vitamin D?
Westerville became the first city to pass an ordinance prohibiting this in 1859, 60 years before national Prohibition.
What is alcohol?
The National Sleep Foundation recommends this many hours of sleep per night for adults.
What is 8 hours?
This scenic reservoir and park is a popular spot for boating, fishing, and walking trails.
What is Hoover Reservoir?
Reaching this number of steps per day, roughly equivalent to about 4 miles, is what the American Heart Association considers as part of an ‘active lifestyle’; your smartwatch or FitBit is typically set for this goal.
What is 10,000 steps?
This mineral, often found in bananas, is key for muscle and nerve function.
What is potassium?
Westerville is often referred to as “The ___Capital of the World” due to its history in the temperance movement.
What is the “Dry Capital of the World”?
This term, derived from the sleeping habits of a common household pet, means a short nap lasting no more than 20 minutes.
What is a cat nap?
This Westerville facility is home to sports, fitness classes, and pool, serving as a hub for community recreation and wellness.
What is the Westerville Community Center?
This type of workout alternates between periods of intense effort and rest or low-intensity activity.
What is interval training?
This eating pattern emphasizes whole foods, healthy fats, and lean proteins, and is inspired by the traditional cuisines of countries like Italy and Greece.
What is Mediterranean diet?
This Westerville native, also the namesake of this local elementary school, wrote and composed the Christmas songs “Up on The Housetop” and “Jolly Old St. Nicholas”.
Who is Benjamin Hanby?
This hormone, which is also a popular modern sleep-aid available over-the-counter, helps regulate the sleep-wake cycle.
What is melatonin?
A popular destination for bikers and walkers, this paved trail connects Westerville to Columbus and other nearby cities.
What is the Ohio to Erie Trail?
Known as the “runner’s high,” this chemical is released by the brain during exercise.
What are endorphins?
This antioxidant-rich superfood is known for its deep blue or purple color and is often added to smoothies.
What is acai?
This historical home on Main St just west of Uptown was a station on the Underground Railroad.
What is the Hanby House?
This stage of sleep, often associated with dreaming, is known for rapid eye movement.
What is REM sleep?
This creek runs south from Westerville through the neighboring community of Gahanna.
What is Big Walnut Creek?