Oregon Governor's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports

Here’s another great reason to exercise: longer life!       

At the recent 2011 Pacific Northwest Zone Long Course Masters Swimming Championships held at the Mt Hood CC Aquatic Center, there was a 92 AND a 90 year old swimmer in the same heat!  Not only do these gentlemen swim regularly at their age, they compete!  They also enjoy the fun and socializing with other swimmers of all ages-which is also good for your overall health!  In the US, masters swimmers are age 18 and up.  You compete against those of your own age group, which is in five-year increments. You don’t have to compete, you can just enjoy working out with your local team if you choose.

77 year old David Radcliff about to start his leg on his relay swim. Dave was a member of the 1956 Olympic swim team and holds most of the National and Oregon records for his age group. He regularly beats swimmers half his age, too!

A new review of popular multivitamins found that one in three did not contain the amount of nutrients claimed in their labels. According to a recent article on MSNBC.com.  Read the full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43429680/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/

In 1995 no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. Now, all but one does.  According to a recent article in the Diet and Nutrition section on MSNBC.com.  Check it out:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43670705/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/?GT1=43001

The OGC website is now back!!! 

What Happened to the old site?!??

In updating the hosting and related things, our old website content was unintentionally & accidentally deleted.  We will recreate as much of the prior material, plus improve and update things here on our new site! Stay tuned, things will be added/updated regularly!