While Langley’s fat golden bunnies huddle outside in the winter sun, nine humans make their way to the Island Fairgrounds to warm up at Vibrant Fitness. Housed in the Agricultural Exhibits building, the long whitewashed workout room hums with good juju and hard working bodies. “Many of the exercises that we do are like medicine,” said Adam Fawcett, the creator of Vibrant Fitness. “They prevent and reverse prevalent dysfunctions like old man curl (excessive thoracic kyphosis) and vanishing old man butt syndrome (loss of muscle mass in the gluteals/buttocks).” Working out to prevent getting hunchy or losing one’s backside to…
Author: Kate Poss | With Photos by David Welton
Kate Poss | With Photos by David Welton
Kate Poss This Is Whidbey was founded by Kate Poss for readers who are interested in cultivating our island’s quality of life, including its land, sea, and air; its people, plants, and animals; and the bodies, minds, and spirits of its inhabitants. You may know Kate from her work in island libraries through May of 2016. Her background includes a career in newspaper reporting in Los Angeles for various weeklies and dailies, including The Los Angeles Times. She was a frequent contributor to the online Whidbey Life Magazine and still writes for the biannual print magazine. David Welton Stories are highlighted by David Welton’s excellent photography. David is a retired physician who was a staff photographer for Whidbey Life Magazine since its early days. His work has also appeared in museums, art galleries, newspapers, regional and national magazines, books, nonprofit publicity, and on the back of the Whidbey Sea-Tac Shuttle!
The lunar eclipse aired January 20th and its show inspired genuine awe as the Earth’s shadow covered the moon and turned it reddish brown. Reality can’t get any better, right? At Ethan Worthington’s Holodeck Virtual Reality lounge in Langley, one may visit Mars and hang out with the Rover, swim with giant jellyfish digitally scaled to look like the real thing, or hone archery skills against attacking hordes. Daniel Algeo lives nearby and stopped by on a Saturday morning to virtually shoot unlimited arrows at hordes attacking his castle in the VR gameplay, The Lab-Longbow. “I love it; the level…