You can view, save and delete any story that appears on GazetteNET here for up to 30 days. To add a story, simply click on the icon next to any headline.      A little bit of exercise is a body, mind and spirit thing GORDON DANIELS Rebecca Rose of Florence, works out at the Hampshire Regional YMCA in Northampton one recent morning. ''I love to come here and keep fit, because this is such a nice place to do it,'' Rose says. ''Exercise releases endorphins and definitely keeps me in shape.'' LORRAINE Yasinski pumps her legs steadily while clasping her hands in front of her pelvis. She's nine minutes into a 30-minute climb on an elliptical trainer, a cross between a stair climber and a ski machine. If she were to grip a handle on the trainer, a display would report her heart rate as well as how many calories she is burning. For the moment, Yasinski is content to climb and feel her body move at the back of the bobbling, surging, sweating crowd in the cardio room at the Hampshire Regional YMCA in Northampton. Some people scan a bank of three muted televisions front and center; others read magazines at their bikes or Stairmasters; still others seem lost in concentration. » read more...  DO IT RIGHT According to the American Heart Association, swimming, cycling, jogging, skiing, aerobic dancing, walking or any of dozens of other activities can help your heart. They all cause you to feel warm, perspire and breathe heavily without being out of breath and without feeling any burning sensation in your muscles. Whether it's a structured exercise program or just part of your daily routine, all exercise adds up to a healthier heart.  Health clubs have a tough sell Happy New Year! Have you joined a gym yet? According to the Stanford Prevention Research Center, getting in shape is Americans' most common New Year's resolution, which other experts say is just ahead of resolving to get organized.  Fitness can still fit into your busy day So you're not making regular treks to the gym, you don't have a set fitness regimen and the idea of pumping iron or logging time on a treadmill makes you cringe. That doesn't mean you can't stay in shape.  Flex appeal: Yoga hits the street, after a fashion Yoga. It's the hottest fitness trend to hit in years. Now, the exercise and relaxation regimen is bending fashion and flexing its way into street apparel.  New PE goal: Activities that are good for a lifetime WASHINGTON - Dance instructor Mat Guenther stretched horizontally, one arm behind him to lift his body upward as he sprang from his heels, spun for millisecond like a human pinwheel and landed gracefully in front of two dozen riveted students at Thomson Elementary School here.  Jump rope goes from playground pastime to fitness force Our mission, says Jim McCleary, ''is to promote physical fitness, not to jump fancy.''  Young adults who flunk treadmill tests face health risks 15 years later CHICAGO - People who are out of shape in their 20s run a high risk of developing high blood pressure, diabetes and other heart attack risk factors by their 30s and 40s, according to a study in which people were given treadmill tests of their fitness.  Might dancing delay dementia? Experts can't say, but enthusiasts like the beat There's this guy I dance with, Arnold Taylor. He has firm hands and shoulders, and his favorite eight-step swing move has this merry-go-round feel to it. Everything in the periphery is ablur except his face, which usually bears a broad grin.  HEALTH BRIEFS GET HEALTHY - The Community Health Center of Franklin County in Turners Falls will offer professionally-facilitated support groups for those wanting to make healthy changes in their lives.  Benefits in the short run Some joggers report a ''runner's high'' after exercising for extended periods, but Canadian researchers have found that longer runs are not always better when it comes to mood improvement.  Leading the weigh Personal trainer Kelly Coffey aims to help women who, like her, have struggled to lose extra pounds. JERREY ROBERTS Kelly Coffey, right, a personal trainer, helps Liz Washer as she performs tricep pull downs at Universal Health and Fitness. After losing a substantial amount of weight and getting fit, Coffey has now set her sights on helping women who have had a hard time finding the motivation to drop pounds and exercise regularly. KELLY Coffey is a personal trainer and looks the part. In stylish, sleek activewear, blondish hair around her shoulders, she's trim, fit and muscular. In a gym, she seems entirely at home surrounded by sweaty gym rats in a landscape of treadmills, stationary bikes, elliptical machines and weight lifting equipment. But the image is deceptive. Coffey, a 27-year old Smith College graduate who lives in Northampton, used to weigh 300 pounds and never saw the inside of a gym until three years ago. » read more...