Volunteer Loretta Merriman, right, keeps close watch as boxer Norm Hagen takes part in a warmup exercise during the RockSteady Boxing for Parkinsons class on Wednesday morning, April 25, at Access Fitness in Kalispell.
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April 29, 2018
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April 29, 2018 4 a.m.
Boxing class targets Parkinson's symptoms
“Jab! Cross!” Lynnell Finley’s voice carries over the pump-up music at Access Fitness in Kalispell on Wednesday morning. “Hook! Hook!” A line of shadow boxers match each command with a punch to the air. They’re not professional boxers, but they’re dressed for a fight — some in athletic wear, some in sweatshirts emblazoned with boxing gloves and a mission statement: “fighting back.”