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Prepping for the Summer Road Trip

According to AAA, more than 35 million of us will hit the road this Fourth of July weekend. What’s more, the group maintains that we’re in for a bumpy ride. AAA says if this Independence Day is anything like last year’s, its employees are in for a busy weekend rescuing us from travel troubles. Way to jinx us AAA. According to the group, July 4th is the single busiest day for emergency roadside assistance calls with an average response rate of 520,000. That’s more than a half million stranded motorists calling AAA to help them. The leading cause of car … Continue reading →

Hitched and Ditched in Hollywood

HITCHED Eat your heart out Jen. It didn’t happen with a slew of TV cameras around… but it’s still official. “The Bachelor” is now off the market. Well, one of them anyway. Andrew Firestone, who starred in the third season of ABC’s hit reality TV series “The Bachelor” got hitched Saturday… to a woman who had nothing to do with the show that made him famous. Firestone married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic in a private ceremony at St. Mark’s in the Valley Episcopal Church in Los Olivos, the California town where his family’s winery is based. The marriage … Continue reading →

Donald Trump: “I Quit!”

In what is being dubbed as a preemptive strike, real estate mogul turned reality TV star Donald Trump is not giving network executives at NBC the chance to fire him because—-he quit. Within hours of discovering his low-rated reality show “The Apprentice” was left off NBC’s new prime-time schedule Trump issued a statement that said he intended to “move on from ‘The Apprentice’ to a major new TV venture,” though he declined to elaborate. Frankly, I find the entire situation rather hilarious. Here you have a network unveiling its new TV line up, Trump sees it, realizes his show didn’t … Continue reading →

Fitness Trend Predictions for 2007

Do you know who the ACE is? The American Council on Exercise is considered the fitness authority in America and they offer certifications for personal trainers, fitness programs and more. The Council dedicates a great deal of their research into fitness industry and more. Every year, they offer their 10 fitness predictions for the year to come. According to their research, 2007 will bring programming that offers low-cost fitness options and alternative forms of exercise for different populations from the young to the old. Among their other predictions are: Specialized fitness programs will be expanded for older adults – while … Continue reading →

Fitness 101: Step Aerobics

We’ve talked about step aerobics here before, but today I want to talk about the basics of step aerobics and provide you with some introductory information. I like step aerobics, but I won’t lie to you – there’s nothing about step aerobics that doesn’t get your heart racing, the sweat dripping and your muscles tingling. Step aerobics are great for: Fat burning Heart conditioning Lung conditioning Building endurance Muscle toning The great thing about step aerobics is they can be performed with a bench in your living room or in a fitness class at a gym. Plastic benches for step … Continue reading →

Why Is Joining a Health Club Hard?

Joining a health club should seem like a no brainer, right? After all, we can agree that getting in shape and staying in shape is the way to go, right? So if we know this and we can agree on this, then why is joining a health club so hard? We all exercise in different ways, we all embrace different forms of cardio and we’re all stimulated by different things – if a health club offers us what we like or what we want to do – how come it’s still so hard? Well, for some of us – the … Continue reading →

Budokon or Pogo Bootcamp? What’s around the next creative corner?

We’ve talked about the boredom that some people experience when they do the same routine over and over again. People talk about it enough that all the gyms, dance and yoga studios and sports clubs are working hard to capture the short attention spans of the adults who are running from responsibility to responsibility. In that vein, they are adding some interesting classes to their repertoire to get you in the door and to keep you coming back. Among some of their offerings you’ll be seeing at your local gyms and sports clubs includes: Bodukon African Dance Brazilian Martial Arts … Continue reading →

Group Fitness Classes Are Great Options

Too often we think about the group fitness class at the gym with a groan. After all, who wants to be in a room full of spandex wearing women or men or both. Far too often we become self-conscious and we think only toned bodies are going to be on the people in that room, but it’s not entirely true. You may be denying yourself a great fitness option because of how you view yourself. It’s important to remember that plenty of people lose weight, trim up and look toned and firm after working out regularly and those toned bodies … Continue reading →