MiamiHerald.com: Sweat Equity http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Sweat Equity http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Sweat Equity 60 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:37:33 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com We're getting the hang of Antigravity Yoga http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/571712.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/571712.html Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:01 EDT Imagine you're a Cirque du Soleil aerialist weaving your way up into a fabric hammock while suspended in the air. The sense of freedom and power proves exhilarating. You execute complex yoga positions with ease because your body isn't smack on a cold, hard floor. Hang upside down and . . . let go! . . . you're a sky diver on a soft trapeze. Then, wrap yourself in a cocoon of soft fabric and pull it around you, close your eyes, and just float. Ahhh, so this is what it felt like in the womb. Cardio Express keeps things fresh http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/546899.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/546899.html Tue, 27 May 2008 03:01 EDT Judging by the full room at lunch time on a recent Tuesday, the Cardio Express class at The Sports Club/LA seems a hit with the business crowd on Brickell. Just 45 minutes in duration, Jackson Williams' class gets us walking, running, pumping and dancing. Give your body a 1-hour tuneup http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/538458.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/538458.html Tue, 20 May 2008 03:01 EDT If your body's broken down by the side of the road, pull into Lem Brown's Body Shop class. It won't stay flabby for long if you can get up to speed with this energetic workout -- or his other two classes (Awesome Hour and LEM -- The Workout) -- at Body & Soul Fitness in Coral Gables. Yogilates merges yoga and Pilates http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/521368.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/521368.html Tue, 06 May 2008 03:01 EDT Sometimes it's the little touches that make a fitness center stand out. Take the Biltmore Fitness Center's twin water cooler. One, enticingly glistening with condensation, held plain ice water. The other was filled with fresh-cut lemons and water. That's not only classy but it's a smart and healthy drink to offer someone who has lost minerals through sweat. Bootcamp's a rockin' workout http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/503613.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/503613.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:01 EDT David Pearson, 75, likens Ed Delatorre's South Miami Bootcamp class to a little United Nations. ``It is by far the most integrated -- physically, socially, intellectually -- place of its type in Florida. The workout is terrific but it's almost like a spiritual lift when I leave here.'' Better get moving -- it's Crunch time http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/494842.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/494842.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:01 EDT Crunch trainer Randy Washington looks over a first-timer to his Athlete's Workout class and makes sure this person has suitable sneakers. ''A lot of jumping,'' he warns. Pool workout makes quite a splash http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/485911.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/485911.html Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:01 EDT Mariah Carey coos and pleads, ''touch my body,'' in her current No. 1 single of the same name. In case the vocal invitation isn't fetching enough, there's Carey clad in a bikini, erupting out of the ocean, on the cover of last week's People magazine. Grab a stick -- it's a real kick http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/467951.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/467951.html Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:01 EDT If you saw The Bourne Ultimatum recently, or the other two action films in the Bourne series starring Matt Damon, you probably marveled at the amazing fight sequences coordinated by Jonathan Eusabio. South Beach gym plans triple play http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/459516.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/459516.html Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:01 EDT This week, instead of looking back at a class and grading it, we're going to depart a bit from the column's regular format and look ahead to three new class offerings coming to South Beach's Equinox in mid-April: Yoga 360, which utilizes a round yoga mat because, well, they say it's better; Impact shadow kickboxing and -- snicker -- Climb-Max, a stepping class taken on a slanted riser. Bodyweb's going to move you http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/450598.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/450598.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:01 EDT Bodyweb with the TRX System sounds something we'd find on the back of a Spider-Man DVD. Instead, it's a component of the popular suspension training exercise program making inroads across the States. The ''total resistance exercise'' (TRX, for short) suspension system is a pair of yellow straps with black handles attached to a playground-like rod that looks like a swing set sans the swings. Give it a spin at Body & Soul http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/441800.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/441800.html Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:01 EST Disclosure: I hate spinning. Yes, I realize one can burn upward of 700 or more calories in an hour peddling like a maniac on an indoor bike -- going nowhere, mind you -- but I don't care. Good vibrations and quick results http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/432195.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/432195.html Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:01 EST The Cars were on to something with that Shake It Up song. The Power Plate, utilizing something called ''advanced vibration technology,'' hit the States in 2001 but was developed in the '60s in Russia to strengthen muscles, aid circulation and stimulate bone mass for cosmonauts in training. Kickboxing class scores a TKO http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/423144.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/423144.html Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:01 EST Two weeks ago I wrote about a wonderful workout -- boxing class at South Florida Boxing. ''No namby-pamby tae-bo, kickboxing, box aerobics,'' I said about that intense workout. Some things never get old -- this is one http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/414504.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/414504.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:01 EST Few things beat socializing and exercising together, especially as we age. Anything that gets us out of the house to see familiar faces, catch up on the day's news and burn calories while we do so is a blessing. Class is the greatest of all time http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/405356.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/405356.html Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:01 EST Growing up I caught all the boxing movies: Rocky, Raging Bull, The Main Event, The Champ -- all the way up to the recent Cinderella Man and Million Dollar Baby. Stepping lively to African drums http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/396182.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/396182.html Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:01 EST Crunch's imagination in designing and naming classes can make exercising feel like a trip to the county fair or an adult video shop: The Long Ride. Spectrum Ride. Hard Core Cuts. Virgin Yoga. Rear Attitude, to name some.