http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/index.html 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 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:42:02 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/715601.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/715601.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Naomi Lowit had her first baby, Sophia, 18 months ago. ''I know how hard it is to get back in shape.'' So Lowit designed a class for moms just like her -- and sympathetic dads like hubby William Weyrowski -- at her studio, Nomi Pilates in North Miami (there's a Fort Lauderdale branch, too). http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/697068.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/697068.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Ysaac Kaplan, aka ''Professor Fit,'' issued an enticing challenge when he read a previous Sweat Equity column on an abdominals class: ''We have an abs class that attracts teenagers from all of the surrounding schools,'' said Kaplan, a fitness instructor at the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center in North Miami Beach. ``This is only a 15-minute class and you should see how these teenagers flock in. I've never seen so many kids gather together to do exercise without their parents making them... http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/677377.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/677377.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT CrossFit couldn't have come at a better time. Fueled by a post-Olympics afterglow and a competitive drive that just won't die -- even if the body isn't always up to the task -- CrossFit suits all needs. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/629154.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/629154.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT I've never been a fan of the clowns and animal acts at the circus, but I love the acrobatics. So, when Florida Circus Art School manager Laurie Allen called to tell me about a circus-type workout program, I was intrigued. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/612508.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/612508.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Thirty minutes devoted to the abdominals sounds like an awfully long haul. That's the equivalent of doing crunches through an entire episode of Californication or half of an America's Got Talent. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/603816.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/603816.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Like many Americans, I became addicted to NBC's recent telecast of the Olympic Swimming Trials. Who could resist Michael Phelps' and Katie Hoff's winning sweep of five races apiece? Or, especially, Parkland resident Dara Torres' inspiring double victories in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle races? Torres lands on her fifth Olympic team at the age of 41. Finally, W. Hodding Carter's Off the Deep End (Algonquin; $21.95), about his quest to make the Olympic swim team at age 45, proved a delightful read... http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/587717.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/sweat-equity/story/587717.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Gyrotonic devotees are calling it the next big thing in fitness. The Gyrotonic Expansion System utilizes a pulley system, weight plates, a padded bench and movable knobs. The machine incorporates stretching and toning movements from swimming, gymnastics, Pilates, ballet and 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.''