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...worldwide. Hoopnotica's sales have more than quintupled over the past three years, according to co-founder Keaton Koechli, while HoopGirl's teacher-training program has grown from 24 instructors to more than 350 in 13 countries. Classes in the U.S. are typically offered in private studios, though Crunch gym members in Los Angeles can now take Hula Hoop Pilates. Enthusiasts also form their own organized hooping clubs like the Bay Area Hoopers, whose founder edits the online magazine Hooping.org - or coordinate frequent impromptu "meetups" in public parks and recreation centers. A recent group-hoop took place during the Race...
Your favorite barista. Your acquaintance at the gym. Your fellow dog walker. Your co-worker. Perhaps these people are more important to your health and welfare than you realize. In her new book, Consequential Strangers: The Power of People Who Don't Seem to Matter ... but Really Do (W.W. Norton), author Melinda Blau and Purdue psychology professor Karen Fingerman explore the meaning of these often overlooked ties. TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs reached Blau at her home in Northampton, Mass. (See TIME's list of the top 10 doctored photos...
...step programs fit into this? Oh, absolutely. [That's] what sociologists call a single-stranded relationship. It's around an activity, a place - we know [people] from the coffee shop or the gym. We know them because we stuff envelopes with them at a fundraiser. And so AA is very much like that. They're all there trying to heal, and you quickly get to a very, very deep level of exposure because you're talking about your personal life. But once you go home, you may speak with these people on the phone, you may meet them for coffee...
...gym relationships? We disclose to people at the gym. We're relaxed, we're working out, we know it's not going to get back to our intimates. So a woman walking on the treadmill next to another woman whom she hardly knows, [who] is preparing for her wedding, starts talking about her trepidations about what her in-laws are going to be like at the wedding. She does not say that to her close friends because it might get back to her husband-to-be, but she can say it to this woman at the gym. The old rules...
Some students direct their energies into maintaining the appearance of an intense workout rather than actually exercising, Every time I go to the gym, I brace myself for the scrutiny. As soon as I get on my elliptical, an energetic, spandex-clad girl will inevitably take the one next to me, her high ponytail bouncing along with her quick pace and absent resistance. She is clearly more focused on her appearance than actually exercising, and the pleasure she derives from running at her quickened tempo is immediately apparent from her almost pitying glances in my direction...