Word: sweated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Carmen Electra and Sinbad, Tae-Bo now constitutes a veritable alterna-robics empire. Blanks himself is on the way to superstardom, having appeared on a recent episode of "ER" in which he schooled Lucy (Kellie Martin, Yale student and real-life Tae-Bo devotee) in a private, early-morning sweat-fest. The sale of his tapes, bolstered by an appearance on Oprah, has grossed an astonishing $60 million dollars since August. The latest Tae-Bo disciples are the Harvard's women's varsity volleyball team, who use Blanks' Tae-Bo to stay in shape in the off-season...
...Carmen Electra and Sinbad, Tae-Bo now constitutes a veritable alterna-robics empire. Blanks himself is on the way to superstardom, having appeared on a recent episode of "ER" in which he schooled Lucy (Kellie Martin, Yale student and real-life Tae-Bo devotee) in a private, early-morning sweat-fest. The sale of his tapes, bolstered by an appearance on Oprah, has grossed an astonishing $60 million dollars since August. The latest Tae-Bo disciples are the Harvard's women's varsity volleyball team, who use Blanks' Tae-Bo to stay in shape in the off-season...
Withdrawal sets in. You sweat. You suffer. You fiend for it. Thankfully, spring brings an a cappella rebirth, starting with the fifth annual Miracle Jam. The Veritones, Opportunes, Radcliffe Pitches and Tufts Beelzebubs will perform; On Thin Ice will play hosts. All proceeds benefit the Children's Miracle Network. Sanders Theatre. 496-2222. 8 p.m. $6, available at Sanders Theatre Box Office and BosTix...
...some gas in your tanks," shouts Billy Blanks. He cranks up the volume on the stereo, and the Billy Blanks' World Training Center in Sherman Oaks, Calif., is flooded with the ragged sounds of Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock and human agony. Teeth clenched, sweat dripping, 150 men and women kick out their right feet, then bow at the waist and kick back their left feet. "Lean, guys, lean!" commands Blanks, as he demonstrates the move from a stage emblazoned with the message GOD IS GOOD. He then adopts a fighter's stance, and on cue the class punches...
...physically more imposing sex. On average, they are 10% taller, 20% heavier and 30% stronger, especially in their upper bodies. But women are more resistant to fatigue; the longer the race, the more likely they are to win it. Furthermore, as millions of women prove daily by the sweat of their brow, the muscle gap is not carved in stone. Hales reports on a 1995 U.S. Army test of female physical potential, in which 41 out-of-shape women--students, lawyers, bartenders and new mothers--achieved the fitness level of male Army recruits in just six months of working...