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EROTICIZE Looking for a sexy workout? More and more women who wouldn't dare hit a strip club are hitting the gym to try pole dancing. For another sultry sweat, try cardio striptease...
Whether your exercise playlist leans toward Radiohead or Rocky, all songs eventually get tired. Now several new services promise to relieve the tedium with downloadable MP3 workouts. Among the best is iAmplify.com which puts a personal trainer in your iPod or other portable digital music player. Workout choices range from yoga and Pilates to cardio and strength training. Our pick: the Total Body Blitz. It's a 30-min. power-Pilates routine for $4.95 that's surprisingly challenging and doesn't require special gear. iAmplify plans to add video workouts in February. A good alternative site is Cardiocoach.com which offers...
...Systems (CTS). Run by Chris Carmichael, Lance Armstrong's coach, CTS offers hard-core online regimens and personal coaching via phone and e-mail. First, the center's trainers assess your fitness level and goals, preferably in person. Then they provide nutritional advice and guide you remotely through every workout. Clients log in to trainright.com to track progress. This type of élite coaching doesn't come cheap. Depending on the level of supervision, the cost ranges from $39 to $1,500 a month...
...three college women and one WNBA player have ever dunked during a game; Parker first slammed as a high school sophomore. Although her dunks fetch the most attention, her game is complete: she dribbles like a point guard and throws no-look passes from the post, and during one workout, the right-hander hit 22 out of 30 three-pointers--shooting left-handed...
...George Richter’s “Said” and Georg Baselitz’s “Triangle” turn a usually simple medium—oil on canvas—into a workout for your retinas. One can’t help but struggle to shift the focus from the painting’s surface to what is below, over and over again. At over two-and-a-half meters high each, both paintings are bold, bursting with color and texture. The physical material of the paint seems to extend...