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Allure
November 1992
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The Next Step
A look at the new fitness trends-
and the ones after that.
YOGA
The new alternatives to aerobics aren't necessarily all new. At health clubs, exercisers with high-stress jobs
are opting out of high-impact, high-noise classes for a quiet hour of yoga. "It's the one place many people find where they
can concentrate on their bodies, but they don't have to be competitive," says Lora Holbrook, a yoga instructor for T.S.I. clubs.
Fitness professionals have even blended yoga into personal training and workout classes that leave students in a peaceful pool of sweat. At Noll Daniel's
rigorous Urban Yoga Workout at Crunch and Apex, students do several sets of push-ups and slow, strengthening stretches, interspersed with sustained yoga
positions. "Most of the strengthening comes not from the push-ups but from the yoga postures," says Daniel.
"You're working against gravity, and gravity creates plenty of resistance."
Fitness guru Karen Voight likes to think of variety in exercise as akin to a variety of culinary options. "If
you're tired of the same old thing, or if your favorite restaurant isn't open one night, you certainly don't go without food.
You find somewhere or something else to eat." So should it be with workouts.
(Excerpt from the article.)
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