February 28, 2024

The Top 10 List

 

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Leggings, hoodie, tank top, belt bag, sneakers, bodysuit, sportbra, t-shirt, sweater, and scarf: these are your top 10 essentials for the fit life on the go. Mix and match for every day. At the gym, running errands, grabbing a coffee with friends, all these pieces are in play!

 
LEFT COLUMN: JAMES PERSE COTTON JERSEY HOODIE $185; NAGNATA SURYA SEEMLESS CROP $189; VARLEY LET’S MOVE POCKET HIGH LEGGING $108

MIDDLE COLUMN: NILI LOTAN SHANAH TANK $165; BANDIER V-NECK SHORT CATSUIT $130; ALEX MILL COTTON JERSEY PROPECT TEE $58

RIGHT COLUMN: NEW BALANCE 9060 $149.99; CARBON 38 SLOUCHY KNIT COTTON SWEATER $158; PRADA RE-NYLON & SAFFIANO LEATHER BELT BAG $1590; LOEWE FRINGED LEATHER-TRIMMED MOHAIR BLEND SCARF $380

 

February 25, 2024

Everyone Can Be A Ballerina

 

BALLET BODY(TM) BARRE

Barre3, The Bar Method, Pure Barre are just a few of the countless barre fitness studios across the country. Barre classes are very popular sculpt and tone workouts that integrate small isometric movements designed to work muscles to fatigue. Ballet Body(TM) Barre is a very different kind of barre workout.

Developed by former ballerina Roberta Senn, Ballet Body(TM) Barre follows the format of traditional barre classes ballerinas have taken for years to maintain their long and lean physiques and develop the strength required to perform at the highest level. The result is what Senn calls “the most beautiful bodies on the planet.”

Senn was discovered by Jerome Robbins on her very first audition after moving to New York City, who cast her in the original production of Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway in 1964. She left the production a year later to pursue dancing in a ballet company, and spent many years abroad with the Geneva Ballet, Israel Ballet, and Iranian National Ballet (disbanded after the Islamic revolution of 1979). Read More

 

February 9, 2024

Super Snack Swaps: Chips & Dips

 

CLOCKWISE TOP LEFT: KETTLE BRAND AVOCADO OIL POTATO CHIPS; SIETE CORN CHIPS; CASE SANCHEZ REAL GUACAMOLE; PRIMAL KITCHEN BUFFALO RANCH DIP

 
With just hours to go until Superbowl kickoff, time to load up on your favorite snacks for the game. No need to sabotage your healthy eating with all the tasty alternative chips and dips available at most grocery and convenience stores.

Robin Barrie Kaiden MS, RD, CDN, CSSD, one of the nation’s leading experts in personal wellness and nutrition, recommends crunchy snacks like organic popcorn, chips, and nuts cooked in olive or avocado oil. Avoid refined vegetable oils like corn oil, sunflower oil, and safflower oil.

Says Kaiden, “I love Kettle Brand Chips made with avocado oil. For tortilla-style chips, my favorite are Siete. They are grain free made only with cassava flour, avocado oil, coconut flour, chia seeds and salt!” Read More

 

February 6, 2024

Spring into Stripes

 

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Get in the game with these sporty spring stripes!

LEFT COLUMN: AUTRY KNIT SWEATSHIRT WITH ZIP COLLAR $348; PRO-KEDS ROYAL LO CANVAS LACE UP SNEAKERS $49; VERONICA BEARD DIANORA STRIPED KNIT TOP $348; FOLKULTURE COTTON TOTE BAG $17.99

MIDDLE COLUMN: KULE THE GIO TANK TOP $185; SPLITS59 FOX TECHFLEX TRACK PANTS now $103; NILI LOTAN GIDEON STRIPE CASHMERE BLEND TURTLENECK SWEATER $1135

RIGHT COLUMN: WARSTIC WSPB3 PRO STANDARD PICKLEBALL PADDLE $149; LOEWE STRIPED WOOL BLEND JACQUARD HOODIE $1850; RALPH LAUREN SLIM FIT COTTON CABLE-KNIT POLO $168; KULE THE SHORT $78

 

February 2, 2024

Masters Swimming

 

MASTERS SWIMMING AT ASPHALT GREEN

 
Contrary to what you might think, Masters Swimming is not just for master swimmers. In fact it’s for everyone, swimmers of all levels, as I learned last week at Asphalt Green where I trained with the AGUA Masters swim team for week 3 of 52 Weeks of Fitness.

“Masters Swimming is for anyone 18 and over. At Asphalt Green we’re really trying to welcome everyone, from someone who just learned how to swim to former Olympians”, says Jim Wu Head Coach AGUA Masters. “We try to incorporate workouts that will appeal to all levels.” AGUA Masters swim team is dedicated to helping adult swimmers improve their swimming by developing better technique, fitness, and endurance through structured group instruction and training.

The last time I was on a swim team, I think I was 12 or 13. I still swim regularly but recreationally, not very far or particularly fast. I had seen the AGUA Masters team practicing at Asphalt Green where I am a member, their workout written out on the white board, and thought it looked like a fun way to increase both my distance and speed. Read More

 
 

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