As featured in the September/October 2010 issue of VIVmag, actor Annabeth Gish (FlashForward) and trainer Ashley Borden are “soul sisters” in the gym and have been training together for 12 years at The Fitness Factory in West Hollywood, CA. Music plays a key role in their workouts.
“When Annabeth and I train in a private room, [...]
As featured in the July/August 2010 issue of VIVmag, athlete turned yogi Mark Blanchard has practiced for more than 30 years, teaching the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Rachel Griffiths and Jennifer Lopez. Blanchard connected with Lopez on a movie in which she had to perform a yoga sequence, and they have been enjoying [...]
As featured in the May/June 2010 issue of VIVmag, for 15 years, actor Amy Brenneman has trained with Tracy Effinger in Los Angeles as a devoted fan of Effinger’s “Squeeze” workout that combines Pilates, yoga and Lotte Berk techniques with weight training. The athletic-based workout keeps the Private Practice star stay toned and healthy. Effinger [...]
As featured in the March/April 2010 issue of VIVmag, while walking along Abbott Kinney Boulevard in Venice Beach, CA, actor Elisabeth Rohm (Law & Order, Heroes) stopped in her tracks one day when she passed Circuit Works LA and then had to go inside the workout studio, captivated by the high-energy class and engaging music. [...]
As featured in the January/February 2010 issue of VIVmag, New York City’s favorite trainer and expert on “Extreme Makeover,” David Kirsch, works with actor Ellen Barkin, 55. The two break a sweat at Kirsch’s Madison Square Club and like to blast music to fuel their 60-minute sessions. “Ellen and I love to listen to high-energy [...]
As featured in the November/December 2009 issue of VIVmag, Pilates maven Risa Sheppard has been training “The Queen of Country,” Reba McEntire, for five years at her studios in both Toluca Lake and Westwood, CA. At their sessions, music plays in the background, since “unlike aerobics, Pilates is not supposed to be done to music, as [...]
Researchers at San Diego State University recently determined that the optimum walking pace for “moderate intensity” physical activity equates to walking 100 steps per minute. Listening to music that comes in at around 100 beats per minute is an easy way to ensure you maintain the right speed. Below is a sample mix; you can [...]
As featured in the September/October 2009 issue of VIVmag, Zen Fitness trainer Juliet Kaska has worked for two years with Kate Walsh, whose success on Grey’s Anatomy led to the spinoff Private Practice. Kaska and Walsh work out at the actor’s home, where she has her own Pilates studio, combining core work with resistance training in a [...]
Singer Mary J. Blige, “the queen of hip-hop soul,” worked with trainer Gregg Miele over the course of three years to build and maintain her endurance as she performed concerts around the world. Miele kept the R&B diva in great shape so she had the stamina to sing and dance for hours at a time [...]
As featured in the May/June 2009 issue of VIVmag, Peta Wilson, the former La Femme Nikita from the 1997–2001 television series, called upon trainer Scott Sonnon to help her get ready for her next, intensely physical role in the film 124 Degrees. Known as the “Flow Coach,” Sonnon developed a Circular Strength Training program that combines [...]
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