Aly Raisman loses bronze, Gabby Douglas wins gold

Published on August 2, 2012

Smiling 16-year-old Gabby Douglas took the Olympic Games by storm on Thursday when she won the all-around gold medal ahead of Russian Victoria Komova.

02Max puts a youthful spin on the gym scene

Published on September 24, 2008

"Our goal is that by the time you graduate college you know how to eat properly, you know how to put an exercise program together," Jashinsky said.

Federation drops security grants for shuls; Farmar shoots, scores for Chabad

Published on September 17, 2008

Concern about security at services and how to fund it persists among at least some of the small synagogues, which will now need to reallocate resources or decide to go without.

After 40, it’s all maintenance

By Judy Gruen
Published on February 15, 2007

The other day at the gym, the teacher sent us to the wall for a set of standing push-ups.

"Place your hands on the wall at breast level," she instructed.

I placed my hands on the wall at breast level. I saw that my hands were headed for the Gulf of Mexico.

‘Sex and the City’ Workout

By Julie M. Brown
Published on July 19, 2006

I joined my first gym while in college. My friends and I signed up for a three-month trial together, intending to rid ourselves of the proverbial freshman 10 -- the end result of late-night doughnut runs.

Senior Moments - And in This Corner, Stella Goren

By Ellie Kahn
Published on August 4, 2005

Stella Goren is only about 4-foot-10, but she packs a strong punch.

It all started when she was turning 79, and her husband asked what she wanted for her birthday.

"I'd like to work out at a gym with a personal trainer," Goren told him.

In spite of thinking she was meshugge and assuming this wouldn't last, her husband gave his wife of 45 years what she wanted.

"I was very happy," Sam Goren recalled. "I didn't have to go out and buy her a present."

It turned out to be the perfect gift. Goren has been working out at the In Training Fitness Center in Hollywood, and loving it, for the past five years.

Fit From N.Y. to L.A.

By Batsheva Dreisinger
Published on January 24, 2002

When I first moved to Los Angeles several months ago, I went to the gym every day. So, I discovered, does everyone else here.

Fitness Resolution

By Ani Dumas
Published on January 25, 2001

January is the time for setting goals and resolutions for most people, and getting in shape is usually at the top of that list. However, if you are fitnessphobic, the idea of putting on gym clothes can be rather intimidating. Most gyms in Los Angeles are a smorgasbord of hard bodies, which can leave a beginner feeling like chopped liver. Only about 20 percent of the population exercises on a regular basis, so you are not alone if you haven't already started a program.

The Novice

By Amanda Hesser
Published on October 26, 2000

It is called Pilates, and I had been hearing about it for some time but dismissed it as a faddish '90s workout. It fit the mold perfectly: It had the requisite exotic name (pronounced puh-LAH-tees), you had to go to a gym to do it, and celebrities hailed it as a miracle workout that managed, with perfect '90s perversity, to give shapely women the bodies of 12-year-old boys.