Health & Fitness

New York Times: Richard Simmons—Still Sweatin’ To the Oldies

Written by . Posted on January 13, 2010. Filed under Feature, Health & Fitness, New York Times. Tagged , , , . No comments.
SIMMONS
YOU hear Richard Simmons before you see him. On a recent Saturday morning, his tittering acolytes waited in the small green and pink pastel-colored lobby of Slimmons, his fitness studio here. His familiar Southern-tinged voice floated through the doors of the studio where he was holding Project Me, a talk therapy class about exercise. Suddenly, [...]
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New York Times: Dig Out the Spandex and Feel the Burn

Written by . Posted on October 8, 2009. Filed under Articles, Feature, Health & Fitness, New York Times. No comments.
Sweaty Sundays
AROUND 11:40 a.m. every Sunday, they arrive at Foresight Studios, a rehearsal and performance space in the heart of Silver Lake, a hipster neighborhood in Los Angeles. They wear pink leg warmers, sparkly headbands and the type of tiny shorts not seen since Richard Simmons felt the burn in them in the 1980s. They are [...]