Crunch up your Life : PS

So, last week I had the amazing opportunity to try out Crunch gym and not only was it just one visit, I think I might the Student Membership and join. I have been struggling with gyms. The rip-off Lucille Roberts has done pissed me off. Lucille Roberts, who I am still a member with, still charges me 25 bucks a month to use all usa locations with the exception of some (the hell?) and then when I wanted to put a hold when I wasnt going, they would not let me. Some of their machines are old, broken down, the classes I loved (cant complain about that) and you have to sign up for machines and people hold these machines with towels, books, sweaty tshirts put on them and management does nothing about it. Disgusting.

Anyway, I went to Crunch in Park Slope on Flatbush Avenue, and met with General Manager Tom Polizzi, such a nice guy and is really running a great establishment, everything is kept in order, the staff is otherwise friendly, and the personal trainers were cool too (one of them passing a women not knowing how to use a machine and helped her and gave suggestions) A+ in my book.

Sir Tom and I toured and toured and toured. I loved the gym. The women's locker room with showers, sauna, high scale lockers, clean bathrooms, and good products to use.

When you immediately come in, there is towel service. Then you go upstairs, where the whole gym upstairs takes up the whole block. Variety of machines for Arms, Abs, Legs, Shoulders, Chest.

Variety of Stair machines, cardio machines, such as the Treadmill and Elliptical. (Also the first floor when you first enter, has that too). Such good technology.

Then there is the Spinning Studio. One of my new things to try, Spinning. I already ride my bike but this looks like a good indoor challenge.



The group fitness/individual play area when there is no class (freestyle baby!)

And in depth towards the back of the gym, heavier musclehead weights.

Nobody in the gym watches you per se. Everyone does their own thing, and I like that. NO JUDGEMENTS.

Aerial Yoga. I gotta try this there.


And best of all, no panting muscle heads like at Ballys Fitness (oh yeah I said it). The only thing I liked at Ballys was the manager, the juice bar and variety of cardio machines. Machines were broken down easily and such. These are all what I pick up while being there for a 2 week pass (absolutely free).

I love Crunch and am going to join for a few months. Just a few. I think my bank can take this one, best to join before June for my student discount, no initiation fee and God knows that is a killer.

~Kaye Beeh

Weight Loss Pilates with Kristin McGee -- Acacia Fitness DVD review

I always loved training with Kristin McGee in the past but have not done so in a while. I know Kristin from the MTV Yoga, Power Yoga, Pilates, and Pilates Mix exercise series that they had in the earlier 2000s.

If we all remember, MTV was a bit of a fitness and music powerhouse of those combinations, I remember countless days I would do The GRIND :The Hip Hop workout for twice a day because I loved it soooo much!

It first came out when I was a kid back in the 1990s & my mum would exercise with it and dance like its 1970 again.

Anyway, went off tangent and now back to the Acacia Fitness, which I love them so much for productions of all these wonderful DVDs and instructors.

The latest Kristin McGee ones are Body by Bethenny with the lovely Natural Foods Chef Bethenny Frankel and the Weight Loss Pilates DVD.


I was in the hotel room and I knew that you get free workouts on the On Demand menu for Acacia Get Fit. Stay Fit. & Exercise TV.

So I looked under Get Fit. Stay Fit. And tried this Weight Loss Pilates after I did Hemalayaa's Bollywood Booty (which Ill put up a review for later).

IT WAS INTENSE BUT GOODNESS. Like Core Fusion INTENSITY AND YOU FEEL THE RESULTS TO COME.

Your abs is the center of the body and controls of everything. So I believe it is important to train the core most of all. This program can.

It was a series of cardio movements starting to warm the body and then floor core work which is very very groundbreaking! Some of the pilates movements are definitely classics but some with a lovely strong twist to it. Then you do another round of cardio movements and then more floor work and then 1 of the routines of the DVD is done.

The whole program all in all is wonderful and Kristin McGee is a great instructor.

Once again, another success.

~ Kaye Beeh

Review: SlimQuick energy shot

Okay so when I was away on a trip down in Atlantic City, New Jersey... :D. I go to the 99 cent store I usually go to (trust me, everything stays 1.00, nothing above) and then I see the SlimQuick product and I go ravenous, so I buy 6 packs because well normally they run you 5 dollars a box. So today when I was feeling a little jetlagged and wanted a real good boost to workout and feel motivated and great, I took half of one SlimQuick energy shot even though they give 2 small bottles for the day. I followed the correct instructions, dont take 5 hours before going to bed.

When you initially taste it, the Berry Lemonade flavor isnt like your normal Minute Maid or Tropicana juice taste but blech! Hold your nose and throw back that shot! Then drink some cold water. After about 15 minutes, I felt the great energy and effects. No jitters or heavy breathing or fast heartbeat, sure you feel a great feeling overcome you but its not bad. It lasts about 5-6 hours and it does its purpose. I wish they made it taste better.

But with it today, I did my Exhale CoreFusion workouts with a harder persistence and edge. I think im on to something. I would not live on them but use them when I feel as if I need to. And today, jetlagged and in need a good workout, it is needed.