SINGLE MEN - INVESTIGATE The Singles Extension Group Sponsored by Temple Israel Here's on exciting way for active single men and women 50 and over to make new friends. P.M. DECEMBER 11. 7•30 • A Tale of Two Continents" Make checks payable to: SINGLES EXTENSION GROUP For Information Call: rffnatic 353-1424 Exercise Company Andrea Bernstein Helaine Rodin Keller presents CANDICE COPELAND and CHET VIENNE from LA's Dynamic BODY EXPRESS Exercise Studio Sunday December 7, 1986 at the Novi Hilton 8 am - 5:30 pm Master classes and Instructor Seminars • Single Class and FULL DAY PRICES For information call: 851-3488 FITNESS EXTRAVAGANZA FREE 11:30-5:00 PM Saturday, November 22 at FARMINGTON 32480 Northwestern 851-3488 SYLVIA ZUKIN Mon.-Sat. 10-5:30 Thurs. 10-8:30 Fern Kumove 661-2499 Mel Hirsch 533-9271 Exercise Classes . Southeast corner Northwestern Behind Gabe's Fruits In The Mayfair Shops Non-members: $6.00 Mail to: Richard Goldsmith 15700 Providence Dr. #205 Southfield, MI 48075 Weights Helpful To Fitness Plan Jewelers 26325 Twelve Mile Rd. — Members: $5.00 FITNESS bruce m. weiss Refreshments • Entertainment • Dancing Cantor Harold Orbach will perform "The Fiddler Comes To America - SINGLE When The Occasion Arises Dependability Is Utmost! You Can Always Rely On • Speakers: nutrition • weight control Exercise safety • foot & backcare WIN! classes, clothing, shoes, facial, massage REFRESHMENTS Sunday, November 23 at BIRMINGHAM 555 S. Woodward 540-2535 20 DAYS for $20 PURCHASE THIS WEEKEND ONLY! NOW OPEN A RESTAURANT AND MUCH MORE! Lunch Served Monday Through Friday 11:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. Dinner Served Until 12:00 Midnight Monday Through Saturday Nibbles and Dancing Till 2:00 a.m. IN THE AMERICAN CENTER BUILDING 27777 FRANKLIN ROAD Southfield 350-8450 Singles who wish to meet other singles as well as ac- complish exercise goals can do both by participating in aerobic circuit weight train- ing. Working in pairs, this form of exercise involves warming up together areobically for 20 minutes, lifting weights at various stations with one minute of running between each station. One partner exercises in place while watching the other partner who is performing the weight-lifting movements. After the weight-lifting part- ner finishes his/her regimen, the partners switch and the process begins again. The procedure continues at each station until all stations are completed. There everyone joins in for an aerobic cooldown. There are many benefits to this type of exercise. They are: Feeling of sharing and not competing; keeping up aerobic capacity while em- phasis is placed on cardiovas- cular efficiency; working with intervals of short bursts of energy then with active rest; while walking, running, rope jumping between set stations of weights, one can socialize; one can practice at home with self-made bean bags, sand bags or frozen juice cans filled with nails and bolts. Tennis star Billie Jean King, after a number of knee operations, has often said that if she were to start her career again, the one thing she would do differently would be to lift weights at the beginning and continue on a weight training program throughout her life. When using weights there are some important rules to remember. First, it is impor- tant to use mirrors when exercising with weights. Watch to make sure that the arm is brought into the body, with the forearm parallel to . the floor (elbow is bent). It is also necessary to have the same amount of 'energy on each side of the spine in order to prevent injury. The use of weights in exer- cise is based on resistance. Don't fling weights. The ob- ject is to have perfect control. Breathe into lifting and exhale as the weight is low- ered away from the body. BANQUET FACILITIES UP TO 175 PEOPLE VISIT OUR OTHER LOCATIONS ... PANACHE IN BIRMINGHAM AND MAVERICK'S INL ADY'At OAK (..1 • Sylvia Zukin is the director of the Women's Health Club at the Jewish Community Center. n , 88 Friday, November 21, 1986 - THE DETROIT•JEWISH NEWS • f- , Resistance training is based on a methodical strain- ing of the body's major mus- cle groups. The most common form of resistance training is weight lifting, an activity in which an isolated muscle group raises and lowers a weight until that muscle group is too fatigued to lift the weight one more time, thus stimulating the de- velopment of that muscle group. What is the purpose of stimulating muscle growth? First, skeletal muscles, like the rest of the body, athrophy when not used. When muscle tissue is stimulated, it gains in endurance and allows you to do more with less fatigue. Strengthening the skeletal muscles also strengthens the bones themselves, as well as the ligaments, the tendons, the joints and connective tis- sue. Serious or even minor in- juries from dance or sports, unexpected falls or any acci- dents, are far less prevalent in individuals who perform resistance exercises. Resistance exercise will also help to lower body-fat percentage. Aerobic work does this by burning calories; resistance work does it in an- other way. Muscular growth is a complex phenomenon. In simplified terms, this is what happens: An intense muscle contraction (against resis- tance) causes the formation of a chemical called creatine. Creatine is the substance that induces RNA (ribonuc- leic acid) to stimulate muscle growth. Myosin, a protein, is formed enabling the muscles to undergo additional con- tractions. Additional contrac- tions produce creatine, which induces more growth, and so on. Remember that it is not technically the amount of fat that is important, but rather the percent of fat. In this case, the amount of fat re- mains constant with proper food intake and aerobic work, while the amount of muscle increases with stimulation from resistance work. When this happens, the body-fat percentage becomes lower. An added resistance that weights supply to exercises causes muscles to work har- der than if one were simply pushing and pulling or bend- ing or lifting without weights. Muscles grow be- cause they are forced to put forth more energy. As there is more demand from mus- cles, they adapt to the stress by ,becoming -stronger. In , .t: .e,