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HEALTH

Matters

"I WORK out on a treadmill three days a week.

"NOTHING COMES between

I run when I can (not just around the office)."

me and my NordicTrack —unless
it's a good game of racquetball."
Lonny Zimmerman
architect

Robert Aronson
executive vice president
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit

"I HAVE this ritual of walking around our north Oak Park

"I BOUGHT a NordicTrack
because I'd heard from a friend
that it was great exercise and a
wonderful calorie burner. Luckily, it
came with a 30-day money-back guar-
,
antee. I felt really good after using
the machine, but found it difficult
and not very enjoyable. So instead, I go
for long walks in my neighbor-
hood, bike-ride and use my
mini-trampoline."
Brenda Strausz
pre-school director I teacher

neighborhood. I walk with my friend, Shiffy Jubas.
Whether it's dark or light, raining or snowing,
we're out by 6:30 a.m."

Ruth Levi
realtor

"FOR ME, it's competitive squash and tennis
through the Jewish Community Center or Franklin
Racquet Club. I ride the stationary bike or jump rope
as a conditioner and I lift weights three times a week."
Dr. James Bragman
physician

"I TAKE ballet class every day — six days
a week when I can. I teach ballroom dance
as well as creative movement at Adat Shalom
and Shaarey Zedek. I also teach a
chair-exercise class at Fleischman
Residence. They joke in my
house that the only
• exercise I don't do is push my-
self away from the table."
Julie Levinson
dance instructor

"I WORK out at CMI. I do dif-

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StairMaster and
stationary bike.
(Her favorite:
"None of it. I'm not
doing it for enjoy-
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Judy Kessler
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"I USED to go to the gym, but I found it took up lots of time.
I'd be too tired to study. In the summertime, I got into doing yoga.
It's a lot of stretching, so you're progressively getting into more
flexible positions. It improves your muscle tone and it's very relaxing.
Yoga puts you in touch with your own body."
Alan Milhnan
second year medical student

"WHEN I have a chance, I play squash. I have a regular game

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on Monday nights at the Jewish Community Center — where else?
I also do a lot of walking around the building and try to watch what I eat."
Morton Plotnick
executive director
Jewish Community Center

"I WALK in the neighborhood, two miles a day if I can.
I take the biggest steps I can take. Occasionally,
I'll walk with my neighbor across the street."
Laura Miral
hairdresser

"I'VE BEEN exercising since my army days in 1942. Now, I do
calisthenics with very light weights. And I walk at least five days a week —
quite often seven da_._:
451a4week. I play quite a bit of table tennis. And my
wife (Bert) rides herAMrcise bike every single morning."
Lloyd Strausz
businessman

"I PLAY basketball at the University of Michigan rec facility three or four
nights a week and I do sit-ups and push-ups on my own almost every day."
David Contorer
Project STAR intern at Federation

"AT HOME, I have a semi-serious routine: the exercise bike, sit-ups

and push-ups. And, when I eat lunch in this area, I try to walk to the local
restaurant. In Ann Arbor, I always park quite a distance from the campus
and walk to class — more by circumstance than by design. If you've ever
been to Ann Arbor, you know what I mean."
Raviv Schwartz
Project STAR intern at Jewish Community Council