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en the durable TV se-
ries "Dynasty" finally
went down the drain
like so many soap suds
eight years ago, Linda Evans
gained a lot more than she lost.
No more keeping up appear-
ances.
No more sliding into the glam-
orous skin of Krystle Carrington,
the highly toned middle-aged se-
ductress who could pass for a
decade younger.
No more early morning video-
tapings that could detect the
slightest blemish in her seeming-
ly ageless armor.
Here was a chance for a wel-
come sabbatical from the pres-
sures of Hollywood. A chance to
settle into her secluded lake-side
villa in Seattle. A chance for per-
sonal growth.
Next thing she knew, though,
Evans was outgrowing her leo-
tards.
"I stayed up late and did every-
thing I wanted to do and hadn't
had time for before," she said.
"When 'Dynasty' was finished, I
sort of rebelled."
To the tune of an extra 25
pounds.
That, she tells you, was the cat-
alyst that launched Evans, now
54, into a second career: fitness
entrepreneur in the already
crowded "it's not fatal to be over
40" genre.
Looking
and feeling
good
in your 50s.
Having searched for and found
a workable combination of exer-
cise and nutrition, she pared her
5-feet-8 chassis to a trim 136
pounds, opened 15 Linda Evans
fitness centers for women and in-
troduced her signature exercise
machine: The Linda Evans
LegShaperPlus.
She also created what she calls
her personal success program, in-
cluding a workout video, two mo-
tivational tapes and a nutrition
guide.
Because it's manufactured by
NordicTrack, one of the oldest and
most reputable names in the fit-
ness industry, the impact-free
LegShaper is not your typical
piece of overhyped star-maker
machinery.
Nor is it a panacea that will
make you look like Linda Evans.
The proper regimen of diet and
exercise, however, might make
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you feel as good as Linda Evans
does these days. (Even if you're
not in love, as she says she is with
current companion, Yanni, the
popular Greek music man).
"I used to work out because it
was necessary in my profession,"
she said. "It was so competitive
that, if you fell apart, they were
happy to replace you. The whole
Jane Fonda aerobics thing came
and went when I was doing 'Dy-
nasty.'
"All I cared about was keeping
toned so I could look good if I did
a Crystal Light commercial.
"I later learned to exercise for
health as opposed to vanity or sur-
vival reasons."
And she added low-impact aer-
obic exercise, mainly using the
treadmill, at least five times a
week, to her weight-training reg-
imen — which she now does every
other day.
"When I gained all that weight,
I called my trainer in L.A., got on
the treadmill, started working out
again and learned about diet," she
said.
Evans pared to her present pro-
portions in about six months. It
was sweat and sacrifice sans star-
vation.
"I'm amazed I'm not a huge per-
son because I can eat with the best
of guys, and I love desserts and fat
foods," she said.
"So it's inspiring to me to know
that, if I get on the treadmill, I can
burn off what I want to eat and
still have a life."
There are times, such as dur-
ing a recent concert tour with
Yanni that brought her to Hawaii
and Greece, when long walks or
dips in a pool replace regular gym
workouts.
Not to worry. "I'm not ob-
sessed," Evans said.
Meanwhile, Evans' fitness cen-
ters are proliferating at the rate
of one every four months.
Each is equipped with a day-
care center for moms and features
weight equipment specially de-
signed for women by Cybex with
half-pound weight increments.
"Women, on average, live to be
84," Evans said 'What are you go-
ing to do with all that time if you
aren't healthy?"
"You can look good and have all
the knowledge and awareness
that time and pain has given you,"
she said. "It's a magnificent time
to have the body to go along with
the mind."
In nearly the same breath,
however, she'll tell you that looks
aren't what it's all about.
"It's about being healthy
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