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JACK WILLIAMS
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l hen Mara Hoskin-
Thomas takes her female
fitness clients through a
sequence of toning tech-
niques, she starts at the bottom.
Think of it as cutting-edge sculpt-
ing sans scalpel: mainly lunges and
squats, sometimes with light weights,
designed to downsize the derriere.
The hips, thighs and lower abs are
targeted, too.
"It's all for below the waist," she
says. "A way of decreasing size but
maintaining muscle.
"It's designed for fast results and
just for women."
The idea is to fatigue the muscle in
the name of firmness, not size. Attack
it on consecutive days, preferably six
times a week, the better to burn fat
without allowing the rest needed for
muscle growth.
Forget the fact that conventional
wisdom, based on body-building prin-
ciples, disdains working on the same
body part more than three days a
week. _
The concept here is called Freestyle
Training, introduced and trademarked
by Vie, a Florida-based fitness maga-
zine for women.
Its originators: George Snyder, for-
mer creator of Ms. Olympic contests,
and Laura Dayton, another women's
body-building pioneer who has a mas-
ter's of science degree and has written
about female fitness for 25 years.
Hoskin-Thomas, a certified aero-
bics instructor and personal trainer,
was among the first fitness pros to
embrace Freestyle Training nearly a
year ago.
An occasional 'co-host of "Crunch
Fitness" on ESPN2, she dances profes-
sionally for the Nike-sponsored funk
troupe Culture Shock.
As a certified Freestyle trainer,
Hoskin-Thomas teaches variations of
the basic lunge — supported, if need
be, by broomsticks to maintain bal-
ance.
If you're ready to take the lunge,
step forward, keeping your head up
and torso erect. Lower your hips and
allow your trailing knee to drop to a
point before it touches the floor.
You don't need to feel the burn.
But if you do enough reps, your
glutes, hips, quadriceps, hamstrings
and thighs may set off a fire alarm. 0

Jack Williams writes for Copley News

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