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Trans athlete accused of ‘dogging it’ to avoid negative publicity – OneNewsNow
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A transgender athlete at the University of Montana a biological male now competing in women's cross country was recently named "female" athlete of the week for excelling in a race.
Just last year, Jonathan Eastwood was a winning runner on the men's team in 5,000-meter and 1,500-meter races. This year, the senior goes by the name "June" (pictured, far right) and finished second in a group of 204 female runners at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational late last month. That performance in the 6k race earned him the Big Sky Cross Country "Female Athlete of the Week" honor.
Steve McConkey of 4 WINDS Christian Athletics has been an outspoken critic of transgender men competing against women.
" I've been following the performances [of transgender male athletes]. They're improving," he offers. "And so when June Eastwood got female Big Sky Female Person of the Week, it did not surprise me."
Eastwood's second-place finish at the invitational one second behind the winner also caught the attention of Bill Zwerger at American Thinker:
"I have the sneaking suspicion that his latest second-place finish was due to him 'letting off the gas' toward the end of the race, seeking to minimize the negative publicity his winning yet again would have garnered, along with the outrage his female opponents must feel in having a male win every race against them."
For similar reasons, McConkey who admits the performances he's seeing are not yet "spectacular" believes Eastwood is maneuvering to qualify for women's competition in the upcoming Olympics next summer in Tokyo by holding back for now.
"I think the athlete is actually dogging it and trying to get his testosterone levels down," he tells OneNewsNow. "But I think over time, you're going to see [a transgender] athlete who will be in the Olympic trials and potentially could go very far."
The Daily Mail points out that in accordance with NCAA policy, male athletes who identify as transgender women must suppress testosterone levels for a full calendar year before competing in women's sports.
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Inside The Testosterone-soaked Masculinity Contest That Was The 2019 Election – Chatelaine
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The sight of Catherine McKennas Ottawa Centre campaign office defiled by a misogynistic attack days after the Liberal MP was voted into office offered a vile, yet telling, capper to a campaign that was unkind to women in overt and more insidious ways. The slur was sexist: the wordcunt spray-painted across McKennas face as if to obscure and silence her. When it was discussed on CBCsCrossCountry Checkuplast week, the host didnt repeat the word but referred to it as vulgar. And yes, the word is vulgar;Macleanstypically wontpublish it. But Im repeating it without slashes or asterisks because the attack on McKenna needs to be called out as gendered; cunt is used to sexualize and demean a woman; it is not a word used to attack a male politician.
McKenna, minister of the environment, has faced sexist garbage for yearsfrom being dubbed climate Barbie to threats so serious she needed a security detail. Shes not alone. Pernicious attacks on female politicians of all political stripesinCanada, inAustralia, and theU.S.are now so common that its debated whether Western politics, a bedrock of democracy, istoxicfor women.Recentreportsindicate female politicians are standing down in Britain in response to horrific abuse.
Its positive news, of a sort, that Ottawa police justannouncedtheyre investigating the vandalism against McKenna as a hate crime; this recognizes the gravity of the attack. Less positive is the lack of collective bi-partisan political or public outrage. Nor has there been a call for zero tolerance, or a needed crackdown on abuse rife on social media platforms. No one would expect women to endure constant threats of rape, physical assault, or murder as a norm in other fieldsmedicine, law, teaching. After a terrorist act, no one says that a population should stop flying or going into the streets. Yet thestandard response to news of the attack against McKenna even by those sickened by it was a resigned: Andthats whywomen dont enter politics.
Yet this federal election began with a record number of women choosing to run for officeup some nine per cent from 2015. The NDP ran 49 per cent women (up from 43 in 2015), the Greens, (lead by Elizabeth May, the only female party leader), ran 47 per cent women/non-binary/trans candidates (up from 40 per cent), the Liberals ran 39 per cent women (up from 31 per cent), and the Conservatives ran 32 percent (up from 19 per cent).After votes were counted, we had 10 more women in Parliament, bringing female representation in the House of Commons to 29 per cent, a three per cent increase. At this rate, well surpass one-third female representation after the 2027 electionand reach 50-50 representation decades after that.
Weve heard the same theories floated for years of why unequal representation persists: Women are socialized not to see themselves as eligible candidates as readily as men; they have to balance career and family (in a way men dont); they dont have access to the same funding; theyre not positioned by parties in winnable ridings. Theres truth there. But the biases can be more subtle than that, as seen in the imagery and messaging of the 2019 federal election. Traditional masculine motifssports, warriors, shows of strengthprevailed.Obviously women excel at sports, but framing on the campaign trail tends to be as a testosterone-soaked masculinity contest. Its imagery that excludes many whod make excellent representativesnot only women, but some men, and anyone who is older or who lives with a disability.
National elections as masculinity contests have long existed in the U.S., as astutely outlined by Jackson Katz in his 2017 bookMan Enough?: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and the Politics of Presidential Masculinity. Since Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy Carter onward, Katz writes, U.S. elections have been debates about American manhood waged exclusively by white men until Barack Obama, who was often photographed playing basketball. Its changing, seen with the election of a new squad of younger women, lead by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, yet its still one where the tough guy with certitude prevails, and the nuanced or indecisive is emasculated.
Using sports as a go-to political metaphor is problematic for many reasonsits intrinsically polarizing and sets a narrow perception what a politician looks like. We saw a breakthrough in Canada with the presence of NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, the first racialized leader of a major national party. That said, on the strong, macho front, Singh fulfilled the mandate: in August, gearing up for the election, he shared an image of himself after a mixed martial arts class with former ultimate fighting champion Georges St-Pierre.
During the campaign, when Singh slammed a big hammer to ring a bell at a Poutine Fest in B.C.,Burnaby Nowenthused: Hes flexing his campaign muscles. The NDP leader also introduced a strenuousJagmeet Jumpbefore rallies. Conservative leaderAndrew Scheer was less successful in the format: he appeared in party ads swinging a baseball bat, and was mocked; he was also criticized post-election by former Conservative cabinet minister Peter MacKay who evoked another sports metaphor when he likened Scheer losing to a hockey player missing a goal on an empty net.
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Then theres Justin Trudeau, whose political credibility and rise hinged on him winning a 2012 charity boxing match against Senator Patrick Brazeau. Trudeaus fitness and physical derring-doyoga poses, balancing babies,jogging shirtlessdefine his political identity. During the federal campaign, Trudeau ran up Vancouvers Grouse Mountain, and his team summoned media to cover him training in a boxing ring the morning of the TVA debate. Star Liberal candidate and Trudeau protg Adam van Koeverden took a page from the PMs playbook on his first bid for political office in Milton, Ont. The four-time Olympic medalist posted a photo onInstagram showing him prepare for a local debate with a killer workout. Like Trudeau, van Koeverden pitched himself as a frontman for gender equality: one of his campaign boasts was his involvement at the federal government level to ensure gender inclusion in sports. He won the riding,ejecting veteran Conservative incumbent Lisa Raitt.
During the campaign,Raitt lamented in aniPoliticsinterview about how virility and stamina have become conflated with political competence and ability: What am I going to do? Im a fat woman over 50. I cant compete in that, she said.
Even before the campaign, we saw a focus onimagery over doing actual work. On June 17, 2019, for instance, May was the only leader in the House of Commons to vote to pass a motion declaring a national climate emergency. Trudeau, Singh, and Scheer were all in Toronto gaining political currency being photographed at the Raptors parade.May told me she experienced sexism when I covered the Greens on the election trailfrom being referred to as quirky, a word not often used to describe a man, to being criticized in one media account for learning about World War II history from the movies, (which is not the case). Thats not something theyd likely say about Andrew Scheer, May said.
We also saw May, the only woman at the leaders debates (she was excluded from TVA debate) drowned out as her rivals fought to defend womens reproductive rights. A man has no position on a womans right to choose, Singh said during the official English-language leaders debate, to which May interjected: How about a womans right to speak in a debate? Its been really interesting for most of this campaign to hear a lot of men arguing about what a womans rights should be.
Ironically, abortion became a cudgel used against May, who supports a womans right to choose, by the NDP, even as67 Conservative candidatesreceived endorsements by anti-abortion groups. Meanwhile, discussion about critical issues that affect women disproportionatelytheepidemic of violence against women and girls, the need for universal childcarewas absent.
Post-election, its time to rethink and address inequities in the political realm, asMelanee Thomas, an associate professor of political science at the University of Calgary, writes inPolicy Options. Thomas, who researches gender and electoral politics,argues that the problem is entrenched biases at the party level, and not voters discriminating against women. Political scientists have looked for butfound no evidenceto support the idea that voters discriminate against female candidates, Thomas writes. Rather, political parties areless likely to nominate women as candidates than men, they are also more likely to disproportionately nominate women in seats their party cannot win.
Despite Trudeaus 50-50 male-female cabinet, for instance, his party didnt support the Gender EquityAct, a 2016 private members billintroduced by then NDP MP Kennedy Stewart to ensure greater parity. The bill, which proposed to financially penalize parties with a 10 per cent or more split between male and female candidates, didnt pass.
Its a bias that extends to party leadership, Thomas writes: federal parties, particularly those that stand a chance to form government, simply do not select women as leaders. There are exceptions, she notes: when a party isin crisis or decline,but more often women become party leaders when their party is uncompetitive.
History backs this up.Canada has had a female prime minister, fleetingly, in 1993, but never has come close to electing one. Kim Campbell became Conservative Party leader after the premature exit of then unpopular prime minister Brian Mulroney. Campbell never sat in Parliament as PM; the Conservatives were trounced in the 1993 election.(With speculation swirling that the Conservatives are planning to replace Scheer, its telling that one name being floated is Ben Mulroney, the son of Brian Mulroney, a TV presenter with no political experience, and not that of his sister Caroline, a cabinet minister in the Ontario Conservative government.)
The NDP has had one female leaderAlexa McDonoughfrom 1995 to 2003. When May was elected leader of the federal Greens in 2006, the party had never held a seat in the House of Commons; it now has three, nine short of official party status. (On Monday, May announced she would be stepping down as party leader.) Women have run for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, but none has come close to winning.
The expectation that women leading provincial governments would offer training ground for the federal stage hasnt happened, Thomas writes, noting provincial politics also reflectsharsher standardsapplied to women leaders. For several months this year, Canadahad no women premiers;Caroline Cochrane was elected premier of the Northwest Territories last month, the first woman in the job since 1995.
As Thomas sees it, its time to ask different questions: Instead of asking why women should be more included in politics, we should ask why men merit being so overrepresented, she writes.
While we ponder that, its also good to remember that, for all of the regressive imagery, election 43 brought us new, young female politicians, among them Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, an NDP MP in Nunavut and Jenica Atwin, a Green MP elected in Fredericton. We also saw the return of former Liberal Jody-Wilson Raybould as an Independent representing Vancouver-Granville and, of course, Catherine McKenna,who has refused to be silenced or obscured, and whose treatment should be seen as a slur across Canadas face.
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Planet Fitness ordered to turn over past complaints of ‘debaucherous’ behavior – The Union Leader
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BRENTWOOD A judge has ordered Planet Fitness to turn over information related to any past investigations into complaints about sexual harassment and alcohol use in the workplace in response to a lawsuit filed by a former manager who alleges the corporate office had a debaucherous environment with drinking games like Fireball Friday and Beers with Peers.
At a hearing Wednesday, Rockingham County Superior Court Judge Daniel St. Hilaire told Planet Fitness lawyers that they must make various documents available to Casey Willard as she tries to build her case against the popular fitness chain headquartered in Hampton.
John Sherman, Willards lawyer, argued that the company was refusing to provide relevant information concerning any other complaints, policies regarding alcohol use, and other documents.
Sherman said he wanted to know if other corporate employees were disciplined for alcohol use or sexual harassment and how those investigations may have been handled. He argues that the company didnt enforce its policies, which created the environment that eventually forced an emotionally distraught Willard to resign.
Judge St. Hilaire ordered Planet Fitness to provide information related to any relevant complaints that may have been investigated during the five-year period before Willard quit in 2018.
K. Joshua Scott, an attorney for Planet Fitness, told the court that he didnt know of anyone being investigated, disciplined, or terminated for violating an alcohol use policy since at least January 2015.
He also claims that many of Willards requests for information were answered, and wrote in court paperwork that some of her requests were nothing more than a fishing expedition designed to harass Planet Fitness.
Willard, a Dover resident, was hired as a manger in 2015 and eventually became manager of franchise development and construction for the company.
Her suit accuses the company of sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment, discrimination, and retaliation.
She has claimed that the companys human resources department was aware of the drinking games and sexual comments, but ignored the problems, and that it failed to enforce its anti-fraternization policy, which prohibits employees who supervised subordinates directly or indirectly from engaging in a sexual relationship with subordinates.
Willard has also alleged that she was drugged and raped on a business trip with another employee and his friends.
Planet Fitness Chief Executive Officer Christopher Rondeau; Dorvin Lively, the companys president and chief financial officer; Joshua Beyer, former vice president of real estate and development; and Al Buell, vice president of construction, have also been named as defendants who are accused of aiding and abetting discriminatory practices and retaliation.
Planet Fitness has denied many of Willards claims and insisted that it has a zero tolerance policy related to harassment and is committed to providing a safe environment for its employees. The companys lawyers have also claimed that Willards decision to add Rondeau and other top executives as defendants six months after she filed the original lawsuit was done to harass and embarrass them by smearing their reputation in public pleadings.
The case is scheduled for trial in June 2020.
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Wisconsin’s first Life Time fitness center is opening. Here are 5 things that dazzle – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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The folks at Life Time fitness center probably would cringe if a member told friends, "I'm going down to the gym to work out."
It's not that there aren't plenty of ways to work out at Wisconsin's first Life Time location, which is near Calhoun Road and I-94in Brookfield.
But it's much, much more than a gym. In fact, Life Time prefers to callit an "athletic lifestyle resort."
"People can hang out, spend their entire day," said Jason Thunstorm, vice president of corporate communications. "You'll see places where they can eat, where they can pamper and relax, where they can work out, where their kids can be, where they can work."
There are many impressive features at the Brookfield Life Time. Here are five things that stood out during a tour Thursday of the $47 million, 176,000-square-foot facility, which opens to all members on Monday:
The indoor swimming areafeatures a leisure pool, lap pool,zero-depth pool for kids andresort-style seating. The large outdoor pool area includes water slides, an outdoor spa and a poolside restaurant. When school is on break, children ages 5 to 12 can come in for clinics that include swim lessons, healthy meals, water safety skills and water sports.
"The pools end up being one ofthe massive family draws for us," Thunstrom said.
They are luxurious, featuringwhirlpools, saunas, steam rooms, complimentary towels and lockers, and an assortment of Soapbox body products. One observer familiar with the Milwaukee Bucks locker room said it reminded him of the locker room at the NBA team's training facilitybut with a little lower ceiling.
You name it, it's there in an enormous room that feels like it's a block long. There are dedicated studios for group fitness, cycle, yoga and Pilates programs.
While you work out or use the club, Life Time employees watchthe kidsstarting as young as three months in this 5,000-square-foot area. Kids Academy caters to children up to 11 years old.
"We don't show movies, we keep them moving," Thunstrom said.
Among the amenities are a downsized-basketball courtand an outdoor covered turf area for soccer and other outside games. There are lots of programs for children.
LifeCafe is a restaurant open to the public, not just members. From the 300-calorieAVO Catalina (multigrain toast with avocado, fresh mozzarella, basil, tomato and balsamic vinaigrette) to the 1,070-calorie BBQ chicken and bacon pizza (garlic-herbed chicken, bacon, barbecue sauce and three-cheese blend garnished with chipotle ranch and green onion on a cauliflower crust) it's a menu with something for just about everyone.
Nearby is a coffee bar by day, which becomes a lounge serving wine and beer in the evening.
And when you're finished eating or drinking, you can work it off.
Paul Gores can be reached at paul.gores@jrn.com. Follow him on Twitter @pgores.
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Read More..A man threatened to kill a woman at Planet Fitness. He got banned for life. – LGBTQ Nation
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A 60-year-man named Marc Bernier has been banned from Planet Fitness and given a one-year injunction to not contact a transgender woman who he repeatedly threatened to kill last March after she used the womens locker room at the gym. He also has to pay a $500 fine.
Bernier was found guilty of having violated the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act after prosecution by two-year-old Civil Rights Unit of the states Attorney Generals office. He still faces misdemeanor charges for his death threats.
Related:A cis woman got banned from a gym for insulting a trans woman. She thinks shes the victim.
The incident occurred on March 17, 2019, when he walked up to an unnamed transgender woman and asked, Hey, are you a guy or a girl? The woman reportedly said her gender was none of Berniers business.
He said it was his business because my wife changes in that locker room and if I see you going in there again Ill fucking kill you.
After she reported Bernier to a Planet Fitness employee, the employee told him that she could use the womens locker room and that his wife could use a private changing stall if she liked. That apparently wasnt satisfactory to Bernie because he threatened to kill the woman over and over again, even repeating the threat to police when they arrived later. He repeatedly referred to the trans woman using male pronouns too.
Naturally, Berniers threats illustrate why political fights over transgender bathroom and locker room access threaten the dignity and safety of trans people. Transphobic political rhetoric often paints trans women as men in dresses and sexual predators, making ignorant citizens like Bernier view them as threats worthy of death.
Iowa is one of 17 U.S. states that has laws explicitly protecting trans peoples rights to public accommodations such as hotels, locker rooms, and bathrooms.
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Friend-ercise: this new London fitness class is designed to help you make new pals – Evening Standard
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Making new friends gets harder as you get older, and all too often life can get in the way of you seeing the ones you do have.
London gym chainRight Path Fitness wants to change that with its newfitness pop-up 'Friend-ercise', a classspecifically aimed athelping lonely Londoners make new pals.
Thespeed friending event consists of a 45-minute workout featuring exercises for which you'll have to buddy upand perform team-building activities in which you'll have to put your trust into each other. Fitness classes are usually social in their nature anyway, but this will also factor in time to chat after each circuit.
Afterwards, they'll ply you with mocktails and healthy snacks, giving you theopportunity to work the room and hopefully bond over your love of fitness and wellbeing. How wholesome.
The event is aimedat peopleaged between22 and 35 and is being held at the Right Path Fitness studio in Spitalfieldson November 14 at 7.45pm.
Friend-ercise will feature team-building exercises
KeithMcNiven, founder of Right Path Fitness which also hosts 'Date-ercise'a similar class for fitness fanatics looking to find love,said: London is a great city, but it can be really hard to meet new people.
I should know, I moved here from Leeds years ago without knowing anyone. Finding new friends can be hard when youre in your twenties or thirties, because you cant just walk up to someone in the pub and be like, hey, wanna hang out? and social gatherings organised online can be super-awkward if you feel uncomfortable in big groups.
Why it's time to start incorporating a SkiErg into your gym sessions
That, along with a recent fitness boom as more people embrace a healthy lifestyle, is how Friend-ercise was born. The class is a combination of a tough fitness class, but with enough time for you to chat, find a workout buddy or just have a nice time in a relaxed setting with new people. No stress, no pressure and if nothing else, youll walk away feeling healthier, with a nice endorphin boost.
The class is also purposely kept under an hour and 15 minutes, to cater to busy London workers who struggle to find time in their diaries.
Tickets cost 25 but there are only 12spots, so if you fancy meeting some new people in a platonic way,you'd better get booking fast here.
Read More..All-in-one Digital Health & Fitness Platform Openfit Launches With Live Trainer-led Workouts and Personalized Nutrition – Business Wire
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Openfit, the all-in-one digital platform for fitness, nutrition and wellness, launches today with a certified trainer-led live group fitness experience that is integrated with personalized, easy-to-follow nutrition programming and tracking, making it possible for anyone to achieve their health and wellness goals. A technological first, the Openfit Live feature of the platform disrupts the bricks and mortar boutique fitness studio industry by offering 350+ weekly live certified trainer-supervised workouts via digital streaming, capped at 40 attendees per class, during which the trainer gives real-time feedback, motivation and coaching to the subscriber through optional use of their phones camera. Openfit also offers hundreds of on-demand workouts featuring celebrity trainers including Andrea Rogers, Devin Wiggins, Tough Mudder X Champion Hunter McIntyre and the Hollywood stuntwomen of the Rough Around the Edges program. Openfit is available on Openfit.com, along with iOS, Android and Roku devices, with support for Apple Watch available now and Apple TV support coming soon, all for less than $15/month.
With Openfit Live, members receive real-time feedback from trainers certified in strength training, HIIT, yoga, kickboxing and more as well as supervised group running and walking classes. The new technology in the Openfit app allows the trainer, and only the trainer, to see each member during their workout if the member chooses to turn their camera on. This enables the trainer to provide personalized motivation and guidance to improve form, just like in an in-person small group boutique studio. Openfit Live running and walking classes feature audio coaching and motivation from a live trainer with personalized stats including distance, pace and a group leaderboard. Along with Openfits live classes and nutrition options, the platform offers subscribers a wide variety of on-demand classes taught by highly sought-after celebrity trainers, including Xtend Barre by Andrea Rogers, 600 Secs with Devin Wiggins and Tough Mudder T-30 with Hunter McIntyre, famous for winning the Tough Mudder X race two years in a row.
Where there are hundreds of apps and services offering either fitness or nutrition solutions, the combination of Openfits wide selection of live and on-demand fitness classes, integrated with sophisticated meal planning makes it easy to achieve results because the entire solution is one place.
The technology behind Openfit is world class, built by the team that built Evite, SurveyMonkey, and Beachbody On Demand. When I started my fitness journey a few years ago, I realized that, especially as a working mom, there were not a lot of practical options for people who dont live near gyms, who are intimidated by the atmosphere of big-box gyms, or who love the boutique fitness scene but cant afford to spend $35 per class on an ongoing basis, said Selina Tobaccowala, Openfit Chief Digital Officer and founder of fitness start-up, Gixo, which was acquired by Openfit to power Openfit Live. Our goal is to democratize this experience, and make it possible for everyone to benefit from the accountability, community and results that come from having a live trainer providing immediate feedback in a tech-enabled small group setting.
And because a healthy lifestyle begins in the kitchen, Openfits nutrition features make it easier than ever to get a personalized nutrition plan and stick to it. Members just answer a few simple questions and are given a custom plan, including daily and weekly meal suggestions that take the guesswork out of what to eat to get the results theyre looking for. Everything is tracked right within the app, making Openfit a one-stop-shop for members to reach their goals.
Staying fit and keeping track of your goals should be simple, which is why we developed Openfit to be an all-in-one platform for healthy living, said Openfit CEO Jon Congdon. Members can now access live and on-demand workouts and personalized nutrition plans and tracking all within one app, removing common barriers to success and making health goals achievable for everyone.
Openfit memberships range from $14.99 to $89, with 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month plans. To sign-up for a free trial, visit: https://www.openfit.com/.
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Openfit is an all-new digital streaming platform that integrates fitness, nutrition, and wellness together in one place. At Openfit, we provide world-class fitness programs with live trainer-led and on-demand workouts designed to reach any goal, personalized nutrition plans and tracking. As convenient as your smart phone in the palm of your hand, Openfit takes whats so powerful about boutique, small-group fitness and makes it available everyone at a fraction of the price. Join us at Openfit.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/Openfit, and on Instagram @myOpenfit.
Read More..Suri Cruise and Katie Holmes Are Fitness Buddies – Vanity Fair
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Of all the dynamic duos out there, some rise to the top, the crme de la crme, toI dont knowregular, perfectly good milk products, as if buoyed by their mutual support. Theres a whole meme about it. Maybe youve seen it. I dont know how youd miss it. To understand what caliber of duo were talking about: Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee. Michelle and Barack Obama. Elmo and Bert. These are all examples of great two-person teams.
None, Id argue, are as stinking cute as Katie Holmes and her daughter, Suri Cruise. Maybe Im biased. Suri did make her world debut in the pages of this very magazine, and she and her mother have since become the fabric of the city I love, New York City. They are as essential as Alec Baldwin allegedly punching a person in the face or Jennifer Lopez being from the block. They are of the place and by the place, and the place wouldnt be the same without them.
And so it is with great joy that I bring you the following news. Or I dont bring it. Holmes herself brings it by way of Shape magazine: Sometimes Holmes and Cruise work out together if their schedules permit it. I feel very blessed to have such a special daughter. Being her mom is absolutely the greatest gift and privilege, Holmes said of her kid. Sometimes I work out with my daughter. It just depends on the day.
We have our routines, and occasionally they overlap, she added. But I dont force her to work out with me because I know thats lame.
What I love about this quote is how much it makes them sound like friends. Friends who try to fit each other into their schedules. They try to stay healthy together, bonding over a shared favorite activity. She doesnt specify what workout they do together, but Holmes does say that she likes to box and spin and do yoga and dance. This all sounds like stuff a 13-year-old would be into too, but I imagine the dance is especially interesting to Cruise. Zumba, maybe. Possibly ballet. She does wear a ballet flat well.
Fitness! Another New York thing that of course theyre both into. Well, I guess fitness not exclusive to New York or anything, but one can never forget the citys great boutique-fitness boom of 2014. It is certainly what the majority of this little islands inhabitants are doing for a big percentage of their lives every day, in between working too much and trying to find the best bagel. Anyway, it is my most wholesome wish in this world that Cruise never discovers what is or isnt lame vis--vis her mom, and these two continue to be one of those close mother-daughter units for life.
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Wall Street's main indexes were set to open slightly lower on Friday after a record run this week that was fuelled by rising hopes of a U.S.-China trade truce and an upbeat corporate earnings season. .N.N/P
At 0845 ET, Dow e-minis 1YMc1 were down 0.02% at 27,662. S&P 500 e-minis ESc1 were down 0.12% at 3,082.25, while Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQc1 were down 0.19% at 8,214.5. The top three NYSE percentage gainers premarket .PRPG.NQ: ** Fastly Inc
(Compiled by Shradha Singh in Bengaluru)
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