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NEW FITNESS TRENDS FROM COAST TO COAST
Get motivated to get in shape this summer with these surprisingly fun fitness finds Plus: New Yahoo! e-mail domains
Xflowsion: By combining elements of yoga, martial arts, and freestyle dance, certified mind/body fitness expert Eric Paskel has created "an extraordinary full-body, calorie-torching workout," with his Xflowsion technique. A native of Michigan (where the Xflowsion movement began), Paskel is known for his high energy, hard core classes that leave participants extremely liberated, empowered, strengthened... and sweaty.
Expresso Fitness : Under normal circumstances, we tend to avoid upright exercise bicycles at the gym at all costs (unless all of the treadmills and elliptical machines are taken); but the high-tech brilliance of the Expresso Fitness bike makes this cycling simulator the exception to the rule. The web-enabled technology and LCD screen allow bikers to engage in real time competition with other members of the Expresso Fitness online community - whether the cyclists are cycling at the same facility or hundreds of miles away - on a variety of different courses and terrains. Users can also choose to cycle solo, in which case they go up against the virtual cyclists embedded in the program. In either case, the moveable handlebars, adjustable gear shift and crisp, digital graphics allow users to become completely immersed in a gaming-like experience that makes the act of exercise less excruciating and more fun and exhilarating.
Wii Training at Le Parker Meridien: While they're widely known for quirky trendsetting services and amenities, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that Le Parker Meridien has added virtual training to the roster of private workout offerings available at Gravity, the hotel's fitness and spa facility. Using the facility's racquetball court as a backdrop, Nintendo's Wii Sports games (namely tennis and boxing) are projected off of a 20-foot wall, and with the help of a personal trainer and state of the art surround sound system, guests are immersed in an unexpectedly rigorous, video game-driven workout. The court can also be rented out by the hour by hotel guests and NY residents alike who'd like to play a match or two of Wii Tennis in a space that's quite a bit larger than a hotel room...or an average Manhattan studio apartment.

And by the way: Allowing their e-mail users to update email addresses, Yahoo! is introducing two new e-mail domains, ymail.com and rocketmail.com, tomorrow. Because yahoo.com currently has more than 260 million email users, many are forced to invent elaborate email handles due to their top choices already being taken. These new domains are intended to alleviate the issue.

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