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Seattle Evening Magazine

Fun new workouts
May 9, 2003

By JOSEPHINE CHENG / Evening Magazine

The hardest thing about working out is doing the same thing over and over. Isn’t there a better way to get healthy?

Real women have curves, you just want them in the right places.

Chances are, the only obstacle between you and the body you want to achieve is fitness boredom. So hold on to your bangles, fun is the operating word in several new workouts.

Belly dancing aerobics
What’s natural to Middle Eastern dancer Oreet Jehassi has been translated to a sexy, sultry workout known as Belly Dancing Aerobics.

With a little bumping and shimmying, you can literally work your butt off as ancient Turkish belly dancing meets modern fitness.

Women, and a few men, find that with that hot combo they can undulate their way to slimmer hips, tummy, thighs, and arms, not to mention, fine-tune the all-important “inner” image.

Students say it builds their self-confidence and it allows them to express themselves as a woman.