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A new breed
of women’s gym has recently invaded the confines
of Newport Beach’s Fashion Island area. Featuring
a wide array of state-of-the-art machinery,
Body Design, under the direction of founder
Susan Tobiessen, has rapidly developed into
the area’s most respected athletic and rehabilitation
and pilates center. Free weights, cardiovascular
and weight machines, core board aerobics
and the increasingly popular Pilates, (Body
Design is a certification center for Pilates),
serve as the framework upon which a client begins
the gradual and inexorable ascent towards her
ultimate fitness goals. This foundation is supplemented
by a number of therapies and classes - massage,
facial/body treatments, dance and yoga classes,
Allegro Pilates circuit classes - all applied
and/or taught by a seasoned staff of trained
and certified professionals, a staff that also
includes a licensed physical therapist.
Central
to Body Design’s drawing power is a fitness
environment free of the competitiveness and
neglect found in many a neighboring club. Body
Design boasts an intimate, "family-like"
atmosphere that caters specifically to women
of all ages and abilities; the professionally
trained staff is comprised almost exclusively
of women. A new client will be initially assessed
for her fitness level; an appropriate personal
fitness program will then be "designed."
Assisted by a personal trainer, this program
will be continually monitored and adjusted as
the state of fitness improves, a level of attention
that serves as yet another reminder that this
is a health facility that has no peer. The bottom
line is that Body Design is a gym that operates
under the belief that its success is dependent
upon the satisfaction level of its clients.
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