Gin Miller’s Barbell Blast

Gin Miller's Barbell Blast

Gin Miller’s Barbell Blast is a fun and effective fat-blasting workout, performed with a plate-loaded barbell system*, designed to increase muscle strength and improve balance. Gin demonstrates each exercise with an emphasis on proper form and technique and provides expert instruction on how to adjust the exercises for your level of fitness.   Each segment… [Continue Reading]

NEW Products

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We are pleased to add the these fine products by Empower to our online store.  Just in time to make your holiday wish list! Kettlebells – These kettlebells feature a large rounded grip and is available in 5lbs, 10lbs & 15lbs.  Comes with Gin’s Kettlebell workout as the inbox dvd.     Medicine Balls – These soft medicine balls feature… [Continue Reading]

IDEA Report: Fitness Trends

Gin Interview with Lori Corbin

Gin was featured in a segment done by Lori Corbin of ABC7 in Los Angeles: If you look back at exercise trends you’ll think of things like high-impact aerobics, step classes, spinning, and mind-body workouts like yoga and Pilates. So what’s next in the world of fitness?   Read Full Text Article

Riding the Blueridge Parkway

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Gin just returned from a personal journey – she rode her bike, ‘Ruby,’ the entire length of the Blueridge Parkway – that’s 469 miles - and then she rode a few more!  

The Step Speed Issue – Again

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For the last decade – at the very least - we’ve been contacted by frustrated instructors and program directors for information on the issue of step speed.  (You can read the archive article about the evolution of step or the pages about step speed that start here.)  Truth is, while Gin Miller is well-known as the creator of step, she… [Continue Reading]

Pitch Control – There’s an App for That!

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Finally, life as an instuctor just got easier!  YES! Music, Petra Kolber and LoLo just released an app for the iphone and ipod touch that gives you total PITCH CONTROL for your music!    Historically, the ability to control your music with pitch control has always lagged behind the progress of technology. Back in the days of cassette tapes, you had to… [Continue Reading]

World IDEA 2010

Tamilee Webb, Kathy Davis & Gin Miller

What a whirlwind!   The World IDEA 2010 featured a great Expo, top-notch sessions, an awe-inspiring event at the Nokia Theater, but BEST of everything was catching up with old friends… and making new ones too!    If I missed your name, reply w/ a comment and I’ll add it.  More photos of the event are coming!

Come See Us at the Expo Hall!

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Look for us in Booth #853 at the Expo Hall at World IDEA.  We’ll be there with our friends from Fitness Em / Empower, offering the equipment they are providing for Gin’s sessions at a huge discount!  If you’re not attending IDEA but are in the area, you can download a free pass to the Expo Hall. … [Continue Reading]

How to Choreograph

You can learn how to do just about anything on YouTube. Here’s a clip titled How To Choreograph a Step Aerobics Routine… from expertvillage. Really? Seriously?  

HCG – Pregnancy Hormone Diet

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  photo credit: foodswings  The latest weight loss fad, although not exactly new, is the HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) pregnancy hormone diet.  With daily injections of the hormone and a restrictive caloric intake of only 500 calories, the diet promises a weight loss of 1 - 3 pounds per day – without exercise.  A dream come true? Dr. Weil… [Continue Reading]