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Stepping It Up

As the new year brings resolutions to get in shape, an illustrated memoir of my quest to find the right fitness program

By Vanessa Davis|January 1, 2013 7:00 AM|4comments
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page 2 of 'Move It, Move It' by Vanessa Davis

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Vanessa Davis' most recent book, Make Me a Woman, includes many comic strips first published in Tablet Magazine. Her first collection of diary comics, Spaniel Rage, was published in 2005.
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  • http://none Linda Byard

    Pretty funny; I enjoyed this. There are parts of everywoman running through this witty comic. I started stinking at ballet in first grade, and it was down hill until well into adulthood when I finally figured out that exercise and me just had to establish a relationship.
    Even Zumba can feel threatening and is only as good as the teacher is on that day. I suggest the author try Shabam, found in many gyms across the country. It’s the only exercise I have ever done where I have really enjoyed myself and the quality is always there.

  • http://www.njjewishnews.com/tribe Alia

    Loved it! As I was reading I was going to tell you to try Zumba! I love my local JCC: no ladies in just-right workout clothes – in fact, no dressing up at all – people from every fitness level all having fun together.
    I’m fairly uncoordinated and I love to go to any class and make a fool of myself while sweating. My teenage daughter just likes to run on the treadmill. When I suggested that we go to a Zumba class together, she rolled her eyes so far and fast I thought they might come loose outta their sockets!

  • http://www.marjorieingall.com marjorie

    Brill as ever. I do not know Shabam! But I too enjoy Zumba. And I loved NIA, which I should really get back to. Sometimes the instructor makes the class turn away from the mirrors, which I approve of. When she doesn’t, I too employ the hide-behind-a-pillar strategy.

  • Neil Tarasoff

    I have a shape, if you will admit that “ROUND or PEAR” is a shape! 8-)

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Stepping It Up

As the new year brings resolutions to get in shape, an illustrated memoir of my quest to find the right fitness program