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...Comaneci herself says Ponor has "everything it takes to be a champion." And Ponor leaves no doubt about her goal. "I have a picture of her in my head and I want to become like her," she says during a break in practice on a recent morning at the gym that for the last two years has been her home. Ponor's emergence is yet another testament to the durability of Romania's national gymnastics school in Deva, western Romania, which dates from the communist era and continues to produce top gymnasts with only a fraction of the resources...
...Alaska Club is one of thousands of fitness centers that now employ professional chefs who have moved gym food from granola and smoothies to gourmet cuisine. As gyms compete for customers, these in-house restaurants are being seen as amenities that can keep members happy as well as healthy. Since 1992, the number of health clubs with restaurants has nearly doubled, and 11% of the 25,300 clubs in the U.S. have sit-down dining facilities. Many of these upscale food operations have become income generators. John Marchetti, the Alaska Club's business manager, says that since his club upgraded...
...Elmwood Fitness Center in New Orleans, earning $100,000 a month for his club. Like many other new health-club chefs, Gilberti, who built his reputation in the kitchens of some of the city's top restaurants, also holds a monthly cooking class at the gym, teaching members how to use whole-wheat grains, cut back on carbs and splurge with fruits to maintain their healthy eating habits at home...
Despite the heightened attention to nutrition, gym menus aren't always ascetic. The Michigan Athletic Club in East Lansing, for example, serves an array of wines alongside such dishes as special reduced-calorie chicken saltimbocca, with skim milk substituting for the sauce's traditional heavy cream. And the Sports Club/LA in New York City serves desserts like fudgy fruit fondue. Still, some sacrifice is required. Mario Oliver, who opened Oliver, a chic restaurant at the Sports Club/LA in Beverly Hills, Calif., in February, laments that gym entrees can't be quite as rich as the French dishes he grew...
...tough road trip, and a tough gym to play in,” sophomore middle blocker Seamus McKiernan said. “They came in pumped up and wanted to knock us off our pedestal. The problem was, we didn’t know much about them, and they seemed to know a lot about...