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Workout Escapade

Get your fitness on at Fitness Xpress for Women. You can leave the family behind and enjoy your alone time while you workout.

Ramona Patch is giving busy moms suggestions for ways to escape from the household once a week. This week we've got an idea to clear the head and tone that body. Moms need to focus on themselves occasionally and working out is an excellent way to lose that baby fat and sweat out all those seemingly unsolvable problems.

In fact, "We now have compelling scientific proof that the mind can heal the body," says Herbert Benson, M.D., director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and author of Relaxation Revolution. The doctor is in, and speaks to SELF magazine about the healing powers of fitness and relaxation.

Fitness Xpress for Women at 1530 Main Street is one place where you can relax that mind and get your heart racing.

Located in downtown Ramona, their program caters especially to women and offers 30-minute circuit training with music and an announcer who guides the guests through each set of training equipment. When the workout is finished, visitors will have sweated through cardio, strength training and aerobic exercises.

Fitness Xpress is open Monday through Thursday, 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon.

This gym also offers website specials, Xpress recipes to help lose weight, workshop series, personal training, massage therapy and a “Biggest Loser Wall of Fame.”

Seven day free trials are available online or via phone.

What a great escape!

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