Article: Keeping the balance.(Design: FITNESS CENTERS/SPAS)

A key component of exercise is maintaining balance--without it, muscles can be worked improperly, machines may not operate correctly or exercisers could lose their stability.

Exercising balance extends further--to the setup of the fitness center. "Too many hotels will say, 'Do two treadmills, a bike and an elliptical,' but 50 percent of the population uses strength training equipment," said John T. Sarver, director of design and development at Hotel Fitness Club. "What we try to say is the room needs to be balanced, and it needs to be balanced with the appropriate balance of cardio and strength, but you also need to have a personal fitness area that involves some ...

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