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The world champion professional dancer Karina Smirnoff is a regular these days on Dancing with the Stars.  And even though she gets plenty of exercise through dance she also needs to do something to keep up her flexibility and remain toned.  According to People Magazine she does this with the help of Gyrotonics which strengthens the connective tissues around the joints.  Smirnoff said,

“Gyrotonics – it’s all based on resistance and you don’t actually use weights. You actually stretch out as you tone up.”

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In Marissa Jaret Winokur’s quest to lose weight before her People magazine photo shoot, the Dance Your Ass Off host has turned to Twitter for help.

Over the weekend the 36-year-old host found that her followers on Twitter offered her more support than her own family. Learning to tweet before she eats helped her choose a healthier option at Starbucks, while afterwards her “tweeters” congratulated and praised her for the choice.

“I guess strangers are like, ‘Come on, we can do this’, while my family is more like, ‘Oh, Marissa is on a diet again’,” Winokur blogged on People.

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The newly re-engaged Melissa Rycroft shared her latest weight loss tip with People Magazine this week: plan a wedding! The former The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars contestant got engaged to her on-again off-again boyfriend of two years, Tye Strickland, on June 26.

“I’ve heard the stress alone of planning a wedding helps you get into shape for it, so we’ll see if I need to stress myself out a little bit to lose that extra pound.”

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Dancing with the Stars hottie, Cheryl Burke, recently told People Magazine that she gets her inspiration to stay in shape from her equally hot boyfriend and model, Maxwell Zagorski.  She referred to him as a ‘health freak’ and by the looks of those pecs and abs in the photo above he’s obviously an exercise freak too.  Cheryl said,

“He loves to go to the gym and he motivates me, so it’s a good relationship we have!”

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Kelly Monaco has starred on various soap operas such as General Hospital, she was on Dancing with the Stars and years ago she was even Playboy Playmate of the Month.  She now has a new title to add to her resume as burlesque dancer for the Peepshow act in Las Vegas.  Kelly recently gave People Magazine the inside scoop about her diet and exercise habits in order to fit into those skimpy little outfits on stage.

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Former reality show host and model, Brooke Burke, has stepped out of the limelight to focus on being a mother and working on her business venture, modernmom.com.  Her website is dedicated to educating mothers on parenting, pregnancy, health and beauty.  In her most recent blog she wrote that she has decided to Go Green for one week as a cleanse to prepare for summer.  She wrote,

“I’ve decided to experiment and Go Green for the week. Some of my friends have been eating this way and they lost a lot of weight and had incredible energy. Eating only green foods is a great summer cleanse, a total challenge of discipline, and could kick start your healthy eating habits this summer.”

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Self Magazine caught up with former model and reality show host Brooke Burke and asked how she’s been staying in shape over the past year now that she is no longer on Dancing With The Stars.  From what she said, it’s obvious she has a very healthy approach to maintaining her weight.

“I’ve been doing pilates for about nine years – it’s a really good head-to-toe body-toning exercise. I started with my first pregnancy, and I did it through all four. I try to do it two or three times a week. But I totally believe that 90 percent of staying in shape is what you put in your mouth. I try to maintain a healthy diet. I’m super busy, which helps, and always active with my kids. I don’t have time to really go to a gym, but I try to get my cardio by walking with them.”

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Kim Kardashian is going on week five of training with partner Mark Ballas for Dancing with the Stars. After a summer working out with her beau, New Orleans Saints running back and Heisman winner – Reggie Bush, she’s been hard at work on honing her dancing skills and it shows. I think she did a great job this past week on the show! So far she’s lost a couple of pounds but says she’s “heard that you really start to lose weight when the show starts.” [Read more →]

Brooke Burke, 36 and mother of 4 children, looks amazing after giving birth to her baby boy, Shaya, in March. She’ll be strutting her stuff with partner, Derek Hough, in the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars.  Brooke reveals her secrets on how she lost the baby weight… [Read more →]

Kim Kardashian, a reality tv show celeb in her family’s “Keeping up with the Kardashians”, will be putting her dance moves on display in the upcoming “Dancing with the Stars.” She no doubt will lose weight on the show as these stars go through long and demanding practices that burn a lot of calories… that is if she survives past the first week. So far Kim, whose better known for her curvaceous “junk in the trunk” than her dance moves, lost 5 lbs, and says wants to lose more. The 5 foot 2 curvy star says she started off at 120 lbs and wants to get down to 107. What’s her plan? [Read more →]