Hot Move: Indo-Row

Indo-Row is making waves as California's hottest workout, but indoor rowing is a smart cross-training exercise that will invigorate your fall fitness. Although the 50-minute, low-impact, full-body group exercise class, originating from Revolution Fitness, will be offered in select fitness clubs next year, you can buy an Indo-Row for your home gym today. Created by world champion rower Josh Crosby and developed by fitness educator Jay Blahnik, the experts redesigned the rowing machine, and then paired it with push and pull drills set to club beats. Automatic feedback from the display details your intensity and distance, but the heart-pumping, leg and core-toning workout is powered by your strength. And because we're all starting obsessive exercising to pre-empt festive weight gain, indoor rowing is a stroke of genius for cyclists, runners and yogis looking for new cross-training moves. Meet Josh Crosby and view an Indo-Row class.

New: CLIF Builder's

Spotted on freshly-stocked shelves at Canadian grocery stores, is 20 grams of muscle-preserving portable energy from CLIF. Made with an emphasis on carbs until recently, CLIF has just doubled the soy protein in its Builder's bar, which is made with organic ingredients, and free of antibiotics, hormones and genetic modifications. In addition, CLIF Builder's doesn't contain trans fats or partially hydrogenated oils and is considered a low-glycemic food. The moist protein bar with a light peanutty flavour proved tasty, but the revelation was the lack of aggressive chewiness that can accompany other energy bars. For fruit & cereal bar lovers, the lemon is sure to please your palate. To help you understand the important role protein plays in your fitness, visit Clifbar.com, and then download a free protein tracker.

Workout: Chest

Because your chest is unlikely to be a trouble zone, you might skip chest exercises, especially when push-ups test your confidence. But strong chest muscles are as important to power swings and strokes as they are to push shopping carts. Following a 12-week circuit training program that included chest exercises, people who added strength-training reduced their body fat by 9%, according to researchers in Tunisia. Medicine ball pull-overs will renew your interest in adding variety to your chest workout as they develop upper-body strength and shape vanity muscles appreciated by men and women alike. Try this beginner chest workout ...

Boot-camper: Allison Daisley

Allison Daisley, 31, is naturally drawn to outdoor workouts having grown up in Owen Sound, Ont., a small city on the shore of bucolic Georgian Bay. To take advantage of fall-weather workouts, the marketing manager at Cake Beauty is getting fit with friends through a military-style boot camp program — rain or shine. She's pushing herself and targeting her problem areas, but a reliance on take-out meals is assaulting her efforts. In the latest Power Crunch, find out what a military-inspired workout can do for you ...

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