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Look for your weekly arts & Who are the local high . - ' " '. code and go directly to your POSTMASTER Send address changes to Niles Here are some ways to put it entertainment section, Go, school athletes who will Herald-Spectator. c/u Pioneer Newspapers Inc.. online community paper. 3701 West Lake Ave.. Glenview IL 60026. to use. inside this edition. emerae as standouts in 2013? NIL THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2013 5 *Community Fitness centers resolve to meetnew i members' needs BY TRACY GRUEN I Contributor N lLES with the fitness center staff and the program also features a drawing and Each year as people prizes. celebrate together and The current membership at the Nues Fitness Center is about 2,600 ring in a new year, many and Maniscalco said that number has ako make New Year's been pretty stable over the past few years. resolut i on s. Maniscalco added that the center has created a private Pilates room A popular one is to start working and now holds popular aerobics out and eating healthier. classes, such as Zumba, in the gym- "Generally, if they make it through nasium. Spinning, yoga and Pilates the first month, they're going to be are also popular fitness classes of- successful," said Carl Maniscalco, fered at the center. director of the Nues Family Fitness "We're continuing to find space for Center that is located at 987 Civic our growing programs," Maniscalco 'ç-_ Center Dr. said. Maniscalco said that in January the The Niles Family Fitness Center is number of members increases be- a 70,000 square-foot facility that Regina Mundt of Chicago leads a Zumba class at the Nues Family Fitness Center. JOEL LERNER-Sun-Times Media cause there is a new wave of people opened in DecEmber 1998. The cen- I who want to kick-off the new year by ter offers a gymnasium, cardio equip- getting physically active. ment, an indoor track, indoor aquatic people in January," said Zach Ford, Ford noted. To meet their needs, the Nues Fam-center, an 1,800 square-foot fitness fitness manager at XSport. According to the XSport Fitness ily Fitness Center is starting a new studio and more.