A local fitness trainer is suing two former Tampa Bay Buccaneers players, saying they beat him and broke his jaw in the parking lot of a local restaurant in October. ...more

January 3, 2009

A local fitness trainer has sued two former Tampa Bay Buccaneers players, claiming they beat him and broke his jaw in the parking lot of a local restaurant in October. ...more

January 2, 2009

Melissa Trinidad says it took physical prowess and "nerves of steel" to compete on "American Gladiators." ...more

May 9, 2008

Tim Van Orden climbed the fastest up the 42 floors of the downtown Bank of America on Saturday - in 5 minutes and 11 seconds. ...more

February 24, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Don't worry if at 5 a.m. you notice 30 very active people dressed in camouflage at Scarborough Football Field. Lake Placid isn't being attacked by soldiers. Those are just some serious workout enthusiasts taking part in a fitness "boot camp" organized by Florida Hospital's Shoemaker Fitness Center. As part of the hour-long weekly sessions, Renee Kohl, fitness trainer and instructor, leads the troops during bear crawls, centipedes, alligator crawls, ups/downs, cherry pickers and more conventional exercises like sit-ups and push-ups. Everybody runs, skips and jumps as part of exercises designed to burn calories, tone muscles and sculpt abdominal muscles. "This is real tough; there are no smiles at 5 a.m.," said Boot Camp participant Ron Grimming. ...more

October 29, 2007