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Punk Rope brings jump rope and punk rock to virtual fitness training

Jim Bessman

Mar 29, 20207 min read

Punk Rope brings jump rope and punk rock to virtual fitness training

Punk Rope's Tim Haft and Shana Brady at Otto's Shrunken Head As it says on the Punk Rope website, “We give a skip.” So much so, in fact,...

New York personal trainer Rima Sidhu fights coronavirus via 'remote training' program

Jim Bessman

Mar 15, 20204 min read

New York personal trainer Rima Sidhu fights coronavirus via 'remote training' program

Rima Sidhu (Photo: Daniel Garcia) Nearly everything seems to be closing everywhere because of the coronavirus pandemic, and for those...

Wicked toys go 'Mega' with jump ropes, balls and tubes at Toy Fair

Jim Bessman

Mar 1, 20202 min read

Wicked toys go 'Mega' with jump ropes, balls and tubes at Toy Fair

David Strang at his Wicked display booth at Toy Fair If you like to whistle while you work, London’s Wicked toy company has a wicked...

Katy Perry's Garden stop brings power and peace to day of darkness

Jim Bessman

Oct 7, 20174 min read

Katy Perry's Garden stop brings power and peace to day of darkness

Katy Perry at Madison Square Garden (Photo: Carolyn Churchill) As Katy Perry pointed out early in her Monday night Witness album tour...

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