The Mexican Folkloric Dance Society of New York stopped by to teach us a traditional Mexican dance! The MFDSNY "Cinco de Mayo Fiesta NY 2008" is taking place on Chicken Island in Yonkers from 11am to 6pm on Sunday, May 18th. For more, log onto http://www.mfdsny.org/.

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Equinox Fitness stopped by with a Buddha Camp Workout. For more on Buddha Camp, and other classes offered at Equinox, log onto http://www.equinoxfitness.com/GroupFitness/Pilates.aspx.

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New York Downtown Clown PresentsThe Slapstick Dojo (a fight club for comedy). As seen in BACKSTAGE Summer Training Spotlight! Classes are every Wednesday from 6-7pm
@ West Side Dance Project, 260 W 36 Street, 3rd Floor. $15 per class or $50 for a month pass. Prospective students can try a class for free. For more information visit www.newyorkdowntownclown.com/workshops

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Fitness Expert Ary Nunez stopped by with a workout to get your rear in gear. For more on Ary, log onto her website www.arynunez.com.

Cottonelle Brand Be Kind to Your Behind Sweepstakes information after the jump.

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You can workout and do your daily chores at the same time! Brooke Siler, owner of Re: AB Pilates stopped by live with The Invisible Workout. Brooke's book Your Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge is available now. For more on the book and on Re: AB Pilates studio log onto www.reabnyc.com.

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It's a unique class offered at Club H Fitness that just might help New Yorkers get out of the bar and into the gym, by luring them in with a martini. That's right.

Jessica Athas of Club H Fitness stopped by with a Martini Workout! The Martini Workout helps New Yorkers get out of the bar and into the gym! Not only do you workout, you get a Grey Goose martini! That's right... you can have your cake and eat it too (in this case your martini)!

Club H Fitness is located on 55th Street & 34th Street. Upcoming classes include: April Wed. 23rd 7:45pm at 34th St. and April Thurs. 24th 7:15 at 55th St. For more information on the Martini Workout and other classes offered at Club H log onto http://www.clubhfitness.com/. For more on Jessica and her Martini Workout log onto www.themartiniworkout.com.

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Nancy Muriello of Big Apple Yoga stopped by for today's Wakeup Workout. Big Apple Power Yoga is the first and only Baptiste Power Vinyasa studio in Manhattan, located at 320 West 37th Street, Suite 10D (between 8th & 9th Ave). For more information and a class schedule log onto bigapplepoweryoga.com or call 212-868-YOGA (9642).

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Certified Personal trainer Shaun Ruskin shows us some moves that’ll make any beer belly go from flab to fab. Shaun's book A Dumbbell's Path to Great Shape is available at his website now. For more, log onto his website www.askyourpersonaltrainer.com.

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I knew when I saw him standing in front of the building at 5:30am with his ski poles, this guy meant business, and Stefan Aschan of Strength 123 sure did. He and his team will showed us a workout using their magical Nordic Walking sticks.

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Sadie Nardini stopped by with The Yoga Wake-Up. Sadie is the Founder of Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga and the Director of the new East West Yoga in Manhattan. She's coming out with a Power Hour DVD that gives you a 90 minute workout in only 60! To order it, go to www.SadieNardini.com.

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Lauren Jones stopped by with the Baywatch Beach Body Workout. The DVD is available now for $14.98 wherever fitness videos are sold. They can also be purchased at amazon.com.

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Janet Lee from Shape magazine stopped by with a Couch Potato Workout! For more great workouts pick up a copy of Shape or log onto http://www.shape.com/index.

In keeping with our on-air celebration of the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's Thriller, we had an absolutely AMAZING choreographer/dancer Giovanni Perez stop by and thrill us with a lesson on how to do the dance moves made famous by the King of Pop himself. If you watch the clip you can see in the on-stage monitor playing the Thriller video just how perfect Giovanni keeps to the original steps.

For more information on Giovanni, log onto myspace.com/gioluvny or email him at gioperezny@aol.com. Believe me, this guy can teach even my rhythm-deaf dad to dance, so if you think you've got blocks for feet, give him a try.

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New York Sports Club stopped by with a couples workout to get you prepared for Valentine's Day! For more on the classes offered at NYSC, log onto their website www.nysc.com.

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There was a time when people just said jazzercise just because it was fun to say. Go ahead, try it yourself, ja-zz-er-cise, see how good that feels, but if you were around in the 80's you already knew that.

This morning, Jeanne Zingaro of Jazzercise stopped by with a Jazzercise Wakeup Workout! The first week of classes in New York City are FREE for anyone new to the program!

The classes are held at The Knitting Factory and Times Square Arts Center Monday through Thursday and on Saturdays. For more information, visit www.jazznewyork.net.

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The Founder of Power Ten KidFIT, Steve Panzik, joins us with quick and easy work-out routines that parents can do with their children. He founded a workout system that includes fun "mini-workouts" that can be done in as little as five minutes. Anyone can do it. They combine footwork, flexibiltiy, balance, strength and coordination. They help children become more active, improve in sports, and increases self-esteem and confidence. Along with the KidFIT DVD, he recently opened a new non-competive children's gym.

New York Health & Racquet Club stopped by with a cheerleading workout! They're now offering Cheerleading 101 & Cheerleading 102 which combines cardio and dance training with intense body conditioning. For more information log onto www.nyhrc.com.

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New York Sports Club stopped by with a Ski Conditioning workout to get you prepared before you hit the slopes! Heck, it'll just get you prepared and in shape even if you don't get to the slopes. I can't remember when I saw our on-air talent more winded form a Wake-Up Workout, and that says a lot because we don't have any fitness slouches here at CW11.

For more on the classes offered at NYSC, log onto their website www.nysc.com.

Believe me, nothing says Happy Holidays more than a trio of babe-a-licious hotties dancing around in sexy Santa costumes.

Dance troupe Sugar & Spice NYC performed live in our studio! For more on Sugar and Spice, log onto http://www.sugarandspicenyc.com/Sections/home.htm or call 646.789.9227.

Oh, and did I mention how motivating the sexy Santa girls can be when it comes to showing us how to burn off all those ugly Holiday calories...

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The Sports Club/LA at Rockefeller Center stopped by with a Zumba workout! For more on the classes offered at The Sports Club/LA at Rockefeller Center log onto http://www.thesportsclubla.com/Clubs/template.asp?Club=NYRockefellerCenter.

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In this morning's wakeup workout we exercised our mind, body and soul with SoulCycle. SoulCycle has 2 locations:117 W. 72nd Street Rear Lobby - Btwn Columbus and Amsterdam New York, NY 10023 p. 212-787-1300 and 264 Butter Lane Bridgehampton, NY 11932 p. 631-537-3630. For more information, log onto http://www.soul-cycle.com/.

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Denis Barry of Edge gym, will show us some moves from EDGE's new high-intensity training program called POWERHIT. The purpose of POWERHIT is to help fitness enthusiasts become stronger, leaner and quicker while competing against themselves and other Powerhitters on a regular basis at the gym. You can call EGDE gym at (212) 722-0076 or For more >>>

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