European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wild eyed Southern boys surviving the 80s Bojoh Swenson United press International Welve years after graduating from Georgia tech with a degree in architecture 38 special guitarist Jeff Carlisi is still being asked by friends when he s going to give up music and Start designing buildings. They Tell me it s Good to have something to fall Back  laughs Carlisi. That s the most ludicrous thing i be Ever heard. Music is so much a part of my life now i could never consider doing anything  with their latest release strength in numbers Well on its Way to becoming the group s fourth straight Platinum album .38 special is one of the most popular Arena bands in the United states. But the sextet from Jacksonville. Fla claims to be More interested in longevity than commercial Success. Even if we weren t popular we d still be doing this because we love it so much says Don Barnes who shares song Ritmo and Lead guitar roles with Carlisi. We have a joke among ourselves before each show we say. We gotta get out there and be 19 years old again we be never thought of ourselves As a Good recording band. We be always been a live band before anything it s just Sling it out there that raw Energy is the Best thing. We always had a lot of Pride in our musicianship says Carlisi. We be proved it by being Able to survive from our first successful record wild eyed Southern boys until now. We re still Able to recognize what a Good song is even though we be changed. We re playing for a Brand new generation now than the kids who came to see us four or five years ago. Some of the older fans have grown up and have families and Don t come to concerts anymore. We see new faces and they still like our songs so we know we re doing something right. Ii you slay in one  adds Barnes the audience will grow away from you. You know How it is you get pushed around like cattle in these shows standing in line Lor a Coke it s a big hassle to go to Rock shows but the Young kids want that  though the band was formed during the heyday of one of the Moat popular Arena bands in the United states 13.38 special. The Southern Rock Boom of the 1970s, and front Man Donnie Van Zant is the brother of the late Lynyrd sky nerd Leader Ronnie Van Zant .38 special never considered themselves a Southern Rock band. We never really Hung out with the Southern groups says Barnes. They did t consider us part of their scene either because they could see we were trying to do something different. We came in at the decline of the Southern Rock Era and we realized what was happening that it had already tailed off. Donnie has made the quote that Southern Rock died when Lynyrd sky nerd s plane crashed. They were the Best Southern Rock band  Ronnie Van Zant took particular interest in his Little brother s group encouraging .38 special s Early efforts. The band sees itself dedicated to his memory in a very real sense. All we can say is we Learned from being associated with Ronnie says Barnes. He was a real poet a truthful honest writer and he put himself into those songs. When you have truth like that it can t be denied. We always wanted to achieve that. We wanted to be ourselves not a Carbon copy of somebody else s successful style. We never believed in the philosophy of turn the Johnny Walker red bottle up until it s gone abusing ourselves and other people All those bad  Well slightly interjects Carlisi. Barnes obviously revved up on this Point continues. When you see so Many people ruining themselves you have to realize that you Don t do everything this Guy did. You take his philosophy and method and apply it to what you do " Lilly maxing the stars by Vernon Scott United press International Ake Steinfeld is getting Rich shaping up such movie and to stars As Priscilla Presley Morgan Fairchild Linda Gray Betle Midler and whoops Goldberg. The muscular exerciser from Brooklyn also has put Muscles on and taken fat off such male stars As Harrison Ford Michael j. Fox and George Segal and directors Steven Spielberg and John Landis. Steinfeld s body by Jake is a 30-minute workout with himself or one of his minions in the Homes of his clients at the astonishing Cost of $200 per half hour. Seinfeld an ebullient fast talking extrovert once described As ferociously Friendly has 107 regular clients and others waiting in line for his services. Although his muscle definition in t As severe As the oiled monsters who compete in body building competitions Steinfeld makes Arnold Schwarzenegger look undernourished. His workout is designed not to make clients look like himself but to win the Battle against the blabbing of America. In Only seven years Steinfeld 28, has built his business to include a Best Selling video exercise tape body by Jake with a second tape on the Way body by Jake. Energize yourself and a franchised fitness firm the first Branch of which recently opened in new York City. Page 16 the stars and stripes never one to cloak his Success in modesty he is proud of his appointment to the president s Council on physical fitness and sports. Steinfeld who likes to Call himself Trainer to the stars arrived in Hollywood eight years ago As a sometime student to live in a dormitory on the Campus of California state College Northridge. Today he lives in a House in Bel air. You could Call me a Success Story that s still happening Steinfeld said running a hand through his Shock of tightly curled dark hair. I made More than $1 million last year not counting the proceeds from my Book body by Jake and the video cassette. It began when i quit school to work at the Universal studios tour. I just walked around All Day without my shirt on wearing Green paint As the incredible Hulk. I got paid $700 a week but when the series was cancelled i was out of work. So i went to the unemployment office and when the lady asked what my last Job was i told her. She said great when a Job opens up for a Hulk i la give you a Call " undisturbed Steinfeld went Back to his old Job. Nightclub bouncer a delicate profession he had Learned As a teen Ager in Brooklyn Beer joints. He continued to work out with friends until a Young actress asked if he could quickly get her in shape for a to commercial in which she had to Wear a Bikini. He soon found himself helping other performers for a fee. Steinfeld Calls his technique body maxing the step beyond aerobics that gets the most out of a wednesday october 22,1986 person s body in the least amount of Lime. The first celebrity who asked me to help get her in shape was Margot Kidder he recalled. I had perfected a 30-minute program without aerobics or jumping around or using commercial weights for lifting. I encourage my clients to use whatever is at hand for weightlifting cans of Tomato juice Bath towels for pull pushing with me that kind of thing. People had a hard time reaching me because i had an unlisted Telephone number. I still do. It adds a kind of mystique to me. Show business people love that kind of thing. Ninety percent of my clients Are in the business but i also have doctors lawyers and other professional people. My clients Range in age from 19 to 68, and a lot of them fire their psychiatrists when they work out with  Steinfeld has never had any training As an actor but his friends in the business have encouraged him to appear in seven movies. It was a natural development the big Guy said with a disarming Grin. I go on locations to keep performers in shape. Spielberg has taken me with him to London twice. We be become Good  Steinfeld s screen credits include pm. Cheesch and Chong s next movie. Landis into the night Odd jobs Spielberg s the Money pit and the new Burl Lancaster Kirk Douglas comedy Tough Guys. Now he is forming his own company big boy productions with an Eye to making his own movies and to shows some of which surely will include role for Jake and his body