European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Are Home exercise machines really used byjoe Hanauer United press International he exercise bicycle is a Symbol of Lite Era of physical fitness and in Many Homes it is Ira Alad Wilh All the reverence of a cull object ii is admired but nobody Ever actually pedals the thing. The same goes for miniature trampolines. Rowing machines and other gear that Promise to slim strengthen and overhaul their owners but Only if they Are used. For some people exercise machines Are More Likely to develop guilty consciences than Well toned Muscles. About three or our years ago i asked my husband to get me an exercise Bike said Jane Schmitz 46, a new Jersey school psychologist. I was convinced i was going to use it Lor a Long time and lose weight and All that. My husband kept saying you la never use ii and i said no. No i m different i la use ii."1 it did t work out that Way. The first month i had it i used it regularly she said. Sometimes i used it watching television other times i just  gradually she used it less and less. It look up too much space in front of the bedroom to set soil was moved downstairs then into the garage then into a dosed in screen porch thai was dormant in the Winter the whole Lime it was on the porch i think t used it twice she said. Then i decided to gel rid of it and along came someone who was willing to Lake it. I waa so glad i did t have to look at it any More and say of gosh i ought to ride that thing i think i had 69 Miles on it,11 thai s what was on it ail right. I know. Because i was the one who took it. I also thought i was different t also exercised regularly in front of the to set for the first month. Then i started to Slack off. In the Lour months i be had in i be gotten the mileage up to 87. But i did find a use for ii. The handlebars Are Dandy Lor hanging Damp clothes. Not everyone turns their exercise machines into Interior statuary. Michelle Raphin. 33, an editor for a new York Book publisher has a three foot diameter trampoline in her Manhattan apartment. I use it from 6 15 to 7 every morning she said. I did t really expect to use it that much when i bought it but it was the Middle of Winter and there was no Way i waa going to get up and Brave the cold by running outdoors. I figured for $501 would take a Chance i started running Mayti 15 minutes a Day on it then 20, then 30, then 45.1 got to the Point where if i missed a Day Iii overslept or something. I d be mad at myself just the Way i Felt when i used to run outside. It s the Best $501 Ever spent. And i Don t have to look at ii and feel  Mora typical i Leslly Rice 31, production manager for a new York fashion designer and her husband 38, who publishes a newsletter. First we had a bicycle machine we borrowed from a Friend she said. We used it for three Days and then it sat in our basement. Then we went to a Friend s House who had a mini trampoline. We bought one of those and bounced up and Down for about two weeks. Now ii Sils there collecting clothes. Then we tried a rowing machine. We thought maybe that was for us. We borrowed in and rowed in front of the news for about three nights. Then we leaned it up against a Bookcase and it s been sitting aerobics shaping up As competitive sport by Ellis  United press International football has its super bowl baseball its world Sanaa. Now aerobics the body bending exercise of the 1980s, is shaping up Asp major sport. National aerobics competitions sponsored by two . Corporations Ere moving America s latest growing sport into the spotlight. It had to happen. After Ell 24.4 million americans aerobic Zed in 1984. Up a Hearty s 5 million from 1983. According to the National sporting goods association aerobics is now the eighth most popular sport in the country by comparison Tennis ranked 16th at 19.5 million. From Ken Cooper lha Dallas doctor who coined the phrase aerobics nearly 20 years ago to Jane Fonda and Jamie Lee Curtis who put the activity into movies and onto the cover of people Magazine aerobics has become a High voltage Industry. Four of the nation s 40 top Selling video Casselles the first weak of May were aerobics Lapes two of them in tha lop ten. According to a  listing. Sporting Good stores report having a difficult time keeping shelves locked with Reebok and so touch aerobic shoes by far the most popular athletic shoes on the Market. Industry groups estimate thai Between 100,000 end 250,000 aerobics instructors about 65 percent of them women Are now working at some 75,000 to 100,000 studios across the nation like any new sport aerobics is evolving from fad to lifestyle. It s going to be an olympic sport someday Janice writer a Long Beach aerobic instructor recently exclaimed. Aerobics is life. It s the beat sport the most healthy one in the world. And it can be really fun  Pruittt like Monica Walsh an aerobics instructor at Jane Fonda s workout in Beverly kills. Insist the activity should remain non competitive. But a burgeoning number of serious practitioners Are looking to pit their Energy and skill against other aerobic addicts it s a Tot More than Young Girts winning around in leotards. It s becoming a True athletic Competition said Howard Schwartz the 38-year-old producer or tha Long Pat ulna syndicated to show dance favor and creator of tha pea Tilous Crystal Light National a Rota championship.  of mutter to i mum work 1 70. There Lor months  the rices have decided to borrow not buy in the future. Right now for exercise another woman at work and i pledged to try once again we re going to our first aerobics class tonight. We re going to give peer pressure a try and see if thai  the stars and stripes r1,1988