Kimberly Garrison

Kimberly Garrison is one of the nation's most sought-after fitness experts. She has more than 20 years' expertise in the health and fitness industry and is the owner of 1-on-1 Ultimate Fitness. She is a Certified Personal Trainer, a fitness columnist, a spokesmodel, and motivational speaker. She pens a weekly column for the Philadelphia Daily News, blogs the Girlfriends' Locker Room, and hosts the Philly Fitness & Health podcast. Kimberly can also be seen regularly on various television programs.

Email Kimberly at kimberly@1on1ultimatefitness.com

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Calendar for June 26-July 1, 2008

Kimberly Garrison: 6 weight-control tips for surviving the holidays - 10/22/2009: 'TIS THE SEASON - the holiday weight-gain season. That's right, next week is the official kickoff, and I'm not talking about football.
Kimberly Garrison: Forget a cure for cancer - go for prevention - 10/08/2009: OCTOBER IS National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, designed to raise awareness about the most common cancer among women in the United States.
Kimberly Garrison: Sizing up Mo'Nique - 09/29/2009: MO'NIQUE HAS NEVER been one to do things small. The Baltimore-born comedian built her stage persona around her ample size and diva-esque demeanor. She wrote a book and called it "Skinny Girls Are Evil: Notes of a Big Girl in a Small-Minded World." But she's also made big statements in other ways.
Kimberly Garrison: 'Big-boned' is no excuse for nutritional neglect - 09/24/2009: WHEN I WAS a little girl, my grandmother always described herself as "big-boned." She was a proud, robust woman with a positive self-image, a heart of gold, street smarts and a savvy sense of fashion, too. When Anna McIntyre stepped out, she knew she was looking good.
Kimberly Garrison: Readers weigh in on link between obesity & jobs - 09/17/2009: LAST WEEK'S column on the complications of landing a job when you're obese really struck a nerve. There was such a huge response, we decided to share some readers' comments:
Kimberly Garrison: Many employers won't hire the obese, but are their reasons valid? - 09/10/2009: IF YOU'VE been keeping up with the latest headlines, you know the unemployment rate has climbed to a 25-year high of 9.7 percent, which means that 14.9 million Americans are out of work.
Kimberly Garrison: As school resumes, board the nutrition bus - 09/03/2009: THE NEW school year is upon us and instead of worrying about their children's clothes and sneakers, parents should be thinking about their kids' exercise and nutrition habits.
Kimberly Garrison: For new surgeon general to lead us, it should be by example - 08/20/2009: READERS HAD plenty to say regarding last week's column on comedian Mo'Nique's weight loss, and I thank you for sharing in the dialogue.
Kimberly Garrison: Mo'Nique takes the lead on obesity as a health issue - 08/13/2009: LATELY, the blogosphere has been blowing up over two big sisters: comedian Mo'Nique and President Obama's pleasingly plump new surgeon general, Dr. Regina Benjamin.
Kimberly Garrison | Affairs of the heart: Women's health is in their hands - 02/01/2007: Daily News Staff

WHILE FEBRUARY is the shortest month of the year, it is not short on celebrations: Valentine's Day, Black History Month, Presidents Day, Groundhog Day and, since 2004, "Go Red for Women Day."