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

Kimberly Garrison: Pay tribute to MJ: Watch over your own health

Posted 07/02/2009

GONE, BUT not forgotten. I had never cried over the death of a celebrity until the untimely loss last Thursday of the undisputed King of Pop, Michael Jackson. I was in the gym by the television when the news was announced. I went numb, a knot formed in my throat, and the tears began to trickle down my face.

Calendar for June 26-July 1, 2008

Kimberly Garrison: Nutrition is key to performance - 06/18/2009: IF YOU ARE a regular reader of this column, you know I am your unsolicited food cop. For the most part, I'm steady preaching about how we eat too much of the wrong things.
Kimberly Garrison: Forget pills & gimmicks: Exercise, diet work best - 06/11/2009: JANICE POLEON might be best described as a weight-loss drama queen. When it comes to weight-loss quick-fix schemes, you name it, and the New Jersey native's probably tried it.
Kimberly Garrison: Pregnancy guidelines add weight limits for obese - 06/04/2009: AMERICAN WOMEN are heavier than ever before, which means many are entering pregnancy overweight or obese. More than cosmetic, gaining too much weight during pregnancy can put mother and baby's health at risk.
Kimberly Garrison: You're not unworthy, you're 'innately awesome' - 05/28/2009: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?"
Kimberly Garrison: New show gets real about how to lose weight - 05/21/2009: FOR THE most part, I'm not a big fan of so-called reality television shows. I'm even less impressed with reality weight-loss shows, which are usually carefully choreographed, sensationalized, exploitative and based on anything but reality.
Kimberly Garrison: Music therapy helps keep mind and body in tune - 05/14/2009: MUSIC IS good medicine. Recent research indicates what indigenous people around the globe have known for centuries: Music influences our cognitive, spiritual, physical, social and emotional well-being and causes physiological improvements in heart rate, blood pressure and anxiety.
Kimberly Garrison: Economy got you down? Just count to 10 - 05/07/2009: ACCORDING TO recent reports, our sick economy has many Americans consoling themselves with cheap filler foods high in calories, fat, salt and sugar.
Kimberly Garrison: Legendary Ben Vereen dishes on diabetes - 04/30/2009: THE LEGENDARY performer Ben Vereen is synonymous with the term triple threat. The quintessential actor, dancer and singer has taken the world stage by storm for more than 30 years, performing in countless theater productions and movies. He earned a Tony Award in 1973 for "Pippin" and is perhaps most widely known for his acclaimed performance as Chicken George in the TV miniseries "Roots."
Kimberly Garrison: Dedicated dad to spend 24 hours on a bike, for love - 04/23/2009: NORMALLY, I wouldn't have considered writing about amateur cyclist Chris Paradysz, who's attempting to break the 24-hour ride record at Valley Preferred Cycling Center, near Allentown.
Kimberly Garrison: Exercise can reduce joint pain - 04/16/2009: IT TOOK 33-year-old Keeya (not her real name) a long time to decide to do something about her weight. As a health-care professional, the North Philadelphia native was all too familiar with the statistics - she knew the extra 100-plus pounds she was carrying on her 5-foot-5 frame was slowly depleting her health.