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  • First: May 31, 2011
  • Last: May 02, 2012
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Lynda Lippin

Columnist, The Morton Report

Covering Health & Fitness, Entertainment

Lynda Lippin

Lynda Lippin is a world-renowned Pilates, Fitness, and Reiki instructor. A former Philosophy professor with a discerning eye and ear for bad logic, bad service, and bad health and fitness information, Lynda will lead you on a path towards Fitness Sanity. Got Questions? Want Lynda to check out your product, book, show, or service? Email lynda.lippin@themortonreport.com

Lynda's endorsing clients include designer and philanthropist Donna Karan, Planet Hollywood CEO Robert Earl, Supermodel Raica Oliveira, and musician Laurie Anderson, all of whom appreciate Lynda's no-bullshit approach to fitness.

Lynda currently teaches Pilates, Fitness, and does Reiki in NYC. As the former Pilates and Fitness Teacher at the A-list Parrot Cay Resort in Turks and Caicos, Lynda won the 2011 SpaFinder Magazine Reader's Choice Award for Best Pilates in the world.

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Articles From Lynda Lippin
Wednesday May 2, 2012 15:00 PM ET

How AMC Managed to Ruin a Preview of The Avengers

Things go terribly wrong when attending The Avengers premiere. As Bruce Banner would say, "Don't make me angry; you won't like me when I am angry."
Saturday Apr 28, 2012 24:02 PM ET

Kathy Freston Dishes About Leaning Into Veganism (and Living Peacefully With A Meat Eating Spouse)

Raised in the South, Kathy Freston was raised on American home cooking, including plenty of beef, pork, butter, and lard.
Thursday Apr 19, 2012 30:00 AM ET

Own Your Niche: An Interview with Business Expert Stephanie Chandler

So how does this high powered woman keep it all together both personally and professionally? I recently sat down with Chandler to find out.
Monday Mar 26, 2012 40:00 PM ET

Skin Rules: An Interview with Top NYC Dermatologist Dr. Debra Jaliman

As someone who doesn't ever wear makeup (really, unless I am on TV or at a photo shoot, and it comes off before I leave the set), I really care about how my skin looks and feels.
Monday Mar 12, 2012 40:00 PM ET

Lift and Separation: Finding a Great Fitting Bra

I cannot think of one issue more universal to women than finding a great fitting bra. In fact, every bra fitting website and television show segment makes mention of the fact that 85% of American women are wearing the wrong size bra.
Monday Mar 12, 2012 20:00 AM ET

My Face Lift (Not): The Magic of Facial Exercise

Gravity is not our friend as we age. As an exercise and fitness professional, I know that exercising muscles in our bodies keeps them toned and helps keep the skin attached to the tissue underneath, so it makes sense to me that exercising facial muscles would do the same.
Monday Nov 14, 2011 05:00 PM ET

Lovestretch: Gill Owen's Clothing for Exercise and Life

Owen's purpose in starting Lovestretch was "to give women the clothes they need to lead their lives 'full on' without being trapped into what the high street tells them they should wear and how they should lead their lives."
Monday Oct 17, 2011 50:00 PM ET

How Did Extreme Couponing Become Christian?

It never occurred to me that clipping coupons needed religious justification.
Saturday Oct 8, 2011 35:00 AM ET

Interview with Turbulence Training's Craig Ballantyne

I highly recommend Craig's programs for anyone who wants to keep fit at home and on the road.
Monday Sep 5, 2011 30:00 AM ET

Identity, Celebrity, and Why It's Good to Be the Help

Titles bother me. I hate the phrase "celebrity trainer" even though I do train plenty of celebrities.
Wednesday Aug 10, 2011 10:00 PM ET

Why I Will Still Drink Coconut Water

Even the least consistent coconut water will be better for you than sugar filled juice drinks, juice cocktails, standard sports drinks, and sodas.
Tuesday Aug 9, 2011 40:00 PM ET

Pilates and Yoga in Socks?

Anytime I have tried to take a pilates session with regular socks on I have been disappointed.
Monday Aug 8, 2011 15:00 PM ET

Top 5 Fitness Mistakes

Here are the five most common fitness mistakes and how to avoid them.
Monday Jul 25, 2011 00:00 AM ET

Fitness Training Shouldn't Kill You

Fitness trainers should be there to make the hard work of exercise a bit easier to stomach. We should help!
Saturday Jul 9, 2011 15:00 PM ET

Madoff Scandal Inspires Beach Read

The surprising thing is that as a novel Silver Girl works, but in the end I felt dirty, slimy, and somehow implicated in the whole scandal simply by reading this book.
Tuesday Jun 28, 2011 30:00 PM ET

Baby Boomers with Back Pain

In her journey Kathi Casey has identified the most efficient modalities and movements for baby boomers with back pain, and now is sharing them in her new book.
Monday Jun 27, 2011 00:00 AM ET

Exercise Does Not Make You Fat!

Is it the exercise that is the problem or the fact that we have a need to reward ourselves with candy bars instead of vegetables after a good workout?
Wednesday Jun 15, 2011 00:00 AM ET

The Great Fitness Dilemma

There, I said it. The world did not end, the sun is still shining, and all is still well in my world. I can be a fitness instructor and personally dislike doing and teaching several forms of exercise.
Saturday Jun 11, 2011 50:00 AM ET

The Skinny on Osteoporosis

What do Sally Field, Joan Rivers, Gwyneth Paltrow, Meredith Viera, and Ursula Andress have in common? Sadly, they all have osteoporosis.
Thursday Jun 9, 2011 45:00 AM ET

When To Fire Your Fitness Trainer, Part 3

If you came for Super Slow (although why is beyond me), you shouldn't suddenly be running Tabata intervals on the treadmill. Be smart and be safe!
Wednesday Jun 8, 2011 05:00 AM ET

When To Fire Your Fitness Trainer, Part 2

Here is what you should minimally expect from a qualified and caring personal fitness trainer.
Monday Jun 6, 2011 20:00 PM ET

When To Fire Your Fitness Trainer, Part 1

All personal fitness trainers are not created equal. Follow these guidelines to know when to fire your trainer.
Saturday Jun 4, 2011 40:00 PM ET

The Plate Is the New Pyramid

Now there is the USDA Food Plate, approved by the Obamas as a simpler and easier to understand graphic than the pyramid.
Thursday Jun 2, 2011 00:00 PM ET

Toss the Treadmill

Make sure to get some short bursts of high intensity training in and enjoy the rest of your life.
Wednesday Jun 1, 2011 50:00 PM ET

Fitness Fusion Fails

In practice fusion classes tend to offer at best a watered-down version of each discipline that doesn't do justice to either.
Tuesday May 31, 2011 40:00 PM ET

Pippa's Pilates Posterior

In the weeks since last month's fabulous royal wedding, there has been as much attention paid to Duchess Kate's beautiful sister Pippa Middleton. Now why the sister of the bride shouldn't also look fabulous is beyond me. After all, the...

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