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STEP AND REPEAT.(Alex Reznik)

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| July 23, 2007 | Blasberg, Derek | COPYRIGHT 2007 Conde Nast Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Derek Blasberg

NEW YORK - With the proliferation of party pictures appearing in nearly every publication on the newsstand (including this one), it was only a matter a time before the fitness industry cashed in on the red-carpet craze.

Enter Alex Reznik, a former member of an elite Russian army attack squad who moved to New York two decades ago to start a career as a personal trainer. His Socialite Workout, a dynamic routine specially designed to, in his own words, "get flashbulb arms and red-carpet shoulders," is just the fix for any PYT hoping to get the most out of a night of posing.

"My ultimate goal is to make my girls look the best they can in pictures," Reznik says with his stern yet endearing Russian accent. "And we do that by improving posture to help disguise arm fat, doing yoga to open the chest up and focusing a lot of work on the upper back and arms for strapless dresses." The Socialite Workout also includes kickboxing, to help tone the gams, and Pilates to help stretch the spine and appear even taller in those 6-inch stilettos. "I'll even teach some self-defense classes for the paparazzi," Reznik teases. "Or if someone tries to steal their Manolos."

A major attraction to his fitness regime is Reznik's diverse background in physical training, physical education and motivational techniques. Born in the former Soviet Union, Reznik joined the military at 18, rising in the ranks to become a trainer of the elite Speznez command team. When he left the army, he studied nutrition at St. Petersburg University and in 1992 emigrated to New York to found his Complete Body Development program, a nutritional and spiritual program devoted to complete health.

"It can be an unusual mix," Reznik says of his ability to know when to push his clients to the edge ...

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