* Would you flee in terror if confronted with a room full of sweaty people in spandex thongs?* Are you not immune to the occasional Van Halen-style air guitar jump?* Have you been known to push aside your coffee table and dance like crazy in your living room?If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, here at last is your workout book. As simple as throwing on that old Ramones (or even White Stripes) record, punk meets a high- and low-impact workout in an exercise craze that is spreading like wildfire amongst teens and aging rockers alike: Punk Rock Aerobics. Unlikely bedfellows though they seem, punk has always been about image-from Iggy's abs to the Sex Pistols' carefully cultivated outfits. Back in the good old days cigarettes would suffice to keep rockers slim, but to have real punk energy, say these rockers-turned-certified- aerobics-instructors, you need to drop those chips and get off the couch.Chock-full of easy-to-follow moves in an accessible, home-exercise-friendly format, Punk Rock Aerobics contains photos and instructions for DIY, heart-pumping (and thigh-slimming) retro moves like the "Air Guitar," the "Skank," and the "Fire Hydrant," while suggesting songs by the Sex Pistols, Blondie, and the Stooges for a perfect workout soundtrack. With sidebars and Q&A's with rockers like J. Mascis and Evan Dando, this is definitely "not your mom's aerobics class" (Boston Globe). "An absolutely hilarious book...Remains true to the punk DIY ethos and looks like way too much fun...Inspired." -- Netsurfer Digest 02/21/04 "Better than the last Sex Pistols reunion. Hilarious and wonderfully done." -- Greil Marcus, author of Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century "Crank up the music and do these heart-pumping, muscle-toning moves for a great body!" -- CosmoGIRL! April 2004 "Getting in shape with Punk Rock Aerobics is as easy as 1! 2! 3! 4!" -- Spin "Punk Rock Aerobics is where it's at...All great fun." -- Q Magazine June 2004 "The book, part serious aerobics instruction, part hilarious coffee table fodder, delivers on its subtitle." -- Boston Magazine January 2004 "The high impact and hardcore aerobic workouts appeal to punks who last broke a sweat circling the mosh pit." -- In-Forum 04/22/04 "These certified aerobics instructors have developed a work-out routine that uses fun, energetic music combined in a do-it-yourself book." -- Fort Myers News-Press 12/08/03 "Will get you in the mood to move." -- Miami Herald 01/13/04 "You need to check out this funny twist on fitness books...It offers a unique, un-boring approach to exercise." -- Twist January 2004 Jamaica Plain resident Maura Jasper is a well-known video artist and painter with extensive exhibition history and background in music, including designing album covers for SubPop and Atlantic Records and curating art and music for Gallery Bershad in Somerville, Massachusetts. Hilken Mancini studied at the Boston Conservatory of Dance before forming the indie rock band Fuzzy as lead guitarist in 1992. She currently plays music in The Count Me Outs and The Mayflowers, and lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Orders are despatched from our UK warehouse next working day.