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Tools of the Exercise Trade

Fitness Transform’s Mikki Reilly breaks down the fixtures of fitness.

Tools of the Exercise Trade
Mikki Reily of Fitness Transform utilizes kettle bells, foam rollers, and stability balls as part of her workout program

The fitness world takes many forms, especially here in Santa Barbara, where the weather beckons year-round cycling, hiking, marathoning, and long swims in the ocean. A whole different realm exists indoors, however, where finely tuned exercise techniques and thoughtful meal planning can improve your quality of life without consuming several waking hours on a daily basis.

Take Fitness Transform, for example, a downtown fitness studio that, through private and small-group exercise schedules and nutritional feedback, focuses on helping women and men of all ages and athletic ability become leanly fit and pain-free. To get there, owner/operator Mikki Reilly commands a small arsenal of exercise equipment and a weighty knowledge of a proper plants-and-animals diet.

Here’s a quick breakdown: