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		<title>Knockout Punches: Models Puttin&#039; Up Dukes in Droves at Downtown Gym&#8211;&#039;Lifts the Ass!&#039;</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/transom_karolinaadriana_get.jpg?w=225&h=300" /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">For the last month or so, supermodels </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Karolina Kurkova </span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">, </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Adriana Lima</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> and </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Doutzen Kroes</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> have all been paying daily visits to the Aerospace Gym in the meatpacking district, according to </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Michael Olajide</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Jr.</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">, the gym’s co-founder and a former champion boxer-cum-fitness expert, who was been giving them special one-on-one boxing instruction.</span>
<p class="text"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">Mr. Olajide, 45, was born in Liverpool, and came up in the ring in Vancouver, until his contract was purchased by Madison Square Garden in 1986. In a title fight against </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Tommy Hearns </span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">in 1990, he suffered irreparable damage to his right eye, and now wears a stylish custom-made silver patch over it. He has become the go-to guy for getting stars a nice boxer’s physique in record time. He worked with </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Will Smith</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> for <em>Ali</em>, and </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Josh Hartnett</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> and </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Aaron Eckhart</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> for <em>The Black Dahlia.</em> </span></p>
<p class="text"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">But recently, models and their agents have also zeroed in on Mr. Olajide’s workout regimen to “sleek-ify” their bods before a big cover shoot. “Adriana started coming in for the <em>GQ</em> cover, Karolina is doing some magazines and had a G.I. Joe movie, and Doutzen has a Calvin campaign coming up, I think,” Mr. Olajide said.<span>  </span></span></p>
<p class="text">The boxer and his partner, former ballet dancer, <strong><span style="font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Leila Fazel</span></strong>, are just about to release a new workout video called CTBS, which stands for Cut the Bullshit. On a recent Monday, the Transom tried to make it through one of their hourlong Aero-3 classes, also a favorite of the models; it involves a lot of punching, jumping rope, squatting, push-ups and weights.</p>
<p class="text"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">“I think they like it because it doesn’t bulk the body,” Mr. Olajide said. “It definitely lifts the ass and narrows the waist. </span></p>
<p class="text"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">“Karolina hits hard,” he shared. “Doutzen loves the jump rope, she used to speed-skate. Adriana loves the mitts and the speed bag.”</span></p>
<p class="text"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">Movie mogul </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Harvey Weinstein</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> is also a client of the gym, Mr. Olajide said. “He’s not a ropes guy … but put it this way, you don’t want to get hit by him.”</span></p>
<p class="text"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">Reps for the models and Mr. Weinstein did not return calls.</span></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/transom_karolinaadriana_get.jpg?w=225&h=300" /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">For the last month or so, supermodels </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Karolina Kurkova </span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">, </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Adriana Lima</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> and </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Doutzen Kroes</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> have all been paying daily visits to the Aerospace Gym in the meatpacking district, according to </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Michael Olajide</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Jr.</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">, the gym’s co-founder and a former champion boxer-cum-fitness expert, who was been giving them special one-on-one boxing instruction.</span>
<p class="text"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">Mr. Olajide, 45, was born in Liverpool, and came up in the ring in Vancouver, until his contract was purchased by Madison Square Garden in 1986. In a title fight against </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Tommy Hearns </span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">in 1990, he suffered irreparable damage to his right eye, and now wears a stylish custom-made silver patch over it. He has become the go-to guy for getting stars a nice boxer’s physique in record time. He worked with </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Will Smith</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> for <em>Ali</em>, and </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Josh Hartnett</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> and </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Aaron Eckhart</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> for <em>The Black Dahlia.</em> </span></p>
<p class="text"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">But recently, models and their agents have also zeroed in on Mr. Olajide’s workout regimen to “sleek-ify” their bods before a big cover shoot. “Adriana started coming in for the <em>GQ</em> cover, Karolina is doing some magazines and had a G.I. Joe movie, and Doutzen has a Calvin campaign coming up, I think,” Mr. Olajide said.<span>  </span></span></p>
<p class="text">The boxer and his partner, former ballet dancer, <strong><span style="font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Leila Fazel</span></strong>, are just about to release a new workout video called CTBS, which stands for Cut the Bullshit. On a recent Monday, the Transom tried to make it through one of their hourlong Aero-3 classes, also a favorite of the models; it involves a lot of punching, jumping rope, squatting, push-ups and weights.</p>
<p class="text"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">“I think they like it because it doesn’t bulk the body,” Mr. Olajide said. “It definitely lifts the ass and narrows the waist. </span></p>
<p class="text"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">“Karolina hits hard,” he shared. “Doutzen loves the jump rope, she used to speed-skate. Adriana loves the mitts and the speed bag.”</span></p>
<p class="text"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">Movie mogul </span><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;font-family: 'Exchange Text Bold'">Harvey Weinstein</span></strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt"> is also a client of the gym, Mr. Olajide said. “He’s not a ropes guy … but put it this way, you don’t want to get hit by him.”</span></p>
<p class="text"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt">Reps for the models and Mr. Weinstein did not return calls.</span></p>
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