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<\/a>After visiting the Norwegian Spirit’s<\/a> fitness center a few times, I made an appointment with Rodleigh, the fitness director.\u00a0 After a couple of (paid) consultations, my new-found fitness guru prepared that personalized plan, dependent on my personal goals. It was a plan I was supposed to follow forever. I’m still working on the forever part!<\/p>\nOn Norwegian<\/a> and Princess<\/a> ships, fitness centers are open 24 hours a day. Most lines have set hours, and a state-of-the-art selection of workout machines on virtually all ships \u2014 some may be only for state-of-the-art bodies. There’s often the option to attend fitness, pilates, yoga, aerobics and body conditioning classes. Sometimes with a fee, but it’s usually nominal. If you’ve started a fitness routine at home, there’s no need to give it up when cruising. No built-in excuses for beefing up at the buffet!<\/p>\n This week, NCL announced that it was teaming up with wellness expert Jillian Michaels<\/a> (she of the state-of-the-art body). The female tiger on NBC\u2019s The Biggest Loser<\/a> show will run a four-day Wellness Cruise, leaving Miami on October 21st.<\/p>\n Hmm, I didn’t think about making wellness expert one of my goals!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My husband has been telling me for years that I can “walk on water.” Not sure what he means by that. Maybe just that I can walk a cruise ship’s promenade deck, or spend 30 minutes on its treadmill. That I have done. A couple of cruises ago, I decided it was time to get… Continue reading Walking on Water \u2014 Fitness at Sea<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,19,15],"tags":[165,35,166,167,126,168,169],"class_list":["post-1123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","category-ships","category-stories","tag-biggest-loser","tag-cruises","tag-fitness","tag-jillian-michaels","tag-norwegian","tag-personal-trainer","tag-princess","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/YogaGroup_web2-225x300.jpg\" "\\"YogaGroup_web\\"")
<\/a>Cruise ship fitness centers are usually set up with floor-to-ceiling windows, making workout time more enjoyable than looking at four walls or, worse yet, four mirrors. It’s also possible to walk or run on an outdoor promenade deck, and there’s usually a sign somewhere to let you know how many laps make a mile.<\/p>\n