Stop by Charles River Gyrotonic, in Allston, and you might glimpse Gisele Bündchen among the participants performing circular movements on a Pulley Tower machine, which looks a bit like a medieval ...

Sabrina Aspesi straddles a wood and metal exercise machine that resembles a reincarnation of a medieval torture rack – complete with pulleys, chains and weight plates. Her torso bends forward and back ...

In a modern world characterised by poor posture and inactivity, there’s a training system that's been gaining traction – and A-list followers – in recent years: the GYROTONIC® Method. Below, WH gets ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - They may look like upscale torture chambers in polished wood, but the Gyrotonic studios springing up in cities around the world aim to ease your pain, not to cause it.

Working out on the nearly 7-foot-high “tower” and rack-like bench -- all pulleys, weights and cables set in a hand-hewn wooden frame -- requires a certain willingness to embrace compromising positions ...

Working out on the nearly 7-foot-high “tower” and racklike bench–all pulleys, weights and cables set in a hand-hewn wooden frame–requires a certain willingness to embrace compromising positions. Even ...

Working out on the nearly 7-foot-high “tower” and racklike bench — all pulleys, weights and cables set in a hand-hewn wooden frame — requires a certain willingness to embrace compromising positions.

The name sounds like an exotic cocktail or maybe a gel you'd rub into thinning hair to make it grow faster. But you won't find Gyrotonic at a bar or a salon. You're going to have to sweat for it.

Professional trainer Deb Zdobinski demonstrates the ease of use and benefits of the Gyrotonic equipment inside her new business, Body Align Studio, located on State St. in Media. (Peg DeGrassa/ ...

Gym classes are not my forte. Sure, the occasional emergency - eating my bodyweight in Ben & Jerry's; discovering that none of the clothes in my wardrobe actually fit - has prompted me to sign up for ...