Working Out With Jesus

摘要

When dawn harvey leans back on her elbows, legs outstretched, rapidly pedaling, she's not just toning her abs-she's kicking Satan in the head. And when she and her Camp Springs, Md., aerobics class of 12 women stretch their palms to the sky, pumping them upward in cadence, it's not just for their triceps' benefit-it's a come-hither to their celestial inheritance. "Don't think about the pain-think about how much you love him!" screams instructor Melanie Kelly, over organ-trilling gospel music. "Y'all better praise!" This is gospel aerobics, the answer to your prayers if you're feeling feeble in body or flimsy in soul. It'shymn-singing, shoulder-bobbing, one heck of a workout-and it's happening in a musty church basement near you.