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Barwis has advanced degrees in Exercise Physiology and Athletic Training, has trained over 500 Olympic and professional athletes in over 40 sporting events, and served over 10 years as head strength and conditioning coach at West Virginia University and the University of Michigan. At his gritty gym in Detroit, there is no such thing as an average day. Barwis uses a combination of science, tough love and just-plain-crazy to train everyone from average joes just getting into fitness all the way up to the top professional athletes in the country.

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AMERICAN MU$CLE To Make World Premiere At The New York Theater Festival Photo AMERICAN MU$CLE To Make World Premiere At The New York Theater Festival
by Marissa Tomeo - May 14, 2022

Award-winning playwright Fred Gordon's new play AMERICAN MU$CLE will have its World Premiere at The New York Theater Festival in June. Opening night is slated for Monday, June 13 at 9pm at Teatro Latea on The Lower East Side. The production is directed by David F.M. Vaughn who previously directed tw...

Kip Moore, Bobby Bones and More To Appear At at MuscleKingz Car Show & Concert Photo Kip Moore, Bobby Bones and More To Appear At at MuscleKingz Car Show & Concert
by Tori Hartshorn - April 04, 2019

MuscleKingz will transform the Kern County Raceway on Saturday, April 13 into the biggest car show and concert extravaganza to ever hit Bakersfield!...

CNBC Shares Programming Schedule For Weeks of 2/19 and 2/26 Photo CNBC Shares Programming Schedule For Weeks of 2/19 and 2/26
by Tori Hartshorn - February 06, 2018

CNBC Shares Programming Schedule For Weeks of 2/19 and 2/26...

NBC Sports Presents Over 25 Hours of MECUM AUCTIONS KISSIMMEE Coverage Photo NBC Sports Presents Over 25 Hours of MECUM AUCTIONS KISSIMMEE Coverage
by Caryn Robbins - January 09, 2018

NBCSN will showcase more than 25 hours of Mecum Auctions' Kissimmee auction the world's largest annual collector-car auction beginning Wednesday, Jan. 10, at 2 p.m. ET. Mecum Auctions returned to Kissimmee, Fla., last week for the start of its annual 10-day, 3,000-car auction, to kick off the 20...

NBC Sports Presents over 13 Hours of Mecum Auctions Coverage, Beginning Today Photo NBC Sports Presents over 13 Hours of Mecum Auctions Coverage, Beginning Today
by Caryn Robbins - September 22, 2017

NBC Sports continues its season-long coverage of the 2017 Mecum Auctions campaign this weekend on NBCSN, featuring more than 13 hours of coverage from Louisville, Ky., beginning today at 1 p.m. ET....

AMERICAN MU$CLE To Make World Premiere At The New York Theater Festival Photo AMERICAN MU$CLE To Make World Premiere At The New York Theater Festival
by Marissa Tomeo - May 14, 2022

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CHRISTMAS SPIRITS: NEAT EDITION Is Coming to Feinstein's/54 Below Photo CHRISTMAS SPIRITS: NEAT EDITION Is Coming to Feinstein's/54 Below
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 02, 2019

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Abby Payne and Craig Winberry as they team up for their Feinstein's/54 Below debut in Christmas Spirits: Neat Edition. The duo will premiere two new original songs and share rocking new arrangements of Christmas Classics. Inspired by American mu...

The Good Ol' Boys Tour Brings 40 Years Of The Dukes To Events Across America Photo The Good Ol' Boys Tour Brings 40 Years Of The Dukes To Events Across America
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 21, 2019

Yes, it's true! Luke Duke, Daisy Duke, 'Crazy' Cooter Davenport, Coy Duke, Cousin Jeb Duke, Deputy Enos Strate, and Deputy Cletus Hogg are reuniting and will appear at the MuscleKingz Car Show & Concert series! The MuscleKingz Car Show & Concert series puts a modern twist to the classic culture of a...

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by Tori Hartshorn - August 22, 2018

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by Kaitlin Milligan - September 06, 2018

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