About Marilynn Larkin

Marilynn Larkin, an American Council on Exercise (ACE)-certified personal trainer and ACE-certified group fitness instructor, has been involved in dance, group fitness, and strength training in various capacities for more than 20 years. She is also the official Fitness Writer for Weill Medical College of Cornell University's Food & Fitness Advisor newsletter.

Her movement background encompasses a wide range of areas, from stretch and strength training to yoga and movement for actors. She started a personal training business at Equinox Columbus Circle, and continues to train clients at trainers' gyms in New York City.

Marilynn has extensive expertise in how the body ages, and has worked as a functional fitness instructor with older adults. Marilynn also has experience in natural bodybuilding, and placed second in the Natural New York City bodybuilding competition in 2003.

In 2004, Marilynn developed an innovative fitness and motivational program called POSTURE-CIZE, which emphasizes optimal body form and function. She also introduced the POSTURE-CIZE fitness class and Posture Power workshops. POSTURE-CIZE exercises reflect Marilynn's focused posture work with her personal training clients, as well as her research on the muscles related to attaining good posture. The class is unique because it focuses on strengthening and stretching specifically those muscles that improve posture. As few as 4 half-hour sessions can help to transform the body's appearance.

Marilynn has led POSTURE-CIZE workshops in corporations, professional societies, non–profits such as Fit for Success (a pilot program of Dress for Success International), and in support groups for conditions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.

Marilynn is knowledgeable about many areas of health and medicine. She is an award-winning medical editor and journalist whose work has appeared in leading medical journals such as The Lancet, eBriefings for the New York Academy of Sciences; Consumer Reports magazine and Health Letter; and university-affilliated publications. Her work has also been published in a wide range of general interest magazines, including Health magazine, Vogue, Modern Bride, Woman's World, Woman's Day, and Vegetarian Times. She is the author of five health books for the general public.

Marilynn has appeared on TV talk shows, including Oprah, and is an avid speaker and lecturer on health and fitness topics. She developed the Marilynn Larkin's POSTURE-CIZE DVD to help inspire everyone to become more physically fit, attain good posture, and build confidence, energy, and strength.