Ilir Ademi is suing a New York Sports Club in Queens for its staff allegedly failing to administer CPR or make use of their defibrillator when his wife suffered a heart arrhythmia and died there last spring. His 25-year-old bride Dari Gracova was already brain dead by the time EMTs arrived at the the gym fifteen minutes after she first collapsed. Ademi claims that as his wife lay convulsing on the floor, club employees "came......

Thank goodness for the eagle eyes of Staten Island Ferry captain Christopher Covella. His and his crew's actions led to the rescue of 23-year-old Hannah Upp, a public school teacher missing since August 29. Covella, who was bringing the ferry from Manhattan to Staten Island, said he noticed what looked like a head bobbing in upper New York Harbor and he got his binoculars for a better look. He maneuvered the boat as closer to......

New Year's resolutions probably started out as some sort of gym propaganda to up membership. Every new year, fitness centers worldwide bulk up their ad campaigns, promote "deals" and promise a better body in just months. With so many options, how does one choose a suitable establishment in which to "get physical"? The Post points to Consumer Reports' new list of gym ratings...and it's slim pickins! Bally Total Fitness scored the lowest with a......

The police have been the personal trainer-dancer boyfriend of murdered dancer Catherine Woods. Bronx-born Paul Vincent Cortez had once thrown her against a wall during a fight, according to sources. Woods was brutally killed in her Upper East Side apartment on Sunday, and sources also say that skin was found under her fingernails. Cortez and Woods while he trained her at the Upper East Side New York Sports Club; the Post says Cortez recently worked......

Because we were skimming the Post, Gothamist first thought we read in the article about what's in Republican Convention delegates' goodie bags "macaroni shaped like Rudy Giuliani" but it was really "elephant-shaped macaroni and cheese and a book by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani." Macaroni shaped like Rudy Giuliani would be more amusing...think of it - a pasta combover! Some ether swag Republicans may be getting: Yankee tickets, digital cameras from B&H, DVDs about Ellis Island,......

I was lazy and sat on my butt all winter. I'm dreading going to the Hamptons given my current physical state and know I need to join a gym, but don't want to get sucked into a long contract since I plan on assuming my position on the couch once the weather gets cold again. What are my options? Liz, East Village First of all, what do you mean by "cold again"? For the......

Scientists have found that men who exercise will add years to their sex lives. Believing that the mention of "sex" will be the key to get men to exercise and therefore protect their hearts, scientists are eager to get out the word about the exercise and sex. And Gothamist loves this: Penis as barometer for total health. “Maybe the penis is like a barometer of what could happen to your heart and to your brain......