Several slow-motion fitness centers have popped up around the area in recent years. We talked to John Stukheil, owner of SuperSlow Zone in Chesterfield.

A typical SuperSlow workout is done twice a week for about 30 minutes and involves eight to 10 machines, each targeting a specific muscle group. Weights are slowly raised in 10 seconds and slowly lowered in 10 seconds - nonstop - until the targeted muscles reach total momentary fatigue. That usually takes 2 to 3 minutes a machine.

"The turning point comes when you try to push beyond total fatigue for an extra 10 seconds. That's what triggers fast, noticeable improvement," Stukheil says.

When a muscle is pushed past total fatigue, by slow continual force or weight resistance, a signal is delivered to the body: "Make more muscle." If the body is then given proper nutrition and adequate rest, it will produce more muscle, thus making for a leaner shape.

Besides looking and feeling better, some of the other health benefits to doing slow-motion fitness include increased cardiovascular efficiency, boosted metabolism, increased bone density, and improved energy and endurance, Stukheil says.

But that may be a bit extreme, so Kathy Ostrander, an exercise physiologist at the BJC WellAware Center, says you could try two things: jaw thrusts and massage.

"Ironically enough, my grandmother taught me this exercise. She had lost a lot of weight and wanted to get rid of a double chin," Ostrander says. For the thrust, look up above you and feel the stretch in the throat, then thrust the jaw forward. Do as many as you can, several times a day.

Next, Ostrander suggests rubbing your throat area with a vitamin E lotion. That will help increase the blood flow to the area rather than allowing fluid in your body to pool there.

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