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Have you ever wanted to know what the CEO of a health club company makes? Well, when you’re the CEO of a publicly traded company like Life Time Fitness’ Bahram Akradi is, those figures are made public.

A few weeks ago, the Minneapolis Star Tribune listed Akradi’s total compensation for the year ended Dec. 31, 2009, as $2,284,592. Akradi’s base salary was $750,000, compared to a base salary of $926,667 in 2007. As the story notes and as we’ve reported, Akradi elected to forgo a base salary in 2008 and took all of his compensation in a restricted stock as a sign of confidence in the value of the company.

Here are more details about Akradi’s salary figures for 2009.

I got a press release from the mommy blog site Mom Logic that poked fun at this yoga instruction video for kids by Yogi Oki Doki. Granted, he’s an easy target. Oki Doki is teaching yoga on a farm with a Rastafarian Rooster (no, I am not making this up). See for yourself:

Despite its campiness, the video got me thinking. Yoga could be a great way to help treat kids with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). And think about how effective it could be if you included elements of laughter yoga. Yoga and exercise are shown to help with mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression. Why not ADD?

Rasta Rooster aside, you’ve got to give Oki Doki props for doing yoga in skinny jeans!

For those of you who attended IHRSA 2010 two weeks ago and for those of you who wished you were there, we’ve posted images from the show on our photo gallery. Maybe you’ll see yourself. Of course, if you didn’t attend, that would be impossible, now wouldn’t it?

If you didn’t get a chance to attend the IHRSA conference this year, you can get a peek at some of the events, products and seminars at the show by reading through our blog entries. We covered the trade show floor, most of the keynote events and Augie’s Bash. And we certainly don’t want you to miss the performance by the IHRSA board of directors, so we included a link to the video in our blog entry about that.

Next week, check back on our home page for photos from the show to get more information about some of the events, products and exhibitors.

Now that we’re a week removed from the IHRSA show in San Diego, I want to offer a few leftover thoughts. more

The last time the IHRSA show tugged at your emotions in the late afternoon was when ALS battler Augie Nieto spoke at the 2007 show. Last Thursday, Kristina Ripatti and her husband, Tim Pearce, showed similar courage in their presentation. more

Chip Heath, who spoke at IHRSA on Friday immediately after the IHRSA Annual Meeting, did a nice job of knowing how long to speak and knowing what parts of his speech he didn’t need. more

Compared to last year’s IHRSA financial panel session, which occurred right smack dab in the middle of one of the country’s worst recession in decades, the mood was a little lighter and the outlook a little brighter at this year’s financial panel in San Diego. more

Yesterday began with early morning workouts, but I did a little different workout from what I normally do. Yes, I tried out the Precor EFX and AMT, but that was just a warm-up. My real “workout” was a stretch at the Tailored Flexibility booth. Aaron Taylor, the owner (kind of clever use of his last name in the name of the company), put me through some of the stretches that he uses on his clients, who include boxer Muhammad Ali, golfer Betsy King and comedian Billy Crystal. Some of the stretches showed me that I definitely sit too long as my right hip flexor hurt. If Taylor lived in Kansas City rather than Phoenix, I’d definitely be going back for another visit. more

So, most of the rest of yesterday was spent walking the trade show floor visiting various vendors and running into people from the industry who I only get to see at conferences. more