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Girlfriend getaway at Lake Louise
Two long-time friends head west for a women's-only resort retreat
More.ca (April 2010)
"What do we want?" shouts a pretty blond woman in the middle of a wooded path.
"Sexy arms!" she answers herself.
"What have we got?" she bellows.
"Sexy arms!" we cry out.
We are a sight: a group of women stretching coloured exercise bands above our heads, bouncing up and down, huffing and puffing, shouting out this call-and-response routine. Gretchen Castronuovo, 49, the blond in question, is leading us on a "fitness walk" just outside the Village of Lake Louise. So far, it's been a fairly standard workout: We've stopped a couple of times to jog on the spot, do a few push-ups, and now raise the bands above our heads, as we shout along with our leader. The difference between this and your run-of-the-mill boot camp walk becomes obvious with Gretchen's next refrain. 
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