Mesina, a twenty-seven-year-old exercise instructor, became a spokesperson for the families of the twenty-five.

He insists that becoming an exercise instructor "was not something that I was looking for."

Inside, on a stage, a troupe of exercise instructors were kicking and jumping and gyrating to samba music, promoting a new gym.

"This is where they wanted to put the development," said Ms. Paul, a former exercise instructor.

Mrs. Ryan, 33, is an exercise instructor who owns her own studio, the Center for Pilates, in Red Bank.

He also worked part time as a Nautilus exercise instructor and a United Parcel Service loader.

As he herded us out into the snowstorm, we determined that one of us worked in property management and another was an exercise instructor.

Taeko Hashimoto, 42, an exercise instructor who lives in the complex, said: "I was hoping politics would make the lives of ordinary people easier.

"They're as bad as the wine bores," said Margot Preisser, an exercise instructor.

And they've obviously been inspired by bicycle messengers as well as by exercise instructors.