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Trainer teaches immunity-boosting strategies in Geneva

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Celebrity trainer and author Jim Karas leads a crowd in squats from atop a kitchen counter at the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center in Geneva, where he spoke Saturday about ways cancer patients and others can boost immunity.

Marie Wilson | Staff Photographer

Jill Molnar of Yorkville practices a one-leg squat Saturday as celebrity trainer and author Jim Karas presents during a morning of wellness at the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center in Geneva.

Marie Wilson | Staff Photographer

Celebrity trainer and author Jim Karas teaches a crowd in Geneva simple ways to boost their immunity Saturday during a morning of wellness at the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center.

Marie Wilson | Staff Photographer

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Squats and planks on an instructional kitchen counter were just part of the excitement celebrity trainer and author Jim Karas brought to a Geneva wellness center Saturday during an event aiming to help people live healthier lives. Those who attended the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center’s morning of wellness said Karas also excited them with his charismatic speaking style and motivated them with his ideas to boost immunity from illnesses like this year’s widespread flu. But the countertop squats literally got the crowd of 60 going.