Christmas Gifts: Health and fitness DVDS and Books
Stephanie Vitorino The Ultimate Body Shaper
Nationally-certified fitness expert and celebrity trainer Stephanie Vitorino, well-known for her highly-effective workout programs, just released The Ultimate Body Shaper, the first DVD of her new V Body workout series. Vitorino’s DVD features two 30-minute interval workouts that combine cardio with full-body strength-training to activate core muscles in every move, emphasizing the “V” shape (wide shoulders narrowing down into a small waist) that fitness enthusiasts spend hours in the gym to achieve. The DVD’s V Body High Step Workout focuses on lower body shaping, while the V Body Mat Workout shapes the body with long and lean muscles by incorporating yoga-inspired strength work. As bonus features, the DVD also includes a special V-8 abdominal segment that showcases Vitorino’s eight favorite on-the-go waist shrinking moves, as well as pop-up training tips and a workout timer. Appropriate for men, women and all fitness levels, The Ultimate Body Shaper delivers real body-shaping results in the most efficient amount of time.
Available:www.StephanieVitorino.com
Retail: $14.95
Exhale: Core Fusion Pure Abs & Arms
The newest fitness DVD release in the award-winning, bestselling celebrity favorite Core Fusion series, Abs & Arms focuses on the entire upper body, continuing the proven formula of five concentrated 10-minute workouts that provide fast results and maximum flexibility. Not only do these workouts prove challenging, they also improve posture and alignment. Core Fusion Pure Abs & Arms comes with a resistance band, and gives exercisers the most effective moves to increase strength, tone and lengthening of the muscles.
Available:www.AcaciaCatalog.com
Retail: $17.99
Zumba Fitness Total Body Transformation System
Get your workout buddies the Zumba Fitness Total Body Transformation System DVD Set and have a fitness get-together to groove through the four-disc, six-workout collection featuring salsa, cumbia, samba, merengue and more. The Zumba DVD set comes with maraca-inspired toning sticks to add body sculpting to this invigorating program. (For the kiddos on your list, consider Zumbatomic, a ground-breaking fitness program designed specifically for girls and boys ages 4 to 12 that combines Latin, urban and contemporary dance moves with high-energy beats. The Zumbatomic Box Set features three DVDs with individual 30-minute workouts, a CD soundtrack and comic book.)
Available:www.Zumba.com
Retail: $59.95 for Zumba Fitness Total Body Transformation System ($49.95 for Zumbatomic)
Shiva Rea: Daily Energy Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Featuring yoga superstar Shiva Rea’s seven 20-minute yoga practices — one for every day of the week — Daily Energy Vinyasa Flow Yoga restores energy, strength, and balance and offers a workout that never gets boring. With the customizable Yoga Matrix, yogis and yoginis can choose from more than two hours of yoga to create endless possibilities for longer practices. Including relaxing lunar programs and energizing solar practices, yoga sessions build stamina, sculpt long, lean muscles, and help users achieve mind-body balance.
Available:www.AcaciaCatalog.com
Retail: $19.99
ChiRunning DVD and book
Ultra marathon runner Danny Dryer has helped thousands of beginning runners, seasoned marathoners and triathletes run injury-free and at their best with his revolutionary running technique. ChiRunning combines the inner focus and flow of Tai Chi with the high energy of running to give runners the mental and physical wellbeing to reach their fitness potential. Both the DVD and book offer thorough explanations and step-by-step instructions to make running an enjoyable, lifelong practice for runners of all ages and endurance levels. Bonus: You can also partner the DVD and book with the ChiRunning & ChiWalking Daily Exercise Journal, a 14-month log jam-packed with motivating quotes, tips, and inspirational photos, to give your favorite runners a helpful tool to set goals, track workouts and chart progress.
Available:www.ChiRunning.com
Retail: $49.95 for ChiRunning DVD and book; $14.95 for the Daily Exercise Journal
Flat Belly Diet! Cookbook
Finally! The Flat Belly Diet — considered one of the hottest new diets in America — has a companion cookbook. The Flat Belly Diet! Cookbook, from the editors of Prevention magazine, has made it even easier to put the flat belly eating plan into action. Offering 200 easy-to-prepare, deliciously healthy recipes that feature fat-blasting ingredients, such as nuts, avocadoes, and dark chocolate, just to name a few, the Flat Belly Diet! Cookbook includes practical cooking and grocery shopping tips, a refresher course on eating to burn belly fat, and lots of tasty motivation to lose weight while eating well.
Available: Major book retailers and www.Amazon.com
Retail: $27.99
Eat This Not That! 2010: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution
A must-take book for dinner out and grocery shopping, editor in chief of Men’s Health David Zinczenko’s Eat This, Not That! 2010 delivers the most up-to-date information on making the best food swaps for those typically indulgent dishes that will save readers thousands of calories. The fifth book in the popular series reveals nutritional information of the most gut-busting restaurant chain menu choices and processed supermarket fare and offers healthier options that taste just as delicious.
Available: Major book retailers and www.Amazon.com
Retail: 19.99
Age Erasers for Women
From the editors of Women’s Health comes Age Erasers for Women, a book that presents the most cutting-edge scientifically-backed advice to age beautifully and look great at any age. This invaluable book reveals the best anti-aging exercises, skin care products, and superfoods, and tips for brain health and lifelong sexual intimacy. Age Erasers for Women gives women a better understanding of their body now and throughout the years as well as ways to stay healthy and stave off premature aging.
Available: Major book retailers and www.Amazon.com
Retail: 24.99
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