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View	Total Body Workout in the Comfort of Your Home Guest: Nautilus Inc. A personal trainer and fitness author shares two of his “secret weapons” to tighten & tone your whole body, right from the comfort of your own home. He says this is a workout even the busiest lady can fit into her schedule, and it only requires 30-minutes, three times a week to see results! Jay Blahnik will show us an exercise for sexy shoulders and for glorious glutes. This segment may be just what you need to motivate you to MAKE time for a fitness routine! more
View	Learning About Pelvic Health Conditions Guest: ETHICON, Inc Olympic Gold Medalist Bonnie Blair talks openly about a female medical health condition that disrupted her everyday lifestyle. Pelvic health conditions like leaking urine and very heavy menstrual bleeding will affect one-third of all women by age 65, yet embarrassment keeps too many women simply suffering in silence. The truth is that there are exercises, medications and minimally invasive treatments available for most common pelvic health conditions, but women need to demand that their doctors treat the problem. These conditions may be common, but they are not normal and they can be treated. more
View	The ABSolutely Best Ab Exercises Guest: Chews 4 Health If you want a tighter tummy, but HATE doing sit-ups and crunches, forget about them! In this segment, your belly will feel the burn, as we demonstrate some ab exercises our Health Expert says are “Absolutely” the best you can do! Plus, he’ll show you what you can easily do to tighten your tummy while you sit behind a desk all day. more
View	Training Your Core For A Fitter, Firmer, Faster Body Guest: The Gold Coast Cure / Fitter, Firmer, Faster Fitness expert Ivy Larson, as part of the 10 Week Balancing Act Lifestyle Makeover, describes the benefits of core training plus some exercises to incorporate into your workout. more
View	Stay Active Guest: Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Stay active as you age. There are 3 types of exercise that are important for people with osteoarthritis of the knee: Strengthening exercises, Aerobic exercises and Range-of-motion exercises. Try water aerobics, swimming, brisk walking and cycling. more
View	Glute Training Guest: The Gold Coast Cure / Fitter, Firmer, Faster One common problem many women run into when they’re trying to work their glutes is that they allow their thigh muscles to take over and consequently their glutes never really get targeted ----One of the major reasons this happens is that some of the most effective glute training exercises are also among the most effective thigh-building exercises---such as squats, lunges, and leg presses. ---And, quite often, a woman who has less developed glutes has muscle attachments and leverage issues that favor thigh development over glute development. These women end up getting bigger and more developed thighs but they don’t ever see results in their glutes. ----If this sounds like you ---there are a few pointers to keep in mind that will help ensure your glutes get targeted---plus some specific exercises that will help--- more
View	Find Inspiration In The Outdoors & Strive To Stay Active & Healthy Guest: Scott Cole SMT Scott Cole, fitness trainer to the stars and the disabled, continues to lift spirits, open minds, tone bodies and inspire hearts through his motivational appearances. His appearance here today is designed to inspire families to work out at their closest National Park and recommends some exercises to do there. more
View	Toning And Firming Your Arms Guest: The Gold Coast Cure / Fitter, Firmer, Faster Today we’re gonna focus on toning and firming your arms---especially this back of the arm area, the notoriously difficult to tighten triceps. Now, I know and I totally understand most women don’t want bulging biceps and body builder arms---and for this reason a large percentage of women steer clear of the weights and hit the cardio equipment instead. ----But, here’s the deal, if you’re over about age 30---which I am! ---it is almost completely impossible to have toned arms unless you do some sort of resistance training. --- Now the resistance training I’m encouraging doesn’t have to be super hard-core with way heavy weights, but it does have to be challenging enough so that you feel the burn and so you are actually fatiguing your muscles.---For maximum results, you also want to make sure you’re working your muscles in a variety of ways using a variety of exercise training techniques. ----In addition, you also want to consider a training technique called “DROP-SETS” where you do 1 exercise—such as overhead presses---with a moderately heavy weight for 10-12 reps and then you “drop” down to a lighter weight and repeat the same exercise for 20-30 reps without resting between sets. Here are a few examples of some exercises you can do at home: 1. Incorporating SUPER-SLOW training---try doing single arm lat rows with tricep extension (put other hand on stability ball) 2. For upper body endurance try HIGHER REP TRAINING doing boxing with light weights AND medicine ball throws 3. For sheer strength---nothing beats the push-up! Try a variety of tempos to increase intensity 4. Drop Set---do overhead press with 7 pounds and then drop down to 5 pounds Now of course you can’t just do arm exercises and get fabulous arms if you also aren’t following a healthful diet. For more information on healthy “whole foods” eating tips please visit my website at www.goldcoastcure.com or check out my Gold Coast Cure or Fitter, Firmer, Faster books.--- That’s all we have time for today, but please tune in next time for time saving glute tightening tips! more
View	Segment 4: The Fitter, Firmer, Faster Workout Program Part 1 (why It’s Important To Design A Workout Program That Increases Your Resting Metabolism As Opposed To Following A Workout Designed To Just Burn Calories During The Time Spent Exercising) Guest: The Gold Coast Cure / Fitter, Firmer, Faster Fitness expert Ivy Larson encourages people to look beyond the number of calories they’re burning during the actual time spent exercising and INSTEAD, focus on doing an exercise program that will increase the number of calories they burn AT REST. This is important because your resting metabolism actually accounts for more than 70% of the calories you burn each day. She also gives a demonstration of beneficial exercises from her "Fitter, Firmer, Faster" book in an outdoor setting. more
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