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The cover of Nicole Glor's new fit travel workout DVD.
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NIKKIFITNESS
FIT TRAVEL WORKOUT
By Laura Anne Rega
Get ready for a visual vacation. It is time to turn your living room into your own personal health club. Nicole Glor, the creator of the Fit Travel Workout DVD, journeyed around the world to make traveling healthier for everyone.
This no-equipment workout is especially designed to take fitness on the road – and has taken the excuses and the trouble out of working out while on business or vacation. NikkiFitness takes you to Italy, Mexico, China, Chicago, Florida and New York City for multitasking toning and cardio intervals designed to trim and tone in half the time, while boosting your metabolism. The DVD actually took a full year to make from inception to production. “[I] first started shooting in China in August of last year [2008] and finished editing in June [2009),” Nicole says. “It was finally for sale in July 2009.”
In just 30 minutes (using only your bodyweight), travelers can simply pop the DVD into their laptop and lace up their sneakers right in their hotel room (or on the beach!). The NikkiFitness series of multi-tasking workouts combine upper body muscle groups with lower body moves that, when performed together, require core strength. By adding cardio intervals between sets, she transforms what used to be an hour-long workout, to just 30-minutes with more intensity and fat burning capacity during and after the session.
The DVD is composed of four chapters: Fit Travel Introduction, Fit Travel Workout: 30 minutes, Quick Stretch (five minutes) and Soothing Yoga Stretch: 15 minutes of relaxing yoga set on a Mexico beach. (This yoga stretch is quite possibly the most soothing yoga workout you will find on the market today!)
The overall workout will help you boost metabolism, decrease appetite and stress levels, enhance muscular endurance. Scenic locales will fuel the endurance you need to keep your workout sharp and focused – helping you to avoid unwanted training plateaus.
Different than traditional fitness DVDs on the market, the NikkiFitness travel workout will not show a studio of women doing the same traditional routine. Instead, it is shot in different scenic locations around the globe to help exercise both your body and mind.
As for background music, NikkiFitness gives you the option of choosing your own soundtrack. The DVD sends fitness enthusiasts to nikkifitness.com to help create their own playlist with the help of Nicole’s suggestions. Or turn up your iPod and create your own music.
Nicole, a.k.a. “Nikki,” a personal trainer and group exercise instructor at Crunch in Manhattan, also is a fitness columnist for military.com. The NikkiFitness philosophy and line of fitness DVDs is available on Amazon.com and focuses on 30-minute multitasking toning and cardio interval workouts to save time and boost metabolism.
Moving forward, Nikki is considering her next project . . . a “Mommy Moves” DVD for post-natal fitness. “I am seven months pregnant now,” the rising fitness star reveals. That being said, Nikki notes she was four months pregnant during the Italy segments of the travel workout! “Luckily you can’t really tell [on the DVD],” she adds. This new DVD is expected to be the fifth in her collection. In addition to the “Fit Travel Workout,” Nikki also has the following workouts available through her website: “Nikki Fitness Boot Camp,” “Nikki Beach Bride” and “NikkiFitness Military Wife Workout.”
For more information or to purchase NikkiFitness DVDs for $19.95 each, visit http://www.nikkifitness.com .
