Could you outrun a raging wildfire? Save your family if an earthquake leveled your home? Or get them to safety in hurricane force winds? Odds are you’re not fit enough to save your own life, let alone, someone you love. Now, with the help of renowned health and fitness expert Dr. Pam Peeke and three marine trainers, discover how you can rebuild your body with a radical new approach to fitness.
Each one-hour episode of Could You Survive? will put a group of ordinary people through a demanding real life disaster scenario that will test their ability to handle themselves in a crisis. After this wake-up call, the participants commit to four weeks of intense training and nutritional guidance. Could You Survive? will follow their stories as they strive to develop the strength and endurance needed to retake the challenge and reclaim their lives.
Episode 1: Could You Survive a Car Accident in a Remote Area?
Car accidents are violent and unpredictable, injuring millions of Americans every year. On Could You Survive?, a lonely stretch of road becomes a proving ground for three average people when their passenger is seriously injured in a frightening accident. Help is only a mile a way, but for these three people, getting there fast enough may be more than their over weight and poorly conditioned bodies can handle. Do they have the mental toughness and physical endurance to save a loved one?
Episode 2: Could You Survive an Accident on the Water?
A disaster can occur any time, anywhere. On Could You Survive?, a day at the lake turns terrifying when ordinary people are faced with a critical life and death situation. In this hypothetical scenario, someone they love is in trouble. They’re in the water, hurt, struggling and rapidly losing consciousness. Without help, it’s only a matter of minutes before they will drown. All three challengers are still young, but already overweight and unhealthy. Can they get to their loved one in time to save a life? To find out, they will be competing against the toughest opponent possible – their unfit bodies and their own worst fears.
Episode 3: Could You Survive a Wildfire?
A wind whipped wildfire can be deadly and unpredictable. On Could You Survive?, a leisurely hike in an urban park will become a potential deathtrap for two average couples. Faced with a wall of flames racing in their direction, they will have to run up a steep hillside and tackle several obstacles as they try to save their own lives. Can they overcome their lack of fitness and work together as a team to make it to safety?
Episode 4: Could You Survive an Earthquake?
When an earthquake strikes, an old theater becomes a potential deathtrap. On Could You Survive?, three typical Americans – over weight and out of shape - struggle to find their way through a deadly obstacle course of stairs, props, scenery, ladders and dangling power lines. They have less than four minutes to make it out before a gas leak blows the building sky high. Do they have the strength, agility and stamina to save their own lives?
