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Q: What is the National Body Challenge Fitness Plan?
A: Our National Body Challenge Fitness Plan was custom designed by Gilad Janklowicz, National Body Challenge's Senior Workout expert and FitTV's fitness expert. With workouts for both beginning and intermediate exercisers, each fitness plan includes a series of 13 "Express Workouts," 10 minutes or less, targeting different muscle groups. There are warm-up and cool-down routines to help you get the most out of the plan.
Gilad has included strengthening and fat-burning exercises to help you improve cardiovascular health, build muscle, and lose fat. You can follow along with Gilad by watching our exclusive online videos, or you can print out text versions and do the workouts where and when it is most convenient. Gilad will also be featured in a daily exercise show Total Body Sculpt with Gilad on the Discovery Health Channel every morning at 7 AM ET/PT.
For those with access to video on demand (VOD) services from select cable providers, you will find Gilad's workouts and other inspirational, motivational and informational programs and tips focused on nutrition, weight loss and exercise.
Remember to consult your personal physician before starting any fitness program.
Q: Who is Gilad?
A: Gilad Janklowicz is a renowned personal trainer, fitness advisor and FitTV fitness expert with many years' experience developing fun and healthy fitness plans for people at all fitness levels. Our special National Body Challenge Fitness Plan was custom designed by Gilad for beginning and intermediate exercisers. You can follow along with Gilad by watching our exclusive videos, available only to National Body Challenge registrants at Discovery Health.com, or you can print out text versions and do the workouts where and when it is most convenient. Gilad will also be featured in a daily exercise show, Total Body Sculpt with Gilad, on Discovery Health every morning at 7 AM ET/PT. You may also find Gilad on demand for select cable providers. Remember to consult your personal physician before starting any fitness program.
Q: What if I don't want to follow the National Body Challenge Fitness Plan?
A: In addition to the fitness plan, you can keep track of your own activities — like walking the dog, cycling, jogging — by using our Fitness Tracker. This will help you see how you are building strength and burning calories to meet your health and fitness goals. We have also partnered with several national fitness and wellness companies to provide special offers available exclusively for National Body Challenge registrants. For more information on partners, please visit our Partner Page.
Q: Who is Eating Well and what is their relationship with the National Body Challenge?
A: Eating Well Media Group is an award-winning national publishing company dedicated to making healthy eating fun and easy through their books, magazine and website. Eating Well's staff of board-certified nutritionists has developed healthy meal plans you can follow while you participate in the National Body Challenge. For more information about Eating Well Media Group and their publications, visit our Partner Page.
Q: Who is Podfitness and what is their relationship with the National Body Challenge?
A: As part of the National Body Challenge, we are offering 8 weeks of FREE audio personal training from Podfitness. You'll receive customized audio workouts designed just for you by top Podfitness trainers that you can download to your MP3 player and take with you to your Ballysm club to enhance gym workout or use at home or anywhere your workout takes you. For more information about Podfitness, visit our Partner Page.
