Type of Workout: Toning

Fitness Level: Beginner-Intermediate

Equipment Needed: Hand Weights

Total Running Time: 74 Minutes

Release Date: 2004

Region: Unknown

Muscle is the bodys natural heating system. Regular strength training revs up your metabolism and helps protect against the bone loss that naturally occurs in your 50s. This fact-filled strength guide and workout is uniquely designed to address your bodys changing needs and inspire you to get in the best shape of your life.

DVD BONUS FEATURES include tips for creating a personal fitness plan, Keeping Fit Fundamentals, suggestions for beginners, participant biographies and glossary of terms.

A complete strength workout and much more including: insights into the importance of strength training in your 50s; exercise tips for achieving maximum results; 40-minute core routine; advanced exercises; and Keeping Fit Fundamentals, a Q&A session with medical experts Lisa Callahan, M.D., author of The Fitness Factor, and Lillie Shockney, R.N., author of Breast Cancer Survivors Club.

Cindy Joseph, one of todays most popular print and television models, began her modeling career at age 49. She shares her enthusiasm for exercise and for the amazing potential of life in your 50s.

Robyn Stuhr, administrative director of the Womens Sports Medicine Center at New Yorks Hospital for Special Surgery, is a certified exercise physiologist with 20 years of experience in sports training.