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Gaiam Gift Guide for Everyone on Your List
Whether you're shopping for the yogi, fitness buff, eco-fashionista, green queen, worldly giver, gadget guy, day spa diva or eco-decorating enthusiast, our holiday gift guide is your one-stop page for 75 gifts hand-picked for eight colorful personalities on your list.

Valerie Bertinelli: America's Sweetheart Gets Inspired to Be Fit & Healthy
A beloved TV personality, actress, spokesperson and author, Valerie Bertinelli declared publicly, "I'm fat," and challenged herself to lose weight. She lost more than 40 pounds and became the face of Jenny Craig® Weight Loss Program, inspiring millions of people to try to become their best and healthiest selves.

Faster Workouts, Better Body? New Research on Intervals + 20-Minute Photo How-to
All you need to be fit is six minutes a week, according to new research on interval workouts. Interval training boosts metabolism, helps you maintain a healthy weight and can even lengthen your lifespan. Get into shape with this 20-minute mind/body interval workout created by expert fitness instructor Patricia Moreno.

Exercise Ball & BalanceBall Chair Info Guide
Everything you need to know about exercise balls and ball chairs. What size ball you need, how to properly inflate the ball, ideas for exercises you should do on your ball, product reviews and FAQs, guide to BalanceBall workout DVDs, how-to clips and tips and more.

Blogs

Short on Time? Try This All-in-One Yoga Pose!

"Even if you only do one pose a day, you will make a huge difference in your body, brain and ...

Eco-Workout: Exercise that Saves the Planet

How can you burn more calories while saving the planet? Learn about new "green" exercise machines plus simple ways to ...

The 3 E’s: Secret for Quick Total-Body Workouts

What is the secret for quick total-body workouts? "The 3 E's: effective, efficient exercise," says The FIRM Master Instructor Annie ...

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Wobbly Workout Tools Work Hard for the Money

Top 10 BalanceBall, Exercise Ball & Stability Ball FAQs

Step Aerobics Rocks to a New WAVE

Top 10 Fitness Trends '09: More Bang for the Buck, Boot Camp, Kettlebells

Best Ways to Ease Knee Pain: 5 Tips from a Physical Therapist

Waist, Not Weight

Functional Fitness 101: Is a Workout-Therapy Hybrid What You Need?

3 Workouts to Balance (Not Fight) Your Shape: Pear, Apple, Chili Pepper!

5 Ways to Stay Motivated to Exercise Regularly

What Are Kettlebells and Will They Make Me Fit?

5 Water Workouts to Help You Beat the Heat – And Feel The Burn

Attack The Fat! Spot-Reducing Is A Myth

Maximize Weights to Minimize Fat

Gaiam Media

Pre-order Valerie Bertinelli's Losing It & Keeping Fit DVD by Gaiam now

Valerie Bertinelli on Her Losing It & Keeping Fit DVD by Gaiam

Actress and Jenny Craig® spokesperson Valerie Bertinelli takes you on a tour of the workout method behind her weight loss success story and new Losing It & Keeping Fit DVD by Gaiam. Meet Valerie's trainer, Christopher Ross Lane, who "really knows how to shape a body," she says. "I saw results in a couple of weeks -- but it's really about feeling better, and it's about health .... If you just take that first step, the rest will follow!"

Q&A with Valerie Bertinelli's Trainer Christopher Ross Lane

Meet the personal trainer behind the workout method that helped actress and Jenny Craig® spokesperson Valerie Bertinelli succeed with her weight loss plan and create her new Losing It & Keeping Fit DVD produced with Gaiam. Lane "really knows how to shape a body," says Valerie.

SHAPE 4-Minute Time-Crunch Stretch Routine

Get an effective stretch fast and protect against injury without adding a lot of time to your workout. From SHAPE magazine's 20-Minute Makeover DVD produced by Gaiam.

SHAPE's Top 5 Time-Saving Workout Moves

The best secret to fitting exercise into your day? Time-maximizing moves that work multiple muscle groups at once, like these from Shape magazine's fitness experts. Video clip and DVD series produced by Gaiam.