(New York, NY)— More than half million couples
(16% of engaged couples) plan romantic destination weddings annually and the majority of these weddings being
held in a tropical location. That leaves a lot of women wanting to get in shape. A destination wedding bride and personal
trainer finally filled this need with the new NikkiFitness Beach Bride DVD, to be released early December 2008.
“Once you are engaged and planning a destination wedding, the pressure is on - not
just to achieve beach body shape, not just wedding shape, but beach – wedding shape,” explained Nicole Glor, creator
of the NikkiFitness DVD line. “It’s a whole different level of fitness pressure, and it is the reason I actually became a group
fitness instructor in the first place. A beach wedding dress can’t hide your flaws, and you can’t just have it
taken-out or chose one with sleeves if you miss a few weeks at the gym.”
With a 200% increase in the popularity of destination weddings in the last decade, and a huge
increase in media coverage of them, Mrs. Glor chose her own destination wedding in Tulum, Mexico in 2003. She had a hard time battling the daily
snowstorms in Syracuse, NY to get to the gym. She became certified in group fitness because she needed extra motivation to get to her workouts.
Five years later she is
now a certified personal trainer working in Manhattan, and taped her second multi-tasking fitness DVD at the same beach she was married
on, during her 5 year wedding anniversary. A demo can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXE4oJdFgN8
“Because I went through the destination
wedding planning, I know the pressures destination-brides-to-be are under. You have a never-ending to-do list, a scale that
won’t move, a dress that doesn’t fit, and minimal time for a workout. You don’t have time to stand still
and do bicep curls when you could be multi-tasking.”
The NikkiFitness series of multi-tasking workouts combine upper body muscle groups with lower body moves that when
performed together, put you a little off-balance and require core strength. Her class participants, personal training clients
and NikkifFitness column readers who follow these routines add cardio intervals between sets. They can do used to be an hour
workout, in half the time with more intensity and fat furning capacity during and after the session.
The other thing brides have in common? Stress. Nikki invited her sister Kim Glab, a certified
yoga instructor, to help fix that problem with a 15 minute yoga routine. “I have searched for years for a short yoga
DVD
that stretched all of my sore muscles from teaching up to 15 classes per week. None included my favorite stretches with stress-relieving
breathing and sun salutations that you could spare the time to do before work, before bed, on lunch break or after a hard
workout. My sister and I made this for ourselves and for anyone who also wants the perfect 15 minute yoga routine.”
Another thing common among destination wedding brides-to-be is
anticipation. Different than traditional fitness DVD, the NikkiFitness Beach Bride workout will not show a studio full of women
doing the same old routine. It's shot in different scenic locations in Mexico with the crystal clear blue water in the background,
wind russling the palm trees and the sun shining on the sand. The location keeps you excited by looking a beach similar to
where the wedding/honeymoon might take place, and the quick edits keep participants visually stimulated.
“If you are the couple that likes to work out together
too,” Nikki continues, “these moves are definitely tough enough for your fiancé. If you are a traditional
wedding bride looking forward to toning up, lowering stress and planning a great honeymoon, this is for you as well.”
Also, in the spirit of YouTube and iPod and thousands of products
tailored to individual tastes, one generic soundtrack isn't forced on participants. The DVD sends exercisers to www.nikkifitness.com
for their own playlist suggestions in many different genres. Each workout can include new music.
The DVD will be available on Amazon.com along with the NikkiFitness Military Wife Workout. For more information,
a biography, video demo, press clips, columns, wedding advice, photos and letters from other destination brides, log on to
www.nikkifitness.com
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Contact: nikki@nikkifitness.com