FitnessHeaven.com Surpasses Other Online Fitness & Health Sites With an Abundance of Engaging, Indepth Content; One-Stop Health, Fitness, Wellness Site for the Whole Person.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers SIGNAL HILL, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Dec. 19, 2000 Following nearly two years of development, Fitness Heaven Inc. has launched a dynamic, one-stop health, fitness and wellness Web site that takes a holistic approach holistic approach A term used in alternative health for a philosophical approach to health care, in which the entire Pt is evaluated and treated. See Alternative medicine, Holistic medicine. to personal well-being. FitnessHeaven.com(SM) offers a wealth of balanced information with a depth and breadth unmatched on virtually any other online source. Visitors can access information on exercise, nutrition, medicine, diets, sports, even home and family life. "We've made a pointed effort to provide content on FitnessHeaven.com that is not only authoritative and helpful, but engaging and entertaining," said Paris Roussos, Fitness Heaven's vision development and integration director. "In addition to building and providing an ever-growing reference library, we are constantly commissioning and gathering studies, articles and reports from our pool of hundreds of `Passionate Experts,' doctors and scientists. Their contributions allow us to refresh the site's content regularly, even hourly in some cases." Much of the content at FitnessHeaven.com is available to all visitors. However, two levels of membership provide extra benefits: The free Silver membership, available through a simple online registration process, allows access to certain interactive services; Gold Membership, which is $6.95 per month or $35 per year pre-paid, allows access to all of the site's interactive components, personalized information and an extensive discount program for products from major retailers and manufacturers. "Our discount program alone will more than recover the cost of a Gold membership the very first time you use the program," said Don Ressler, president. "The sheer amount of top quality merchandise and services available at a substantial discount through our online program will make other similar programs pale in comparison." FitnessHeaven.com is divided into five primary sections: Health, Fitness, Wellness, Diet and Athletics, and within those sections is a virtual library of useful information, health perspectives, interactive functions, opinions, even humor. Health contains an extensive 10,000-page medical encyclopedia and hundreds of timely articles covering subjects from allergies and asthma to preventive medicine preventive medicine, branch of medicine dealing with the prevention of disease and the maintenance of good health practices. Until recently preventive medicine was largely the domain of the U.S. and women's health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. issues. A unique "8 Perspectives on Conditions and Diseases" gives a broad spectrum of objective information. Select a condition or disease (asthma or common cold, for example) and receive information about aromatherapy; ayurvedic (an Indian herbo-mineral system); herbology; homeopathic Homeopathic A holistic and natural approach to healthcare. Mentioned in: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome homeopathic, adj ; nutritional; traditional Western; Chinese medicine or orthomolecular medicine Orthomolecular medicine and Optimum nutrition are nutritional health and medical approaches that are based upon the premise that many diseases and abnormalities result from varing biochemical and/or chemical needs specific to each individual. (disease and injury prevention through biochemistry). There are plans for additional perspectives. The Fitness section covers a world of healthy topics, from martial arts, exercise, and motivation to sports medicine sports medicine, branch of medicine concerned with physical fitness and with the treatment and prevention of injuries and other disorders related to sports. Knee, leg, back, and shoulder injuries; stiffness and pain in joints; tendinitis; "tennis elbow"; and , TaiChi and hiking. The yoga area alone offers video demonstrations of more than 50 exercises. The unique Virtual Trainer, reserved for Silver and Gold Members, will help anyone improve body strength, agility or size. Once a "trainer" is selected, click on a muscle group and the trainer demonstrates, through video and voiceover, the recommended exercises for those muscles. "Our Virtual Trainer is clearly the most popular area of the site, and is exclusive to FitnessHeaven.com," said Roussos. "Our proprietary system of live action video of all exercises gives the clearest possible demonstration." Another very popular Gold Member benefit in the Fitness section is Web Racing(TM), a FitnessHeaven.com exclusive feature from FitCentric Technologies. With easy-to-use software and a minimum of hardware attached to an exercise or stationary bike, treadmill, stairclimber There are various types of stairclimber such as Stairclimber wheels, Track Stairclimbers and Stair walkers. They can also be manual or powered. Most powered stairclimbing hand trucks use a rechargeable battery that can climb about 220 steps with a load before recharging. or even wheelchair trainer, members can compete with each other in a virtual bicycle or foot race, in real time over the Web. An optional virtual reality headset further immerses participants in the action. The Wellness section encompasses a broad range of issues from anger and stress management to grief and coping, and even workplace wellness. An extensive 'De-Stress' area invites visitors to take a break and have a little fun. There are short cartoon videos, games, meditation techniques and a music therapy tool that turns a computer into a musical keyboard, guitar or drum set. In addition to articles on healthy cooking, recipes, food safety and nutrition, the Diet section has a 60,000-food item "analyzer" of caloric caloric /ca·lo·ric/ (kah-lor´ik) pertaining to heat or to calories. ca·lor·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to calories. 2. Of or relating to heat. and nutritional information. Members can enter their food consumed and the analyzer will report that day's intake of calories, fat and nutrients. One of the most popular features of this section is the Online Diets, a Gold Member benefit. A member fills in certain criteria (i.e., age, weight, exercise habits, etc.), selects a type of diet (high-protein, low carb, etc.) and FitnessHeaven.com produces a personalized diet with menus and grocery lists. Eventually, members will have the ability to upload grocery lists to participating grocery home delivery services. The Athletics section offers articles and helpful tips from the wide world of sports Wide World of Sports can refer to:
Sport of jumping from an airplane at a moderate altitude (e.g., 6,000 ft [1,800 m]) and executing various body maneuvers before pulling the rip cord of a parachute. Competitive events include jumping for style, landing with accuracy, and performing in teams (e.g. and water sports water sports Urophilia, see there . FitnessHeaven.com is adding new areas to the site on nearly a daily basis, including a section devoted to help people quit smoking, and plans to produce helpful information about emerging popular subjects like ethno-botanicals, art therapy and listing therapy. Fitness Heaven Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters at 2901 Cherry Avenue in Signal Hill, California Signal Hill is a small city (2.2 mi², 5.8 km²) in Los Angeles County, California that is an enclave (completely surrounded by the city of Long Beach). As of 2005, the city population was 10,951. . Note to Editors: For access to members-only features of FitnessHeaven.com, send e-mail to sandy@aldrichpr.com with "FH Member Access" in the subject. |
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