SILVER SPRING, MD – As she turns 60 this year, America’s favorite fitness expert Kathy Smith launches Ageless, a new age-fighting workout line with award-winning producer Acacia. The first release, Ageless with Kathy Smith: Staying Strong, debuts on DVD on May 3, 2011. A leading force in the fitness industry for nearly 30 years, Kathy developed this unique strength training program to combat the aging process. Divided into four 15-minute practices that can be combined or performed separately, Staying Strong is a total-body workout designed to shape lean muscle while increasing bone density and stamina – helping to create a youthful healthy body. Feel great at any age with customizable segments, a bonus 12-minute stretching segment, and a special Q & A with Kathy ($16.99, www.AcaciaLifestyle.com).

We lose muscle mass as we age, making everyday tasks more difficult. Strength training builds and maintains muscles, keeping the body firm, lifted, and vigorous. In this program, you’ll target your arms, legs, glutes, and core in four 15-minute practices with modifications to suit your needs and experience level. If you’re short on time, try one or two segments. Feeling energized? Do all four for a total-body workout!

Bonus Features: Q & A with Kathy Smith and a 12-minute stretching segment

Kathy Smith has been a leading force in the wellness industry since 1980, and her diverse capabilities cover all aspects of fitness. Today she continues to shape and inspire the lives of millions around the world. A mother of two daughters, she is a trusted motivator that has sold more than $50 million in infomercial products and over 16 million workout videos worldwide (inducting her into the Video Hall of Fame). As President of Kathy Smith Lifestyles, Kathy continues to develop and lend her signature to a wide array of fitness equipment, apparel and nutrition/health products. She also serves on the board of the USC School of Gerontology and the Women's Sports Foundation. Most recently, she was awarded the IDEA Lifetime Achievement Award from IDEA Health & Fitness, the largest professional fitness organization in the world.

Street Date: May 3, 2011
Approx. 60 minutes
SRP: $16.99 Equipment needed: light hand weights and a mat

In just five years, Acacia has become a leading distributor of original and award-winning yoga, fitness, and wellness DVD programming. Acacia’s workouts include exhale spa’s best-selling, critically-acclaimed Core Fusion series, Body by Bethenny with Bethenny Frankel, Tai Chi & Chi Gong Basics, Xtend Barre, Joy Bauer’s Slimdown Workout, Keeping Fit, Strong Body, Bollywood Dance, as well as an upcoming workout from Olympic Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi. Acacia DVDs are available from select retailers, catalog companies, www.Amazon.com/acacia, and direct from Acacia at (800) 944-0474 or www.AcaciaLifestyle.com