SILVER SPRING, MD; The bestselling Exhale® Core Fusion® workout series continues with another innovative, incredibly effective workout; this time focused on the entire upper body. Exhale: Core Fusion Pure Abs & Arms with Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp continues the brand’s proven formula of five concentrated 10-minute workouts that provide fast results and maximum flexibility as well as two bonus workouts. The new DVD follows the best-selling and award-winning releases of Body Sculpt, Pilates Plus, and Thighs & Glutes. Pure Abs & Arms is being released on December 1, 2009 from Acacia and includes a resistance band ($17.99 SRP, www.AcaciaCatalog.com).

Exhale is a fresh, upscale mind body spa brand unlike anything else on the market. The exercises in this program are from their popular Core Fusion and Core Fusion Sport classes, which have a large celebrity clientele including Heidi Klum, Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Mario Lopez, Kyra Sedgwick, and Samantha Harris. A quarter of a million people have transformed their bodies at exhale and now exercisers can get these same results at home.

Create chiseled arms and washboard abs with Pure Abs & Arms. Targeted to work your entire upper body, this program will put you on the fast track to a beautifully toned and defined physique. Using the enclosed resistance band, you’ll sculpt your shoulders and back, lose the tricep jiggle, and build core strength for a healthy, flexible spine. The program is separated into five segments of just 10 minutes each (Upper Body Weights; Upper Body; Abdominals; Abdominal Curl with Leg Variations; and Upper Body, Back, and Hip Stretches). Pick a few to fit your schedule, or use them together for a complete (and completely rewarding) workout. Plus, bonus features include a "Prone Strengthener Stretch," for the hard-to-reach but highly important back and spinal muscles (10 min. from Pilates Plus), and the "Spontaneous Core" segment from Shiva Rea: Creative Core Abs (8 min.).

Husband and wife team and Core Fusion creators Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp have over 50 years of combined experience teaching Pilates, Lotte Berk Method, yoga, and dance—disciplines that comprise the Pure Abs & Arms workout. They are founding team members of exhale, which has locations around the country, including New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, L.A., Miami, Palm Beach, and Turks + Caicos. www.exhalespa.com.

Acacia, a product line of Acorn Media headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., is one of North America’s newest premiere providers of mind, body, spirit programming on DVD. Acacia DVDs are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acacia at (800) 944-0474 or www.AcaciaCatalog.com. Trailers and clips at www.AcaciaLifestyle.com