2nd Annual FitTeen Program Kicks off at Ladies Workout Express on West Hempstead Free Summer Memberships to Teenage Girls June 1 to September 1 2005



May 21, 2005 -- Now, with more then 1,000 locations in 47 states and six countries, these facilities have been motivating more than a million exercisers to get in shape since 1984. This is a nationwide campaign and additional participating locations can be found at www.ladiesworkoutexpress.com.

"It is important to offer teenagers a healthy lifestyle at a young age so they can begin to develop positive living habits during their teenage years that can start them out on the right path as they grow older," says Vita Zorbo, owner of Ladies Workout Express in West Hempstead. "We've seen the studies and have seen the rise in the overweight epidemic facing the youth of America. We want to make sure that our younger generation of Americans has the opportunity to experience the thrill of working out in a safe, comfortable environment and improve their lives through fitness."

The decision for parent company, Lady of America, to develop this program for teens was an easy one when confronted with the startling statistics. According to the American Heart Association, nearly 300,000 people die each year due to obesity-related causes, making obesity the second leading cause of death behind smoking. Combine that with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' fact that nearly 50% of students in grades 9 through 12 watched television more than 2 hours per day once they got home from school. Combined with the failing efforts of our nation's physical education programs, our children aren't receiving the necessary tools to become healthy adults. Our teenagers are in desperate need of direction to keep healthy.

The process to eliminate overweight and obesity must and should begin with our children. The first step in successfully combating this epidemic is to make access to fitness readily available.

Through easy access to fitness, we have an opportunity to confront these conditions and prevent unnecessary disease and disability that obesity brings about for their future. Through additional education and awareness, we have the ability to empower them to make healthy lifestyle choices. Taking action at this age will have a profound effect on increasing the quality and years of healthy living and on eliminating health disparities in America.

"Our goal here is simple," says Zorbo. "We want the teenagers of West Hempstead, Franklin Square, Elmont and surrounding towns to have a place to go to begin what we hope will be a long and successful relationship with the health and fitness industry that will make them healthy, energetic and productive adults."

For more information on the FitTeen program you can visit our website at www.lwewesthempstead.com. To take advantage of the offer, just simply come in to our location at 400 Hempstead Turnpike in West Hempstead, NY and bring along a parent or guardian for initial consent.





2nd Annual FitTeen Program Kicks off at Ladies Workout Express on West Hempstead Free Summer Memberships to Teenage Girls June 1 to September 1 2005