Ann Smith - Rise & Shine

A series of seven stretching sequences, one for every day of the week, set to lively classical music. Simple, safe, effective. No gadgets, special equipment or spandex required. Most exercise regimes fall because they're too ambitious, too inconvenient or too unpleasant. Fitness expert and former dancer Ann Smith has the answer in a new video that promises a stronger, more flexible body in just minutes a day. Her innovative exercise system, based on the fluid stretching movements dancers use to stay limber, has won Smith thousands of fans from her sold-out classes, lectures and two previous best-selling videos. Now she tackles the biggest stumbling blocks to daily exercise-time and convenience. To underscore the simplicity of making these exercises a morning routine, Rise and Shine is set in a bedroom with Smith wearing nightgowns and pajamas rather than typical exercise clothes. Smith's husband, Roger, joins her on the video to emphasize the effectiveness of the exercises for men as well as women and others less nimble than the remarkable 74-year-old.