ABC's Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition's Transformation Specialist, Chris Powell and Wife, Heidi: Up Close and Personal!

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In an exclusive cover feature story and in-depth interview published this month in Family Fitness magazine's annual issue, ABC's Transformation genius, Chris Powell, reveals how he and wife, Heidi, take the super obese who are barely managing their day-to-day lives back to a healthy weight and a lifestyle full of new hopes, dreams and aspirations.

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Every Sunday, ABC's Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition follows Chris into the homes and lives of people on whom doctors, trainers and even other reality-based weight-loss shows have given up. Heidi joined the TV staff this season in taping sessions for the upcoming Season 3, highlighting what has been, until now, her behind-the-scenes training camps. Each episode encapsulates this year-long process for one individual. Now you can learn how the Powells manage to succeed in case after case.

The dynamic cover was shot by world-famous cover photographer, Rob Sims, along with rare behind-the-scenes videos. Family Fitness is a printed and digital multimedia publication with August bookstore/newsstand distribution. Unlimited access to the entire magazine and the exclusive photo-shoot video are available now via iTunes: (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/family-fitness-chris-powell/id544426962?ls=1&mt=8) and available on Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appmk.FamilyFitness.AOTVPDGCQOZALPMKS) with exclusive footage also available at www.youtube.com/realchrispowell.

Family Fitness also showcases the Teen Fitness Connection, whereby teens can join participating health club chains in the U.S. and Canada during the summer for free. Forbes Riley, fitness icon of the Home Shopping Network, introduces her new SpinGym®. Teresa Tapp, featured on the PBS documentary, "Healthy Hormones," presents some new workouts with her unique T-Tapp program. The edition is also packed with MMA workouts by world champion, John Graden, along with the latest nutritional information and the Bod-e Weight Loss Transformation, an exciting new fitness challenge.

The magazine is published by Fitness Media Community, LLC, which is the newest digital media entity of Gary Carleton, publisher of Fit Body, Women's Fitness and Family Fitness magazines. Distributed by Curtis Circulation Corp. Editor-in-Chief Laura Dayton is a prolific journalist, biographer and trainer in fitness and the pioneer of the sport of women's bodybuilding. Together they have produced what is being acclaimed as the most comprehensive approach to "do-able fitness" for all ages and backgrounds.

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