ISBN The Core Program

The Core Program

Introducing the fitness program designed by a physical therapist exclusively for women — proven to increase strength, tone muscles and reduce aches and pains in just 15 minutes a day!

Few women realize that most popular fitness regimens are designed for men. Yet women have their own unique fitness needs — and using a program developed with men’s bodies in mind is not only ineffective, but can actually result in injury.

Renowned physical therapist Peggy Brill has devoted her life to developing an exercise program specifically for women. Based on her understanding of movement dynamics and body structure, these exercises focus on developing and balancing the muscles in the anatomical center of the body — the core — which includes the back, hip and abdominal muscles.

Peggy’s remarkable head-to-toe workout targets the “hot spot” areas — neck, back, pelvis, hips, knees — that cause problems for even the healthiest women. In just 15 minutes a day, The Core Program’s easy-to-learn exercises will help women:

• Strengthen their bodies to achieve balance and alignment
• Eliminate everyday aches and pains
• Prevent bone loss
• Protect against osteoarthritis
• Improve sleep, digestion and circulation
• Enjoy better sex
• Feel energized all day long
• Overcome the effects of aging

With inspirational case histories, detailed photographs illustrating each exercise and self-tests for rating balance, flexibility and strength, The Core Program is an owner’s manual for the naturally strong, healthy body every woman should have.


From the Hardcover edition.


About author(s)
Gerald Secor Couzens is a contributing writer for both the Johns Hopkins Health After 50 newsletter and the Hopkins White Papers medical series. He is also co-author of the national bestseller Thinner at Last.

Peggy Wachterhauser Brill, P.T,. is a board-certified clinical specialist in orthopedic physical therapy. Her private practice, Brill Physical Therapy, also offers her services to executives at two Wall Street firms, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse. Peggy Brill has presented her books and her work to the Today Show, CBS Special Report, CNN’s “Unusual People in Business”, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business, the California Governor’s Conference, Duke Center for Integrative Medicine, American College of Sports Medicine, and Duke University men’s basketball team. Peggy has also been featured in numerous magazines – Vogue, Shape, Prevention, Fortune, Bottomline Health, and Fitness. The author of The Core Program: 15 Minutes a Day That Can Change Your Life, and Instant Relief: Tell Me Where It Hurts and I’ll Tell You What To Do. Peggy lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.