Fitness at Your Fingertips with Fitizens.com -- New Fitness Social Community Provides Advice Directly from Experts

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 3, 2008 -- Just in time for 2008 New Year's Resolutions, Fitizens.com (http://www.fitizens.com), a new kind of social networking community, announces the launch of a website that provides exclusive content and resources; connecting fitness enthusiasts to fitness gurus. The Fitizens website, offers expert advice, sample workouts, "how-to" fitness videos and much more from a growing community of over 150 fitness and wellness experts (http://www.fitizens.com/experts). Fitness enthusiasts can connect to local and national gurus to stay on top of their schedules, products, blog postings and more. Enthusiasts can also use fitizens.com to find a trainer or class when traveling or to find a local workout partner.

"I created Fitizens to provide a unique and user-friendly forum for fitness enthusiasts and experts to connect on the latest news, information and to share tips," says Debra Strougo, Fitness Expert, Online Marketer and Founder of Fitizens (http://www.fitizens.com/about). "On Fitizens.com, real people can connect to fitness experts including personal trainers, group fitness instructors, nutritionists, wellness experts, and more. As fitness becomes a greater part of our daily lives, there is more of a need to provide the consumer with direct access to the industry's experts. Fitizens.com does just that."

Fitizens website features include:

- Free access to local personal trainers, group fitness instructors, nutritionists, and other wellness professionals to set in motion a personal workout and wellness program

- A robust Q&A where you can ask questions directly to experts

- Access to sample workouts and routines

- The latest in fitness trends, news, and product reviews (http://www.fitizens.com/postings).

- Ways to connect to your favorite fitness trainers and gym-goers once you step outside the gym

- A trainer search to find local and national experts

- An easy to use web platform for experts to use to showcase themselves to enthusiasts both locally and globally

"As a fitness expert in NYC, there is more demand for my time than there are hours in my day," says Fitness Guru, Eric Von Frohlich (http://www.fitizens.com/ericvonfrohlich). "Fitizens.com allows me to reach a larger segment of the fitness community than would otherwise have access to me." Fitness Experts use the Postings Areas and Q&A area to address very specialized fitness information, often in real time.

"Fitizens.com allows me to have a dialog with fitness experts. Instead of reading someone else's question in a magazine, I can ask my own and get a quick answer from a host of fitness experts," says Rachelle Berkman, fitness enthusiast.

Fitness enthusiasts like Rachelle can sign up (http://www.fitizens.com/joinpreview) to become members of the site for free, with access to local classes and events, rich media information, and opportunities to learn from and connect to a growing community of renowned fitness experts.

Contact:

Debra Strougo, Founder Fitizens.com

646.345.1131

Debra @ Fitizens.com

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