Treat Yourself Like a Hollywood Superstar…For Just $500,000!; Ultimate Fitness Fantasy is the Ultimate Christmas Gift From NordicTrack

Business Wire, Oct 12, 1995

in common with Julia Roberts, Michelle Pheiffer, Claudia Schiffer, Candice Bergen, Dennis Quaid, Whitney Houston, Michael Jordan and Sting?

Plenty -- if you decide to purchase NordicTrack's Ultimate Fitness Fantasy, a once-in-a-lifetime Christmas gift that'll let you savor the lifestyle enjoyed only by Hollywood superstars. The price tag? Just $500,000. The ultimate beneficiary? Special Olympics.

NordicTrack's Ultimate Fitness Fantasy gift package (only one available) includes: the creation and construction of your own luxury in-home gym filled with NordicTrack's premier equipment, a multi-media entertainment center and spa by Hollywood gym designer Daniel Lajeunesse; a 13-day fitness adventure trip for two to Bali, Indonesia, staying at a retreat used for celebrity weddings; a three-day fitness experience with fitness expert Kathy Kaehler of NBC's "Today Show," the personal trainer for Claudia Schiffer and Michelle Pfeiffer; a two-day nutritional consultation with Hollywood nutritionist Carrie Latt Wiatt, consultant to Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, and other celebrities; a closet full of workout clothes, adorned with your own personal logo designed by the agency that created logos for Coca-Cola Classic, Taco Bell and MasterCard; a celebrity photo session to document your new body with Vanity Fair, Men's Health and Self Magazine photographer Richard Corman; and much, much more.

Plus, NordicTrack's profits from the sale of the Ultimate Fitness Fantasy will be donated to Special Olympics International. "Sure, a half million dollar Christmas or Chanukah gift is an extravagance," concedes NordicTrack spokesperson Don Cowan. "But whoever buys the Ultimate Fitness Fantasy needn't feel guilty, because the profits go to such a great cause!"

"With a price tag of $500,000 the Ultimate Fitness Fantasy is clearly not for everybody," adds Cowan. "In fact, we've only made one package available. But it could be the kind of holiday gift that Arnold Schwarznegger would give to Maria Shriver, Demi Moore might give to Bruce Willis, or Tom Cruise might give to Nicole Kidman."

The $500,000 NordicTrack Ultimate Fitness Fantasy contains:

o An in-home luxury gym created especially for you by California's fitness environment designer Dan Lajeunesse of the Professional Fitness Group. Lajeunesse has created in-home gyms for more than 300 corporate and celebrity clients, including a wide variety of TV and film executives. Your deluxe customized gym would include a sauna, whirlpool, multi-media entertainment system with VCR, stereo, and big screen television. Best of all, the gym would be stocked with...

o A superstar collection of NordicTrack's top-of-the-line fitness equipment, including the NordicTrack Elite(R) ski machine, the WalkFit(R) 5000 total-body treadmill, the NordicFlex Gold(R) World Class Strength Trainer, the EasySki(TM), and a NordicTrack(R) Adventurer interactive exerciser.

o A fitness experience for two in your home with celebrity trainer Kathy Kaehler, the woman TV's "Hard Copy" hailed as "the current reigning queen of the Hollywood hardbody." It was Kaehler who got Michelle Pfeiffer into her Catwoman outfit for "Batman Returns". With supermodel Claudia Schiffer, Kathy has created four new workout videos for CBS/Fox. The recipient of the NordicTrack Ultimate Fitness Fantasy will spend three days with Kaehler and receive a complete fitness consultation, including a custom-designed workout routine from the fitness guru who trains some of the most beautiful and famous women in Hollywood, including Candice Bergen, Jami Gertz, Sisters' Julianne Phillips, Ellen DeGeneres and Jennifer Aniston from the cast of Friends.

o A 13-day celebrity fitness vacation for two on the enchanting island of Bali, Indonesia, where you will stay in the luxurious private sanctuary used as a honeymoon retreat by several celebrities, and at the Bali Spirit spa hotel in Nyuh Kuning Village near the monkey forest. The adventure package -- hosted by Global Fitness Adventures, named by ESPN-TV as the world's "foremost hiking adventure spa" -- includes exploring the sacred temple of Besakih, private lessons in a Balinese form of Tai Chi called silat, hikes up 5,600-foot Mount Butur and the mother volcano of Ubud, yoga and meditation, scuba diving and snorkeling, massage and bathing in flower petals, rafting down the Ayung River, and gourmet vegetarian cuisine infused with exotic Indonesian flavors.

o A two-day total nutrition and lifestyle experience with Carrie Latt Wiatt, hailed by Vanity Fair as "L.A.'s Diet Diva." Latt Wiatt, author of the new book, Eating By Design, will do for you what she's done for Hollywood stars Dennis Quaid, Julia Roberts, Carol Burnett, Tony Danza, Teri Garr and many others. Latt Wiatt will visit the recipients of the Ultimate Fitness Fantasy, identify their food personality types, revamp cooking habits, shopping habits, and kitchen organization, and will teach her newest clients how to prepare their favorite meals in a healthier manner.