New York, Dec. 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YouTube's breakout hit Woman v. Workout, in which host Lauren Berlingeri takes on a crazy new extreme fitness challenge every week, raises the stakes with the latest test: Navy SEAL training. With over 1.5 million views, Berlingeri has done everything from FDNY training to parkour, and now she takes on the toughest challenge yet: attempting to become the first woman to complete the Extreme SEAL Experience.
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Berlingeri, who is trained as a holistic nutritionist, has a
can-do attitude where she'll attempt to overcome any challenge
she's given, but the Extreme SEAL Experience pushed Berlingeri
towards her breaking point.
"I have so much respect for the men and women who serve our
country," said Berlingeri. "Training with the Extreme SEAL
Experience forces you to forget your ego and focus on achieving
your goal. Attempting to complete a challenge in a male-dominated
field like SEALs was the toughest barrier I've faced so far, but I
left the experience feeling empowered. I encourage other women to
take on challenges previously reserved for men."
To watch Berlingeri compete against the guys in SEAL training,
follow these links, and don't miss the latest episodes where
Berlingeri trains with top football coach Tom Shaw and races
through the Richard Petty Driving Experience.
- Woman v. Workout: Lauren's Navy SEAL Experience Part 1
- Woman v. Workout: Lauren's Navy SEAL Experience Part 2
- Woman v. Workout: Lauren's Navy SEAL Experience Part 3
The show, which sets out to inspire women to test themselves in
new ways both mentally and physically, can be found on the 3V
fitness channel on YouTube at www.YouTube.com/3V. Other hit shows on 3V
include:
• Nappytabs +1: Watch as celebrity
choreographers Napoleon and Tabitha embark on their journey to
become parents while juggling busy careers and attempting to lose
their baby weight.
• AMRAP: As Many Reps As Possible, this
show takes you inside the world of CrossFit, a competitive strength
and conditioning program hailed as the fastest growing fitness
movement in the world.
• YouCube: Don't miss our everyday guy,
Peter, try to win over his office crush, Amy, all while giving
viewers tips on "offercises" (office exercises).
About 3V
YouTube's 3V channel offers a daily dose of health and fitness
motivation. The channel, which stands for Vigor, Verve and Vitality
features original content at the intersection of healthy living and
entertainment. 3V is a joint venture between Rodale, the world's
leading healthy lifestyle publisher and BermanBraun, an independent
media company that creates cross-platform entertainment. Visit
www.YouTube.com/3V and subscribe for free workouts,
fitness inspiration and more.
About Rodale
Rodale is a global lifestyle company with a mission to inspire and
enable people to improve their lives and the world around them.
Through a broad portfolio of leading media properties, Rodale
reaches more than 70 million people around the world through
multiple distribution channels, including magazines, books, online,
mobile, e-commerce, direct-to-consumer, and video. Rodale publishes
some of the best-known health and wellness lifestyle magazines,
including Men's Health, Prevention, Women's Health, Runner's
World, Bicycling,Running Times, and Organic
Gardening, and is one of the largest independent book
publishers in the United States with a collection of bestselling
titles including Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth,The End of
Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, Eat
This, Not That!, and Flat Belly Diet! The company is
also widely regarded as a digital leader in the areas of health and
fitness and has launched three digital properties--Fitbie.com and
YouTube channels 3V and Tasted. Rodale continues to expand its
reach through an ever-growing list of award-winning mobile
applications and partnerships, and is a leader in direct-response
marketing with more than 27 million active customers in its
database. To learn more about Rodale, visit www.rodaleinc.com.
About BermanBraun
BermanBraun is an independent media company with three divisions -
television, feature film and digital - which create and exploit
entertainment content and advertising solutions across all
platforms throughout the world. The Santa Monica, CA based company,
founded by principals Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun in 2007, has
established strategic global alliances with a number of media
companies throughout the industry, including NBC Universal
Television, AOL, YouTube, Starcom Mediavest and Microsoft.
BermanBraun's digital division has created and operates some of the
most popular properties online. They include the celebrity news
site WONDERWALL, which BermanBraun launched in partnership with
Microsoft in February 2009. The site is the primary celebrity
destination on the MSN network, and currently ranks first in
engagement among all competitive sites in entertainment news. The
site averages more than 15 million unique users per month and
generated over 1 BILLION page views three months in a row from Dec
2011 through Feb 2012. BermanBraun also created and operates the
site WONDERWALL LATINO.
In April 2010, BermanBraun launched GLO -- a site created in
partnership with MSN and Hearst. GLO features an innovative design
that creates a unique "digital magazine" experience for women
seeking style, beauty and lifestyle content. GLO averages over 5
million monthly uniques and currently ranks first in engagement
among competitive sites in its fashion/beauty category.
In addition, BermanBraun recently launched the highly-successful
sites MANDATORY, PAWNATION, and SKYE with AOL. Mandatory exceeded
200 million page views in August, and has the highest engagement
amongst all competing male-oriented sites. Similarly, Pawnation and
Skye lead their respective categories in key engagement metrics. In
May 2012, BermanBraun launched mom.me, an online destination for women with advice
and inspiration for all stages of motherhood. In April and July,
BermanBraun and Rodale Inc. launched "3V," a YouTube channel
featuring original fitness and healthy living video programming and
"Tasted," a YouTube channel featuring original food and recipe
content. A third channel will launch later this year in the movie
category.
BermanBraun recently acquired Whiskey Media, CNET Founder Shelby
Bonnie's media and technology company based in San Francisco that
has created a next generation publishing, data and social tools
platform. BermanBraun recently launched its first site built on the
Whiskey platform - TESTED WITH JAMIE AND ADAM. Jamie Hyneman and
Adam Savage are the stars of the hit television show MYTHBUSTERS on
Discovery Channel, and have a strategic alliance with BermanBraun
to create television and digital content and brands.
In television, BermanBraun is producing the new series INFAMOUS
(midseason on NBC), the series ALPHAS (currently airing on SyFy);
JUNK GYPSIES (currently airing on HGTV); POLYAMORY (currently
airing on Showtime) and two additional new series to be produced
with MythBusters stars Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage for Discovery
Channel. BermanBraun is also producing the pilot REWIND for
SyFy.
For further information on BermanBraun please go to bermanbraun.com.