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Portable Workout

Traveling? Download Workout Wherever Today! Have you checked it out yet? Word’s spreading fast about Jazzercise’s Workout Wherever video podcast, now available for free on jazzercise.com and iTunes. Records show the podcast has gotten a whopping 60,000 hits already, and the number continues to rise! Each video features a series of easy-to-follow exercises with Shanna Missett Nelson that you can do on the road when traveling for the holidays, business, or sheer adventure. Yes, you can now take Jazzercise with you wherever you go! Each Workout Wherever podcast runs approximately 3-4 minutes and focuses on sculpting and strengthening select muscle groups. Be sure to download it and stay fit wherever you go!

Vogue Magazine - January 2007

Jazzercise is included in an article entitled “50 Life Changing Moments – The beauty, health and fitness innovations that helped shape the modern world.”

Jazzercise is one of only two fitness programs that Vogue chose to highlight in its exclusive timeline that spans from 25 B.C. to today.

Jazzercise Ranks in "Franchise 500"

Entrepreneur Magazine's Annual Franchise 500 list touted as the "best and most comprehensive rating of franchises in the world" is out. Jazzercise ranks again in the following categories for the 2006 list: Franchise 500 - #25; Fastest-Growing Franchises - #26; Top 101 Homebased Franchises - #4; Top Low-Cost Franchises - #9; and America's Top Global Franchises - #20.

Chicken Soup for the Entrepeneur's Soul

Jazzercise founder & CEO Judi Sheppard Missett is a featured entrepreneur in the newly released, Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur’s Soul. The latest release in the popular ‘Chicken Soup’ series of books is a compilation of short stories from entrepreneurs, both large and small, who share their experiences of success, failure and courage, with helpful advice mixed in.
“I am honored to be included in Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur’s Soul,” said Missett. “I especially enjoy sharing a brief overview of how Jazzercise evolved over the years on its way to becoming the world’s leading dance fitness program.”
Missett, who turned her love of jazz dance into a worldwide dance exercise phenomenon, founded the Jazzercise dance fitness program in 1969. She has advanced the business opportunities of women and men in the fitness industry by growing her program into an international franchise business that today, hosts a network of 6,800 instructors in more than 30 countries. Last year, Jazzercise had its most successful year ever, posting system wide sales of over $75 million. In Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur’s Soul, Missett provides a brief overview of how and why she began Jazzercise, while highlighting key components and insight as to what motivated her along the way.