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Liz Neporent: Liz’s first set of weights (actually, her brother’s) were made ofblue plastic and filled with sand; when they started leaking sand all over thehouse, her mother relegated all weight lifting activities to the basement.Since that time, Liz has graduated into a well-known corporate fitness consultant,designing and managing fitness centers worldwide. Along the way, Lizalso was a personal trainer, received a master’s degree in exercise physiology,and got certified by the American College of Sports Medicine, NationalStrength and Conditioning Association, American Council of Exercise, and theNational Academy of Sports Medicine. She is coauthor and author of severalbooks, including Fitness For Dummies and Fitness Walking For Dummies andwrites frequently for the New York Times, Family Circle, Shape, and others.She currently hosts a daily internet show on eyada.com.Suzanne Schlosberg: Suzanne’s writing career began her freshman year incollege when she was assigned to cover a pre-season NBA game and foundherself in a locker room interviewing a dozen, tall, muscular, naked BostonCeltics. She decided she liked this writing stuff. Suzanne went on to become anewspaper reporter and magazine writer. Now a contributing editor to Shapeand Health magazine, Suzanne is the coauthor, with Liz Neporent, of FitnessFor Dummies and the author of The Ultimate Workout Log. She is also aninstructor in the UCLA Extension Certificate in Journalism program. Alwayshappy when she has a barbell in hand, Suzanne has lifted weights in Zimbabwe,Morocco, Iceland, and Micronesia, among other locales. She is the women’srecord holder in the Great American Sack Race, a quadrennial event held inYerington, Nevada, in which competitors must run 5 miles while carrying a50-pound sack of chicken feed.Shirley Archer: Shirley is a former New York City attorney who traded thefast life for the fit life. A survivor of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome from stressand overworking, her recovery helped her to become a champion of fitnessfor health and to live fully in body, mind and spirit. She’s now a health educatorand fitness specialist at the Health Improvement Program at StanfordUniversity School of Medicine in Palo Alto, the author of ten fitness and wellnessbooks, an international trainer of fitness instructors, and a frequentlyquoted media spokesperson worldwide. Her master’s degree is in East AsianStudies from Harvard University, and she has special expertise in mind-bodyexercise. She’s a mind-body spokesperson for IDEA, author of a monthlymind-body news column, and a spokesperson for the American Councilon Exercise. She’s certified by the American College of Sports Medicine,American Council on Exercise, and National Strength and ConditioningAssociation, among others. She’s also a certified Pilates teacher and yogainstructor. She’s created a number of corporate fitness programs, includingWalking for Workplace Wellness, Fitness 9 to 5, and Stretching and RelaxationTips for Workday Survival. Shirley believes that healthy bodies come in allshapes and sizes, and that you can live a longer, happier, and better life bychoosing fitness every day.