Top Picks: Workout CD-Roms

By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff

January 22, 1999 / 9:27 PM EST / CBS

CBS News Saturday Morning Fitness Correspondent Bonnie Kaye, in conjunction with Runner's World and Outside Magazine presents her top CD-Roms to help people develop better dietary and work-out regimens.

Fitness Age
This is a very easy to use program to test your fitness level in the privacy of your own home. It doesn't measure your chronological age, but your physiological age, which for many people are two entirely different things.
www.fitnessage.com
1-877-4-FIT-AGE (1-877-434-8243)
PC O/S: runs on Windows 95, 98, NT
Mac compatible?: yes .. Mac 7.6.1. and 8.0

Active Trainer series
This series of CD-Roms is an interactive personal training program that features a cyberhost who takes you through the program. The series has a lot of bells and whistles, and will actually educate you on why you're doing what you're doing, rather than just taking you through the motions.
www.ActiveTrainer.com or
www.actfit.com
1-888-639-0628
PC O/S: runs on Windows 95, 98, NT (RAM recommendations 16 mgs)
Mac compatible?: Yes.. It's said that your average Pentium can handle it (*fyi-This series is pretty rich with full motion video and 3D, fast speed video)

Stretching & Flexibility
Now, after you've determined your fitness age and gotten a personal trainer cyberhost to help you work on your abs, you need to stretch out. That's where this title comes in to play. Once again, it first serves as an educational tool by telling you how to stretch, and then it helps you design a specific stretching program for your favorite sport.
www.savvyknowledge.com
1-800-230-5593
PC O/S: runs on Windows 3.1, 95, NT
Mac compatible?: NO

You can see Bonnie Kaye's fitness segments every week on CBS Saturday Morning.