The Commit to your Health film was a concept created by the CEO of the Westfall Foundation Kerry Westfall.
When I first considered this project, I asked myself three questions;
1. How do I make people care about what I care about? How can l show people what I care about? [fitness, health and overcoming my disease]
2. What can I do to educate everyone on the secrets I have learned and been.taught by my mentors?
3. How can I show people that the fact that I use a wheelchair has very little bearing on achieving my personal goals?
The answer was obvious; and it came so quckly, it was like a bolt of lightning from god himselfL a movie which shows me working out with my personal trainer, Ed Ferrell.
The Commit to Your Health DVD features a man (Kerry) with a neuromuscular disorder called Friedreichs Ataxia (FA) and his personal fitness trainer (Ed) going through a very detailed workout. Kerry is wheelchair bound. The DVD will also feature several leading doctors in their respective fields of Caradiology, Neurology, Nutrition and Osteopathic Medicine.
Filmed in the Paramount Fitness showroom in Los Angeles, California, the workout will show Kerry using various pieces of equipment made by Paramount Fitness. Ed gives a very detailed explanation of each exercise; muscles worked, benefits to a neuromuscular disorder and how each exercise benefits a person without a neuromuscular condition.
The DVD also features segments on:
Nutrition:
Dr. Edward F. Group III DC, ND, DACBN
Dr. Group will discuss:
- Dietary supplements as well as healthy ways of living as far as nutritionally.
- Meal planning and mixing of food types
- How to properly integrate supplements into a daily diet for healthful living.
Neurology:
Dr. C.R. Smith M.D.
Dr. Smith will discuss:
- Neurological issues and rehabilitative practices
- Anatomy of muscular neurons, how they work and communicate.
- How the fitness program is beneficial to the health of neurons.
Osteopathic Medicine:
Dr. David Mitzner, PhD, M.D., DO, Family Medicine
Dr. Mitzner will discuss:
- Bone-health and prevention of Osteoperosis
- Overall wellness
Cardiology:
Dr. David Mitzner, PhD, M.D., DO, Family Medicine
Dr. Mitzner will discuss:
- Heart issues as well as heart health and maintenance
- Cardio wellness and touches on various methods of prevention of common cardiovascular problems, such as arrhythmias.
Aside from the tremendous benefits which you will receive by watching and formingyour own plan to commit to your health, all income generatted from this DVD will go to the Westfall Foundation grant pool, which is all given away in the form of medical research grants as well as other charities such as FARA (http://www.curefa.org/), MDA (http://www.mda.org/and more!