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ALEXIS GLICK reporting:

If as many treats end up in your mouth as in your trick-or-treater's bag, don't worry. We've got some help for you when it comes to working off those extra calories. Personal trainer Juris Kupris is here with a few exercises you can do at home, especially if you're like me and you ate candy the entire weekend.

Mr. JURIS KUPRIS: Yes, absolutely.

GLICK: Juris, it's wonderful to have you.

Mr. KUPRIS: Thanks for having me today.

GLICK: OK, so let's just talk for a moment. First of all, a lot of us can't make it into a gym. We don't have enough time, it's too expensive. You say, it's OK, you can exercise at home.

Mr. KUPRIS: There's nothing that you can't do in your house that you can't do anywhere else. It's great being here.

GLICK: And are you going to get the same level of resistance and things like that? I mean, the same kind of workout that you'd get at a gym, at home?

Mr. KUPRIS: Absolutely. Whether you're lifting a weight or a bottle, in this case, you're still doing a resistance exercise.

GLICK: OK. Well, let's get to the exercises. This is going to be tons of fun.

Mr. KUPRIS: Absolutely.

GLICK: Snow White has never had so much fun. OK, what do we do? First thing...

Mr. KUPRIS: Well, this is going to be an upright row.

GLICK: OK. Tell me.

Mr. KUPRIS: We're going to use this one-gallon container.

GLICK: OK.

Mr. KUPRIS: You just start it out in front and lift it just like this.

GLICK: Ooh, wow.

Mr. KUPRIS: Great exercise for your shoulders.

GLICK: That's great. And how heavy is this.

Mr. KUPRIS: Well, one gallon is about eight pounds.

GLICK: OK. So that's all you need, really, to do this.

Mr. KUPRIS: Absolutely.

GLICK: And when in terms of repetitions, you say it's until you feel fatigued.

Mr. KUPRIS: Well, we're working to fatigue. So once you start sacrificing your form, then you know that you should discontinue the exercise.

GLICK: OK. Now...

Mr. KUPRIS: You can adjust the weight as well by adding or subtracting water.

GLICK: OK. OK, great. All right, now you were going to show us something about sliding books to work on your chest.

Mr. KUPRIS: Oh, great.

GLICK: Yeah, you're going to do that one.

Mr. KUPRIS: Well, this--thank you.

GLICK: Show me how that works.

Mr. KUPRIS: Well, this exercise, we're going to utilize a book, OK? So it's like a chest fly if you were using a weight on your back.

GLICK: Un-huh.

Mr. KUPRIS: And you slide it away from you just like this.

GLICK: Ah! Go back and forth.

Mr. KUPRIS: Great exercise, helps tighten up in the area right in the armpit and the chest area.

GLICK: OK, great. Wow. That's nice and easy.

OK, so you said also we're going to do some--is it crun--not crunches. Is it crunches?

Mr. KUPRIS: We're going to do some squats.

GLICK: Squats. OK. So all you need is a couch, and you just sit down. You actually don't sit. So show me.

Mr. KUPRIS: Well, you can adjust how difficult you make this by how much break you take on the couch. So if you need a little bit more of a break, you can sit down a little bit lower, or you can just touch it and come right back up.

GLICK: Or you just keep going up and down and you don't really sit.

Mr. KUPRIS: Exactly. And that's a...

GLICK: So you're just squatting.

Mr. KUPRIS: And that's a great exercise. It utilizes your quads, your hamstrings, and your glut muscles.

GLICK: It's hard to take it seriously.

OK, all right, I'm sorry. OK, so what's next.

Mr. KUPRIS: OK, so, we're going to...

GLICK: They're all laughing at me back here, I want you to know.

ROKER: No, we're laughing next to you.

GLICK: Next to me. They're all dressed. They went out of their costumes.

OK, go ahead.

Mr. KUPRIS: Well, we're going to some abdominal and lower back exercises. The first one, we're going to do a lower back exercise. Tuck your feet underneath the couch. I don't think you should do this one, today.

GLICK: I don't think I should do it, either.

Mr. KUPRIS: Hands underneath your chin, and lift your upper body like this. A great exercise for your posture, helps hold you upright. And then, you know...

GLICK: OK, so let me ask you a question. All the exercises that you've just shown us have all involved a different part of the body. So is it key, when you're doing your exercises, to make sure you're doing some of each part of your body?

Mr. KUPRIS: Absolutely. You know, the workouts that I do are based upon full-body workouts. It maximizes caloric burn, and you get a cardiovascular workout at the same time.

GLICK: The other thing is, we're told when we go to the gym that you do a day on, a day off. What's the case? What--do we--do we do that?

(Ann Curry begins doing push-ups) See, look, look, look at this.

ROKER: What is that for?

ANN CURRY, anchor:

Like this?

ROKER: What are you dressed as? What's the deal?

GLICK: You know, I'm...

Mr. KUPRIS: I want to see...

ROKER: Mirror, Mirror, in my hand...

GLICK: Oh, you got it! I had it over there.

Mr. KUPRIS: (Hands Curry book)

CURRY: Oh. What? To do it with a book?

Mr. KUPRIS: You got to slide it.

CURRY: Slide it?

Mr. KUPRIS: Off to the side as you go down.

CURRY: Oh, you're kidding.

GLICK: Oh, wow. Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?

CURRY: OK, so like this?

Mr. KUPRIS: That's what works out the chest.

CURRY: Oh!

Mr. KUPRIS: There we go.

GLICK: Oh, Ann, good job.

Mr. KUPRIS: That's great.

CURRY: I don't think it's going to work this time. Wow. OK.

Mr. KUPRIS: And you can bring your hips back a little bit to make it a little easier.

CURRY: Oh, OK, you know what? You can stop right there.

ROKER: Juris, thanks so very much. Thanks for your help.

Mr. KUPRIS: Thank you.

GLICK: Juris, you look great. Thanks so much for your help.

CURRY: And for those of you continuing with us, stay with us. And for the rest of you, have a safe Halloween.

 
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