Our trainer on TV!

Video link here.

I do believe it is! Aint he handsome?

That's right, our Joe was on My Fox Colorado's (Denver-based) newscast yesterday, doing two separate segments about his pumpkin workout. Though most of us bootcampers have done some of the moves with a medicine ball, the pumpkin version is so fun and festive and fabulous. No wonder they wanted him on to talk about it.

If you want to know more about the pumpkin workout, visit pumpkinworkout.com. Send over family and friends, too, because they can buy and print out Joe's e-book about the program, which targets the abs, the butt and the thighs.

Video link here.

He also shared a great new breakfast recipe -- one that's NOT oatmeal, hooray! which I'm including below.

Way to go, Joe! I think they got your good side.

Autumn Harvest Breakfast Bars Recipe
Yield: Makes 8 bars

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup orange juice


• 1/2 cup whole dates (about 5), halved and pitted


• 1 cup whole raw almonds with skins


• 1/2 cup dried apricots


• 1/4 cup dried plums (prunes)


• 1/4 cup dried cranberries


• 1/4 teaspoon salt


• 1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds (pepitas)


• 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 300°. Pour orange juice over dates and let soak 5 minutes.


2. Meanwhile, place almonds, dried apricots, and dried plums in a food processor and pulse a few times until coarsely chopped. Add salt and dates with orange juice and pulse until mixture starts to stick together. Add pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds, pulsing a few times just to incorporate.


3. Using wet hands, scoop mixture onto a work surface and form into a log about 1 3/4 in. wide and 1/2 in. thick. Use your palms to flatten into a bar, and cut bar into 8 equal pieces.


4. Arrange pieces about 1 in. apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake 8 minutes. Using a heatproof spatula, turn bars over and bake another 8 minutes, or until nuts are toasted (but before fruit begins to burn). Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days.

Nutritional Information (Note: Nutritional analysis is per bar.)

Calories: 210 (56% from fat)
Protein: 6g
Fat: 13g (sat 1.4)
Carbohydrate: 22g
Fiber: 3.5g
Sodium: 76mg
Cholesterol: 0.0mg