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Better.TV went Jane Fonda's World Fitness Day celebration to interview celebrities in your favorite celebrities about the way they keep themselves and their children fit.

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Celebrity Talk in Jane Fonda's World Fitness Day Rhiannon Ally: Oscar winner and workout legend Jane Fonda is back in the spotlight with new fitness videos and her launch of the first ever World Fitness Day. Andrea goes inside the big event in today’s getting fit. Andrea Metcaf: With childhood obesity and all-time high, Jane Fonda stepped into the play bringing us fitness for 30 years celebrating World Fitness Day in Atlanta, Georgia. She put together an all-star team of Richard Simmons, Dennise Austin, Billy Blanks we’re rocking it out getting fit and getting people healthy. Richard Simmons: So the message for World Fitness Day is everybody has got to do this. Everyone is going to do it. You’ve got to find the time. You have to carve it out and you know, God gives us all the same 24 hours and you have to make that commitment to do it. Jane Fonda: Fitness throughout the lifespan is kind of the message of today. Also that it can be fun. Billy Blanks: You have the power and I like to say it like this, “I have the power to be a loser” and to me, the other side of losing is winning. I can either get above the couch or I can allow myself to sit on the couch. Denise Austin: But moderation is the key and watching the calories do count. So, I get my kids active. They're in sports and it's really important to be in charge as a parent so say “come on, get off that computer and get moving.” John Lewis: End of state like so much of our nation, we are so unfit and we need to become fit, strong bodies, healthy bodies lead to strong mind and healthy minds. Andrea Metcaff: Can you still do cartwheels? Denise Austin: Of course I can do cartwheels. Andrea Metcaff: Well come on. Give us a cartwheel for the record. Denise Austin: All right, here we go, here we go. Watch out. Andrea Metcaff: That—girl, wooh! Debbie Allen: We need to do a lot here in America especially since the world follows our lead on some many things. We eat way too much. We sit and we Twitter and watch TV way too much. Richard Simmons: It has to begin with a clean slate. Forget about all the exercise equipment you bought. Forget about all those times you're on diets and just bottom line say, “I am worth it. I can do this and I can turn my health around.” Debbie Allen: Yes, we can go to a club now. Jane Fonda: What I discovered in the 70s and 80s when I first launched my workout business and my DVDs is it enables people to do it at home by themselves or with social groups of their own friends and it's just another very good way to get people to move. Andrea Metcaff: Never too old to exercise? Debbie Allen: Never too old. You can do it from a chair. You can sit down and do a workout. Jane Fonda: It doesn’t have to be scary. I mean, I've really emphasized to my fitness team today, make it something that anyone can do. That's what we want to say. You don’t have to break your neck. You don’t have to be obsessive about it or do something really hard; walking, swimming, something that’s easy. Just keep moving. Andrea Metcaff: This is the end of World Fitness day for today, but fitness doesn’t stop today. It continues through our lives. Thanks to Jane Fonda and all the amazing people here today. We’re making a difference and this isn’t the first year. Get up off cell phone. Let's move! Rhiannon Ally: Thanks Andrea. Well Jane Fonda’s upcoming exercise DVDs will emphasize balance, strengthening and walking workouts. She's also writing a book about the ingredients for successful aging. She looks great so we can't wait.