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Dean McDermott uses YOLO Boards to stay in shape!

Posted on: 2010-06-10

Hollywood Actor and WERA Motorcycle Racer Dean McDermott uses YOLO to Stay in Shape and Enhance Racing Form

YOLO Board enthusiasts McDermott and Personal Trainer Joy Di Palma incorporate Stand-Up Paddleboarding

into McDermott’s training regimen

Dean McDermott and Los Angeles-based celebrity personal trainer Joy Di Palma incorporate the popular sport of Stand-Up Paddleboarding (SUP) into cross training workouts. McDermott stars in the Oxygen Network reality show ‘Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood’ alongside wife Tori Spelling and children Liam and Stella. He began racing in the WERA Motorcycle Roadracing circuit in 2009. Di Palma is a personal trainer who emphasizes a unique whole-lifestyle approach to fitness, combined with confidence boosting techniques designed to provide lifetime results.

McDermott was first introduced to SUP by observing paddlers from the beach in Malibu, and was later introduced to YOLO by his local surf shop. Now an owner of both a YOLO Yak and a YOLO Explorer, McDermott incorporates SUP into his lifestyle for both leisure and exercise—fishing and scuba diving with the YOLO Yak and cross training with the YOLO Explorer. Di Palma integrates SUP into McDermott’s tailored workout plans, having him paddle for long distances to build up endurance and strength.

“The benefit of my SUP training really came into focus when I was in my first WERA Motorcycle race in August 2009. I entered five races which is a grueling task on its own,” explains McDermott. “I finished all of the races and felt awesome afterwards when I'm typically wiped out. Instead, I actually had great stamina and most importantly great leg strength to get through all those races. SUP is truly an all-around core workout and an awesome way to cross train for other activities, and YOLO produces top of the line boards.”

“We feel that Dean is a great representation of the YOLO mantra ‘You Only Live Once’ and are truly honored to have him endorse our company,” added Jeff Archer, co-founder of YOLO Board. “SUP is an activity that everyone can enjoy whether for leisure or training, and we’re thrilled to see more and more people across the nation incorporating it into their lifestyles. Respected personal trainers like Joy realizing the benefit of SUP and helping to spread the word is such an affirmation of the mission we’ve been trying to accomplish at YOLO.”

For more info on Dean: www.deanmcdermottracing.com

For more info on Joy: www.trainerjoy.com