- She was the co-host of Jack LaLanne's show during the early 1980s.
- Her husband, Jeff Austin, is a sports attorney.
- Her father was a professional baseball player with the St. Louis Browns.
- Her sister-in-law is Tracy Austin.
- Mother, with Jeff Austin, of 2 daughters: Kelly Austin and Katie Austin.
- She has 3 sisters and a brother.
- She is a fan of I Love Lucy (1951).
- Named a 2008 Red Dress Award winner by Woman's Day magazine for awareness in the fight against women's heart disease.
- She has a dog named Madonna.
- Served her second term on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, a position she was first appointed to by George W. Bush in 2002.
- She is the spokeswoman for such major brands as Idaho Potatoes and Nature Made.
- Started gymnastics at the age of 12 and earned an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Arizona. In 1979, she graduated from California State University at Long Beach with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education, with an emphasis on exercise physiology.
- Lives in Alexandra, Virginia with her husband, Jeff Austin, and their two daughters, Katie Austin and Kelly Austin. (2005)
- In 2003, she was inducted into the Video Hall of Fame.
- Austin said she was not aware she became the object of perversion on YouTube when asked by a Washington City Paper reporter in 2007.
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