Steve Edwards, Director of Results/Fitness Advisor
A nationally recognized fitness expert, Steve Edwards has overseen Beachbody's fitness and diet program development since 2002. He also serves as the fitness advisor for Team Beachbody®. A former magazine editor and fitness columnist, Steve has contributed to more than 30 national publications, and he is the author of two books and two films. He's trained some of the best extreme athletes in the world, including North Face Extreme Team's Kevin Thaw and X Games champion Hans Florine, but says that his most rewarding experience has been to work with thousands (millions, technically) of Beachbody® members. Since the inception of the Message Boards, Steve has encountered virtually every possible scenario that a fitness professional could imagine. For someone who relishes a challenge, Steve considers this a dream assignment. In his spare time, Steve rock climbs, races bikes, multi-sports, and experiments with diets, supplements, and exercise programs so much so that he's been referred to as a human lab rat. He holds a degree in biogeography from UCLA, certifications in personal training, sports conditioning, performance nutrition, and fitness therapy, and is chipping away at a PhD in sustainable nutrition.
Tony Horton, Fitness Expert
Meet Tony Horton, the Master of Motivation behind P90X®, the #1 fitness infomercial in America. If you want to improve your health, physique, and lifestyle, then you want Tony. Over the last 17 years, Tony has acquired and perfected his fitness expertise, which he's shared with countless individuals across the country. From professional athletes, sports teams, movie stars, and recording artists to the everyday Joe and Jane, Tony has helped people turn their lives around with the perfect mix of encouragement, humor, discipline, and fun. His expertise includes post-rehabilitation training, advanced stretching, yoga, weight/resistance training, cardiovascular/aerobic training, boxing, and kickboxing, plus circuit, cross, and interval training. Aside from his powerful programs with Beachbody and operating ASH Fitness, a state-of-the-art training facility in Santa Monica, California, Tony hosts a minimum of three fitness camps per year, where he personally helps people meet their goals. He is in the process of writing his first book and is in discussions to star in his first reality show. Tony has been featured in various national publications, like Men's Fitness, Fitness, People, LA HEALTH, and Self, and has made multiple appearances on national television, including CNN, NBC, and CBS. His training techniques have produced amazing results for celebrities like Grammy-winning rock goddess Sheryl Crow, Without a Trace's Poppy Montgomery and Roselyn Sanchez, former New York Giant Carl Banks, and current Philadelphia Eagle David Akers, who credits the P90X Extreme Home Fitness program with helping him set the NFL record for most consecutive post-season field goals this year. With a whopping $200 million in sales and an extremely impressive library of fitness programs, like the highly acclaimed P90X, Power 90®, One on One with Tony Horton, Power Half Hour®, Tony & the Kids! (for kids ages 5 to 12), Tony & the Folks! (for senior citizens), and Great Body Guaranteed!™, this East Coast native incorporates his personal training experience and engaging personality to get people of all ages moving and digging deep to get their best results. His most recent time-saving program, 10-Minute Trainer®, is a breakthrough program for the busiest people, featuring 10-minute workouts that are short on time but long on results. BRING IT, Tony!
Denis Faye, Wellness Expert
Formerly "weight challenged," Denis dropped 50 pounds following a 5-year jaunt through Australia, a trip that helped him become the extreme sports and fitness enthusiast he is today. He's been a professional journalist for 17 years, writing on sports and fitness for Outside, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Wired, Men's Health, Men's Journal, GQ, Salon.com, Surfer, and Pacific Longboarder. A pescatarian (fish-eating vegetarian) for the last 12 years, Denis credits his French heritage with giving him a natural edge in the kitchen, where his forte is turning traditionally fattening recipes into healthy culinary delights. His sports include swimming, scuba, rock climbing, spelunking, mountain biking, trekking, and—most important—surfing.
Brett Hoebel, Fitness Expert
Known as "El Capitan" and "The Dues Collector," Brett is a sought-after fitness, strength, and nutrition expert in both New York and Los Angeles, with a background in biomedical science and the Afro-Brazilian martial art known as Capoeira. In the fitness industry for over 15 years, Brett has helped shape up some of Hollywood's finest physiques and traveled the globe presenting his programs. He was the cohost of Fit Family on Discovery's FitTV, and has appeared on The View, Good Morning America, Fox News, and the WB Morning Show. Brett is also a recurring fitness expert for many top-tier magazines including Vogue, Allure, Elle, Shape and Self, while his signature exercise programs have twice earned "Best of New York" awards from New York Magazine.
Chalene Johnson, Fitness Expert
Chalene Johnson started studying dance and martial arts at age 3. She continued training in tae kwon do, dance, and aerobics while a student at Michigan State University. After moving to California in the early '90s, she created a group exercise class that combined the sexiness of dance, the hip feel of funk, and the power and strength of kickboxing. Soon Chalene was teaching other instructors how to deliver her unique brand of fitness, and in 1998 Turbo Jam® was born! Chalene's company, Powder Blue Productions, trains and certifies instructors to teach Turbo Jam. Today the program is featured at over 2,000 health clubs and fitness chains in the U.S. and in countries across the globe.
Gillian Marloth Clark & Teigh McDonough, Fitness Experts
For more than a decade, Gillian Marloth Clark has dedicated herself to helping others achieve physical wellness through movement by focusing on the body, mind, and spirit. Clark was a favorite instructor at Crunch gyms in New York and Los Angeles, as well as New York Sports Clubs, Tribeca Workout, Barry’s Bootcamp, Total Fitness, and more. She now owns Swerve, a movement studio in Los Angeles, with business partner and dear friend, Teigh McDonough. Gillian just released her brand-new Pure & Simple Yoga workout.
Teigh McDonough has a passion for the art of movement. For more than 15 years she has studied everything from jazz, funk, hip-hop, ballet and modern dance to kundalini, hatha, and power yoga and has worked as a professional dancer, choreographer, fitness instructor, and personal trainer both in Chicago and California. Bringing this passion, her dance expertise, and charismatic teaching style to the classroom, she helps students transform themselves, “freeing the funky ballerina within” through the joy and expression of movement. McDonough recently created Yoga Booty Ballet® Baby On the Way, a workout for mothers-to-be and their Yoga Booty babies.
Debbie Siebers, Fitness Expert
Over the years, Debbie Siebers has developed and perfected a host of challenging exercise routines that target specific problem areas of the body. She began her fitness career as a personal trainer for Body by Jake® and has served as a consultant for fitness projects that have included Bowflex® and Body Vibe. She has been featured on numerous television networks and programs, including CNN, E! Entertainment Television, Fit TV, and LIVE with Regis and Kelly. In 1999, Debbie was approached by Beachbody CEO Carl Daikeler to create the Thin Thighs Guaranteed!™ video, based on methods she perfected to slim and shrink the trouble spots on her celebrity clients. The popularity of that workout led to the development and marketing of the highly successful Slim in 6® and Slim Series® Beachbody video programs. In 2004, Slim in 6 was the top fitness program on TV. Debbie recently released Total Body Solution™, a series of drills to help relieve pain and strain. Debbie is a certified member of the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Kathy Smith, Health and Wellness Leader
For more than twenty years, Kathy Smith has stood at the forefront of the fitness industry, with a collection of best-selling books and DVDs covering topics from yoga and menopause to weightlifting and Pilates. She has developed and sold more than $500 million in lifestyle and nutrition products, infomercials, and fitness equipment. She regularly shares her expertise with countless media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, the Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Larry King Live. She serves on the Board of the Women’s Sports Foundation and the University of Southern California’s School of Gerontology. A member of the Video Hall of Fame, Kathy received the Lifetime Achievement Award from IDEA, the world’s largest professional fitness organization, and gave this year’s Keynote address at Can-Fit-Pro, North America’s largest health and wellness conference. Kathy’s brand continues to reach an international audience—she sported the "milk mustache" for a multimedia "Got Milk?" campaign and also lent her likeness to millions of Special K cereal boxes.
Kathy contributes to a number of health-related causes on a local and national level. Her latest project is an alliance with the American Diabetes Association, Beachbody, and Team Beachbody to launch the complete nutrition and exercise program Kathy Smith's Project:YOU! Type 2®. Studies have shown that people with pre-diabetes can prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes through changes to their lifestyle that include weight loss and regular physical activity. With the help of nutritionists, certified diabetes educators, physicians, and the American Diabetes Association, Kathy has created a simple but effective program to help people manage type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes. She is determined to make a huge impact in reducing the amount of people affected by the disease and help those with the disease fight back and regain control of their lives. For Kathy, this is just the beginning!
Shaun Thompson, Fitness Expert
Shaun T is a native of New Jersey who trained at Rowan University, where he received his B.S. in Sports Science with a minor in Theater/Dance. Shaun has danced in theater, TV, commercials, and movies, including The Ten Commandments, Pippin, Applause, Six Feet Under, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Artists he has worked with include Mariah Carey, Nick and Aaron Carter, Elephant Man, Angie Stone, and Deborah Cox. He has taught at many fitness and dance centers around Los Angeles. For the Beachbody program Kathy Smith's Project:YOU®, he choreographed eight instructional videos. Inspired by this experience, Shaun created Hip Hop Abs®, a dance-based cardio program specifically designed to tone and define the abs and core. His collaboration with Beachbody has continued with Shaun T's Dance Party Series®, Get Real with Shaun T™, Shaun T's Fit Kids® Club, Rockin' Body®, and his latest project, the extreme new workout INSANITY™. Shaun T currently lives in New York.
Chad Waterbury, Nutrition/Diet Consultant
Chad Waterbury is a neurophysiologist and author whose unique training methods are used by a wide range of athletes and fitness enthusiasts of all ages from all walks of life.
Chad has a master's degree in physiology from the University of Arizona where his focus on the neurophysiology of human movement and performance led him to create novel training programs for relieving joint pain. His exercise-based approach corrects muscular strength imbalances and restores joint mobility so people can return to a pain-free life.
