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Bodies In Motion with Gilad

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Bodies In Motion with Gilad

Gilad is one of the world’s most popular fitness personalities. As a pioneer in the fitness industry he has helped millions to stay fit with his popular TV fitness shows ‘Bodies in Motion’, ‘Basic Training the Workout’ and ‘Total Body Sculpt with Gilad’. Filmed on location in the beautiful Hawaiian Islands, ‘Bodies in Motion’ is a half-hour aerobic and toning workout show which launched in 1983. It was the first fitness show to air on ESPN, where it enjoyed an eleven-year run from 1985 to 1996. From 1996 to 2002 the show aired on Fox Sports and on The Health Network. As of 2002 the show has been airing on Discovery’s new fitness channel Fit TV. Currently the show is the longest running fitness show in the US. ‘Bodies in Motion’ won Cable Magazine’s ‘People’s Choice Award’ for best health and fitness show every year the category was offered. The show aired in over 80 countries and was chosen as the #1 TV fitness program in the world by Self Magazine. In a viewers poll conducted by FitTV Gilad won the title of ‘Fitness Instructor of the Year’.
 
Most of Gilad’s life has been devoted to fitness since his high school days where he excelled in track and field. He eventually became a record holding decathlon athlete and a fitness officer in the military. Later, as an Olympic hopeful in 1980, he trained and competed alongside some of the best athletes in the world.
After an achilles injury shattered his Olympic dreams, Gilad enrolled at the UCLA film school and began instructing fitness classes in some of Los Angeles’s top studios and fitness facilities where he built a strong following and trained some of the worlds best known celebrities. Fitness personalities such as Arnold Schwarzeneger, Jack La Lanne and quarterback Joe Thiesman all trained with Gilad and appeared on his television program ‘Bodies in Motion’.

Gilad has done National promotional campaigns for LA Gear athletic foot wear, for Ocean Spray juice drinks and was the spokesperson for the Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship for two years. ‘Bodies in Motion’ and Gilad have been featured in various feature films including Rob Reiner’s ‘North’ starring Bruce Willis and Elijah Wood, ‘Ruthless People’ with Bette Midler, ‘In Country’ also starring Bruce Willis and ‘Burn After Reading’ starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt and John Malcovich. In 1993 To date, Gilad has generated over 30 top-rated instructional videos, which received accolades and endorsements from Billboard Magazine to Consumer Reports.


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