Jillian Michaels is an American personal trainer and a television personality. She has a lot of things on her resume, including some controversies.
We have for you amazing facts about her life and her career that make you know her better.
- Her full name is Jillian Barberie Michaels
- She was born February 18, 1974
- Jillian’s birth place was born in Los Angeles, California
- She was married to Heidi Rhoades from 2009 to 2018
- They have two children together
- Michaels adopted their then-two-year-old daughter from Haiti in May 2012
- Her ex- fiancee Rhoades gave birth to a son that same month
- She is a lesbian woman
- The couple announced the end of their relationship in June 2018
- Michaels attended California State University, Northridge.
- During these years, she supported herself as a bartender and personal trainer
- Jilian Michaels worked briefly as an agent with International Creative Management
- In 2002, Michaels opened the sports medicine facility Sky Sport & Spa in Beverly Hills
- As a personal trainer and owns a black belt, Jillian Michaels uses a blend of strength training techniques with her clients including kickboxing, yoga, Pilates, plyometrics, and weight training.
- Jillian has held two personal training certificates from the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA) and The Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA)
- She is, also, a Kettlebell Concepts certified
- Jillian has also developed a continuing education series for trainers with AFAA and holds a nutrition and wellness consultant certificate with the American Fitness Professionals and Associates (AFPA)
- In January 2012, Michaels released a 90-day weight loss program titled “Body Revolution”
- She recently launched BODYSHRED, her 30-minute workout class exclusively at GoodLife gyms in Canada and in the US with clubs like Lifetime fitness, Crunch and UFC Gyms
- In 2015, she launched her new infomercial BODYSHRED, a 60-day at-home workout program
- Michaels’ business partner and manager is Giancarlo Chersich
- Together, they operate Empowered Media, LLC
- In addition to her DVDs, Michaels has also authored several books on health and wellness topics
- Several of these books, including Master Your Metabolism and Unlimited, have made the New York Times Best Seller list
- Jillian Michaels hosted a Sunday talk radio show on Los Angeles’s KFI from 2006 through 2009
- Since February 2011, Michaels has hosted a weekly podcast, The Jillian Michaels Show, through iTunes
- In December 2011, the show was among the podcasts honored by Apple in its App Store Rewind 2011, winning in the Best New Audio Podcast category
- On October 21, 2008, she launched a video game for the Wii, Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009
- A year later, she launched a sequel called Fitness Ultimatum 2010
- In 2011, Michaels released two more games, Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2011 and Jillian Michaels Fitness Adventure for the Xbox 360
- Jillian Michaels launched her company Empowered Media LLC in 2008 and released her fitness video membership website called Fitfusion.com
- Michaels was an original trainer on the reality series The Biggest Loser when the show debuted in October 2004
- She left the show in 2006
- Michaels was also a trainer in the Australian version of the show from 2006 to 2008
- Michaels made her last appearance on The Biggest Loser on May 24, 2011
- She returned for three more seasons, ending her appearance on the show in 2014
- On June 1, 2010, NBC debuted Losing It With Jillian, a spin-off of The Biggest Loser
- Michaels is involved in a variety of charities including the NFL’s Play 60, the Clinton Foundation’s Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Stand Up to Cancer, Working Wardrobes, Hope for Haiti, and Sow a Seed and Dress for Success
- Jillian Michaels serves as an adviser to the National Day of Dance for Heart Health, an organization that encourages people to exercise
- In 2010, Michaels faced four separate lawsuits alleging ingredients in the Jillian Michaels Maximum Strength Calorie Control dietary supplement, the Jillian Michaels Maximum Strength Fat Burner and the Triple Process Total Body Detox and Cleanse, were ineffective or dangerou
- Michaels was the subject of a critical October 2010 op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Times from fitness author James Fell that claimed Michaels “is not actually a real fitness trainer”
- In 2012, Michaels faced backlash from law enforcement officers and their families following her outspoken comments on the July 28, 2012 episode of her podcast, “The Jillian Michaels Show.”
- She is 5 ft 2+1/2 in (158.8 cm)
- She weights 115 lb (52 kg)
- She also credits Madonna’s “Justify My Love” video with helping her find her voice as a gay person
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