John Basedow
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John Basedow, born in New York City, New York, is a TV fitness personality, model, author, and motivational speaker
best known in the United States for his Fitness Made Simple video series.
After Images, Basedow, who then described his body as a "bowling pin on legs", set a goal to get in good enough shape to appear in a fitness magazine. After frustration with different exercise routines, fad diets, and overhyped supplements, he sat down and invented his own regimen, which came to be Fitness Made Simple. By following the Fitness Made Simple program, Basedow achieved his goal and has been featured in most every national exercise-related publication. His story was profiled in the Los Angeles Times
. Basedow also appeared on Fit Living, a TV program in the Metro New York area, where he offered viewers training tips and meal plans from the Fitness Made Simple program. He now provides exercise and nutrition tips on over 30 TV and radio programs nationwide each month and can be seen frequently as a guest on Fox News Channel.
Basedow is known to be very modest about his status as a fitness celebrity. In an article with the Iowa State Daily
, he says:
In November 2009, Basedow was invited to join the YouTube Partner Program and now creates motivational videos on his channel.(see External Links) He also produces a weekly show called FIGURE IT OUT with JB!, which offers inspirational advice, interaction with viewers, fitness tips, and contests. It airs every Wednesday at 9P ET on BlogTV.com.
Basedow's FMS Awesome Arms video, which shows how men and women can build lean, defined biceps and triceps, was produced by Knowlera Media. In 2008 and 2009, the American Diabetes Association
presented Basedow with an award for his spokesperson work in educating people about the benefits of following a fitness lifestyle, which includes regular exercise and a natural food meal plan, to avoid future illness.
Basedow is featured in the January 2009 issue of The Boulevard Magazine
and he appears in the March 2009 "Celebrities Going Green" issue of Dog Aficionado Magazine with his Schipperke, Midnight. He also now does a keynote seminar entitled Success Made Simple with Fran Capo, who is a comedienne, author, and the Guinness Book of World Records' Fastest Talking Female. With Success Made Simple, Basedow and Capo help to educate and empower people to overcome limitations so they can achieve their dreams and live life to the fullest.
In March 2009, Basedow was offered a spokesmodel contract for Energize, a new all natural energy drink
, and he appears in their national TV commercials. Basedow is the Fitness Correspondent for a syndicated weekly television series, called Live It Up!, which airs every Friday in the New York market on WLNY
-TV 10/55. He also appears on the popular national PBS cooking series, Taste This TV, where he rates various restaurant meals on his Foodie Trifecta 3 P's Scale in terms of how pleasing they are to the palate, pocketbook, and paunch.
Basedow is profiled in the August 2009 issue of Image Magazine
and he accepted an offer to be a celebrity contributor for future issues. He's also featured in the Nov-Dec 2009 issue of Exceptional People Magazine.* He currently hosts and produces a popular YouTube show called "NEW MEDIA STEW," which started in August 2010 and features pop culture news, Motivational Minutes, celebrity interviews, WTF Reports, skits, fit tips, movie reviews, current events coverage & viewer comments. Beginning in February 2011, Basedow can be seen in national television commercials and on mall posters for a new product called the TAKE CONTROL FITNESS PACKAGE, which is designed to address the issue of childhood obesity by providing meal plans and exercise routines for families. Basedow co-produced a new line of exercise, nutrition, wellness and motivation videos with Knowlera Media, a Washington DC based company, that are set to begin airing on television and the internet starting fall 2011.
, a falsified press release was circulated claiming that Basedow had been killed.
Motivational speaker
A motivational speaker or inspirational speaker is a speaker who makes speeches intended to motivate or inspire an audience. In a business context, they are employed to communicate company strategy with clarity and help employees to see the future in a positive light and inspire workers to pull...
best known in the United States for his Fitness Made Simple video series.
Biography
Basedow got his start as a reporter on a New York nightly news program and then co-created an internationally syndicated TV show called Images. Images was a magazine format half hour television series that dealt with health-related topics. Basedow and his co-host, Paquita McCray, syndicated the program to over 200 U.S. TV stations and 30 foreign countries while Basedow was still in school.After Images, Basedow, who then described his body as a "bowling pin on legs", set a goal to get in good enough shape to appear in a fitness magazine. After frustration with different exercise routines, fad diets, and overhyped supplements, he sat down and invented his own regimen, which came to be Fitness Made Simple. By following the Fitness Made Simple program, Basedow achieved his goal and has been featured in most every national exercise-related publication. His story was profiled in the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
. Basedow also appeared on Fit Living, a TV program in the Metro New York area, where he offered viewers training tips and meal plans from the Fitness Made Simple program. He now provides exercise and nutrition tips on over 30 TV and radio programs nationwide each month and can be seen frequently as a guest on Fox News Channel.
Basedow is known to be very modest about his status as a fitness celebrity. In an article with the Iowa State Daily
Iowa State Daily
The Iowa State Daily is an independent student newspaper serving Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, that is published in print and online. It was founded in 1890, and is largely funded by advertising revenues...
, he says:
...it's so hard to believe - that I'm a popular icon. The New York Times was funny. Not too long ago I was on the front page. It wasn't even a story about me, it was about celebrity poker. The first line of the story said "If you thought the next great television phenomenon after NASCAR, figure skating and fitness personality John Basedow would be celebrity poker, people would have said you were crazy." The fact that they grouped me with those things blew my mind.
Published works
Basedow is the author of Fitness Made Simple: The Power To Change Your Body & Life, which is published by McGraw-Hill. He's also a spokesperson for the American Heart Association and has led their annual Heart Walk for the past 3 years.In November 2009, Basedow was invited to join the YouTube Partner Program and now creates motivational videos on his channel.(see External Links) He also produces a weekly show called FIGURE IT OUT with JB!, which offers inspirational advice, interaction with viewers, fitness tips, and contests. It airs every Wednesday at 9P ET on BlogTV.com.
Spokesperson
In September 2007, Basedow was signed as a spokesmodel for Chamonix Skincare and is now featured in national advertisements for their new Th-121 product. He is a recurring guest on the popular Sirius/XM Radio program Covino & Rich, where he answers listener questions on nutrition, exercise, and motivation topics each month. He also regularly speaks at the NAVEL Wellness Expos, which take place twice a year in New York.Basedow's FMS Awesome Arms video, which shows how men and women can build lean, defined biceps and triceps, was produced by Knowlera Media. In 2008 and 2009, the American Diabetes Association
American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association is a United States-based association working to fight the consequences of diabetes, and to help those affected by diabetes...
presented Basedow with an award for his spokesperson work in educating people about the benefits of following a fitness lifestyle, which includes regular exercise and a natural food meal plan, to avoid future illness.
Basedow is featured in the January 2009 issue of The Boulevard Magazine
The Boulevard Magazine
The Boulevard is a Long Island/New York City Regional Variety magazine owned by Anton Community Newspapers. Founded in 1985, it was well received as a bi-monthly newspaper inserted into selective weekly newspapers in and around Long Island's famous Gold Coast.-History:The magazine began as a...
and he appears in the March 2009 "Celebrities Going Green" issue of Dog Aficionado Magazine with his Schipperke, Midnight. He also now does a keynote seminar entitled Success Made Simple with Fran Capo, who is a comedienne, author, and the Guinness Book of World Records' Fastest Talking Female. With Success Made Simple, Basedow and Capo help to educate and empower people to overcome limitations so they can achieve their dreams and live life to the fullest.
In March 2009, Basedow was offered a spokesmodel contract for Energize, a new all natural energy drink
Energy drink
Energy drinks are beverages whose producers advertise that they "boost energy." These advertisements usually do not emphasize energy derived from the sugar and caffeine they contain but rather increased energy release due to a variety of stimulants and vitamins....
, and he appears in their national TV commercials. Basedow is the Fitness Correspondent for a syndicated weekly television series, called Live It Up!, which airs every Friday in the New York market on WLNY
WLNY
WLNY-TV, channel 55, is an independent television station licensed to Riverhead, New York, with studios in Melville, New York and transmitter in Middle Island, New York. WLNY's primary over-the-air signal serves most of Long Island, comprising Nassau and Suffolk counties...
-TV 10/55. He also appears on the popular national PBS cooking series, Taste This TV, where he rates various restaurant meals on his Foodie Trifecta 3 P's Scale in terms of how pleasing they are to the palate, pocketbook, and paunch.
Basedow is profiled in the August 2009 issue of Image Magazine
Image magazine
Image magazine, the student magazine of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, was started as an alternative to the school's yearbook in 1973. Images first editor was Tom Siegfried. The general-interest magazine is published twice a semester by a small staff of students in the Schieffer...
and he accepted an offer to be a celebrity contributor for future issues. He's also featured in the Nov-Dec 2009 issue of Exceptional People Magazine.* He currently hosts and produces a popular YouTube show called "NEW MEDIA STEW," which started in August 2010 and features pop culture news, Motivational Minutes, celebrity interviews, WTF Reports, skits, fit tips, movie reviews, current events coverage & viewer comments. Beginning in February 2011, Basedow can be seen in national television commercials and on mall posters for a new product called the TAKE CONTROL FITNESS PACKAGE, which is designed to address the issue of childhood obesity by providing meal plans and exercise routines for families. Basedow co-produced a new line of exercise, nutrition, wellness and motivation videos with Knowlera Media, a Washington DC based company, that are set to begin airing on television and the internet starting fall 2011.
Death hoax
Following the December 2004 tsunami2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...
, a falsified press release was circulated claiming that Basedow had been killed.
External links
- John Basedow Website - Official Site
- John Basedow IMDb - Basedow's IMDb Page
- John Basedow YouTube - Basedow's YouTube Channel
- John Basedow Twitter - Basedow's Twitter Page
- John Basedow Facebook - Basedow's Facebook Page
- Fitness Made Simple - Official Site
- John Basedow DailyBooth - Basedow's DailyBooth Page