Kathy Smith
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Kathy Smith is a personal trainer
who became well known for her workout videos during the late-1980s and 1990s. She has sold millions of videos and DVDs. Her first video was released in 1988. She is 5 ft 9 in and 135 lb.
Kathy lost her father from a heart attack when she was 17, and lost her mother in a plane crash. The tragedy in her life led her to start running and doing aerobics. In college, she studied dance kinesiology
, exercise physiology and nutrition. She went through a program at UCLA and became certified with IDEA and AFA as a fitness trainer. She also attended the University of Hawaii
.
Kathy has produced and starred in twenty best-selling exercise videos, with over seven million copies sold. She invented the Air Bench step trainer and is also co-developer of Kathy Smith Fit-Caps, a line of additive-free vitamins.
Her exercise and nutrition program Project:You! Type 2 was created in association with the American Diabetes Association
as a complete lifestyle system to help manage Type 2 diabetes.
This title will be released in the UK in May 2011
Personal trainer
A personal trainer is a fitness professional involved in exercise prescription and instruction. They motivate clients by setting goals and providing feedback and accountability to clients. Trainers also measure their client's strengths and weaknesses with fitness assessments...
who became well known for her workout videos during the late-1980s and 1990s. She has sold millions of videos and DVDs. Her first video was released in 1988. She is 5 ft 9 in and 135 lb.
Kathy lost her father from a heart attack when she was 17, and lost her mother in a plane crash. The tragedy in her life led her to start running and doing aerobics. In college, she studied dance kinesiology
Kinesiology
Kinesiology, also known as human kinetics is the scientific study of human movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, mechanical, and psychological mechanisms. Applications of kinesiology to human health include: biomechanics and orthopedics, rehabilitation, such as physical and occupational...
, exercise physiology and nutrition. She went through a program at UCLA and became certified with IDEA and AFA as a fitness trainer. She also attended the University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
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Kathy has produced and starred in twenty best-selling exercise videos, with over seven million copies sold. She invented the Air Bench step trainer and is also co-developer of Kathy Smith Fit-Caps, a line of additive-free vitamins.
Her exercise and nutrition program Project:You! Type 2 was created in association with 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...
as a complete lifestyle system to help manage Type 2 diabetes.
Videography
Personal Trainer: Total Body Workout (DVD, 1999, ISBN 0-7389-2149-1) available now in the US.This title will be released in the UK in May 2011