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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