His 65 fitness videos, which have sold over 20 million copies, pair lively music, with rockin’ routines and Simmons’ humorous banter and encouragement. Deal-A-Meal and the FoodMover help people keep track of calories and portions.
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Knowing that exercise and weight loss regimes must go hand-in hand, Simmons has created a series of products that integrate the two components. The show ran for four years and received several Emmy Awards. Simmons’ success as a fitness expert and advocate led to numerous local and national television and radio appearances including a four-year run on “General Hospital”, followed by his own nationally syndicated series, “The Richard Simmons Show”. While many of his legions of fans are overweight, he resonates with everyone, including anyone who has just a few pounds to lose and wants to be fit. This program was met with instant success and continues today at SLIMMONS in Beverly Hills, where Richard still teaches.
In 1974, after consulting with doctors and nutritionists to ensure the safety of a program tailored to the needs of everyone, from the overweight and obese, to seniors and the physically challenged, a determined Simmons established an innovative place where the overweight of the world were welcomed with open arms. After traversing LA, and unable to find a facility welcoming people of all shapes and sizes, his only alternative was to create that safe haven.
There was no significant fitness movement in this country at the time, and to no avail, Simmons attempted to find a health club that wasn’t for people who were already in shape. Simmons prevailed in his own weight battle before relocating to Los Angeles in 1973. After trying everything from bizarre diets to laxatives, Simmons took control of his weight by adopting a lifestyle of balance, moderate eating and exercise. An entrepreneur at a tender age, Simmons sold pralines on New Orleans street corners where he learned to charm and entertain his customers. Growing up in the French quarter of New Orleans, where lard was a food group and dessert mandatory, Richard weighed 268 pounds when he graduated high school. Delivering a serious message with his trademark humor, Simmons has helped millions of overweight men and women lose more than 3,000,000 pounds by adopting sensible balanced eating programs and exercise regimes that are energetic, fun and motivating. Using his unique wit, passion and enthusiasm, Simmons, the nation’s most revered fitness expert, continues his crusade to reach out to the masses, encouraging them to take control of their fitness destiny. Thirty years and 3,000,000 pounds later, Richard Simmons is still going strong. Since then, I've set out to bring health to the people who need it most. In 1973, I was introduced to aerobic dance and I finally prevailed over my weight problem. These efforts finally put me in the hospital. Unfortunately, this problem initially pushed me to drastic measures - diet pills, laxatives, and self-imposed starvation. In college, I finally topped out at 268 lbs. Personal History: I was overweight my entire childhood. However, there are no records of his previous or current relationships.Qualifications: Has taught aerobics and exercise for 27 years. His sexual orientation has been subjected to a lot of discussion and speculation but he himself never publically discussed it. He has spent all his adult life living alone with his Dalmatian dogs. Since there was no public statement and he just disappeared from the public eye without a word, many of his fans and followers have been concerned about his well-being. And while he spent most of his life promoting health and exercise, in 2014, he stopped appearing in public and he closed his gym in 2016.
Richard Simmons promotes weight loss programs and he became widely known through exposure on television and through his line of aerobics videos. The celebrity, tv-personality & comedian is currently single, his starsign is Cancer and he is now 74 years of age. He made his 15 million dollar fortune with Never Say Diet, The Food Mover Cookbook & Sweatin' to the Oldies.
On 12-7-1948 Richard Simmons was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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