Jillian Michaels Biography
Jillian Michaels is a Los Angeles-based personal trainer, businesswoman, author, and television personality. Michaels is best known for her appearances on NBC’s The Biggest Loser. She’s also appeared on the talk show The Doctors. She hosted and co-judged a Spike series called Sweat, INC. in the fall of 2015. Just Jillian, her reality television series, premiered on E! in January 2016.
How old is Jillian Michaels? – Age
She is 47 years old as of 18 February 2021. She was born in 1974 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Her real name is Jillian Leigh McKarus.
Jillian Michaels Family – Education
She is the daughter of JoAnn McKarus, a psychotherapist, and Douglas McKarus, a lawyer. Tarzana is where she grew up. Michaels attended California State University, Northridge while working as a bartender and personal trainer. After briefly working as an agent with International Creative Management, Michaels opened the Beverly Hills sports medicine facility Sky Sport & Spa in 2002.
Who is Jillian Michaels Husband? – Marriage
Michaels and her ex-fiancée Heidi Rhoades have two children, whom she adopted from Haiti in 2012. In June 2018, the couple announced the end of their relationship. As of late 2018, Michaels has been in a relationship with designer Deshanna Marie Minuto. On her sexuality, Michaels has stated, Let’s just say I believe in healthy love. So long as you’re in love.
How much weight did Adele lose together?
Jillian shared a throwback photo of herself at 175 pounds after receiving backlash for criticizing Lizzo’s weight in January 2020. In the photo, Michaels’ younger self is holding up her hands, a pile of gifts in her lap. She’s dressed in an oversized button-up, knee-length shorts, and a headband with her curly hair pulled back. She weighs less than 115 pounds.
Does Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred really work?
This is a common question, especially since the DVD cover claims you can lose up to 20 pounds in 30 days. Of course, how much you can actually lose is determined by a variety of factors. Having said that, these are high-intensity workouts, so you can expect to burn the most calories for your effort.
Jillian Michaels Workouts
Jillian Michaels: The Fitness App is one of the top fitness apps in the world, having received awards from both Apple and Google for best of in the health and fitness app category. Michaels has also released 20 fitness DVDs, with over 100 million copies sold worldwide. Michaels has also written nine books on health and wellness topics, eight of which have been New York Times Best Sellers.
Jillian Michaels Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $18 Million.
Jillian Michaels Career
Jillian uses a variety of strength training techniques with her clients, including kickboxing, yoga, Pilates, plyometrics, and weight training. Jillian has four personal training certifications from the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association NESTA and The Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA), CanFitPro, and Kettlebell Concepts. Jillian has also collaborated with AFAA to create a continuing education series for trainers and holds a nutrition and wellness consultant certificate from the American Fitness Professionals and Associates (AFPA).
Michaels has hosted a weekly podcast, The Jillian Michaels Show, on iTunes since February 2011. The show was one of the podcasts honored by Apple in its App Store Rewind 2011 in the Best New Audio Podcast category in December 2011. Jillian founded Empowered Media LLC in 2008 and launched Fitfusion.com, a fitness video membership website featuring top fitness and yoga trainers and celebrities such as Dashama, Tara Stiles, Cassey Ho, Crunch Fitness, Jennifer Nicole Lee, Tone It Up, Zuzka Light, and others.
Fitfusion is also affiliated with and broadcasts on AT&T U-verse, BroadbandTV Corp, Bell Satellite TV Canada, and other TV channels, as well as Roku, Apple TV, and Fitness on Demand to audiences in Marriott, Hilton Worldwide, and Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. On May 6, 2011, CBS Television Distribution announced that Michaels had signed a multi-year contract to co-host the panel discussion show The Doctors and to serve as a special correspondent on the CTD program Dr. Phil. Michaels had previously appeared on The Doctors several times.
Michaels hosted a recurring segment on the show called Ask Jillian, which dealt primarily with nutrition and diet issues. She left The Doctors after half a season in January 2012, claiming that the arrangement “wasn’t the fit both the show and I hoped for.”
