Profession:

Personal Trainer / Fitness Expert

Education:

B.S. Exercise Physiology, Penn State University

Years of Experience:

14

Bio:

Holly Perkins received her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition, and a minor in Business at top ranking Pennsylvania State University.

Following extensive research in the Exercise Physiology Department at Penn State, and a position in Cardiac Rehabilitation at William Beaumont Hospital, Holly was offered a position at the newly opened and now renowned La Palestra Centre for Preventative Medicine (New York City). As a member of their elite Exercise Specialist Team, Holly trained and guided members through such events as the New York Marathon, Rome Marathon, LA Marathon, and excursions to Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Teton Mountain Range in Wyoming.

Since 2000, Holly has focused primarily on her private business working one-on-one with clients. In 2005 Holly brought her talents to Los Angeles where she trains and consults with a client list comprised primarily of athletes, celebrities, and executives. Through her training regiment, Holly has distilled her strong background in physiology and nutrition and practically applied these fundamentals to fitness programs for anyone willing to work hard and make the difficult, but necessary, lifestyle changes.

In 2008 Holly joined the Exercise TV team and created many exercise videos including the Pink Ribbon Workouts (in partnership with New Balance and Susan G Komen for the Cure,) Celebrity Shred, and 20 Minute Sweat. Other projects with Exercise TV include content and campaigns for iTunes, Ziploc, Your Shape, and EverydayHealth.com.

In 2009 Holly became the first exclusive Fitness Ambassador to New Balance, providing fitness content, product feedback, and assistance in New Balance’s partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Races for the Cure. Holly lead the pre-race warmup for the 2009 and 2010 Global Race for The Cure, attended by over 20,000 strong, running and walking for the fight against breast cancer. This year Holly, New Balance, and Exercise TV will be creating the Fitness 360 Total Body Approach to Wellness DVD to be released late summer.

Holly is a featured contributor to Intent.com, a health and fitness expert for ParentsAsk.com and EverydayHealth.com. Holly’s health and fitness advice has been published on MSN, Yahoo!, MarthaStewart.com, Yahoo! Shine, Fitness.com among others. Holly has also been featured in publications including Prevention, Women’s Day, Redbook, Fitness, Shape, Cooking Light, Women’s Health, Family Circle, Seventeen, Wall Street Journal, and Detroit Free Press, and has made appearances on Good Morning America, That Morning Show, and ABC7 Los Angeles.

Holly is currently working on opening the very first, fully green fitness facility to be located in Los Angeles.