Tag — Bob Harper

The Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper is one mean machine while at the gym as he whips those contestants into shape. He’s got a strong and lean body and he credits it to not only exercise but because he’s also a vegetarian. This week he told People Magazine about his commitment to cooking vegetarian meals and he even shared a scrumptious veggie salad recipe with the readers. He explained that often times people ask him that because he’s a vegetarian does he have limited cooking options? He replied, [Read more →]

You’ve seen them whip Erik Chopin and Bill Germanakos into shape, and now The Biggest Loser trainers can whip you into shape too with the fitness DVD The Biggest Loser Workout: Cardio Max. If you’re looking to achieve maximum weight-loss results in minimum amount of time, then this 50-minute DVD is just for you.

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Alison Sweeney, host of The Biggest Loser, recently had a run-in with one of the show’s super trainers, literally. On The Bonnie Hunt show, the reality TV host told how during one of her gym sessions she met Bob Harper, who is notoriously known for pushing contestants further than they thought they could.

“I was about to start crying,” Alison said on the show. “I was running so hard, and I was like ‘I’m short, I’ve got short legs!’ He had me at a 10 elevation, at level 10, running 10 miles per hour for over 10 seconds.”

Alison later admitted that Bob pushing her did actually help her. Now she knows how far she can push herself the next time she’s on the treadmill.

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The Biggest Loser franchise is getting bigger each season.  DVDs, books, equipment and now an interactive video game that actually sounds really impressive.  Last week Biggest Loser unveiled the The Biggest Loser video game in NYC where past contestants and the media got to try it out.

Basically, the user chooses a 4, 8 or 12 week fitness program.  He/she first enters data such as name, age, weight, height, and weight loss goal.  Keep in mind that the game was designed by The Biggest Loser doctors and nutritionists so if you’re wanting to lose 100 pounds in 12 weeks, it’s just not going to happen because that isn’t healthy nor is it a long term fix.

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The 2009 season of Biggest Loser ended this week and it appears that Bob Harper, one of the show’s fitness trainers was already working on a different project as he released an exercise DVD while the show was airing.  We’ve seen him motivate contestants along the way and help them achieve their fitness goals but now he is giving some of those secrets to the rest of us. [Read more →]