60,000 hours of one-on-one personal coaching and fifteen years of extensive media experience has made Gina Lombardi one of the most sought after Fitness Experts around the globe.

Gina is HOST of FIT NATION on the Discovery Channel's FitTV, their only investigative reporting show and AUTHOR of the newly released book, DEADLINE FITNESS, which reveals her signature fitness and diet programs used with celebrity clients when time is of the essence. Contributing Editor for MSNBC.COM which features her celebrity fitness tips on their FIT LIST as well as HEALTH Magazine. Her TELEVISION SPOKESPERSON credits include HEALTH Magazine & SHAPE Magazine. Gina is a MEDIA Spokesperson for SCHICK, NASONEX, HawaiiMana ManaWhey SuperFood, Dunkin Brand's Yogurt Smoothie, Purple, FUZE Beverage, SKINS athletic clothing line, THE Healthy Pantry... as well as THE fitness expert for WEIGHT WATCHERS Start Getting Healthy DVD series. Gina also Co-Hosts the popular Weekend Workout Radio Show on Sundays at 1pm/PST

Gina, known as the WELLNESS DETECTIVE in her industry, stands out from a field of pretenders because of   her integrity, her honesty, and her incredible knack for getting to the truth and distilling information into something people can really use.

BORN in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Gina relocated to Southern California after college.  Here she began working with celebrities at a large Public Relations firm in Beverly Hills. While working with high profile actors, she identified their need for specialized services like personal training. Having a strong science background, experience as a trainer & a high affinity for exercise &fitness, Gina pursued her certifications in fitness training and began her own business.  Since that time she has had the privilege to work with famous Actors, Musicians & television executives such as Andy Garcia, Leah Remini, Catherine Bell, Kevin James, Isaac Hayes, Carrie Ann Ross,  Clancy Brown, Nancy Cartwright,  Kirstie Alley,  Justin "Kredible" Willman, Sally Pressman, Clementine Ford, Robert Towne, Beck, Chick Corea, Les Moonves, Beth Sullivan,  film producers Colleen Camp, Craig Perry, Nancy Roberts and many, many more.

Gina's success as a TRAINER not only led her to notoriety in the press but also amongst her peers.  In 1993, she was invited onto a special development team at the National Strength & Conditioning Association to create a nationally accredited certified personal trainer program.  This prestigious program is still the only one of its kind in existence today. Gina has also served on the NSCA's Examination Development Committee and was Chair Person for the Personal Trainer Committee for 5 years.  She received an award from the NSCA for her contribution & work devoted to the Personal Trainer Program.  In  addition, she contributed to the Journal of Strength & Conditioning as the COLUMN EDITOR for the One-On-One section for personal trainers.   Inevitably, writers and reporters began calling on Gina for her expertise and experience in weight training, advanced program design, nutrition, weight management and current fitness trends. This brought her to the 2003 PERSONAL TRAINER OF THE YEAR AWARD recipient from the NSCA.

As a PUBLIC SPEAKER, Gina has traveled around the globe teaching health & fitness professionals as well as the general public on popular topics such as fat loss, weight loss, exercise and nutrition. She has presented to audiences in Japan, Hawaii, Australia, Europe, Korea and the United States.  Captivating from 20 to 10,000 people in a room, Gina has been touted as a 'dynamic and entertaining speaker who gets down to the grit of the matter'.

A rock solid RESOURCE, Gina has one of the largest personal networks of nutritionists, world renowned research scientists, strength & conditioning coaches, Olympic training coaches, athletic trainers, physical therapists, exercise physiologists, biomechanists, wholistic practitioners, fitness consultants and physicians of every specialty including anti-aging medicine, endocrinology and immunology.  All these resources are at the top of their game and constantly feed Gina with current information before it is even published in clinical journals, periodicals and/or local news.

She is an HONORS GRADUATE from the University of Pennsylvania in Dental Hygiene/Health Science and holds certifications in personal training from the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) & Univ. of So. Cal at Los Angeles.  In addition, Gina has achieved certificates in Post-Rehabilitation Conditioning and Weight Management.  She is proficient in Kickboxing, Boxing,  Weight Lifting, Rock Climbing, Mountain Biking and many other sports. But her most precious achievement is being a wife and mother.