Greta Blackburn
Originally known to television and movie audiences due to roles in popular theatrical projects, Greta Blackburn has now become a staple on the morning show scene with her fitness segments. She has found a uniques way to indulge her notoriety as an actress, love of physical fitness, and her schooling in communications and is bringing the message of health and fitness to the people of America.
She was Editor-In-Chief of Natural Body and Fitness Magazine from 1988-1990. During that time she co-founded Fitness Against Drugs, an anti-drug foundation that promotes physical fitness as an alternative "hip" lifestyle for teens. FAD's message to kids is that it's not "cool" to be a gang member, drug user or school dropout. By using celebrity role models who advocate a healthy lifestyle, FAD gets a positive message across to kids . She has served as Editor of California Health Magazine, a health supplement to the LA Times sponsored by a large group of independent pharmacies bringing health and information to the Southern California public. She is currently the founding Editor of Ms. Fitness Magazine. Ms. Fitness promotes physical fitness to women across the world and is "sister" to the widely televised Ms. Fitness USA competitions. As a proponent and judge of these contests, Greta serves as an ambassador of health and fitness to females of all ages and backgrounds. One of her unofficial roles in this capacity is to encourage women to adopt healthy eating and training habits and to avoid eating and other emotional disorders.
Greta Blackburn is the Founder and Director of the "FITCAMPS", which take place in Malibu, California, and serve as training symposiums for fitness professionals and other interested women from all over the world. Seminars include information on training, nutrition, disease prevention and other valuable topics. The camp also serves as a provider for ACE (American College of Exercise) certification. Blackburn has also co-authored LifeBalance, a book published by Perigee Books, a division of Simon and Schuster.
Her charitable work involving fitness includes production and creation of several televised celebrity sports events, including the Pro-Celebrity Sno Games benefiting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society; the Pro-Celebrity Winter Games benefiting the Special Olympics; the Tennis Tournament of the Stars benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the BBB Benefit for the Sacramento Police Widows and Orphans Fund. Greta has been called "The Most Glamorous Editor In The World", due in part to her appearances on dozens of morning shows across the country as well as "Entertainment Tonight", "Inside Edition", The Home and Garden Channels' "Smart Solutions", Soap Talk and other entertainment shows. She appears as host of Fox Sports Net's Ms. Fitness USA and Ms. Fitness World contests.
Greta also works as a consultant to hotel chains in developing their fitness programs and spas. "Greta Blackburn's Fitstops" are published internationally and are travel reviews featuring resorts with fitness facilities. She has served on the City of Hope's special advisory board to their "Workout With The Stars Against Aids" and has produced a pamphlet for the Los Angeles Times' California Health supplement called "The Safe Six For Safe Sex" as a free public Aids awareness brochure. She is a founding member of Southern Touch Food Products Health Council.
The hot new Hollywood "diet" is raw food---I am totally into that and it makes a great sub-topic for any anti-aging, energy, fun health seminars.