Jay Blahnik

Brainstormer, Business adviser, Change Agent, Consultant, Educator/Teacher, Idea generator, Performer, Philanthropist, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Jay is recognized as one of the premier fitness instructors, trainers and educators in the industry today. He has taught sold-out classes and seminars in over 35 countries across the globe and is known for his results-oriented, simplified training approach. Jay was chosen as one of the Top 5 instructors in the world by Shape magazine, and Men’s Health listed him as having one of the Top 10 workouts of all time. He has been selected as the International Instructor of the Year by IDEA and Can Fit Pro, the two largest associations of fitness professionals in the world. Jay was also chosen as one of IDEA’s Fitness Icons and Innovators, and is the youngest person to ever receive this recognition. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, “Full-Body Flexibility,” which is in its 2nd edition printing. He has appeared in over 30 award-winning videos and developed some of the most successful health club programs and products in history. He has been the fitness expert in hundreds of magazines, newspapers and on television, and consults for some of the biggest exercise, sport and fitness companies in the world, including Gatorade, Nautilus, Schwinn, Equinox, 24 Hour Fitness, BOSU and Stairmaster. He is a fitness expert for MSNBC.com and the Los Angeles Times, and his articles are read by millions of people each year. Jay has been a Nike Elite Athlete and Nike consultant for almost 20 years. He worked closely with Nike on the launch of Nike+, which has become the largest digital running community in the world with over 5 million members. He was also the original creator and program developer of the Nike Training Club App, and the Nike Training Club in-gym program, which boasts over 1 million digital members. He is also a key expert and consultant for many of Nike’s new Digital Sport initiatives that will be launching in 2012. Jay has been a featured Keynote Speaker for some of the largest fitness conventions in the world, including IDEA (USA), Fit Pro (England), Filex (Australia) and Can Fit Pro (Canada), and travels 40 weeks each year across the globe speaking on health, fitness, wellness and motivation. He is also a frequent innovation, motivation and consumer behavior expert, and has consulted with many Fortune 500 companies, including Apple, Pepsico, Starbucks, Charles Schwab, Dell and Quaker.

Fitness/Fatness Politics/Pop Creatures/Climate

Spreading the word about a 90-second stretch routine that can be done in any clothes, in any space at any time without sweating that will become a ritual everyone does every hour to increase and improve mobility, flexibility, awareness, posture, strength, balance and energy.

Business Marketing, Consumer Behavior, Health & Fitness, sports

Backbends, Reading Minds, Sneaking into Awards Shows and Blowing Up Balloons