Chalene Johnson
Chalene
Johnson is an entrepreneur, TV fitness personality, clothing designer, author,
motivational speaker, choreographer, wife, mother of 2 and relatable girl next
door.
The eldest of three children, born and raised in Michigan, Chalene Johnson‘s
childhood was influenced by dance, music, movement and an interest in martial
arts.
Her parents recall her wanting to learn Judo and dance at the age of 3.
Crediting her mother as her greatest inspiration, Chalene grew up taking fitness
classes with her mother Marge, one of the first “Jazzercise” aerobic instructors
in Michigan. As children, Chalene and her sister, Jenelle (also a Turbo Kick®
Instructor) accompanied their mother to every class and remember changing the
“records” for her between routines. This passion for movement, music, martial
arts and dance became a passion they shared with their mother.
As a student at Michigan State University, Chalene continued with Tae Kwon Do,
dance and aerobics. After moving to California in the early 90’s she married
these formats in a group exercise class that combined the sexiness of dance, the
hip feel of funk with the power and strength of kickboxing. A self proclaimed
closet DJ, she taught herself to digitally re-master and edit music to match the
moves of every pre-choreographed routine, adding sound effects, highs and lows
in an elaborately produced musical arrangement which generated an emotive
experience in the exercise participant. Word spread about this unique version of
kickboxing class and before long the demand for videos and trainings spread
across the country.
In
1997 Chalene began teaching other instructors how to deliver her unique brand of
fitness. In 1998 Turbo Kick® was born! Incorporated since 1995, in 1999 she
formed a team of creative and talented professionals to develop reasonably
priced, unique group exercise programming that would appeal to people motivated
by the combination of movement to inspired music. Powder Blue Productions
trained nearly 500 instructors to teach
Turbo Kick® in the first year. Less then
10 years later, that number had grown to a staggering 35,000 instructors world
wide.
To keep up with the demand for new material, Chalene began producing all new
fully choreographed routines accompanied by her special variety of music every 8
to 12 weeks and the popularity exploded.
In 2000 Chalene created her second unique program,
PiYo™, a class designed
for mainstream fitness that combines strength training, core conditioning, and
dynamic movement in an up-tempo, non-spiritual environment.
Now a world-renowned fitness expert with
over 18 years of experience, Chalene is the
CEO of Powder Blue Productions, a fitness company she
started in a spare bedroom. Chalene has created some of the Nation's most
popular exercise formats including
Turbo Kick®,
Turbo
Jam™ and
PiYo™, to name a
few. Chalene is the star of the number one selling infomercial in 2006, Turbo
Jam™. Turbo Kick® is one of the highest attended workouts at popular health
clubs across the globe, and offered as the "exclusive" kickboxing workout in
such global giants as 24 Hour Fitness™. To date, in excess of 35,000 fitness
instructors have trained through Chalene's programs resulting in millions of
American’s participating in
Turbo Kick® workouts at health clubs across the
globe weekly. Chalene has been voted one of the top three Fitness Instructors in
the World by IDEA Fitness 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Through the popularity of her unique workouts and her own brand of fitness
apparel, Turbo Wear™, Chalene has succeeded in creating a fitness sub-culture.
Turbo Wear™ is an innovative collection with a signature urban, fashion forward,
sexy, yet functional flair. In addition to the legion of fitness instructors
around the globe who sport Turbo Wear™,
Chalene is a captivating motivational speaker adept at a variety of topics such
as
family to business management. She has appeared in over 65 different exercise
videos including Weight Watchers™, Nautilus™, BoSu™,
Turbo Kick®,
PiYo™,
Turbo
Jam™ and countless others. Chalene is a freelance writer for several fitness and
management related publications and a regular volunteer in the public school
system 2006 she gained National media attention when she organized 1,500 homes
across the nation to spearhead healthy eating and exercise in their community of
friends and neighbors. The campaign, "Neighborhood Slim Down", was successful in
bringing over 10,000 heads of household together to commit to 10 days of healthy
eating and daily exercise.
In
addition to being a leading force in fitness and business, Chalene champions the
cause of helping others to live a fuller life. Through her motivational
workshops and camps, personal writings, live internet chats, blogs and weekly
video taped messages, Chalene has been able to help thousands change their life
from the ground up.
Chalene is a regular TV guest expert on matters of family and fitness and has
appeared on countless talk and news programs including E!, ABC, NBC and Fox to
name a few. She is also a regular guest of on home shopping programs such as QVC.
Despite her success, Chalene teaches group fitness classes in her home town 6
days a week and carefully crafts her schedule to be there for her children at
the end of the school day.
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