Chris Powell (personal trainer)
{{Short description|American personal trainer and writer}}
{{Other people|Chris Powell}}
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| name = Chris Powell
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|03|2}}{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
| birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona
| occupation = Personal trainer, reality show personality, talk show host, author
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| spouse = Heidi Powell (div. 2020)
| children = 2
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}Revealed at the Final Weigh In of S03E13 of sex on the beach
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| website = [http://www.chrispowell.com chrispowell.com]
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Christopher Powell (born March 2nd, 1978) is an American personal trainer, reality show personality, and author. Powell was the host of the ABC television series Extreme Weight Loss, which aired from 2011 to 2015.
Biography
Powell was the host and a personal trainer on Extreme Weight Loss, a U.S. reality television series. The show was formerly known as Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition.{{cite news|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/extreme-makeover-weight-loss-edition-tv-show-name-changed-to-extreme-weight-loss-28403/|title=Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition: TV Show Name Changed to Extreme Weight Loss|accessdate=6 June 2013|newspaper=TV Series Finale|date=May 15, 2013}} Powell has also appeared in Extreme Weight Loss DVDs and is the author of two books: Choose to Lose: The 7-Day Carb Cycle Solution and Chris Powell's Choose More Lose More for Life. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, 20/20, The View, and in a one-hour documentary that aired on TLC.{{cite web|url=http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/extreme-weight-loss/bios/trainer-chris-powell-rev|publisher=ABC|title=Trainer Bio: Chris Powell|accessdate=6 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609154403/http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/extreme-weight-loss/bios/trainer-chris-powell-rev|archive-date=9 June 2013|url-status=dead}}
In 2008 Powell co-founded the web-based weight-loss program ReshapeTheNation.com.{{Cite web |date=2009-02-25 |title=CHRIS POWELL: Rediscovering Yourself After Divorce + Leading from the Heart |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chris-powell-rediscovering-yourself-after-divorce-leading/id1468368093?i=1000558388216 |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912154600/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chris-powell-rediscovering-yourself-after-divorce-leading/id1468368093?i=1000558388216 |url-status=live }} Powell also contributes to Good Morning Arizona, Good Morning America, and has a series of webisodes called "Meet the Powell Pack."{{Cite web|url=https://heidipowell.net/meet-the-powell-pack/|title=Meet the Powell Pack|access-date=2022-01-29|archive-date=2022-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117050246/https://heidipowell.net/meet-the-powell-pack/|url-status=live}} Previously, in 2009, Powell participated in the TLC documentary 650-Pound Virgin as the trainer to David Elmore Smith, a 650 pound obese man seeking to achieve a healthy body weight.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489137/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129020417/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489137/ |date=2022-01-29 }} {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date= March 2022}}
Personal life
Powell was married to author and fitness coach Heidi Powell for almost ten years. They announced their divorce on Instagram in May 2020. The two have two children together while Heidi has 2 children from a previous relationship.{{cite news|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/06/04/chris-powell-extreme-weight-loss-heidi-powell-pregnant/|title=Baby on the Way for Chris and Heidi Powell|accessdate=6 June 2013|newspaper=People.com|date=June 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113084446/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/06/04/chris-powell-extreme-weight-loss-heidi-powell-pregnant/|archive-date=13 November 2014|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VpdC8wvKmk|title = - YouTube|website = YouTube|access-date = 2013-08-10|archive-date = 2014-02-10|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140210185616/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VpdC8wvKmk|url-status = live}}{{cite news|title=Chris and Heidi Powell Welcome Daughter Ruby Lane|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/11/19/chris-powell-extreme-weight-loss-heidi-welcome-daughter-ruby-lane/|accessdate=20 November 2013|newspaper=People|date=19 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514060343/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/11/19/chris-powell-extreme-weight-loss-heidi-welcome-daughter-ruby-lane/|archive-date=14 May 2016|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.chrispowell.com}}
- {{IMDb name|id=3613357|name=Chris Powell}} {{US-tv-bio-stub}}
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Category:American exercise instructors
Category:American television personalities