BIOGRAPHY

David Kirsch is founder and owner of the Madison Square Club, celebrated for its custom-designed fitness training and nutritional counseling. Members such as Heidi Klum, Liv Tyler, and Faith Hill have all benefited from his dedication to balanced living and spiritual wellness.

The value of healthy living was something David learned early on in life. He grew up watching his dad work out religiously and was encouraged to discover his own physical and mental potential through fitness. But it wasn't until his mid 20s, working as an attorney, that he fully realized the transformative powers of exercise. David immersed himself in the study of health and nutrition, and started to forge his own path in the world of personal training and gourmet food management. After five years as a litigator and general practitioner, David quit it all to follow his true calling: Teaching and inspiring others to reach their full physical and mental potential.

David’s distinct “boot-campish” teachings, together with his nurturing style and intelligent wellness solutions, has connected with people of every lifestyle and carved out a distinct positioning in the wellness marketplace. His accomplishments over the last two decades have established him as one of the most respected fitness experts in the world.
 
Celebrated trainer and wellness guru to the stars
Training with David has been likened to a Zen experience. His holistic approach to wellness encompassing a disciplined exercise, nutrition and supplements regime, is rooted in his philosophy of “Sound Mind, Sound Body” – reaching the perfect balance of mind, body and spirit.
 
As the celebrated trainer and founder of Madison Square Club, he has sculpted celebrity clientele including Heidi Klum, Faith Hill, Sophie Dahl, Bridget Hall, Ellen Barkin, James King, Liv Tyler, Kerry Washington, Anne Hathaway, Karolina Kurkova and Linda Evangelista to name a few.
 
Credited with getting a postpartum Heidi Klum ready for the Victoria’s Secret lingerie runway show in record time, David is the man that many celebrities and New York’s men and women train with when they need toget in shape fast.

Critically-acclaimed fitness expert
David is a popular guest on American television, appearing as a featured expert on ABC’s Extreme Makeover, TODAY, CNN Headline News and CNN World News, Access Hollywood, Extra, E! and Style, The View, Fox & Friends and Fox News Live.
 
He has been prominently featured as an expert in the following publications: Time, Vogue, W, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Glamour, Allure, Shape, Fitness, Self, In Style, Cosmopolitan, People, Us Weekly, New York Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, LA times, Financial Times, New York Post, Daily News and the New York Times.
 
David has been affiliated or a spokesperson for:

• ABC Radio Networks’ “A New Day with Richard Stevens & Lori St. James”
• Fox And Friends
• Westin Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
• Hugo Boss
• Audi
• Jergens
• CFDA Health Initiative
• Almond Board of California
• Bath & Body Works
• Win Detergent
• Podfitness

Influential author and producer of fitness programming
David’s vast knowledge from 20 year’s of work in sculpting celebrity clientele was put to the test on ABC’s “Extreme Makeover,” where he had to transform contestant’s bodies in a limited timeframe. His work was so successful and so well-received that it inspired him to develop the best-selling book: “The Ultimate New York Body Plan” (McGraw Hill, 2004). This two week makeover was a follow up to his first book “Sound Mind, Sound Body”, (Rodale, January 2002). David later published “The Ultimate New York Diet” (McGraw Hill, 2006). 
 
David has produced a series of videos, “David Kirsch’s Sound Mind, Sound Body Boot Camp,” a six-week transformation program for men and women, “David Kirsch’s One on One Training Series” and “The Ultimate New York Body Plan”, a companion to the best-selling book. He is launching a new DVD entitled The 7-Day Prescription in summer 2008.
 
Innovator behind One Of A Kind Supplements™
One of the biggest challenges David saw people face in the first few years of personal training and nutritional counseling, was people eating poorly because they didn’t have time to prepare healthy food. For every weight loss challenge or nutritional hole David encountered he would search the world to find solutions. Finally, after years of research and testing, David created his own line of nutrition supplements with one goal in mind: Make it easy for people to get proper nutrients on the go and help clients reach their maximum wellness potential ... from the inside out.
 
Today, more than a dozen One Of A Kind brand supplements for daily wellness, energy and focus, appetite suppression and detox, are available exclusively online at davidkirschwellness.com, and at the Madison Square Club.
 
A series of new supplements for men and women will launch in summer, 2008.
 
David’s constant research and testing will continue to keep him at the forefront of developing intelligent solutions for helping people reach their potential.