Pressroom: Fitness Institute

Boasting over 20 years of experience in the health, fitness and wellness industry, Robert Reames draws frequently on his own personal experience as an overweight child to help inspire and motivate folks across the globe to lose weight, keep the weight off, and become passionate about health, fitness and wellness.  In his 7th year now with the Fitness Institute and his 10th season as the head trainer/nutritionist on The Dr. Phil Show, Reames has co-hosted and led all of the show's weight loss challenges while helping contestents, guests and viewers alike to help improve their health and well-being by employing a unique and highly successful philosophy of healthy weight loss, resistance training, biomechanics, cardiovascular training, optimum nutrition, proper rest, optimum stress management to achieve complete transformation and personal best. 

One of the nation's most recognized personal trainers and nutritionists, Reames often appears as a guest contributor on numerous television programs including The Doctor's, The Fox News Channel, The CBS Early Show, Extra, Access Hollywood Live, The Rachal Ray Show, Extreme Makeover and many more.  Reames's expert commentary and advice has also been featured on the web and in print publications such as Fitness Magazine, Men't Fitness, Family Circle, Heart Healthy Living, Better Homes & Gardens, Prevention, Self, Shape, EPregnancy, Walgreen's ParentsAsk Website and more.

* Author of the book Make Over Your Metabolism and international spokesperson for the online weight loss/nutrition phenomenon VEEP.   (The Visual Eating and Exercise Program www.veep.com)