MEET ANDREA
Biography
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Andrea Metcalf was never overweight. A true athlete during her youth and college years at DePaul University, she loved teaching fitness classes and learning about the body. Armed with a exercise science teaching degree, and many training certifications, she started helping people achieve optimum health and eventually opened her own fitness studio. To reach more people, she started pitching health tips to news and media. Over 28 years later, Andrea has built a trusted background as a health and fitness expert being a contributor to many national magazine mentions, (Fitness, Prevention, Shape & more), almost 1,000 TV appearances including the NBC Today Show, GMA Health and Better TV as well as the worldwide web being trusted by Oprah, Huffington Post, Rueters Newswire, Weekend USA Today and many others weekly on a weekly basis. A weekly radio appearance on the National Good Day Show as well as regular guest spots on Martha Stewart and Bob Greene radio, keep the words coming to the airwaves to inspire healthy living. She shares tips and videos through social media including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, FitStudio, Sharecare with Dr. Oz and WomensForum.com as well as hosts personal weekly #FitnessU tweet chats to help inspire and educate people to be healthy. As a best selling book author, Naked Fitness (Vanguard Press) has sold over 15,000 copies and her Keeping Fit DVD series being mentioned on Rueters health report recommended for people in their forties, Andrea speaks to business professional groups, corporations and nationally on behalf of the American Heart Association. Her bare essentials include a positive mindset, simple alignment tips and walking for weight loss. Although training, writing, speaking and broadcast keeps her busy, she has made her brand known solely through her own public relations efforts. She works with top brands including Sears, GMC, Yoplait, Multigrain Cheerios, Mission Foods, Gatorade, and many, many others. A national television commercial for Alive multi-vitamins has had Andrea Metcalf, Fitness and Nutrition Expert, in front of millions of Americans for over a year reminding them to eat more fruits and vegetables. She has produced a television show, Fit Today on CLTV, hosted Living Healthy Chicago, syndicated vignettes evangelizing products and most recently is producing a new weight loss reality show to highlight other trainer's abilities to get people moving and lose weight. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is pays clients $10 for every pound they lose with the chance to win $5,000 if they succeed. Andrea finds time to give back climbing Mt Kilamanjaro to spread the word for Ovarian Cancer, hosts many health events with both Diabetes Association and Lymphoma walks as well donates time to mentor students at both DePaul University and Columbia College. Health advocate, media personality, adventure traveler, producer and mom... Andrea Metcalf – Be Moved. . |
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