Tracy Anderson (born March 3, 1975)[1] is an American fitness entrepreneur and author. She is best known for her Tracy Anderson Method and for having various celebrity clients.[2][3][4]

Tracy Anderson
Born (1975-03-03) March 3, 1975 (age 49)
Alma materAmerican Musical and Dramatic Academy
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, Fitness Trainer, Author
Known forTracy Anderson Method
Spouses
Eric Anderson
(m. 1998; div. 2008)
Matthew Mogol
(m. 2011; div. 2013)
Chris Asplundh
(m. 2021)
Children2

Early life and career

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The daughter of dance instructor Diana Ephlin,[5] Anderson trained in dance from an early age in Noblesville, Indiana. She initially hoped to become a professional dancer in New York City. After a 40 lb. weight gain during her first year in New York City, Anderson switched her focus to weight loss/fitness training as a career. Anderson has gym locations in Los Angeles, New York City, The Hamptons, Spain and London and has a DVD collection for at-home training. In 2015, Tracy Anderson launched an online fitness program called TA Video Streaming. Each week, subscribers receive new workouts filmed in real-time at one of her studios. The online streaming workouts are divided into beginner (sTArt), intermediate (fundamenTAl) and advanced (atTAin). [citation needed]

She issued a pregnancy workout DVD collection aimed at women in the pre-and-postnatal periods.[6]

Critical reviews

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In an April 2015 article in The Washington Post, personal trainer Kat Whitfield asserts that Anderson's methods "certainly don’t follow exercise physiology principles."[7]

Personal life

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Tracy Anderson married basketball player Eric Anderson in 1998 and their son Sam was born that same year. The couple divorced in 2008. Eric Anderson died in 2018.[8][9][10][11]

On September 27, 2011, she married Matthew Mogol. Their daughter, Penelope, was born in May 2012.[12] In 2013, Anderson and Mogol split.[13] According to ExtraTv, Matthew Mogol died on July 20, 2020 at the age of 48 after a battle with cancer. [14]

In 2016, Anderson began dating Scottish-born hedge fund manager Nicholas Riley. They announced their engagement in early 2018 on Instagram.[15] In April 2018, sources reported that Riley had called off their engagement.[16]

Sometime in 2018, Anderson began dating Chris Asplundh. They got engaged in March 2020 when Asplundh proposed at Anderson's 45th birthday party. The couple married in 2021.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Tracy Anderson celebrates birthday - Tracy Anderson". Tracy Anderson. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  2. ^ "Tracy Anderson Celebrity Clients". FitSugar.
  3. ^ "Trainer Aims for Celebri-teeny Bodies". ABC News.
  4. ^ "Tracy Anderson Chats About Her Star Clients and Endorses the Occasional Glass of Wine". FitSugar.
  5. ^ "Tracy Anderson". The Dancin Place.
  6. ^ "Tracy Anderson Launches Pregnancy Project". Celebrity Baby Scoop. 14 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Buyer beware: Jennifer Lopez's new Body Lab challenge and the racket of celebrity fitness marketing". The Washington Post. April 16, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  8. ^ "Getting Ripped: Tracy Anderson - Indianapolis Monthly". Indianapolis Monthly. 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  9. ^ "Fitness guru Tracy Anderson, husband separate". USA Today. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  10. ^ "The art of achieving". SheKnows. 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  11. ^ "Tracy Anderson's Ex-Husband Dead at 48 After Pneumonia Battle". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  12. ^ "Tracy Anderson, Celeb Trainer, Separates From Husband Matt Mogol". Us Weekly. 2013-07-27. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  13. ^ "Celebrity Trainer Tracy Anderson Separating From Husband". E! News. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  14. ^ "Tracy Anderson's ex-husband Matthew Mogol dead at 48". Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  15. ^ "Tracy Anderson Is Engaged". Tracy Anderson. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  16. ^ "Tracy Anderson's Fiancé Calls Off Engagement: Report". people.com. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  17. ^ "Fitness Expert Tracy Anderson Secretly Wed Beau Chris Asplundh In 'Special' Ceremony". pople.com. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
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