Tracy Anderson

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

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]

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Early life and career

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

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

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]

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References

  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. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  17. ↑ "Fitness Expert Tracy Anderson Secretly Wed Beau Chris Asplundh In 'Special' Ceremony". People. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
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