I have a confession to make. Actually, it’s implied in the “About” section of the blog. Before I heard about Tony Horton and P90X, Jillian Michaels taught me a lot about health and fitness through her DVDs and her (now ended) radio show, which I heard as MP3 downloads. Recently, I saw some “coming soon” announcements online that she was bringing the show back as a podcast. Perfect!
The first episode is available for download. You can find it in iTunes, or copy and paste this RSS feed on the iTunes “Advanced…” menu. Like her previous show, it sounds like this will be a mix of Jillian’s health and fitness tips, commentary on a health-related topic, some banter with her producer Janice (which was very personal and relevant this time around), phone calls from listeners, and emails.
Listening to all the radio show episodes (just as the show was ending its run, sadly enough) gave me a whole new perspective on “America’s Toughest Trainer.” She is much more well-rounded than the little woman we see yelling at contestants on The Biggest Loser. She really is very knowledgeable, she cares about her contestants and clients, and she practices what she preaches. Right after the podcast was announced, there was an opportunity to send a USB “thumb drive” to the show producers, and they were offering to load it up with the old show MP3 files. I can’t find that web page anymore. Hopefully there will be another way to hear these shows sometime soon.
