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Tom Holland, MS, CSCS

Tom Holland is an exercise physiologist committed to helping people better their lives through fitness and through his positive message of "Believe in Yourself." Tom has encouraged and coached thousands of people to reach their fitness goals; from losing weight to climbing mountains, running marathons and completing Ironman triathlons. He received his BA in Communications from Boston College and his Master's Degree in Exercise Science and Sports Psychology from Southern Connecticut State University.

Tom is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association [NSCA-CSCS] and has also been certified by the American College of Sports Medicine [ACSM] the American Council on Exercise [ACE], the National Academy of Sports Medicine [NASM] and the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America [AFAA]. He began as a personal trainer and fitness instructor in New York City, working at such facilities as the Reebok Sports Club, Equinox, Crunch, The New York Sports Clubs and the Cardio Fitness Center. He then struck out on his own, founding TeamHolland LLC and expanding into new areas of the fitness industry.

A competitive athlete himself, Tom has run over 50 marathons and ultra marathons and is a sub-3 hour marathoner. Some notable races include the "Run to the Sun" ultra marathon, a 36-mile run from sea level to the 10,023 foot summit of Haleakala on the island of Maui, the JFK 50-mile ultra marathon and the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon. He is a 15-time Ironman triathlete, having competed in Ironman China, Malaysia, South Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Florida, Arizona, Kentucky, Lake Placid and California. Tom has won several natural bodybuilding awards and has competed in adventure races as well. He has been a member of PowerBar's Team Elite since 2003.

For several years Tom hosted "Real Fitness with Tom Holland," a national hour-long live weekly radio show, interviewing such guests as Jack La Lanne, Chris Carmichael, Jeff Galloway, Kristine Lilly and Dean Karnazes. Tom produced and stars in the fitness videos Tom Holland's Total Body Workout, Tom Holland's Total Body Workout II & Tom Holland's Total Ab Workouts.  These videos are distributed worldwide and all three have been dubbed into French. Tom was also selected to star in the Abs Diet Workout, a home workout based on the best-selling book by Men's Health Editor David Zinczenko. He is the author of The 12-Week Triathlete: Train for a Triathlon in Just Three Months published by Fair Winds Press in 2005 and The Marathon Method, published by Fair Winds in 2007.

Tom writes for various media and has been published in such magazines as SELF, FIT, The Journal of the American Athletic Association, Inside Triathlon, Running Times, American Fitness and IDEA Personal Trainer. For three years he authored a monthly column "In the Gym" for Metro Sports NY magazine. Tom has appeared as a fitness expert on CNN Headline News and Good Morning America, Bloomberg radio and Sirius satellite radio. Tom lectures on various fitness topics and has presented for such organizations as the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, The American Medical Athletic Association and the Marine Corps Marathon. He is on the Board of Advisors for Oxygen Magazine and has contributed to media including Men's Health, Men's Journal, Runner's World, Women's Health, Newsweek, Men's Fitness, Fitness, Hers, More, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, The NY Daily News, Muscle Media, Bride's, WebMD, Organic Style and Cooking Light.

Tom also launched a fitness clothing line in 2006 under the separate entity Sunset Hill Partners, LLC.



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