Judges

Ellen Latham M.S.

Ellen is the owner and director of Ellen's Ultimate Workout and has had a life-long passion for health and fitness. With a Bachelors Degree in Physical Education & Recreation and a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology earned from the University of New York at Buffalo, Ellen has been motivating and training clients for the past 25 years. She was inspired by an 80 year old professor who strongly believed that the future of fitness was in the hands of the aging "baby boomers." This inspiration propelled Ellen to enhance her knowledge by completing a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology with an emphasis on the growing 50's population.

In 1987 Ellen headed to South Florida and worked as an Exercise Physiologist for the prestigious Bonaventure Spa until she accepted a position to manage and direct the renowned William's Island Spa. Ellen has also managed programs and facilities at the Point of Aventura, the Eden Roc Resort and Spa and the Porto Vita Villa Club.

Ellen's desire to stay on the cutting edge of fitness resulted in her bringing the first spinning program to South Florida. Her remarkable career experience includes acting as Channel 7's Fitness Expert and her writing of columns for the Miami Herald and the Sun-Sentinel. It was through Ellen's position as Fitness Editor of the magazine Women's Fitness that she focused her endeavors on Pilates. Ellen's endless energy and vast knowledge continue to offer others true inspiration in the world of movement and exercise.

Ellen's Philosophy:
"Pilates-Fit is for those with the desire to be the best physically that they can be!"

Joe Rivera

Since starting his training business in Los Angeles, Joe Rivera, a Native New Yorker, was named as not only the trainer to the stars, by Shape Magazine, but also the "trainer to the trainers of the stars." He has been profiled in Hollywood Life, Variety, Movieline, Conde Naste Sports for Women and Time Magazine. He has also been featured on KTLA, the Learning Channel's Slice of Life and Late Night with David Letterman. He is a freelance writer and many of his articles have been published on Ehow.com where he is on staff as the Fitness, Martial Arts, Yoga, and Boxing expert.

Joe promotes a balanced and healthy lifestyle by integrating mind, body and spirit in his intense training sessions. He holds a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do, was a member of the St. John's University Karate team and has won numerous Martial Arts competitions.

He has been a student and practitioner of the combative arts, including boxing and kickboxing for close to thirty years. With more than twenty years experience as a weight trainer and over a decade as a Yogi, Joe holds certifications from the American Council on Exercise and the prestigious White Lotus Foundation for Yoga.

His clients range from housewives to Playboy Cover Models, weekend warriors to elite athletes, movie execs to movie stars, as well as attorneys, physicians and celebrity chefs.

Joe's work has taken him to exotic locales, training his clients on set. He has also traveled the entire country with rock bands like ...Counting Crows, John Mayer, Goo Goo Dolls, Collective Soul, Live, and Maroon 5.