Fit for Life
An accomplished publisher, Bill Phillips has under his belt bestselling books, magazines and documentary films. He’s an inventor and entrepreneur who has made millions by helping others change their lives for the better through mental and physical fitness.
Bill’s books are considered by many to be the most successful fitness books of all time. His bestsellers include “Body for Life” and “Eating for Life”. “Transformation: A Guide to Physical and Spiritual Fitness” is set to be released soon and is expected to be just as successful. The Olympics admires Bill’s work so much that they invited him to participate in America’s Olympic Torch relay in 2002.
Bill has helped train celebrities like Jerry Seinfeld, Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore, and John Elway, but that’s not where his heart lies. He’s happiest when helping ordinary people reach their goals for physical and spiritual fitness. He began at only age 10 helping others reach their calisthenics goals on his little league football team.
Aside from his fitness example, Bill is also an example in charity. He has won awards from the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce for his charitable giving as one of the Top 10 Outstanding Young Americans. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a foundation that grants wishes to children who are terminally ill.
Bill’s fitness passion was a calling that chose him. He didn’t choose it. He’s known since childhood that fitness was important to him. It’s just a coincidence that his passion and America’s passion collided. America was into body building and fitness in the 1980’s. Bill thought he could study medicine to further help people with his passion, but it didn’t take him long to realize he was wrong.
While in pre-med school, Bill noticed that he wasn’t learning anything about preventative medicine. The types of patients he would see as a doctor would be those who already had life threatening conditions like cancer and high blood pressure. Those conditions can often be prevented months or years before they happen. Bill was more interested in preventing than treating, so to help pay for school, he became a personal trainer, and he began writing a newsletter.
To Bill’s surprise, his newsletter took off the first year. Soon he was making more money writing than he would have been making as a physician, and he was helping people at the same time to prevent lifelong illnesses. Every two weeks, at the cost of only $25 per year, Bill sent his subscribers a newsletter filled with pictures, instructions, and general information.
Bill Phillips doesn’t focus only on the physical fitness of his readers. He also focuses on the mental, spiritual, and emotional areas of their lives. He believes there is a formula for success between creating valuable services and delivering them in a meaningful, powerful way. It’s what has led him to the life he enjoys today.