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Ellen Barrett (born June 14, 1971) is a health and fitness expert, widely known as a workout video guru, with best-selling DVDs like Crunch: Pick Your Spot Pilates and Prevention Magazine’s Walk Off Belly Fat.

She was born in Yonkers, New York, the youngest of three. At age 3, her family moved to a small town outside of Syracuse New York, called Manlius. She graduated from Fayetteville-Manlius High school in 1989 and went on to play on the women’s tennis team at University of Connecticut. While at UCONN, Ellen started teaching aerobics at the school’s on-campus workout facility and decidedly made fitness her career goal.

In 1998, Ellen moved to Los Angeles and started teaching her signature BalletPilates classes at Crunch Gym, on Sunset Blvd, where she caught the attention of video producer, Andrea Ambandos. She also personally trained celebrities Justine Bateman and Laura Haring, among others. Ellen starred in Fit TV’s All Star Workout and garnered worldwide recognition. The one “stain” on her career, she has said was doing various infomericals, which she called, “My only regrets”.

Literary Career Ellen has found success in the literary world, writing four non-fiction books to date: Sexy Yoga (Ulysses Press, 2004), Weights For Weight Loss (Ulysses Press, 2005), Zodiaction (Bantam, 2007), and The 28 Days Lighter Diet (Skirt!, 2014).

Personal Life Ellen married real estate developer, Steven K Inglese in 2004. They have one son, Luca, born in 2008. They live in Connecticut.