Kathy Smith

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Kathy Smith (born December 11, 1951) is a personal trainer who became well known for her workout videos during the late-1980s and 1990s. She has sold millions of videos and DVDs. Her first video was released in 1988. She is 5ft 9in and 135 lbs.

Kathy lost her father from a heart attack when she was 17, and lost her mother in a plane crash. The tragedy in her life lead her to start running and doing aerobics. In college, she studied dance kinesiology, exercise physiology and nutrition. She went through a program at UCLA and became certified with IDEA and AFA as a fitness trainer. She also attended the University of Hawaii.

Kathy has produced and starred in twenty best-selling exercise videos, with over seven million copies sold. She invented the Air Bench step trainer and is also co-developer of Kathy Smith Fit-Caps, a line of additive-free vitamins.

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