# Harley Pasternak

Harley Samuel Pasternak is a Canadian personal trainer, motivational speaker, author and television host. Pasternak is known for working with many celebrity clients as a personal trainer. He is also known as one of the co-hosts of ABC's 2012 daytime talk show, The Revolution.

## Early life

He was born in Toronto, Canada and later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the fitness industry. Pasternak is Jewish and grew up in a 'typical Ashkenazi household'. Pasternak graduated from York Mills Collegiate Institute and holds an honor's degree in kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario and a master's degree in exercise physiology and nutritional sciences from the University of Toronto.
During his time at University of Toronto, Pasternak served as a nutrition and exercise scientist at Department of National Defence's Defence and Civil Institute for Environmental Medicine from 2005 to 2007. As a scientist, he focused on performance physiology and nutrition, with a specialty in caffeine and ephedrine. His work was published in the scientific journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise in June 2003 and in The Canadian Journal of Sports Medicine. Pasternak is also certified by the American College of Sports Medicine and is an IDEA Master Trainer.
Today, Pasternak is an Associate Faculty Member of the University of Toronto.

## Career

In 1999, Dr. Marvin Waxman introduced Pasternak to producer Don Carmody, who hired Pasternak to work with Jim Caviezel and cast on his film Angel Eyes. After several subsequent films, Carmody hired Pasternak to train Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., and Penélope Cruz on the set of Gothika in Montreal. Berry suggested Pasternak move permanently from Toronto to Los Angeles to continue to work together, which he did.
In 2004, Berry played the title role in Catwoman, a role for which she trained exclusively with Pasternak. Pasternak appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss Berry's training. After Winfrey suggested that he write a book about his program, he published 5-Factor Fitness: The Diet and Fitness Secret of Hollywood's A-List in 2005.
Pasternak has been a fitness trainer for numerous celebrities such as Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Adele, Miley Cyrus and more.

## Television

In addition to his hosting on The Revolution, Pasternak has made appearances on American and Canadian morning daytime talk shows and news programs, along with serving as a guest judge on Germany's Next Topmodel and Canada's Next Top Model. Pasternak has been a frequent contributor on The Today Show as well as Good Morning America. Additionally, Pasternak co-stars in all three seasons of Khloe Kardashian's series Revenge Body.

## Gym design

In November 2018, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts named Pasternak as their Global Fitness Ambassador. Since then, Pasternak took part in redesigning and renovating gyms across various Four Seasons properties worldwide.
Furthermore, Pasternak designed gyms for Viceroy Los Cabos, The Ritz Carlton Waikiki, and Alo Yoga Beverly Hills Alo Yoga Beverly Hills.
In June 2023, Harley Pasternak partnered with Picerne Residential to improve fitness facilities and wellness programs in its 2,000 Southern California units.

## Books

Pasternak is also a New York Times best selling author and has published eight books:
* 5-Factor Fitness (Putnam Penguin)
* 5-Factor Diet (Ballantine Books)
* 5-Factor World Diet (Ballantine Books)
* 5-Factor World Diet (Viking Books Canada)
* The Body Reset Diet (Rodale)
* The Body Reset Diet Cookbook (Viking Books Canada)
* The Body Reset Diet Revised Edition (Rodale)
* 5 Pounds (Rodale)

## Collaborations

Pasternak has produced collborations with several brands, include running shoes for New Balance, smoothies for Jamba Juice, appliances for Sultan, hardware & software for FORME, and blood sugar mints for Sweet Kick.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2001 | Angel Eyes | Personal Trainer |
| 2002 | The Shield | Personal Trainer |
| 2003 | Wrong Turn | Fitness Trainer-Uncredited |
| 2003 | Cold Creek Manor | Personal Trainer |
| 2003 | Tru Calling | Personal Trainer |
| 2003 | Gothika | Trainer: Halle Berry |
| 2004 | Catwoman | Trainer: Halle Berry |
| 2005 | Constantine | Personal Trainer |
| 2005 | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Personal Trainer |
| 2005 | Elizabethtown | Personal Trainer -Uncredited |
| 2005 | Slow Burn | Personal Trainer |
| 2006 | Something New | Personal Trainer- Uncredited |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Personal Trainer: Halle Berry and Ben Foster |
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces | Personal Trainer: Alicia Keys and Common |
| 2007 | The Hitcher | Personal Trainer |
| 2007 | Knocked Up | Personal Trainer: Katherine Heigl |
| 2007 | We Own the Night | Personal Trainer: Eva Mendes |
| 2007 | Transformers | Personal Trainer |
| 2008 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Personal Trainer: Jason Segel and Paul Rudd |
| 2008 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Personal Trainer: Brendan Fraser |
| 2008 | Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous | Fitness Trainer: Jessica Simpson |
| 2008 | Twilight | Personal Trainer: Rob Pattinson |
| 2008 | Bedtime Stories | Personal Trainer: Teresa Palmer |
| 2008 | The Spirit | Fitness Trainer: Gabriel Macht |
| 2009 | I Love You, Man | Fitness Trainer: Jason Segel and Paul Rudd |
| 2009 | Funny People | Fitness Trainer: Seth Rogan |
| 2009 | A Perfect Getaway | Fitness Trainer: Milla Jovovich |
| 2009 | Whip It | Fitness Trainer: Elliot Page |
| 2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Personal Trainer: Rob Pattinson |
| 2010 | Dear John | Personal Trainer: Amanda Seyfried |
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack | Personal Trainer: Al Pacino |
| 2010 | Just Wright | Personal Trainer: Common |
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Fitness Trainer: Jonah Hill |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Personal Trainer: Rob Pattinson |
| 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Personal Trainer: Rob Pattinson |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | Fitness Trainer: Seth Rogan |
| 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Personal Trainer: Rob Pattinson |
| 2013 | Fast & Furious 6 | Fitness Trainer |
| 2014 | The Giver | Fitness Trainer: Odeya Rush |
| 2015 | Trainwreck | Fitness Trainer: Amy Schumer |
| 2015 | Goosebumps | Fitness Trainer: Jack Black |
| 2017 | Snatched | Personal Trainer: Amy Schumer |
| 2017 | Flatliners | Personal Trainer: Nina Dobrev and Diego Luna |
| 2018 | Alpha | Personal Trainer: Kodi Smit-McPhee |
| 2018 | I Feel Pretty | Personal Trainer |
| 2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Personal Trainer, TV Series |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Personal Trainer: Karen Gillen |
| 2019-2020 | The Politician | Personal Trainer, TV Series |
| 2021 | Dear Evan Hansen | Personal Trainer |
| 2022 | Winning Time: The Rise of The Lakers Dynasty | Personal Trainer, TV Series |
Pasternak appears as himself doing a fitness routine with Megan Fox in the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. He also appeared as himself as Jessica Simpson's personal trainer in Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous in 2008.