After a four-year break, The Greatest Loser returns January 28, 2020. The sequence airs on USA Community, options new trainers, and emphasizes total well being, in keeping with the crew: host Bob Harper and trainers Erica Lugo and Steve Prepare dinner.
"We're actually specializing in the mind-body connection," Harper instructed Girls's Well being, explaining that difficult exercises can be utilized to assist individuals overcome emotional hurdles.
The present has obtained criticism previously for selling excessive and unhealthy weight reduction, however the brand new crew says their precedence is to assist individuals accomplish their health or well being objectives—not a quantity on the size.
New for this season is enhanced assist after the present, in keeping with Girls's Well being. All contestants will obtain a free gymnasium membership, vitamin counseling, and weight-loss assist teams.
"5 - 6 years in the past I used to be 322 kilos, and now right here I'm a coach on America’s primary weight reduction TV present," Lugo beforehand instructed Males's Well being. "There is no such thing as a one who can cease you if you wish to do that."
Meet the 12 contestants on The Greatest Loser 2020:
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Domenico Brugellis
USA Community
Brugellis is a dad elevating a six-year-old daughter in New York, in keeping with his bio on USA. A former chef, Brugellis is the present meals supervisor with the Division of Schooling, which means he creates the menu for college students throughout New York Metropolis. He is struggled with sustaining a wholesome relationship with meals and hopes that becoming a member of The Greatest Loser helps. He begins the season weighing 323 kilos.
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Jim DiBattista
USA Community
A dad to 3 boys, DiBattista coaches a neighborhood youth soccer crew in his native metropolis, Philadelphia, Pa. Each of DiBattista's dad and mom died younger, which impressed the coach to steer a more healthy life. He signed up for The Greatest Loser so he may be there for his household. He joins the primary season weighing 385 kilos.
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Katarina Bouton
USA Community
Bouton, 23, is a cardiac nurse from Jacksonville, Fl, who says she all the time struggled along with her weight. She teaches others about wholesome consuming, however typically consumes high-calorie quick meals meals on account of her busy job. Bouton joined The Greatest Loser at 293 kilos to undertake the wholesome habits she promotes to sufferers.
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Kim Davis
USA Community
Kim Davis, from Mulberry, Tenn., works as a tour information at a whiskey distillery. She battled breast most cancers practically 20 years in the past and desires to make sure she leads an extended and wholesome life, in keeping with her bio. She joins The Greatest Loser at 242 kilos.
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Kristi McCart
USA Community
McCart is a spouse, mom, and legal professional along with her personal legislation and property planning follow in Riverview, Fl. Her difficult relationship with meals started as a toddler. She traveled between her divorced dad and mom’ households and infrequently knew when her subsequent meal could be. McCart has beforehand misplaced weight by utilizing excessive measures and desires to be taught wholesome habits. She joins The Greatest Loser weighing 264 kilos.
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Kyle Yeo
USA Community
Yeo lived most of his life as a closeted homosexual man and used meals to deal with hiding his true id, in keeping with his bio. Now, Yeo is comfy talking about his sexuality and desires to develop a more healthy relationship with meals. Yeo joins The Greatest Loser from Kansas Metropolis, Mo., the place was born and raised. Yeo begins the season at 302 kilos and has the assist of his household.
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Megan Hoffman
USA Community
A 35-year-old from Simi Valley, Calif, Hoffman works in operations at a gymnasium. Hoffman wish to stay a more healthy way of life and hopes becoming a member of The Greatest Loser will assist her accomplish that. She joins the present weighing 290 kilos.
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Micah Collum
USA Community
Micah Collum, 23, hails from Oneonta, Ala., and had a troublesome childhood. Collum's dad and mom are divorced and his mom struggled with habit, leaving Collum and his six siblings to fend for themselves. Collum performed soccer and basketball in highschool. Since graduating, he gained practically 100 kilos and desires to develop more healthy habits. He joins The Greatest Loser weighing 326 kilos.
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PhiXavier Holmes
USA Community
PhiXavier Holmes lives in Washington, D.C., the place she works as a college counselor. She started utilizing meals as a coping mechanism after her father handed away. As PhiXavier's household are in Louisiana, the counselor depends on her mates and coworkers in D.C. for assist. She joins this season weighing 357 kilos.
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Robert Richardson
USA Community
Robert Richardson II is a husband and father who lives in Lafayette, La. Richardson is the son of a former NFL participant and dreamed of enjoying soccer professionally. Nonetheless, a sequence of accidents shattered these desires when Richardson was in school. He joins The Greatest Loser weighing 409 kilos.
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Teri Aguiar
USA Community
Teri Aguiar is a flight nurse who drops from the sky to save lots of lives. A lately divorced mother of two teenagers, Aguiar travels all through Illinois transporting critically in poor health sufferers by helicopter, nevertheless her weight generally slows down her rescues. Aguiar can be the previous Miss Missouri, 1999. She joins this season weighing 256 kilos.
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Delores Tomorrow
USA Community
Delores Tomorrow is a Chicago, Il, native who desires to construct a greater neighborhood in her hometown. The founding father of a non-profit that serves teen women of coloration, Tomorrow served on the Advance Workforce for former First Girl Michelle Obama. She joins The Greatest Loser weighing 280 kilos.
