Ellen Latham
Tackle all of life’s challenges head on with the same positive attitude you tackle your workout
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Founder and creator of Orangetheory Fitness
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Ellen is a highly trained physiologist with a lifelong passion for health and fitness. Her desire to be on the cutting edge of fitness inspired Ellen to design “The Ultimate Workout,” which became the foundation for Orangetheory Fitness – hailed by the New York Times as an effective new plateau-busting workout. Ellen is a Partner and Founder of Orangetheory Fitness, and Owner of Ellen’s Ultimate Workout gym in Florida.
Inspired by her father Arthur Calandrelli, a very popular Physical Education teacher and coach in Niagara Falls, NY, Ellen has been motivating and training clients for over 35 years. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education and a Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Buffalo in New York.
Before perfecting her signature workout, Ellen worked at the prestigious Bonaventure Spa when it was the main fitness retreat for the stars, as well as managed Williams Island Spa and The Eden Roc Spa on South Beach. She served as a TV fitness expert for six years, authored fitness columns for The Miami Herald and South Florida Sun-Sentinel and earned the title of Business Woman of the Year in South Florida. Through her position as fitness editor for Women’s Fitness magazine, Ellen began focusing on Pilates and opened the first group equipment-based Pilates studio in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Recent Accolades:
- #1 on 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies
- 2017 IHRSA Woman Leader of the Year
- 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Service Based Business
Ellen and PUSH communicate to the audience that, by utilizing a few simple steps, you can tackle all of life’s challenges head on with the same positive attitude you tackle your workout.
We have mastered going ALL OUT in the studio, now it’s time to go ALL OUT in life! Ellen is now pleased to be able to deliver this inspiring message in person!
Since Ellen Latham created Orangetheory Fitness in 2010, the exercise chain has exploded onto the global fitness scene and is now North America’s fastest growing fitness chain. In keynotes that exude her high energy and palpable passion, Latham takes audiences on her journey of entrepreneurialism, from concept development to brand building to business growth, all supported by her Orangetheory founding principles and unrelenting grit.
Ellen Latham was working her dream job, had a beautiful son, and believed everything was great…until she unexpectedly lost her job. Shocked, but not defeated, Latham decided to use her situation as motivation—and Orangetheory Fitness ultimately emerged. In her uniquely candid and humorous style, Latham explores the challenging, and often daunting, world of being an entrepreneur—as well as a female entrepreneur—speaking firsthand about her personal challenges, solutions and triumphs. With valuable insight on achieving business success, despite the odds and while overcoming the challenges, Latham offers applicable takeaways for professionals in any industry to set and achieve their own goals.
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