Confessions of a Hollywood Trainer

The new TEEN EDITION of John Petrelli's bestselling CONFESSIONS OF A HOLLYWOOD TRAINER features new, previously unpublished material just for the teen reader, and has been edited for language and content. In his nearly thirty-year career, trainer John Petrelli has coached some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, from Grammy-Award-winning recording artists to A-list Hollywood actors. Not bad, when you consider the fact that at eighteen John seemed bound for prison... or the morgue. Now-with his own blend of brutal honesty, startling vulnerability, and old-school humor-John tells the story of how he escaped a life dominated by violence and fear and forged a new one helping to transform the lives of thousands, all while working steadily to transform his own. It's a tale that takes us from small town, upstate New York to Los Angeles, California, through soap opera casting calls and high-fashion photo shoots to savage reality-TV competition in the Canadian wilds and some of the biggest venues and entertainment industry events in the world; from the bodybuilding stage to the ICU and a battle with a paralyzing autoimmune disorder that changed John's life forever. CONFESSIONS OF A HOLLYWOOD TRAINER traces incredible encounters and transformative experiences with amazing people, charts lessons learned at the feet of the greatest teacher of all-LIFE-and stands as a testament to one simple but powerful truth: no matter where you start from or what obstacles you face, if you're willing to put in the work then you, too, can live your dreams.