SAM PAGE, 34, is a freelance journalist, amateur rodeo cowboy and director of Sam Page Fitness, operatingthree private training studios in Southern California. His writing is syndicated worldwide, appearing on such websites as USA Today, Livestrong.com, FOX News, The Chicago Sun-Times and REUTERS. A former magazine publisher, Sam also appears regularly in HIV Plus, Passport, Horizon (Barcelona/London) and he’s a contributor to the Being Alive Newsletter.

Sam’s on-camera interview with Emmy Award® winning actress Kathy Griffin appears in season #4 of My Life on the D List in the episode, “Busted in Bora Bora” on Bravo!

He is represented by Venture IAB; his reel footage can be found on BlipTV.

Young Entrepreneur

A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Sam won the Governor of Utah’s “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 1991. The next year he was nominated by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and appointed to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, but he attended Gonzaga University, in Spokane, Wash., where he rowed on the men’s crew team and participated as a cadet in the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC).

HERO Magazine

In 1997, he co-founded and published HERO, a national magazine which ran from 1997-2001 and won distinction as “One of the Top 10 Magazines in the U.S.” His role as publisher garnered attention from the national media and even the White House. HERO rode the wave of “mainstreaming” gay culture, and was the first magazine to feature relationships, family, fitness, entertaining, automotive, technology and spirituality coverage for that audience.

Modeling & Acting

After playing the lead role in the sold-out run of Ronnie Larsen’s play, “My Boyfriend, the Stripper” in Austin, Texas, and appearing as a featured centerfold in both Playgirl and Attitude magazines (U.K.) he decided to dedicate his life to health and fitness.

Fitness Training & Gym Expansion

Working off-camera, Page opened his first gym at the Hollywood Production Center in October of 2004, and began training top producers of ABC’s Emmy Award-winning reality show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. He co-hosted a fitness program on SIRIUS Sattellite Radio with John McMullen.

He opened his second training studio in Glendale in May 2006.

His training motto, “fitness through inspiration, not intimidation,” reflects his belief that health is available to everyone, regardless of his or her present condition. Focused on the science behind fitness, he blends traditional exercise with a unique motivational and inspirational approach suited for each client.

In April 2007, he legally changed his last name to match that of his husband Bronson Page. The marriage was legalized by the State of California the following year.

His third training studio, a rooftop gym in downtown Los Angeles, opened June 6, 2008.