Meet Gary Reinl
Gary Reinl
Biographical Timeline
Author,
speaker, teacher, liaison, manager, spokesperson, franchisor, program designer,
strategist, researcher, business owner, personal trainer, husband, father,
veteran marathon runner, vegan
Author –
Get Stronger, Feel Younger … The Cardio- and Diet-Free Plan to
Firm Up
and Lose Fat
National
Account Manager – Spokesperson/Trainer/Liaison … Electronic
Waveform
Labs (H-Wave ®)
National Project Coordinator – Vigor Program … NovaCare Inc.
Designer/Trainer/Consultant – Freedom
Through Functionality Program …
Nautilus ® /
General Manager, Medical Division …
Nautilus ® International
Program
Development Director – Pregna Systems Program & WorkAble
Program …
Continental Medical Systems
National Program
Director (Founder) – PregnaCare Program ® … Rehab
America ®
President – Pregnacize Program
® … Dr. Fitt Exercize Systems
Host/Spokesperson – Medical Exercise Seminars
… Nautilus ® Sports/
Medical
Industries
Program Director
– Research … Conceptual Images
Owner/Operator -- Personal
Trainer/Instructor … South Jersey Nautilus Inc.
1972:
Introduced to
Nautilus ® Exercise Equipment
1965:
Introduced to
muscle-building exercise
Machined-Based
Muscle-Building Exercise for People Who Want to Lose their Excess Fat
Co-developed a comprehensive
muscle-building/fat-loss program (Get Stronger, Feel Younger) and a related
marketing/public relations campaign designed to provide the public with the
truth about fat and how to use it.
Goal: Eliminate the desire to lose weight. Or,
stated more directly … cause the collapse of the entire weight-loss industry.
Why
Are We So Fat? Op/Ed Piece
Medical Exercise for
Injured People and the H-Wave ® Electro Medical Device
Teaching medical professionals that
prescribe/provide medical exercise for injured people, the involved injured
people and their families the facts related to using the H-Wave ® electro
medical device to reduce or eliminate the symptoms (pain, swelling, spasm) that
limit or prevent an injured person from using muscle-building exercise machines
and, responding to their related questions and concerns significantly expanded
Gary’s understanding of machine-based muscle-building medical exercise and his
ability to communicate that information.
The
Truth about Evidence-Based Medicine, the FDA, Medical Products, Billing Codes
& Reimbursement
Machined-Based
Muscle-Building Medical Exercise for Mature Adults
Designed, packaged, promoted, “franchised” and
integrated several machine-based muscle-building medical exercise programs for
mature adults.
Highlights:
(1) The Program format
has (as of now, October, 2007) been integrated into more than 450 facilities
nationwide and has stimulated tens-of-millions of dollars in related therapy
contracts and services.
(2) Teaching medical
professionals that worked with geriatric patients and the involved patients and
their families the facts related to a geriatric patient using muscle-building
exercise machines and, responding to their related questions and concerns
significantly expanded
“
-Harold A. Price, Ph.D., Senior Vice President Sales/Marketing, NovaCare (1999)
Mature
Adults Television Coverage Video
Nautilus
Magazine Article (Vigor)
American
Physical Therapy Section on Geriatrics Article (Vigor)
Modern
Health Care Article (Vigor)
Press
& Sun-Bulletin Article (Vigor)
Freedom
Through Functionality Program Manual and Training Material
Nursing
Homes Magazine Article (Freedom Through Functionality)
Machine-Based
Muscle-Building Medical Exercise for a Wide Variety of Medical Conditions
Recruited by Nautilus International’s
president to revive Nautilus’ medical division,
Gary
& 102 Year-Old Tony Zimmerman, 1994
“I have known Mr. Reinl for approximately six years and have found him to be extremely competent in any task he undertakes. He is very knowledgeable in the exercise and health system. He is extremely thorough in the way he goes about his task.”
-Michael L. Pollock, Ph.D., Director, Center for Exercise Science, University of Florida/ Past president American College of Sports Medicine (1993)
“
-Michael Fulton, M.D., Chairman of the Board
of Directors, Medx
“Gary Reinl has been involved with Nautilus since 1973- his contributions
seem endless.”
-Danny Stanton, President, Nautilus
International
Highlights:
(1) Reestablished
Nautilus’ position in the medical exercise marketplace via
Nautilus
Magazine H-Wave (editorial)
Nautilus
Magazine Senior Strength (editorial & Utilizing Exercise within Mental
Health Care)
Provider
Magazine Ad (This is not the NFL)
Provider
Magazine Ad (We’ve been robbed!)
Modern
Health Care Ad (Healthy Care Reform)
(2) Teaching medical
professionals that worked with a wide and diverse range of patient populations
the facts related to someone from their patient population using
muscle-building exercise machines and, responding to their related questions
and concerns significantly expanded
Machined-Based
Muscle-Building Medical Exercise for Women during the Pregnancy Year -- Part
Two
Designed, packaged, promoted, franchised and
integrated several machine-based muscle-building medical exercise programs for
women during the pregnancy year
Highlights:
(1) Learned how to
organize and write related franchise documents, protocol manuals and marketing
material.
(2) Teaching medical
professionals that worked with expectant and new mothers, the involved women
and their families the facts related to an obstetrical patient using
muscle-building exercise machines and, responding to their related questions
and concerns significantly expanded
Women
During the Pregnancy Year Television Coverage Video
PregnaCare
Technical Bulletin # 1
PregnaCare
Technical Bulletin # 1 (Audio)
PregnaCare
Technical Bulletin # 2
PregnaCare
Marketing Post Card
PT
Bulletin Article (PregnaCare)
Modern
Health Care Article (PregnaCare)
Shape
Magazine Article (PregnaCare)
Women’s
Sports & Fitness Article (PregnaCare)
Healthcare
Marketing Report Article (PregnaCare)
Nautilus
Magazine Article (Pregna Systems)
Hospitals
Magazine Ad (Pregna Systems)
Continental
Medical Systems Article (Pregna Systems)
Modern
Health Care Article (Pregna Systems)
American
Baby Ad (Pregna Systems)
Machine-Based
Muscle-Building Medical Exercise for Injured Workers
Co-designed, packaged, integrated and promoted
a machine-based muscle-building medical exercise program for injured workers
(20 centers Nationwide)
Continental
Medical Systems Article (WorkAble)
Back
Pain Monitor Article (WorkAble)
Highlights:
(1) Learned how to organize and write related
business documents, protocol manuals and marketing material.
(2) Learned how to use a medical device (H-Wave
®) that significantly increases an injured
person’s willingness/capability to use muscle-building medical exercise
equipment.
(3) Teaching medical professionals that worked
with injured workers, the involved injured workers and their case managers,
employers and families the facts related to an injured worker using muscle-building
exercise machines and, responding to their related questions and concerns
significantly expanded Gary’s understanding of machine-based muscle-building
medical exercise and his ability to communicate that information.
Machine-Based
Muscle-Building Medical Exercise for People with Lower Back Pain
Host/spokesperson at the Medical
Exercise Seminaries conducted by Nautilus & the
Highlights:
(1) Worked for and reported directly to Arthur
Jones
Gary
& Nautilus founder & creator of modern strength training Arthur Jones,
Nautilus, 1986
Gary's
Wife Susan, Gary's Daughter Mandy & Arthur Jones, 1986
(2) Teaching medical professionals that worked
with people who had lower back pain and or weakness the facts related to a
lower back patient using muscle-building exercise machines and, responding to
their related questions and concerns significantly expanded
Machine-Based
Muscle-Building Medical Exercise for Women during the Pregnancy Year – Part One
Designed the operating protocol and
directed/promoted the largest most published machine-based muscle-building exercise
study involving women during the pregnancy year in history … involving hundreds
of women and more than 5,000 individual exercise sessions. Note:
The
Floridian Magazine Gym for Moms-To-Be Article
(PregnaCare)
Highlights:
(1) Mentored by Arthur Jones (founder,
inventor and owner of Nautilus Sports Medical Industries)
Gary’s
Daughter Mandy, Arthur Jones and wife Terri Jones, 1981
(2) Learned how to successfully package and
communicate news to the media.
(3)
Co-authored the first book on the topic of machine-based muscle-building
exercise during the pregnancy year
(4) Personally integrated the “research” model
into a hospital-based setting that later became the franchise know as “PregnaGym®”
Exercising
and The Pregnant Woman Booklet Cover
PregnaCare
Marketing Post Card
(5) Consulted to Nautilus regarding all
questions related to the use of their product and women during the pregnancy
year (internationally). Note: This service continued for many years following
the study.
(6)
Teaching medical professionals that worked with expectant and new mothers and
the involved women and their families the facts related to an obstetrical
patient using muscle-building exercise machines and, responding to their
related questions and concerns significantly expanded
Machine-Based
Muscle-Building Exercise for Athletes and Other Interested Individuals
Opened, owned, and operated one of the first
complete Nautilus equipped exercise & rehabilitation centers in the world
Original
Nautilus Equipment Order Form
Highlights:
(1) Provided personal one-on-one training
services to more than a hundred individuals including:
Gary's
Daughter Mandy & NFL Hall of Famer Franco Harris, 1979
Gary's
Daughter Mandy & Former NFL Player and Captain of The New York Jets Defense
Greg Buttle, 1980
Gary's
Daughter Mandy & Former NFL Player Dino Hall, 1980
Former
NFL Player and Captain of the
Former
NFL Player and Captain of the
Former
NFL Player Dino Hall Article
Atlantic City Magazine Article
Note: Hundreds of the related sessions involved
a training technique known as “negative only”. Negative only training means
that the exerciser only lowers the weight (several spotters are often needed
to help the trainer lift the weight to the starting position … the positive
part of the exercise). Most of Gary’s negative only sessions were full body
workouts involving four professional and two world class athletes, a dozen
or so major college football players, and eight members of a high school crew
team (note: that crew team was undefeated in the regular season and went on
to win the high school world championships … and, Rowing News Magazine recently,
August 2007, named them “one of the greatest high school boats of all time”).
The
Press of
However, some involved individuals were trying
to regain their function and strength following a sports or work related injury
and/or surgery. Thus, those negative only one-on-one sessions were body part
specific (primarily involving the knee, hamstring and shoulder) and often,
especially during the start up phase of their programs, required little to no
weight. Two cases that were outside the norm were especially interesting: One
involved an
(2) Directly supervised more than 100,000
(non-one-on-one) machine-based muscle-building exercise sessions.
(3)
Provided what later became known as “Sports Medicine” services to scores of
injured athletes and workers
(4) Pioneered the concept of machine-based
muscle-building exercise during the pregnancy year (1978-79)
(5) Started to focus on machine-based
muscle-building medical exercise and the related knowledge needed to
successfully communicate with medical professionals.
Machine-Based
Muscle-Building Exercise for
Joined a Nautilus Gym
Highlights:
After his first work-out … he vowed to open a
Nautilus Gym within one year (it took him 14 months).
Muscle-Building Exercise
for
Started doing muscle-building exercise in the
basement of his suburban
