Philip Gray was born in Plymouth, England on August 10th 1965. He has been in the fitness industry for over twenty years and his experience keeps on growing from a former gymnast to a world class athlete.

Graduating with a 4 year B.A. in Fashion Design & Textiles from the London School of Fashion and working his internship with fashion designer icon Zandra Rhodes, he moved to Milan, Italy in 1985 and designed for top Italian designers such as Gianni Versace, Belfe, Bally, Luis Feraud, Philip Morris to name a few and made a name for himself in the fashion industry, while keeping his passion for fitness alive by teaching in several fitness clubs in Milan.

In 1993 Philip placed 7th in the World Sport Aerobic Championship in New Orleans. After being

noticed by several fitness organizations from around the world he started to Present in fitness conventions and made a name for himself in the fitness industry.

His work as a Fitness Presenter has taken him around the world experiencing different cultures and methods of teaching from his fellow collegues.

After living for ten years in Italy and directing some of the most elite and prestigious fitness centers he decided to make a very important career move...

In 1997 Philip sold all of his Italian furnishings and with the funds that he made bought a round trip ticket to Miami and was left with only $100 to start his life over again at the age of 32. After 3 years in March 2000 he founded and is the president of his fitness company called 2BFit International, inc.

He designs and manufactures a line of active/leisure wear under his name and has dressed many celebrities and singers including Gloria Estefan, Paulina Rubio, Rene Zelwegger, celebrity trainers, Keli Roberts, Jeanette Jenkins and Yumi Lee, to name a few and Miss Fitness America Minna Lessig was one of the first to help him launch his line back in 2000 when the company was born.

His clothing was also chosen to star in many fitness videos and infomercials for CableFlex, Crunch Fitness and Lucille Roberts Fitness Clubs. The collection has also featured in the first series of the hit T.V. show 'Will & Grace' and the T.V. hit reality show 'Fat to Fab'. Jennifer Lopez has received some of the camouflage collection and daughter of Lucille Ball, Lucy Arnez is also a fan of his ready to wear Glam Couture dresses. Another celebrity who recently purchased from The Shop at Equinox in South Beach was Brooke Hogan.

Today, Philip continues to travel the world and educate fitness and wellness. His clothing line can be seen on sale in many chic boutiques and spa's around the country. He is constantly coming up with new and fresh methods of teaching and is always open to share his ideas and learn from others.

In April 2000 Philip was presented with the 'Crunch Fitness Instructor of the Year' award and in 2003 was awarded best selling video series in Italy. He is a spokesperson for RollerBlade, Italy and contributes to new programs. The summer of 2005 he was awarded best fitness instructor at the Fitness Festival in Rimini, Italy. He also writes and designs workouts for some of the worlds leading fitness magazines and recently created 'The Beach Ball Blast Workout' for Self magazine Spring 2007 edition. His lastest series of Cardio workout DVD's are with Pushtv, a rent-a-workout program series of personal training, nutrition and cardio workout for the home consumer.

Currently he teaches on a regular basis at The Equinox Fitness Club in South Beach and is the Group Fitness Manager for that Club.