Greg Plitt has reportedly died Saturday in Burbank, California. Greg Plitt was an extremely well known American fitness model and actor, who in unique ways brought his work into the mainstream.
Greg was born on November 3, 1977 and grew up in Lutherville Maryland. His mother was an interior designer and his father was a real estate agent. Throughout his life, he maintained great affection for the places he grew up. Although he was a Class of 2000 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he also visited the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, from which his older sister graduated. In recent years, he was greatly excited by the successes of the Baltimore Ravens, and attended those Football Games when he could. He was both Airborne and Ranger qualified, and served as a Ranger for five years. He also conducted fitness training for military and future military. Greg Plitt always brought great enthusiasm to his work, and his characteristic smile and energy projected beyond his friends and contacts to be felt also in his modeling and television work. He modeled for Under Armour, Old Navy, Calvin Klein and other companies,and was well known for his pictures and writing in magazines such as Maxim, AXL, American Health & Fitness, Flaunt, Men's Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, Men's Health, FitnessRx for Men, Instinct Magazine, and Men's Exercise, among others. Having starred in the television series Work Out, he also did TV commercials for Old Spice Body Wash, ESPN's Great Outdoor Games, Under Armour, MTV, Zoli Sinks, Gold's Gym Power Flex, Bowflex and has lately taken acting roles. Images of his body were used to create Dr. Manhatttan's muscular physique in the 2009 film Watchmen. He has also appeared in many other movies and television shows Greg's quotes are also well known, as he was quite able, when needed, to use language well in order to motivate people. Here are four: "It’s called the pump people, you got to experience it, it’s one of the better highs in life , you don’t need to shoot up for it ,you don’t need to snort it, all you got to do is sweat for it." "Sacrifice today for tomorrows betterment, you are willing to pay those payments with pain, because pain is just a message when you are fixing something that’s insufficient in your life." "Whater the mind can concieve and believe, the mind can achieve" "The difference of the differential between achieving success and the pain of failure is the differential between the intestinal fortitude to get back up and be a winner in life from going to work in the differential of success is life." Joe Donnelly sadly reported on his fitness site that this great fitness guru and model Greg Plitt had died on Saturday in Burbank. Joe states "It is with a heavy and tragically sad heart I inform you that Greg Plitt was killed today by a train in Burbank." He will be greatly missed by his friends, family, and fans. From the Speedorex Blog Ed. This version corrects the rumour that the death happened during the filming of a video More pictures of Greg Plitt at the Blog Post: http://speedorex.blogspot.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
