Fitness Made Basedow

If you think Chuck Norris is the only man who could roundhouse kick someone in the face as he is jumping out of a helicopter and reading a Danielle Steele novel, you would be wrong. John Basedow is, for all intensive purposes, as big of a celebrity among college kids as Pikachu is to adolescents. Basedow, creator of Fitness Made Simple, a series of home fitness videos, and his commercials have spawned a cult following of people enamored with all things Basedow. The Daily had the pleasure of talking with Basedow to find out about his supposed death in the Thailand tsunami, the origins of his theme song and how he maintains his "hurricane-proof" hair.