Fit to Fat to Fit: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A&E Network presents a groundbreaking new series that follows personal fitness trainers from across the country as they undertake the most extreme weight-loss experiment ever: by forcing themselves to gain weight, they aim to better understand the struggles of their obese clients as they lose the weight together. Fit to Fat to Fit (Fit 2 Fat 2 Fit) a weight loss journey unlike any other. In 2012, professional fitness trainer Drew Manning saw that there was a disconnect between him and his out of shape clients. They claimed he couldn't understand what they were going through. So he purposely gained 75 pounds to understand the struggle to lose it. It was the hardest thing he'd ever done, but it changed his life forever. A&E's docuseries Fit to Fat to Fit follows 10 trainers at the top of their game who will embark on Drew's challenge; agreeing to intentionally pack on the pounds by indulging in an unhealthy diet and completely refraining from exercise in order to transform from fit to fat.

Series details

• Title: Fit to Fat to Fit
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2016-01-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-01-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Lifetime
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 61 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10037
• IMDb ID: tt5396408
• TVDB ID: 306214

Cast and credited roles

• Drew Manning — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-01-19; final listed air date 2016-03-15; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-01-08; final listed air date 2018-01-08; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Fit to Fat to Fit on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.