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Born and raised in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Jimmy began his active lifestyle at a very young age; from neighborhood sports of football, street & roller-blade hockey, to 2 years on a local soccer team as their team goalie. Jimmy then joined his school's cross-country track team, and also ventured on to the wrestling mat. With all the sports and activities he participated in, he found his biggest liking in weight-training. Along with his high school friend Dave, Jimmy vigorously worked out almost every day during his final years of high school... which led the beginning of who Jimmy Thomas is today.

From a home-gym above a friend's garage, to down in his own basement of barbells & dumbbells, Jimmy stuck with his workouts even throughout his college time in Boston where he followed his high school studies of Architecture. Once moving to Tampa, Florida, he continued his weight-training from his backyard and moved it to a local gym while pushing his limits to the max. Although he had his love for weight-training, Jimmy sought out another active & disciplined interest he also had... martial arts. Jimmy joined a Kenpo Karate school where he lived every waking, non-working moment at; his love for the arts began to overtake him.

As his time spent in the gym was reduced, his concentration on his Kenpo studies grew. He progressed very quick in his ranks and soon began teaching the children's & adult classes as well as private lessons. From self defense demonstrations, to entertainment for fitness competitions aired on ESPN, Jimmy found his way to every karate tournament in the F.L.M.A. (Florida League of Martial Arts) circuit. Trophy after trophy, Jimmy barely ever left a tournament without a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place title. He was chosen "Student of the Year" in 1994, and was the icon role model for all the children and under-ranks in his classes.

Being out of the gym for many years due to his martial arts devotion, he found his way back to add on lost size & strength. In 1998 modeling came into Jimmy's life. He began test shooting for many Photographers and very quickly picked up representation by 13 agencies throughout Florida alone. From commercial print, retail ads, catalogs & magazines, Jimmy worked with company's like Tommy Hilfiger, Dillard's, Disney, Sports Authority, & many fitness magazines where he is still published in to this day; like with celebrity Model/Actress Amanda Swisten ("American Pie III"), and starring in music videos like the Persian Artist Ebi: Sedam Kardi. and Persian Artist Shohreh: Shabe Shekar

Through modeling, Jimmy was a chosen finalist in a best-body, dance-off contest in Hedonism, Jamaica and invited to be the Featured Entertainer for an elite male revue group in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as an invite to be on a 10-man American dance-off team against a 10-man Jamaican team. Aside from modeling & martial arts, Jimmy enjoys helping others in health & body sculpting so he became certified through NASM the 'National Academy of Sports Medicine' and began his Personal Training career. Along with his modeling website, he also designed and built his personal training website so he could train people all around the world.

Throughout his many years of bodybuilding, self defense studies & teachings, karate competitions, personal training, website designing and modeling, Jimmy still kept with his backbone career that he went to college for... Architecture. He worked for an engineering firm in his first few years in Florida, then onto working for the largest architecture firm in the state of Florida, which was also the largest franchised architecture firm in America. He was there for 4 years where he custom designed up to 4-story, multi-million dollar homes, while leaving the firm as one of their Senior Designers, and with 2 "Designer of the Quarter" awards.

Jimmy felt he needed a location change to further his many interests, so he moved to Los Angeles in the Spring of 2001. With this move he brought along all of his careers. He still designed upper-scale homes, trained clients independently and also for 'CBS Television Studios' for the cast & crew, he continued his modeling and still taught self defense & kickboxing. Along with his hard earned accomplishments, Jimmy even found time to add action-adventure screenplay writing into his busy schedule, a self help book and 4 inventions in the works, an organic retail product, a stock photography website, an animal abuse prevention organization, and a new fitness concept DVD.

With so many careers and interests, Jimmy found little time to put towards them, so he took an offer given to him to temporarily relocate to Europe in the spring of 2003 to entertain as an "Extreme Bartender" and "Performer". This allowed Jimmy the freedom to temporarily retire from his architecture and personal training work, and concentrate on his passions; body sculpting, martial arts, and screenplay writing, while still putting together his new fitness concept and working on his many other ideas and creations. With this time away, he traveled all over Europe and Egypt before returning to Los Angeles January 2005.

Jimmy's plans have always been to continue in his health, fitness, martial arts, and entertainment fields, as he enjoys the teachings it brings to others. As he continues to be seen in fitness magazines, on television and in music videos, his most active modeling venue has been through romance novel covers, as he's been on 8 paperback covers you can find in most book stores, since selected to be in the "Mr. Romance Novel Cover Model" contest back in 2002. See him at this year's Romantic Times Convention in Orlando in April as he puts on a live novel cover photo shoot for all attendees to see. Jimmy's goals are high and his determination, drive, ambition and hard work show to pay off!

Weight Resistance Training - He will teach you the proper use of free weights, machines, and/or rubber tubing (at home or office) while using the proper resistance that is right for you and your goals, along with teaching you angle of resistance, range of motion and proper breathing throughout your exercises. Lose fat and gain lean muscle mass while toning your body through your workouts and diet.

Kickboxing - He will teach you balanced and secure defensive and offensive stances, how to properly throw all types of punches, kicks, and other strikes, how to cover your vital target points, block, dodge and distract your opponent, as well as many different knockout combinations. Increase your speed, concentration and confidence while improving your cardiovascular abilities.

Self Defense - Learn self defense against any type of attack from one opponent or many, from non-armed attackers to club, knife and gun attackers. Jimmy's studies in Kenpo Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Shotokan and Jiu-jitsu will give you the abilities to defend yourself and your loved ones at any time, in any given situation or environment. Learn proper stances and blocks, punches and other strikes, kicks, quick foot movements, as well as multiple striking techniques to render your attacker temporarily paralyzed or unconscious.