Jonathan Roche

Jonathan Roche is the Founder of Breakthrough Health & Wellness Solutions, Inc. He is a Certified Personal Trainer, an Award-Winning Fitness Expert, a 12-time Ironman Triathlon Finisher and an 18-time Boston Marathon Finisher (running 17 straight to raise funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - where his Mom was treated). In 1995 Jonathan weighed 224 pounds and was working long hours at Fidelity Investments when his Dad (who struggled with his weight and was obese) died suddenly of cardia arrest. Jonathan then went on his own wellness journey, lost 44 pounds and ran his first Boston Marathon. Jonathan, who today weighs 180 pounds, has seen first-hand how health problems can ruin families and is therefore very passionate about helping people lose weight and keep it off while improving their health. Jonathan has been featured on NBC, ABC and Fox as a guest Fitness Expert and he has been featured in the L.A. Times, Skiing Magazine and Women's Health & Fitness. Jonathan is viewed as one of the leading experts on Interval Training. He recognized the power of Interval Workouts while losing 44 pounds and then researched whether Interval Training was safe and appropriate for people new to exercise and trying to lose significant weight. The research was amazing: Interval Workouts can help you burn 30% more calories than exercising at a set pace and can leave your metabolism elevated post-workout for up to 12 hours and have been proven to be safe for beginners. In fact the Mayo Clinic recently stated: "Once the domain of elite athletes, Interval Training has become a powerful tool for the average exerciser, too." Jonathan started creating Personalized Interval Training Plans for people trying to get fit and lose weight in 1998. He has now been awarded two "Interval Fitness Training" patents (#s 7,641,592 and 7,981,002) that are at the core of Breakthrough's proprietary software that personalizes an individual's Interval Workouts based on their health status, goals and schedule. Jonathan's reputation as a Fitness Expert led to his work with Florida Congressman Adam Putnam's office to help the Congressman in his efforts to enhance the language of the National Head Start Program to include programs that educate children on increasing their fitness and improving their health. Committed to using Jonathan's work as a platform to help those around him, Breakthrough Health & Wellness Solutions contributes five percent of its profits to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.