Dan DeFigio is the Director of BASICS AND BEYOND, LLC. He works as a professional trainer, nutrition counselor, and author in the Nashville, Tennessee area. He holds a number of prestigious national and international certifications.

Dan has been featured on The Dr. Phil Show, and is the former host of the television series Fitness Basics and Beyond. He is also a frequent consultant to The Tennessean's Health and Fitness section, and is a contributing editor of the official publication of the National Federation of Professional Trainers. Dan has been featured in SELF magazine, Personal Fitness Professional, and MD News. The continuing education workshops that he presents to other fitness professionals have been featured on the cover ofPersonal Trainer Magazine, and Dan's company Basics and Beyond is featured as a case study in the book How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Personal Training Business.

Dan is recognized by the American Council on Exercise as one of only a handful of Continuing Education Specialists in the state of Tennessee. He is also a State Examination Official for the National Federation of Professional Trainers, and was selected to an elite panel of only 10 experts in the nation to revise the teaching curriculum for personal trainers worldwide. In addition to teaching exercise and nutrition, Dan studies and teaches martial arts and self-defense. Dan specializes in post-injury exercise and posture correction.