Forbes Riley is in the news today as the charming infomercial host revealed her own invention, the SpinGym, on the Discovery Channel’s show, Pitchmen. The product itself weighs less than a pound, and offers up to 20 pounds of resistance with every pull. You can see how the SpinGym works in the video beow. As a biography, Forbes Riley was born on April 25, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York, so her age is 49. Wow, she looks incredible for being 49 years old! She grew up in Long Island, New York, and at the age of 16 she became Miss Teenage New York. She went on to represent the state in the Miss Teenage America pageant. Riley has beauty and brains, having skipped an entire grade while in high school.
After graduating from the University of Rochester, she responded to an ad in the New York film trade paper, Dramalogue, and ended up with the lead role in the low budget film, Splatter University, released in 1984. Riley is widely known as the infomercial host for the Jack LaLanne Power Juicer. She has appeared in numerous infomercials, hawking products such as the “MaxiGlide” hair straightener, Tony Horton’s “Power 90″ fitness program and the “QuietClean” air purifier, just to name a few.
