Chris Parnell is celebrity trainer and founder of The Parnell Plan . Chris spent most of his adult life navigating the fitness in NYC as a top trainer at Elite Health Clubs and Boutique gyms . He constantly sought was to reinvent himself and challenge what he knew to be true about fitness . After reaching a new pinnacle as an amateur Natural Bodybuilding athlete and having his first son he found himself laid up in the hospital after surviving a stroke. Chris's story of Taking The Hills is about creating a version of yourself that refuses to quit and refuses to give up .