{"id":485658,"date":"2026-06-10T12:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/485658\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T12:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:16:10","slug":"friends-remember-gilad-janklowicz-he-said-i-just-want-to-sleep-and-never-woke-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/485658\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends remember Gilad Janklowicz: &#8216;He said, &#8220;I just want to sleep,&#8221; and never woke u"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the death of legendary fitness coach <a id=\"SknBTtERLbze\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/sport\/article\/hyvvjor11mx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gilad Janklowicz<\/a> at 71, his partner and colleague Chaya Halperin, also an iconic instructor from the show &#8220;Fitness Hour,&#8221; shared her memories and grief in an interview with ynet. &#8220;We were soulmates for 40 years,&#8221; Halperin said.<\/p>\n<p>She described how their relationship began: &#8220;It really started through the profession. I was on a training tour in Japan and returned via Hawaii, and I decided I wanted to meet this amazing person on screen. I met Gilad at a place called Honolulu Club. I took classes with him, and a very deep friendship developed between us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gelleryOpener\" aria-label=\"open article gallery\" data-image-id=\"ArticleImageData.Skek3ihLWGe\" id=\"image_ArticleImageData.Skek3ihLWGe\"><\/p>\n<p>2 View gallery <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ReduxEditableImage_ArticleImageData.Skek3ihLWGe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BySFc5IWfl_182_0_1126_633_0_x-large.jpg\" alt=\"\u05d7\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05dc\u05e4\u05e8\u05df \u05d5\u05d2\u05dc\u05e2\u05d3 \u05d9\u05e0\u05e7\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05e5'\" title=\"Gilad Janklowicz and Chaya Halperin  (Photo: Chaya Halperin) \" aria-hidden=\"false\"\/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ReduxEditableImage_ArticleImageData.Skek3ihLWGe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BySFc5IWfl_182_0_1126_633_0_x-large.jpg\" alt=\"\u05d7\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05dc\u05e4\u05e8\u05df \u05d5\u05d2\u05dc\u05e2\u05d3 \u05d9\u05e0\u05e7\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05e5'\" title=\"Gilad Janklowicz and Chaya Halperin  (Photo: Chaya Halperin) \" aria-hidden=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gilad Janklowicz and Chaya Halperin <\/p>\n<p>(Photo: Chaya Halperin)<\/p>\n<p>Halperin reflected on his professionalism and presence: &#8220;He had that athletic look and was so precise in everything he did, yet very careful with exercises suitable for everyone. He always advocated keeping things simple. I was impressed by everything \u2014 his look, his delivery, his approach, and of course the beauty in the aesthetics he chose, set against the backdrop of Hawaii&#8217;s beaches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the two maintained daily contact: &#8220;We stayed in touch all those years, with frequent visits \u2014 either I was in Hawaii or he came to Israel. The last time I spoke with him was three days ago. We always greeted each other for Shabbat, but that Saturday, he didn\u2019t answer. I called him, and he said, &#8216;I just want to sleep, I\u2019ll call you in a few minutes.&#8217; But those minutes never came. That was it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Halperin emphasized that there were no signs leading up to his death: &#8220;No, absolutely not. He was planning new projects, filming new workout tapes, and developing exercise equipment. He was in a really good period. But perhaps there were things I wasn\u2019t aware of, despite him sharing so much with me. This is a terrible loss and an immense shock. I still can\u2019t process it \u2014 it will probably hit me eventually.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Janklowicz had recently been in advanced talks to produce new fitness programs for Sport 5 in Israel and the U.S., including filming at locations such as Masada and working with Israeli women, continuing the legacy of his globally recognized televised workouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the death of legendary fitness coach Gilad Janklowicz at 71, his partner and colleague Chaya Halperin, also&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[589,163,85,46],"class_list":["post-485658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}