James Gleeson is a health writer for The Carousel and Personal Trainer at Tribe Social Fitness, in the Sutherland Shire, Sydney. He has over 25 years experience as an athlete, athletics coach, consultant, personal trainer, educator and independent researcher.

James won an Athletics Scholarship and studied in the United States in 1991.
- San Francisco State University (Psychology, Nutrition, Athletics)
- American Collage of Sports Medicine (Personal Training)

Throughout the 90s he worked as athletics coach and personal trainer in the US.
In the early 2000s, he worked in Snow Sports throughout Japan and returned to Australia in 2008 to continue wellness research and personal training in high end health clubs in Sydney.