It was produced as a CD-ROM in 1996 by London-based Melrose Film Productions and NoHo Digital and published by Macmillan (UK), Simon & Schuster (US) and Ravensburger (Germany).

He approached NoHo with the idea as the company had the capacity to make games[1] Tim Wright of NoHo designed the project with a specific vision to utilise the talents of Rob Bevan as art director, Adam Gee as producer and script editor, Jason Loader as 3d animator and comedian, and Nigel Harris as sound designer.

[1] After a script and demo were created, NoHo teamed up with Macmillan, having proven that the concept could be funnier, bigger, and have a broader appeal.

[1] It has been likened to comedic surreal video games such as You Don’t Know Jack and Starship Titanic.

[1] Sacha Cohen of The Washington Post compared the surreal and silly game to the work of Salvador Dalí and Dadaism, while describing the personal trainer as a cross between the Three Stooges and Richard Simmons, ultimately questioning what the makers of the program were thinking when they designed it.