Letter From the President
Congratulations on your foresight! You have given yourself a tremendous opportunity! Right now, as you read my message, you hold in your hands a career opportunity that will transform your life. You have in your power to achieve your greatest ambitions. You can enter the high paying world of the Fitness Professional. You can become a Degreed Fitness Trainer and/or a Medical Fitness Specialist.
As you read through this information, you must realize that you stand at a crossroad. At any moment you can put this down and never consider the dramatic improvements this program can mean to you.
But read on!
You are not wasting your time in considering the Fitness Industry! Nor will you be killing time when you begin to INVEST your precious time in a course of study here at The Fitness Institute of Technology to become a Degreed Fitness Trainer and/or Medical Fitness Specialist! You will soon learn that your time invested HERE will be the wisest investment you have ever made.
Here are the facts you need to be aware of:
Fitness Training is considered by virtually all career advisors to be in the Top 10 most growing careers of the future. Most put it in the TOP 5!
Personal Trainers without degrees command prices of $65… $75… $100… $125… $150 a hour or more for taking a client through a training session, with the best trainers making much, much, more!
There are very few, if any, other careers that can match the high level of job satisfaction derived from the knowledge that you are helping people live healthier, happier, and fitter lives.
There are very few, if any, careers that can match the beautiful workplace of an elegant health club, country club, resort, vacation villa, or cruise ship.
There are very few, if any, careers that can match the wonderful, caring people you will have to work with.
There are very few, if any, careers that give you the freedom to set your own hours and work at your own pace.
There are very few, if any, careers that enable you to seek your own independent opportunity to be your own boss, to dream, to build, and to succeed.
There are very few, if any, careers that enable you to enjoy the benefits of your creations and the unbridled thrill of fulfillment.
There are very few, if any, careers that enable you to become so very highly compensated, financially, mentally, emotionally, professionally, spiritually, and with the profound knowledge that you have made the world better--by helping your clients improve themselves physically, and as a result improve themselves financially, mentally, emotionally, professionally, and spiritually.
You may not have had many lucky breaks in your life, but your finding this program is a lucky break. You may not feel that you have come anywhere close to your potential in life, but this program can help you achieve your potential. You may have been in a quandary on the question of your destiny, but this program can provide you the knowledge, skill, and training you need to fulfill your destiny!
Why has The Fitness Institute of Technology and the IFPA decided to work together? The IFPA has certified nearly 70,000 Fitness Professionals between 1994 and 2005, providing the very best education and training the Fitness Industry has to offer. The IFPA has earned our reputation because we have the best Faculty Instructors in the world and most importantly, because we have the most PRACTICAL programs in the world. And that is our SECRET! PRACTICAL! While everyone else is using academicians to put together their theoretical programs, the IFPA searches for advanced degreed (M.D., D.O, D.C.M., N.D., PhD, M.S.) educators that have extensive PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE and a BURNING DESIRE to pass on their WEALTH of KNOWLEDGE to those who have a BURNING DESIRE to learn the SECRETS of PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE!
Let go of your fears! Take this opportunity to grasp your dreams with both hands and don’t let go! The program you will embark on will teach you everything you need to know to train people, young and old, male and female, healthy and NOT! You will learn to train them safely and effectively! You will learn a "SCOPE OF PRACTICE" far beyond that being practiced in the Fitness Industry today. The standards in the Fitness Industry have always been too low. That is the reason why only 8% of the American population goes to a gym or works out! That’s right! ONLY 8%; 92% of the American population does not exercise enough to gain any health benefits! That is the reason for our Obesity Epidemic, our Diabetes Epidemic, and our Cancer Epidemic! That is the reason for this message to you!
The IFPA has poured all of our knowledge, experience, time, effort, and energy into this program - preparing to pour it into you!
Because if you don’t take up this call, if you don’t join us in our War Against Obesity, 50% of all American school-age children will be obese by 2010, and 70% of all Adult Americans will be obese by 2012!
You have it in your power not only to change your destiny, but the destiny of America. July 4th, 2006 marked the 230th birthday of America, the Greatest NATION on Earth! Will you decide to join the fight to save our NATION, our citizens, our Children! Or Not?
You stand at a crossroad!
Which road will you take?
I sincerely hope you travel our road and together with all of us here at the IFPA, we will make our world a better place!
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live.
I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
- George Bernard Shaw
Best regards,
Jim Bell, PhD
President, F.I.T.
Our Mission
The mission of The Fitness Institute of Technology is to provide the most extensive knowledge, training, and skill to our students in both fitness training and in medical fitness specialization. The exclusive knowledge, secrets, and technologies our students learn will enable them to dramatically increase the “scope of practice” of the fitness professional. The increased “scope of practice” will enable our students to work with the people who need competent fitness training the most: the overweight and obese, the diabetic, and all the rest of the American population that suffers from the ravages of the Metabolic Syndromes afflicting our Nation. Graduates from The Fitness Institute of Technology will have the competency to remedy the host of dysfunctions and afflictions that prevent our citizens from attaining their full potential… mentally, emotionally, spiritually, financially, artistically, and physically. Graduates from The Fitness Institute of Technology will have the competency to help and improve the very young-to the very old; the very de-conditioned to the elite athlete; the very frail to the very strong man, woman, and child… Anyone who wants to live a better, fuller, higher quality of life.
The F.I.T. Purpose
The health and welfare of all Americans is in jeopardy. Despite the warning that 92% of the American population does not exercise with enough regularity to derive any health benefits, Americans have not adopted the Fitness Lifestyle. Despite the warning that health authorities project that 50% of all American school-age children and 70% of all adults will be obese by 2012, Americans have not adopted the Fitness Lifestyle. Despite the fact that officials are continuously trying to warn Americans of the dire consequences of their unhealthy habits, Americans have not adopted the Fitness Lifestyle.
The purpose of the Fitness Institute of Technology is to provide the knowledge, skill, training, and experience the Fitness Professional will need and MUST HAVE to prevent the onslaught of disease and dysfunction caused by our citizens’ unhealthy habits. The knowledge, skill, training, and experience you will gain here cannot be gained anywhere else. University or college professors have a vast wealth of knowledge to share with their students, but they lack the skill and training that are essential for you to become a MASTER OF YOUR CRAFT! The college professor has a vast amount of academic and scientific knowledge but lacks the practical experience to help their students apply that knowledge.
The purpose of the Fitness Institute of Technology is not only to provide you with the scientific knowledge you will need to increase your “Scope of Practice” as a Fitness Professional, but most importantly, the Fitness Institute of Technology has developed the only system in the world to help you apply the knowledge you gain. This application of knowledge is the only way for you to become a MASTER OF YOUR CRAFT!
You learn through a precise and systematic progression of Independent Study. Then you apply the knowledge you gain through practical, hands-on, supervised internships where you will systematically turn your knowledge into SKILL!
Knowledge DOES NOT EQUAL POWER! That is a myth! In the Rumpelstiltskin Fairy Tale, he turned straw into gold. Knowledge is straw! You turn knowledge into GOLD by changing your KNOWLEDGE INTO SKILL!
Knowledge is certainly important… critically important, but it does not go far enough and has done nothing to solve the Obesity, Diabetes, and Cancer Epidemics that are the result of Americans’ unhealthy habits. Knowledge is the foundation, the basis of all the skills and performance training that you will learn and master before graduating from the Fitness Institute of Technology.
The Fitness Institute of Technology is a nontraditional program unlike any other college or university. Traditional college requires you to put your life on hold while you devote 2-4-6-8 or more years of your life to education. You go to traditional college to be educated. You don’t get to “DO” until you graduate. And even after graduation you rarely get to “DO” because you find out your degree did little to prepare you for job demands and nothing to prepare you for a career. The Fitness Institute of Technology is a revolutionary leap from traditional college concepts. In the Fitness Institute of Technology you will learn a brand new concept that encompasses everything about THE JOB…THE CAREER…THE DOING!
Just as the medical doctor is required to perform all medical procedures on real patients to a high level of professional competency, you, too will be required to perform fitness procedures on real clients to a high level of professional competency! When you graduate from the Fitness Institute of Technology, you will have “DONE IT ALL” and “SEEN IT ALL”, you will have a “SCOPE OF PRACTICE” far beyond that of a typical trainer. You will have exemplary knowledge, skill, training and experience that will enable you to work alongside medical professionals. You will have the skill needed to assist doctors with patients that are in dire need of exercise and nutrition prescriptions. You will have the skills needed to have professional dialogues with the doctors’ patients and motivate them to begin, maintain, and benefit from the exercise and nutrition prescription. You will have the skills you must have to save Americans from their unhealthy lifestyle and help them live healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives. You will have the skills you need to command much higher training fees than the typical trainer makes. And, if you decide to go through the Masters or even the Doctoral Program, you will have the skills necessary to train, supervise, and motivate other Fitness Professionals to learn from you and work for you.
Associations
The Fitness Institute of Technology holds membership in the following organizations:
- International Health, Racquet & Sportclub Association (IHRSA)
- American College of Anti-Aging Sports Medicine (ACASP)
- American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M)
- IDEA Health and Fitness Association
- National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA)
These organizations function in various capacities, from being a clearinghouse for health information to protecting freedom of choice in health care. With these memberships, F.I.T. endeavors to support those who strive for a healthy lifestyle.