International Fitness Professionals Association (IFPA)
Overview with Jim Bell - Show #38

In 1994, Jim Bell founded the International Fitness Professionals Association (IFPA) (www.ifpa-fitness.com). The IFPA has certified 60,000+ Fitness Professionals in less than 12 years.

Jim has written several books and hundreds of articles on various subjects in fitness health, nutrition, sports conditioning and motivation. He has presented thousands of hours of lecture at thousands of locations across the USA and dozens of foreign countries including the Fitness Industries premier trade shows, major fitness events and forums.

Jim answered the following questions:

What is IFPA’s primary mission?

What drove you to create the organization?

Curently you are going threw the NOCA accreditation. Can you explain why you have chosen this rout of accreditation?

What is involved with the NOCA process?

Does having te NOCA accreditation still allow the individual certifications to still have a say so in how they structure teir information? Do they have an identity?

What do you feel will come of the many certifications who can not afford to go threw this process?

What advice do you have for a personal trainer seeking to become certified for the first time? How should they select their organization?

Why did you decide to have your Continuing Education recognized by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training(IACET)?

Is your continuing education recognized by other certification companies? What are some of these organizations?

Does a personal trainer need to be first certified by your organization to take one of your specialty courses?

What makes your courses better than others?

Do you have courses for dealing with the "active aging" population?

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