Ken Baldwin Discusses Academic Programs for Fitness Professionals - Show #104

Ken Baldwin joined SUNY Plattsburgh’s Department of Sport and Wellness (www.plattsburgh.edu/academics/sportswellness) as an Assistant Professor and the Program Coordinator for the Fitness and Wellness Leadership Major in August 2007.

Prior to working at SUNY Plattsburgh, Ken was the Coordinator/Instructor for Purdue University’s Personal Fitness Training Major and the Assistant Director at Purdue’s A.H. Ismail Fitness/Research Center.

Ken has received national recognition from numerous media outlets including Newsweek, L. A. Times, Chicago Tribune, Indianapolis Star, Athletic Business, WRTV-TV 6, MSNBC.COM, the Associated Press, IDEA Fitness Journal, New York Newsday, Club Industry, IHRSA, and Personal Fitness Professional for establishing academic programs and degrees focusing on fitness, exercise science, and personal training profession.

Ken has been involved in the fitness, wellness, and education profession for over 15 years. With an extensive background in the fitness industry which includes operating and managing a personal training company, to training many types of populations from children to seniors and beginning exercisers to athletes, to lecturing and consulting at college/university departments, corporations, public events, national conventions (ACSM Health and Fitness Summit, Club Industry, IDEA World Conference, AAHPERD, Canadian Fitness Professional Conference, and the Medical Fitness Association, to name a few) and international conferences. In addition to his industry experience, he is actively involved in working with national organizations and colleges/universities in developing educational standards for those wishing to enter the personal training and fitness profession.

Ken is also the former Chair of IDEA’s National Personal Trainer Committee, Chair of the Senior Fitness Subcommittee for the Massachusetts’s Governor’s Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports, and was an elected Board Member to the Massachusett’s Governor’s Committee. He continues to serve on national committees and work with organizations that include the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), LifeFitness Academy, AAHPERD, and the Medical Fitness Association (MFA). He’s been awarded Boston’s Best Personal Trainer three times and is the Recipient of IDEA’s National Personal Trainer of the Year Award. Ken is the Senior Editor, content expert, and lead author for ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer Textbook (2nd Edition).

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