How does the IFPA compare to other certifications?
The real claim to fame for the IFPA: PRACTICAL. The IFPA did not build our programs to win acclaim from academicians in the Ivory Towers of Academia; we dont care about their opinion. The IFPA did not build our programs to win acclaim from doctors in the medical community we dont care about their opinion. The IFPA did not build our programs to win envy from the other certifications available today we dont care about their opinion. Most academicians have never trained anyone, have never built their own business or ever had a real job. Most doctors have never trained anyone, have ever been in a gym or ever learned anything about fitness or nutrition. Most of the other certifications have never trained anyone, have never consulted with fitness professionals or ever experienced training as those in the trenches have done.
The IFPA is the most PRACTICAL and useful certification program in the world! The IFPA went through a very extensive, painstaking, detailed and very demanding Job Analysis Survey (JAS) to determine the precise knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) required by the Personal Fitness Trainer (PFT) and other fitness professionals to do their jobs in the most effective and safest possible manner. Other fitness certifications have conducted their own JAS, but any JAS is only as good as the leadership and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) conducting the JAS. Dr. Jim Bell is the founder and president of the IFPA. He knew from both his experience of learning to become an Air Force Fighter Pilot that training for a job of Fighter Pilot is totally different than getting an academic education to earn a PhD in Exercise Science. The American Academic System is the best in the world for what it does, and that is educate! Dr. Bell knew that a Personal Fitness Trainer certification and all the IFPA fitness
The real claim to fame for the IFPA: PRACTICAL. The IFPA did not build our programs to win acclaim from academicians in the Ivory Towers of Academia; the IFPA built our program to win acclaim from the owners, managers & operators of health clubs that hire IFPA Certified Fitness Professionals & Personal Trainers. The IFPA did not build our programs to win acclaim from doctors in the medical community the IFPA built our program to win acclaim from the members of gyms & clients that hire IFPA Certified Fitness Professionals & Personal Trainers . The IFPA did not build our programs to win envy from the other certifications available today the IFPA built our program to win acclaim from you, The IFPA Certified Fitness Professionals & Personal Trainers that take IFPA Courses & pass our Certification Exams that go on to your own acclaim as highly successful & respected Fitness Professionals & Personal Trainers. Most academicians have never trained anyone, have never built their own business or
