Professional Organizations

I've been trained by, and am a member of, several fitness-related professional organizations. My "background" page has specifics of some of my training, and links to some of the certifying and training organizations.

As the field has grown, many organizations, training bodies, and certifying groups have developed, split, merged, and just generally mulitplied. I'll be giving you some additional information soon on the major fitness organizations, to help you sort it out. Meanwhile, here are some additional links.

AFAA -- Aerobics and Fitness Association of America

• ACE: American Council on Exercise
• IDEA The health and fitness source
• The American College of Sports Medicine
• The Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research
• Aerobics at www.turnstep.com
• FitnessLinkPros list of professional organizations and other professional resources. Also lots of exercise consumer information..