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What People
Are Saying About JrFit™
The
obesity statistics depicting our nation’s youth is staggering.
The fitness industry is now being called upon to provide information
and programming for this very important population. JrFit examines the
specific needs of children regarding exercise, and what it takes to
create and teach kid’s fitness programs. I highly recommend the
JrFit program, I have been leading and developing children’s
fitness programs for fifteen years and the American Academy of Health
and Fitness has orchestrated the perfect specialty certificate to
support your success in youth fitness.
Cammy Dennis, BS
(Business Administration),
CPT and Certified Group
Exercise Instructor (ACE and AAFA)
Fitness Director of On
Top of the World Communities, Inc.
SCW Fitness Education
Faculty Member
Co-author and presenter
- Kids in Motion
Ocala, FL
JrFit is an excellent,
comprehensive program that addresses youth fitness and nutrition. This
program helped me start a youth fitness program for kids both wanting
to try-out for sports or just learn about being active. I also found
that parents and families enjoy the nutrition programs, as they help
the entire family live healthier. The books are irreplaceable resources
for Athletic Training students looking for more creative ways to
address youth fitness and conditioning to ready the return injured
athletes.
Trish DeVincentis, BS Ed, ATC, EMT-B
Grove City, Pennsylvania
The JrFit course is an
excellent choice for today’s fitness professional looking to work
with youth. The program is comprehensive and will prepare anyone
looking to make a positive impact in youth fitness or more advanced
athletic preparation. I will recommend this course as an
essential piece to learning the ins and outs of training youth and
adolescents.
Marco Ferdinandi, MS,
CSCS, PES
Regional Director of
Fitness
Town Sports
International
New York, N.Y.
JrFit provides the fitness professional (personal trainers, coaches,
athletic trainers) with the information necessary to design sound
conditioning programs for both the young athlete and growing
adolescent. It dispels the myths and fears associated with youth
strength training and offers research based recommendations for
strength training and sports skill development, coupled with sound
nutritional advice the entire family can benefit from.
Robert M. Gaudio, CPT
Owner of Work Out by
Design, LLC
East Haddam, CT
JrFit IS the definitive
course for fitness
professionals desiring a science based, comprehensive approach to
training today's youth. I highly recommend JrFit. Tammy Petersen has done a great job creating a valuable course that
fills a gap in our industry. JrFit was an excellent tool for expanding
my current knowledge and training ability. I found the course to be
properly organized, the information was scientifically sound, and the
textbooks were authoritative for this specialty.
Heath Gay, BA (kinesiology), CPT (ACE & NSCA)
Owner of Rocky Mountain Fitness Services
Senior Instructor NPTI-Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO
JrFit™ provides an
outstanding collection of resources for fitness professionals
interested in improving the health, fitness, and athletic performance
of youth and adolescent populations. Programming to address the
epidemic of childhood obesity has been among the top three industry
trends, as identified by the ACSM’s Worldwide Fitness Trends
Survey, every year from 2007 to 2010. Fitness professionals completing
the JrFit™ program will be well-equipped with the knowledge and
skills necessary to safely and effectively meet the demands of this
rapidly-growing population of young exercisers.
Michael Iserman, BS, CSCS, HFI, NASM-CPT
Director of Personal Training
YMCA of Greater St. Paul & Metropolitan Minneapolis
JrFit is exactly what I was
looking for! The course materials are structured and organized in a
professional way, providing easy study and absorption of the content!
The information within the program is presented in a comprehensive, yet
practical (information is detailed, but easy to understand - not
written in a highly scientific or technically complex format) way that
has allowed me to be able to immediately apply the knowledge and skills
necessary to safely and effectively train children for fitness and/or
athletic sports conditioning. In the JrFit program, it is easy to
distinguish between the information related to general fitness training
and athletic sports conditioning for kids. This is important because
not all kids have the desire to train athletically, but all children
should be involved in training that will benefit their overall health
and wellness. The structure of this program provides a progressive
learning path that will develop highly skilled and proficient trainers
who will have the potential to save our youth from the negative effects
of inactivity and obesity. Thank you for creating such a high quality
program!
Tim Rochford , CPT
(ACE, The Cooper Institute, and NSCA),
5th degree Black Belt
Owner of Empower
Training Systems, Inc.
ACE Continuing
Education Provider
Empower Kickboxing
Fitness (formerly Martial Fitness Kickboxing) developer and trainer
Proactive Personal
Security Self Defense Instructor Training Program developer and trainer
Yorkville, IL
The JrFit Program has all
the detailed information you'll need to create comprehensive and
customized fitness and sports conditioning programs for children and
adolescents alike. The nutritional component is also very
informative. There's nothing else out there that comes close to
this wealth of information and ideas.
Sharon Snider Wortham, CPT (NASM & ISSA)
Owner of Fitness Revolution
Huntington Beach, California
I am confident that, like
me, you will find JrFit an excellent resource for training children of
all ages and fitness levels.
Wayne L. Westcott,
Ph.D., CSCS
Fitness Research
Director at the South Shore YMCA
Quincy, MA |
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