Ken Baldwin

In addition, Ken Baldwin is serving as the Executive Director (4-Year Term) for The National Posture Institute (NPI), an educational and professional organization that provides certificate programs for personal trainers/group instructors and allied health/medical/fitness professionals to receive the National Posture Institute-Certified Posture Specialist™ designation. NPI is dedicated to delivering to personal trainers and current allied health/medical/fitness professionals, the collegiate educational system, the media, and the general public information and education on posture and body alignment through innovative educational resources, teaching/business solutions, and courses.

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 the 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 has served on national committees and 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). less