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 IDEA® World Returns to L.A. Live 

SAN DIEGO, May 30, 2023 – Success in the fitness industry revolves around knowledge, inspiration and community — and in answering the call to help others find a path toward well-being, supported with the best career tools. Fitness professionals find all they need to succeed at 2023 IDEA® World, July 12-16, in Los Angeles. This…

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IDEA and ACE Take Proactive Step Toward Meeting the Needs of Health and Fitness Professionals With New Effective Speaking Course

Speaker Academy Course

San Diego, CA, April 24, 2023 – IDEA Fitness & Health Association (IDEA) and the American Council on Exercise (ACE) take a proactive step towards meeting the needs of health and fitness professionals by co-marketing a new speaking course, developed by Artitudes Design agency. The course titled “Creating Connections: Speaker’s Academy for Fitness Professionals –…

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What is “World”?

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Do you keep hearing buzz about “World” online, in fitness classes and at the gym? In 1984, 600 aerobics instructors gathered in downtown San Diego for the first IDEA World Fitness Convention. Nearly 40 years later, IDEA World is still going strong with over 10,000 fitness professionals converging in Los Angeles July 12-16. With a…

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World Summit Accepts Charter and Elects Council 

San Diego– April 14, 2023 –  The first ever global federation for the health, fitness, and physical activity sector, World Active, has entered its second phase. Almost 50 national federation representatives from five continents gathered at the first World Active General Assembly on April 13, 2023, during FIBO Global Fitness in Cologne, Germany. They agreed on…

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IDEA Health & Fitness Association Joins World Active 

World Active

“Aimed at Uniting the Health, Fitness, and Physical Activity Sector Globally”  San Diego – April 4, 2023 –  IDEA® Health & Fitness Association proudly announces its participation in and full support of World Active. World Active, formerly the World Active Forum, is a worldwide platform, and future federation, that unites the health, fitness and physical activity…

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Quit Quitting!

Target with arrows to illustrate trying to quit quitting

How the psychology of motivation can help you quit quitting and protect you from the forces determined to derail your dreams. 

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IDEA Health & Fitness Association: 40 Years of Wellness

IDEA’s path has been leading-edge, storied and full of heart. We grew from a fledgling association and a small annual gathering of fitness professionals into a respected industry leader, continuing education provider and imagineer of the impressive IDEA® World Convention. IDEA has come to this exact moment in time as a sum of all the parts, moments, people…

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Purposeful Fitness Education Enters a New Era

IDEA Personal Trainer Institute

There are more ways to exercise than ever before, but there’s also more information to sift through, which can be confusing for both personal trainers and their clients. This is why it’s so important to keep education standards as high as possible, which IDEA Health & Fitness Association excels at, in part with an annual event that helps personal trainers succeed in a crowded field.  

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Inspire Forward

How is IDEA Health & Fitness Association evolving in support of its members and the entire fitness, wellness and sports industries? Amy Boone Thompson, IDEA’s owner and CEO, summarizes the top three activations and innovations from 2022. Discover what IDEA has planned to help fitness professionals exceed expectations in 2023. Explore more industry news, insights…

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