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Certified Personal Trainers are
being asked to participate as volunteers in the presentation by assisting
with the recording of body assessments of the students (birthdate, height,
weight, blood pressure, skinfolds) and demonstrations of band tubing
exercises which are given out as part of the "healthy bag". All trainers
will receive an official video copy of the event. Trainers will be given the
opportunity to be part of the follow-up procedure with students at the
schools by visiting the schools with the athletes as well as any employment
possibilities that will be created with the schools on a consulting basis
through IFPA. Trainers can participate in potential media coverage if
interested.
All expenses (amenities) for the event will be provided.
Earn CEU's for participation.
| Who to Contact |
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Greg Raleigh
F3
1301 15th Street, N.W., #425
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-332-5503
202-332-5529 Fax
| About the International Fitness Diplomats |
International Fitness Diplomats is a program that uses professional athletes from different sports to advise young children between ages of 10-17 on proper nutrition guidance that eliminates obesity, and the importance of staying in school. Currently there are 20 athletes in the program. They visit young children, during the off-season of their sport in selected cities such as Oakland, Akron, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Detroit. With the assistance of nutrition experts and coaches they discuss, describe and demonstrate how proper nutrition and skill development can work together for living a healthy life. The program is forming partnerships with groups and universities that possess the organizational skills, thereby creating a cadre of future professional athletes willing to properly motivate school age children. The athletes come from track, basketball, tennis, soccer, boxing, baseball, football.
International Fitness Diplomats are trained professionals athletes and celebrities who teach basic nutrition and physical activity. The programs will begin in March 2005 and the athletes will visit local schools, youth centers, for approximately 1 hour over a 2-day period. Each event will be video taped and developed into a learning tool for future references. Students will have body assessments such as body fat measurements, body weight, blood pressure, with updates made and recorded at intervals of three, six, and twelve months.
Our success comes from the fact that professional athletes are the number one group of individuals that are used to sell a multitude of products and services from cloths to cleaning products. We have successfully used athletes to change the eating habits of teenagers. For example, we have a student that at 14 yrs .old he was 230 lbs and after working with me, in two years his weight was reduced to 177lbs. His self-esteem is high, he no longer is ridiculed by other students and he has decided to play sports. More importantly, he is now an example for the other students who constantly seek his advice. This is how it should work!!!
This program gets to the root of the problem: a void in the current school curriculums that offer no physical education or nutrition classes due to current fiscal crises throughout the public education system. Currently, there is sufficient information regarding proper nutrition being offered. Based on my group’s experience, however we have concluded that this must be matched up with some sort of physical visual that illustrates the success of healthy eating from a general as well as a sporting perspective. Our program will bring together a multitude of public and private organizations to maximize the presence of professional athletes.
IFD continues to add professional athletes as potential participates. We have tried to identify athletes that have some personal connection, either themselves or a relative, with the results of poor eating habits. There is overwhelming support of the initiative. The athletes that we reached out to are willing to be part of the program as volunteers if we provide the basic amenities. The research regarding the improvements in the students will be designed by groups such as the Register Dietician Association, National Institute for Health. These athletes, as well as our corporate sponsors, have created reward programs for the students and schools that offer the best results.
The IFD program has been created by F3(food for fuel); a non-profit group#45-0463482 that is a division of Raleigh Communications, a marketing and event planning organization that has seven years experience at organizing sport/clinic events. We advise corporations on developing educational programs, represent professional athletes. We have current ties to high schools in TX, CA, & NC. We have built a football field in Oakland CA©2005
| Testimonials |
Dear Public Officials,
My name is Steven Grant and I am a student at the Catholic University of America where I am pursuing a master’s degree. I have known Greg Raleigh for the past two years. I first met him when he came to the athletic department here at the university to speak about nutrition and exercise. I do not know how I came to be at the athletic center that day, but I am very glad that I was there. Greg Raleigh’s speech made me understand the science behind nutrition and why it is as important to eat right as it is to exercise. Greg Raleigh spoke in words that I could easily understand. After his speech I chose to speak with Mr. Raleigh one on one to ask him a few questions about nutrition and diabetes.
In spring 1998 I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and I was having a hard time dealing with the mental and physical struggles of diabetes. Greg understood exactly the turmoil I was going through diabetes has plagued his family for many years. About a year ago I started working regularly with Greg Raleigh to finally take control on my life and my health. Since then I have lost 30 pounds and I feel a great deal better about my situation. Greg not only helped me to control my diabetes and nutrition, but with his help I have also began a weight training regiment that with time will bring me that much closer to the man I that I should be, closely monitored by Greg. Greg Raleigh has been a very positive influence on my life and I owe a great deal of my physical success to Mr. Raleigh.
Sincerely,
Steven D.Grant
Dear Public Officials,
My name is Kevin Jacobsen and throughout the past three years I’ve used the nutritional advice Greg Raleigh has given me to change my body from a 230 pound body to a 170 pound body. When I was 14 I wanted to play sports but I knew that I was vastly out of shape and any effort to be an athlete would be useless if my eating habits weren’t drastically changed. Only athletes at school are taught about nutrition by coaches and those students who can’t play sports are left to figure out nutrition on their own. This system clearly makes no sense because those students capable of playing a sport already have a way of improving their body’s conditioning and those who need the most help are left without any help. At this time my dad took me to Greg because he had known Greg through the University Club and knew that he could help me become more physically fit. I worked out with Greg for much of the summer before sophomore year and throughout sophomore and junior year. With Greg’s advice in nutrition and working out I noticed changes in my body. Before I met Greg I never really went by the three meals a day routine and eating fruits or vegetables. I ate at just about any time I felt like it and never ate anything healthy. By taking out all the sodas and starches and unnecessary calories in my diet and replacing that with water and Gatorade and eating vegetables and fruits the way I went through everyday changed. I had more energy, which didn’t just help me become a better athlete, but helped me in other parts of everyday life. I was able to play JV football and Varsity football sophomore through senior year and Varsity rugby junior and senior year at Gonzaga High School because of the way Greg taught me to condition my body and eat the right foods. I intend to play rugby in college as well which I never dreamed possible without Greg’s help. Schools don’t teach their students how to eat right unless they are under the supervision of a coach, so if there were a program to help students improve their eating habits and lose weight it would help an enormous amount of children. More and more people are become overweight and obese in America and the problem starts in schools with young people eating whatever they want without really knowing the consequences. With a more educated understanding of how to eat the right foods and when it’s ok to indulge in more high calorie foods many students would be better off and young people as a whole would be healthier. I’ve lost 60 pounds with the simple knowledge of what foods will help your body perform and knowing which will slow you down, without the time I spent with Greg and the things he taught me about nutrition and working out my body would still be 230 pounds or even larger.
Thank you