Overview
The Fitness Institute of Technology (F.I.T.), School of Medical Fitness Specialization is a long overdue necessity for American civilization. The MFS degree is the first program of its kind anywhere in the world to bridge the gulf between medicine and fitness. Most medical and health care experts know that America is quickly approaching a deadly crisis. The Obesity epidemic is expected to be at 70% for adults (by 2012) and 50% for children (by 2010). The experts have no idea how to stop the murderous onslaught that will result.
The F.I.T. has created the MFS Program as our Nation’s Greatest Weapon against 3 major epidemics facing us that can be remedied through exercise, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle. The MFS will give the student the necessary knowledge, training, and skill to deal with the many medical problems and special population groups created by the Anti-Lifestyle (habits consisting of: poor fitness, poor nutrition, stress, lack of rest, smoking, and drugs).
The MFS student will develop a brand new “Scope of Practice” that will enable them to effectively communicate with their client and their client’s doctor or primary care provider. The new “Scope of Practice” will enable the MFS to help the doctor use exercise and nutrition prescriptions to improve the client’s health and fitness while taking the proper, professional consideration of the client's medical condition.
Doctors know their patients need exercise and nutrition. Doctors want their patients to exercise and eat healthy. And doctors tell their patients to exercise and eat healthy, so why is it that 92% of the American population does not exercise with enough regularity to gain any health benefits?
The answer to these questions is that the doctor’s “Scope of Practice” does not cover this need, nor does the “Scope of Practice” for the personal trainer. It takes specialized knowledge, skill, and training to communicate and motivate individuals in pain, both mentally and emotionally, from their very deconditioned and/or diseased state to begin to maintain a fitness and nutrition program. The “Scope of Practice” for the MFS is to work successfully with the 92% of the American population that needs it the most!
The F.I.T. is affiliated with both the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) and the American College of Anti-Aging Sports Medicine Professionals (ACASP), and other physician groups.
The A4M is a Medical Association of 20,000 doctors dedicated to improving the health, fitness, and longevity of their patients. The doctors of the A4M already know how critically important exercise and nutrition prescription is for the welfare of their patients and are looking for expertise only the MFS can provide to remedy their patients' needs.
The MFS will work side-by-side with these dedicated physicians to lead the 92% of the American population that does not exercise to the health and fitness lifestyle.
School of Medical Fitness Specialization Goals:
Goal 1 – Students will build on PFT interviewing techniques to master professional interviewing skills for clients with various dysfunctions including medical concerns. Students will understand medical infirmity in order to establish effective communication and rapport with both the patient and the patient’s doctor and/or primary care provider.
Goal 2 - Students will build on Fitness Assessment methodologies to master professional fitness assessment skills for clients with various dysfunction including medical concerns.
Goal 3 – Students will master Exercise Prescription methodologies in order to remedy any of the client’s existing dysfunctions as well as any medical concerns and aid the client to achieve all of their health, fitness, and longevity goals.
Goal 4 – Students will build on Program Design methodologies to master professional Program Design skills for clients with various dysfunctions including medical concerns. Program Design methodologies are a critical step in helping the client and the client’s doctor in attaining health, fitness, and longevity goals.
Goal 5 - Students will master Exercise Management methodologies in order to continuously progress the health, fitness, and longevity program of the client with the highest degree of safety and effectiveness, thus avoiding stagnation and client dropout.
Programs Offered
- Associate of Science in Applied Science in Medical Fitness Specialization
- Bachelor of Science in Applied Science in Medical Fitness Specialization
- Master of Science in Applied Science in Medical Fitness Specialization
- Doctor Philosophy in Applied Science in Medical Fitness Specialization
These programs create a Great New Era for the Medical Community and the Fitness Industry. These programs represent the highest level of education, training, competency, skill, and professionalism ever realized for the Fitness Professional to aid the Medical Community to improve the lifestyle of their patients.
Academic Program
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- Associates
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Semester I
1) Personal Fitness Trainer
2) Sports Nutrition Coach
3) Group Fitness Instructor
4) Exercise Technique Expert
5) Sports Conditioning Specialist
(Internship I)
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Semester II
6) Advanced Personal Fitness Trainer I
7) Weight Management Instructor
8) Functional Trainer
9) Post/Secondary Rehab Specialist
10) Women’s Fitness Instructor
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- Bachelors
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Semester III
11) Youth Fitness Instructor
12) Senior Fitness Instructor
13) Program Design Specialist
14) Master Personal Fitness Trainer I
15) Functional Senior Fitness Instructor
(Internship II)
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Semester IV
16) Master Personal Fitness Trainer II
17) Advanced Sports Nutrition Coach
18) Lifestyle Fitness Coach I
19) Fitness Facility Manager
20) Flexibility Coach
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- Masters
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Semester V
21) Anatomy
22) Physiology
23) Lifestyle Fitness Coach II
24) Fitness Assessment Specialist
25) Exercise Management
(Internship III)
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Semester VI
26) Kinesiology
27) Biomechanics
28) Strength Band and Ball Trainer
29) Speed and Power Specialist
30) Exercise Prescription Specialist
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- PhD
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Semester VII
31) Low Back Disorder Specialist
32) Obesity Specialist
33) Special Population Expert
34) Exercise Management for Chronic Disease & Disability
35) Exercise Endocrinology
(Internship IV)
(Doctoral Dissertation)
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Semester VIII
36) Stress Management
37) Sports Injuries Specialist
38) Rehabilitative Medicine
39) Development Exercise Physiology
40) Periodization Expert