Before a fighter pilot goes on a mission, he is required to go through a thorough briefing on the "Rules of Engagement" (ROE) for that mission. If he is preparing for an Air-to-Air Combat Mission, every pilot on that mission will be briefed and will be required to follow all the ROE for that mission. ROE are required for the safety of the pilots, combat crew members and their aircraft.

Personal Trainers also need ROE. While a personal training session may not be as dangerous as Air-to-Air Combat, Low-Level Tactical Navigation or Close Air Support Missions, the need for professionalism, dedication and duty is just as high for the Personal Trainer as it is for a Fighter Pilot.

All Air Force Pilots are also required to memorize EMERGENCY Procedures. You, as a professional IFPA Certified Personal Fitness Trainer (PFT) also need to memorize certain procedures. The Air Force Pilot must know Procedures in order to save their lives, their crew’s lives or their aircraft from destruction. As an IFPA Certified Personal Fitness Trainer, you need to memorize certain procedures in order to save your client from harm or in worst case scenarios from death.

1. Understand that Rule #1 for Personal Fitness Trainers is do no harm and to obey that rule means each Personal Fitness Trainer must know that “ROE: Rules of Engagement” for a Personal Fitness Training session.
2. Understand the four categories of ROE:
   1. WARNINGS
   2. Caution
   3. Notes
3. Know the Rules of Engagement to protect your clients’ Muscle Physiology.
4. Know the Rules of Engagement to protect your clients’ Cardiorespiratory Physiology.
5. Know the Rules of Engagement to protect your clients’ Energy Metabolism Physiology.

1. Know how to get safe and effective adaptation to exercise.
2. Know the Rules of Engagement for Kinesiology.
3. Know the Rules of Engagement for Musculoskeletal Anatomy.
4. Know the Rules of Engagement for safe and effective exercise.
5. Know the Rules of Engagement for safe and effective resistance training.

1. Know the Rules of Engagement for training the major muscle groups.
2. Know the Rules of Engagement for training for flexibility.
3. Know the Rules of Engagement for training for fitness testing.
4. Know the Rules of Engagement for training for Nutritional Consideration.
5. Know the Rules of Engagement for training for developing effective programs.

Personal Trainers need rules to follow just as all professions have rules to follow. The IFPA Rules of Engagement (ROE) for Personal Trainers is designed to do what all IFPA courses are designed to do; focus on the subject with military precision, remove all unnecessary, irrelevant and academic theory, and deliver concise knowledge and skills that the personal trainer and true fitness professional can use to train SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY.

Includes: 

• The Rules of Engagement (ROE) for Personal Trainers textbook
• 100 question multiple-choice Continuing Education Exam.