Here at PTA Global, more than 25 of the world’s greatest health and fitness minds have come together to share their knowledge and raise the bar of fitness education. The team comprises professors, physical therapists, exercise physiologists, biomechanists, personal trainers – all uniting to bring a world-class edge to fitness education. Our experts are acclaimed in everything from exercise science, behavioural science, legal and liability, business and marketing to special population.
Annette Lang:
Exercise for women (pregnancy) and special interviews
Douglas Brooks:
Cardiovascular system and special interviews
Greg Roskopf:
The nervous system and special interviews
Paul Chek:
The digestive system and special interviews
Tom Purvis:
The skeletal system and biomechanics plus special interviews
Mark Verstegen:
Special interviews
Sally Edwards:
Endurance programming
Chuck Wolf:
The muscular system, flexibility and stretching
John Berardi:
Nutrition
Gary and Doug Gray:
Function and 3D motion, and special interviews
Anthony Carey:
Sports injuries, exercise progressions and special interviews
Gray Cook:
Special interviews
Peter Twist:
Group training
Brian Grasso:
Exercise for children
Mark Rabinoff:
Liability and risk
Justin Price:
Client orientation, make and receive referrals, and special interviews
Mary Bratcher:
Marketing and advertising, and special interviews
Christian Thompson:
Older adults
Paul Taylor:
Endocrinology, nutrition, behaviour change and exercise as medicine
Ian O’Dwyer:
SMR, mobilisers, customising gym programmes, programme design for wellness, group training and special interviews
Michol Dalcourt:
Muscle physiology, human design, functional anatomy, viewing posture, core and flexibility, gym terminology and introduction to exercise
Scott Hopson:
Energy systems, programming resistance training, fitness markers, cardio and movement recovery
Bobby Cappuccio:
Interviewer, client orientation, personal training business, marketing and advertising, personal training operations, how to approach the client on the gym floor
Rodney Corn:
Tour guide, basic fitness programming, programming resistance training, gym terminology and introduction to exercise, core and flexibility, SMR, programme design and applying nomenclature (3D motion)