Personal Fitness Professional - March 2009 - (Page 7) [ LETTER [EDITOR] Shelby Murphy shelby.m@rbpub.com FROM THE EDITOR ] — and all the content we provide — is how real it is. We are not corner-office types, sipping lattes, giving lofty advice and telling you how you should run your career. We are specifically for the fitness training industry, written by fitness pros, featuring fitness pros and edited by fitness pros. We dig our jobs and are passionate about this industry, but we’re not about to sugarcoat anything. Evidence of that fact is this month’s Journey to Success profile on Frank Pastorelli. Frank is a wildly successful trainer in Florida who has faced some career bumps lately and is courageous enough to share his lessons learned with a national audience. Anybody who has ever met Frank instantly senses how uncommonly genuine he is. Check out his story. I guarantee you’ll walk away with a clearer perspective on your own career. Also, rather than writing about the ever-hot topic of certifications, we surveyed you, our highly educated and thoughtfully opinionated readers, compiled all of your comments and now share with you the ones that are most representative of the whole. What we got was eye-opening. “What About Certifications?” will certainly give you a broader perspective on what other industry professionals think of your certification, your degree or lack thereof and the alphabet behind your name. Best of all, you can read the extended version of this piece in the digital version of PFP, available online at www.fit-pro.com/digimag. ank you for always being straightforward with us, and we promise we’ll continue to respect you and your career enough to always be honest with you. Shooting straight so you’re never shooting blanks, [ CONTRIBUTING WRITERS ] DR. EVAN OSAR (evan@fitnesseducationseminars.com) is the head of O.S.A.R. Consulting, which specializes in treating individuals with movement impairment syndromes, sports injuries and chronic pain. An internationally renowned speaker and presenter, Dr. Osar presents internationally for the American Council on Exercise, IDEA, National Strength and Conditioning Association, ECA and Perform Better on such topics as posture, biomechanics and functional training. As founder of Fitness Education Seminars, he has produced over a dozen products and workshops for health and fitness professionals. He is considered the authority on advanced rehabilitation and corrective training strategies. Dr. Osar received his bachelor of science and doctor of chiropractics degrees from the Palmer College of Chiropractics. JASMINE JAFFERALI is the program coordinator and an instructor for Educational Fitness Solutions Inc. (www.edfit.com). She created the online professional certificate in Women’s Exercise Training & Wellness, designed to ensure the development of safe and effective exercise programs for women by personal trainers, allied health/medical and fitness professionals and the general public. She has a diverse fitness background, having worked in corporate wellness and the commercial health club setting. Her practical experience in wellness programming gives her a distinctive opportunity to teach wellness to other fitness professionals. She also advocates on bringing the fitness and medical communities together through wellness and preventative programming. Jasmine specializes in women’s health and wellness and is a master trainer for Resist-a-ball and Healthy Moms Fitness. MARCH2009 WWW.FIT PRO.COM http://www.fit-pro.com/digimag http://www.edfit.com http://www.fit-pro.com
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