Joe's passion in the Health and Fitness Industry has earned him the highest bodybuilding awards in the United States and the World.

The Private Trainers Association has evolved to being the Harvard of Certification in the World, accredited and recognized. PROPTA books are translated in many languages.

The Private Trainers Association is the only organization endorsed and recognized by the IFBB PRO League Worldwide in 180 countries.

He currently holds his teaching credentials from the PROPTA and the NBNE and a Master Level Professional Private Trainer, the highest level credential as a personal trainer and and educator.

as a PROPTA  Vice President, she has her hands full. Sherry's carreer is always on the move. With the BS degree in Business and finance, she manages to run and operate few comapnies. Always in the health and fitness industry, as a Fitness America National Champion, a super model, real estate agent, insurance agent,Clothes designer with her own clothing line called FitGirlWear - www.FitGirlWear.com - a reality show and a fitness show,she is always the head of Sales division for a new company called FitGum - FITGUM.net, a gum for weight loss. Sherry likes to invest like her father.

Rob has been a Professional Personal Trainer for over twenty years.  He Graduated from Brigham Young University in 1980 with a BA.  He has held certifications in personal training from ISSA, NASM, 24 Hour Fitness and the PROPTA also known as the Personal Trainers Association, where he currently holds the title of Director and Master Trainer and an Approved Program Provider for Continuing education.

Having competed in many bodybuilding competitions, the placing of which he is most proud is second place in the California State Championships, Over-50 Men’s Category. This was achieved after a prolonged illness, hospitalization and surgery.  Ask him about it, he'll tell you the whole story.

Aside from being a very experienced trainer in the usual areas of weight loss, body shaping and athletic training, Rob also specializes in the area of training older individuals, having worked with clients even in their 80's. He has extensive training and has done his own research in the special training and nutrition needed by older adults.

He has also begun working with clients who have suffered brain injuries or who struggle with neuro-muscular diseases, using specialized neuro-muscular reeducation techniques.

As a Director and Examiner for the Personal Trainers Association, Rob certifies trainers in Personal training and nutrition, specializing in older adult and special populations. His education and knowledge is unsurpassed.

Rob offers CEUs credits for all personal trainers in practical application, nutrition and training and fitness for the older population. Rob is a approved program provider for the PROPTA.

PROPTA is an organization of IFBB Directors and Executives, with one notable exception: Jem Welsh, CNS, CPT. As the Nutritional Director for PROPTA, Jem, while not IFBB, received his private training certification from PROPTA (at age 52), and is the "Professor" according to Mike Sable. PROPTA candidates get on the waiting list to intern with Jem clinically, since he is one of the few experts in the field of medication and nutritional interactions.

Counseling clients is Jem's passion, and he instructs IFBB pros, as well as athletes, professional models, and screen actors. Pros and trainer/competitors, looking for that added advantage nutritionally, seek out Jem's guidance to motivate, feed and train them to performance level or define their bodies to a performance (“photo defined”) symmetry. Jem has provided more than 3000 hours of CME and CE seminar trainings for physicians and pharmacists across the U.S. and Canada. He is also an accredited speaker for USC School of Pharmacy,

 Jem maintains his clinical practice in Newport Beach, California, specializing in metabolic performance and aesthetic nutrition. He is a functional food scientist and contract formulator in the food and beverage industry, and his product company, HORNZ, is turning out products in several markets. He has produced over 200 nutritional supplements, foods and beverages over the past 15 years  His latest food formulation is a series of functional beverages for detoxification, energy, circulation, metabolism, skin and growth hormone stimulation. He has even helped Joe Antouri with his latest product, FitGum®, earning him a new title of “guru.”

In the last 25 years, Michael has been developing systems for safe, highly motivating fitness programs. He began as a competitive bodybuilder, achieving such honors as "Teenage Mr. New York," "Teenage Mr. America," "Mr. Collegiate USA," and "Mr. California."

His background in the world of bodybuilding has given him a unique understanding of what the body is capable of when supplied with the right fuels, the right motivation, and the right exercise program. For two decades, he has traveled to schools to study, research, and attack childhood obesity.  This issue is one of his passions.

Never losing sight of his goal of fitness for the entire family, Michael has embarked on programs for children and young adults called "Operation Fitness™", designed to teach kids how to properly work out and eat right, culminating in a healthier lifestyle. The all-around effect is an equal balance of feeling good mentally, emotionally and physically.

Currently Mike Torchia is the Vice President of the Teen and Children Entrepreneurship Program and certification for the Personal Trainers Association.

Dr. Michael Walczak. M.D.

Renowned thyroid and diabetes researcher publishing an effective thyroid-vitamin treatment for the atherosclerotic component in diabetic retinopathy- Journal Of Applied Nutrition,vol. 24 no's 1 & 2 spring 1972 Coauthored two acclaimed books " Nutrition and Well Being " and "Nutrition Applied Personally .

Presided as President, Editor, and Board member, of the prestigious Journal Of Applied Nutrition during a 20 Year association. Currently he is the PROPTA Vice President of the Medical Board since it implemetation in 1995