Our Best Brings Out Your Best!
You have a great staff and excellent equipment. Quinton has done an outstanding job of helping me get going in my strengthening program. It’s very cool that you all use an app to complement the training program.
Charles B. on 10/5/2024
Do you want to experience the highest level of training in the fitness industry? Look no further than Island Fitness.
Island Fitness Trainers support their clients in attaining superior results. I can say this with confidence as I have been a member of the Island Fitness Staff since 2007 and have served as Director of Training for the last 11 years!
How do we do what we do to create the ultimate training experience for you? We accomplish this by assuring our trainers have the highest education and possess the strongest training skills in the fitness industry.
- Before a trainer can be hired at Island Fitness, they need a nationally recognized certification or a degree in Exercise Physiology or Kinesiology.
- Our path to success starts by certifying our trainers through the Ortho-Kinetics® Institute.
- The Ortho-Kinetics® Professional Trainer certification is recognized nationally as one of the most innovative and advanced training certifications in fitness.
- At Island Fitness, Apprentice Trainers complete a 3–4-month internship program where they receive daily hands-on training. The course covers deep understanding of posture and anatomy, joint range of motion, functional movement, programming, and exercise technique.
- Between onsite training and studying, trainers often spend close to 500 hours to master the material.
- This education brings our training team together, by creating a base system and giving us a common language and understanding.
- As a team, we meet regularly to practice skills and to advance the education further.
- Ultimately, we create a solid foundation by which trainers can continue their learning through Ortho-Kinetics and by studying other certifications to distinguish themselves further.
- Our team-based approach allows us to focus on what is best for our client and helps us take each individual client on their own terms.
Island Fitness trainers are fully invested, professional career trainers. In fact, instead of using the title “Personal Trainer” we call ourselves “Professional Trainers”. We work together to help our clients succeed. When a trainer is away for vacation, our clients often continue to train with another one of our teammates. These transitions are made easy using our custom-branded video training app. This allows the covering trainer access to the client’s program. The trainer can see videos of each exercise to ensure that we can reproduce the same training experience for the client. This is important because our programming is based off the Ortho-Kinetics® Assessment and individually customized to each client. We focus on precision, using hands-on techniques to ensure the correct muscles are engaging. All while assuring proper positioning, alignment, stabilization, motion, tempo, and breathing to make sure the client can achieve their goals.
Schedule your Ortho-Kinetics® Assessment with one of our Professional or Specialist Trainers today and take the first step towards better movement and getting in the best shape of your life.
We’ll see you in the club,
Gavin DeWitt
Director of Training, Island Fitness
Go t our website training page to read about Island Fitness Ortho-Kinetics® Team and System.
Ready to start training? Contact Gavin Dewitt, Fitness Director and Ortho-Kinetics® Specialist Trainer.