Membership & Services
IDEA is the world's leading health and fitness membership organization with over 22,000 health and fitness professionals.
Since 1982 we have helped personal trainers, aerobic exercise instructors, fitness program directors, body-mind teachers, health club owners and fitness center business managers from 80 countries stay on top of the fitness profession by meeting their health and fitness career development and business needs.
We serve our members with award-winning health and fitness publications (fitness magazine, personal trainer newsletter, business fitness newsletter), industry-leading fitness educational conferences, online fitness resources, discounts on professional fitness education and CEC/CEU courses, and much more.
Health and fitness membership levels
Find the health and fitness membership that’s right for YOU!
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At IDEA we offer different health and fitness membership levels because we know and respect that our members have needs unique to their professions.
Join the leading health and fitness membership organization and be a part of the IDEA team as we “Inspire the World to Fitness."
IDEA health and fitness services
- IDEA fitness conventions
- IDEA health and fitness publications
- Fitness magazine (IDEA Fitness Journal)
- Business fitness newsletter (IDEA Fitness Manager)
- Fitness personal trainer newsletter (IDEA Trainer Success)
- Health and fitness career development & Fitness Job Search Resources
- Professional fitness education & CEC/CEU courses Personal trainer recognition
- Discounted health club, fitness center and professional liability insurance eligibility
- Member services program
- Access to fitness resources through IDEA's member-only website
- Health and fitness Article Archive access
- Access to valuable health and fitness resources and research






