Please Select the type of membership that applies to you:

*Note: Prices listed below are for US memberships. There will be an additional charge of $10 for Canadian memberships, and an additional charge of $30 for international memberships.


Personal Trainer Membership

For personal trainers, athletic trainers, personal fitness trainers, sports conditioning professionals, coaches and others who want to move into the fast-growing field of personal training. Whether you’re a beginner looking for personal trainer certification information, or a veteran certified personal trainer, IDEA is your fitness resource for your personal training career. Learn more >>

Price: $109*

Mind-Body Membership

Designed for professionals that are focused on Pilates, tai chi, yoga and other areas that incorporate mind-body modalities. Changing people’s lives is a mission that unites us. Learn more >>

Price: $109*

Business Membership

For fitness club owners, fitness center managers or health club and fitness business owners. If you own or manage a health club, fitness gym, corporate fitness center, wellness fitness center, YMCA, YWCA, JCC or fitness franchise and you want to maximize the success of your health and fitness business then the IDEA business fitness membership is for you. Learn more >>

Price: $199*

Program Director Membership

For fitness/group exercise directors, program supervisors and other fitness professionals in a management/supervisory position. Learn more >>

Price: $169*

Group Fitness Membership

For fitness instructors and aerobic instructors who teach group fitness exercise classes such as combo and high/low aerobics, water aerobics, yoga, indoor stationary cycling, fitness muscle conditioning and so on. Learn more >>

Price: $89*

Health Professional Membership

For exercise physiologists, nutritionists, health/wellness educators, registered nurses, medical doctors, dietitians, holistic health professionals and others practicing in the allied health professional field. Learn more >>

Price: $89*

Student Membership

For full-time students with an interest in the health and fitness industry. Requires proof of full-time status—12 or more credit hours. Learn more >>

Price: $59*

Student Membership Only: Must mail proof of status as a full-time student (at least 12 credit hours) in the U.S. in a fitness-related field.

Dues include (depending on membership category): $50.00 for a 1-year subscription to IDEA Fitness Journal, $20.00 for a 1-year subscription to IDEA Trainer Success, and $20.00 for a 1-year subscription to IDEA Fitness Manager. Magazines are NOT available separate from membership. $15.97 of the membership dues is allocated for a 1-year (10 issues) subscription to Health magazine for each year of your membership. The amounts allocated are not deductible from the membership, nor does the subscription increase your total membership dues. $15.97 is a value placed on the Health subscription for accounting purposes only.