Designing Exercise Prescriptions (Personal Fitness Training)

Language of Instruction: English

Personal Fitness Training, Career Development for the Fitness Professional

Health Risk Profiles and Fitness Assessment Techniques (Personal Fitness Training)

Language of Instruction: English

Anatomy & Kinesiology (Personal Fitness Training)

Language of Instruction: English

Exercise Science and Fitness (Others)

Language of Instruction: English

Exercise Science, Fitness Management, Personal Fitness Training

Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator

State University of New York , New York, United States

Aug 2007 - Present

Exercise Science, Personal Fitness Training, Fitness Management, Fitness Field Intership(s)

Ken Baldwin is an Assistant Professor and the Program Coordinator for the Undergraduate degree in Fitness and Wellness Leadership. He is also the former Chair of IDEA’s National Personal Trainer Committee, Chair of the Senior Fitness Subcommittee for the Massachusetts’s Governor’s Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports, and was an elected Board Member to the Massachusett’s Governor’s Committee. He continues to serve on national committees and work with organizations that include the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), LifeFitness Academy, AAHPERD, and the Medical Fitness Association (MFA). He’s been awarded Boston’s Best Personal Trainer three times and is the Recipient of IDEA’s National Personal Trainer of the Year Award. Ken is the Senior Editor, content expert, and lead author for ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer Textbook (2nd Edition).

Program Coordinator and Course Instructor

Online Professional College Certificate in Personal Fitness Training, New York, United States

Jan 2002 - Present

Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Fitness Management, Exercise Prescription Normal/Special Populations, Personal Training

Ken is the Program Coordinator and a course instructor for the Online Professional College Certificate in Personal Fitness Training. The course website for the Online Professional Certificate Program is: www.efs.pageout.net

Ken was the recipient of the IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year Award, presented at the IDEA International Personal Training Summit and am also the former Chair of IDEA’s National Personal Trainer Committee.

Committee member for the Board of Advisors for LifeFitness Academy (2003-present)

Committee member for the Medical Fitness Association (MFA) Facility Standards Board (2004-present)

I was the Senior Editor and lead author for the American College of Sports Medicine's (ACSM) Resources for the Personal Trainer Textbook (2nd Edition). This valuable resource is the official ACSM preparatory tool for the ACSM Certified Personal Trainer(SM) exam and provides coverage of fitness assessment, exercise prescription, and exercise leadership along with discussions of anatomy and physiology, injury prevention, psychology, emergency techniques, exercise leadership programs, and legal issues. It includes the fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) used to improve, maintain, and/or optimize health-related components of physical fitness and performance.