Unfortunately, I think some people are scared off by IFAST, thinking it’s only for elite or hardcore athletes.
And sometimes it’s hard to blame them, as we do have some meat-heads running around our gym!
But I wanted to share this video to show that we do actually have women who come here and train as well. Enjoy!
Stay strong
MR
One question I get from a lot of interested parents with regards to our sports performance training is this:
Why are you guys so much more expensive than other sport-performance programs?
It’s a great question. And rather than avoid it, or act like price isn’t an issue, I’d love to confront it head-on here in a blog post.
To begin, I hate to say it, but we need to look at quality versus quantity.
If you’re paying $10 or $12 for a session, do you really feel like that’s a high-quality coaching program?
Do you really feel as though your child is going to get the time and attention they deserve if they’re thrown into a class with 10, 15 or even 20 other kids – often of varying ages and abilities?
Let me be frank: I have no desire to compete with anyone on price. If you want cheap, you could get a $20 membership at Cardinal Fitness and go wild.
Instead, at IFAST, we pride ourselves on quality.
Every young athlete who walks in the door gets a total-body assessment. This often takes close to an hour as we assess their posture, movement capacity, injury history, etc.
After we’ve determined what they do (and don’t!) do well, it’s program design time. Each and every athlete gets put on a program that’s not only custom-designed to address their inefficiencies and imbalances, but one that will help them improve at their specific sport while simultaneously developing them as a well-rounded athlete to boot.
After all, good movement is good movement – it’s no wonder that good all-round athletes are also the ones who are most successful in a wide-variety of sports!
Finally, coaching may be the most critical factor in the entire process. We ensure that there are never more than 3 or 4 athletes working at one time with a coach. Doing so ensures that everyone who comes into IFAST is coached and cued appropriately, allowing them to truly maximize their potential.
At the end of the day, do you really want the cheapest option for your child?
Are you prepared to sacrifice the quality of their training for quantity?
If the only thing you’re basing your decision on is price, then I’ll admit, IFAST probably isn’t the ideal fit for you and your child.
However, if your goal is to give you child the best possible training and coaching experience, we may be the perfect fit!
Give us a call today at 317.578.0998, or e-mail us at indyfast@gmail.com to discuss how IFAST can help take your child’s performance to the next level!
All the best
Mike
Here’s a brief video of IFAST member Jason Wells competing at the 2011 Arnold Classic Raw powerlifting meet.
Jason has worked and trained incredibly hard, in spite of the fact that he’s been back and forth to China 3 times in the last two months alone!
Congrats on your performance Jason – and we’ll be looking forward to an even bigger total next year!
All the best
Mike
I figured it would be cool to post updates regarding our former interns at IFAST.
Obviously, we’ve had some fantastic people walk through our doors, and it’s not always easy to keep up on what they’re doing.
I hope you enjoy the updates!
Best
MR
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I moved back to Michigan at the beginning of November after running into a few speed bumps after graduating from college (3 days after my internship at I-FAST was finished) and got my personal training business, Coval Training and Performance, up and running.
Currently, I am working as an independent contractor out of a couple gyms in Ann Arbor. I also have some online clients in 3 different states and one international client (Switzerland). Business has been picking up, but I am not satisfied. I want to have enough clientele that I can lease my own space in Ann Arbor.
I did another internship after I-FAST with the Eastern Michigan University Athletic Performance staff. It was a great experience.
Up until this point in my life, I-FAST has been the greatest experience of my life. It will remain to be, until I open my own facility ? However, I don’t think a day goes by that I don’t mention I-FAST in some sort of way to people I interact with. I love that place and thank everyone who made it an awesome experience for me.
- Mike Coval
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As you already know, I am currently working at Force Fitness and Performance in Bloomington, Indiana. Here, at Force, I am mainly in charge of working with the majority of the athletes and as well as working with some adult population. Some of my other duties include programming and assessing clientele.
I have been reading a lot of content on the lumbar and thoracic spines, while digging deeper into physiology. I have been super busy in working to put out my first product with Ryan Ketchum and Wil Fleming, which I am super excited about. Aside from this, I hope everyone is doing well and look forward to hearing what everyone else is up to.
I can be reached at scott@beforcefit.com.
- Scott Gray
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I am currently working at a locally owned gym in Madison, Wisconsin. The majority of my business is one on one sessions along with a couple small group training sessions. I just recently finished the M.A.T Jumpstart courses, and I am excited to put this valuable information to use with my clients. My current focus is studying RTS (Resistance Training Specialists) material and I am enrolling in a series of classes called RTS123 in the coming months and then will proceed to go onto the master level courses.
I am grateful for my time at IFAST and am looking forward to continuing to build my business as I form my own thought process. If you want to get a hold of me here is my email: kearns.ellen@gmail.com.
- Ellen Kearns
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For the last year and a half, I have been building up my business training clients at a gym called Southridge Athletic Club in Milwaukee. I work with everything from fat loss to athletes to back pain,etc.
I have successfully built up a full time client base and continue to grow. It has been great watching a “normal” gym turn into an awesome and effective place to train. I am also currently going to school part time for massage therapy and plan on getting into active release techniques when I am finished with school. I am very excited to have the ability to combine what I do with strength and conditioning with effective soft tissue modalities.
When I’m not training clients or in school, I’m usually either reading, writing programs or training myself so I stay very busy. Outside of being extremely busy with all of this, I have done some writing, including a recent article for a local newspaper in Milwaukee. I plan on doing some more writing in the future and I have my own website at www.rosencutterultrafitness.com, which features a blog, training videos and plenty of other stuff.
Of course, I continue to stay on top of my own training and continue to give it my all week in and out. I absolutely love what I do and am very excited for the future. Opening my own facility is something that I plan on doing sooner than later and have some great ideas for what I want to do with that. Hope everybody is training hard over at IFAST!
- Nick Rosencutter
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Since completing my internship from IFAST things have been quite busy for me. I moved to Seattle, Washington, where I am attending medical school at Bastyr University where I will graduate with a doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine allowing me to become a board-certified, state-licensed Naturopathic Doctor.
I am currently in the med school grinder studying a variety of topics including biochemistry, more anatomy (Bill would be so pleased), hydrotherapy, dissection (Bill would be so jealous!), and traditional Chinese medicine to name a few.
A Naturopathic physician is a generally a primary care doctor helping people with a wide variety of chronic conditions. I continue to personally train a handful of clients and still write online programs for a few others working primarily in the corrective exercise and weight loss realms. The knowledge and more importantly the EXPERIENCE I gained from IFAST was amazing. More than anything the internship allowed me to practice my skill as a coach/corrective exercise specialist, or whatever word one would like to use.
My dream for the future is to become an ND enabling me to guide people to take responsibility for their own health and well-being so that they may in turn achieve their dreams. Proper movement is a foundational principle in this process and with the knowledge I received from my time at IFAST I am tremendously more confident in helping people achieve their dreams.
Please feel free to visit my website at http://naturopathichealthandfitness.com/, or my YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/user/NaturopathicHnF?feature=mhum
You may contact me @ NaturopathicFitness@gmail.com
- Mark Woodall
If you’re considering joining a gym this year, or in making a change to your current routine, take a few minutes to read this piece featured in the New York Times.
Full-Service Gyms Feel a Bit Flabby
One of the reasons that IFAST continues to thrive is due to the fact that we’ve built a community of clients that are focused on achieving fitness success.
Would you like to be a part of our community and make 2011 your best year ever? If so, please give us a call at 317.578.0998 or e-mail us at indyfast@gmail.com.
Take care and have a great weekend!
All the best
Mike
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