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The Canada Fitness Award Program was a national fitness test and evaluation program operated by the Government of Canada department Health and Welfare Canada from 1970 to 1992. [1] It was a successor to the Centennial Athletic Awards Program, [ 2 ] and was replaced by the Active Living Challenge program.
The International Sports Sciences Association was founded in 1988, when, "recognizing the need for standardization and credibility, Dr. Sal Arria and Dr. Frederick Hatfield created a personal fitness training program to merge gym experience with practical and applied sciences."
The International Experience Canada (IEC) program provides young nationals from select countries, with the opportunity to travel and work in Canada for a maximum of 24 months. Interested candidates are randomly selected depending on the spots available for their country of origin and for the category in which they are eligible.
The International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation (IFBB) is an international professional sports governing body for bodybuilding and fitness. Headquartered in Las Rozas de Madrid , it oversees many of the sport's major international events, notably the World and Continental Championships.
ParticipACTION is a national non-profit organization, originally launched as a Canadian government program in the 1970s, to promote healthy living and physical fitness. It shut down due to financial cutbacks in 2001, but was revived on February 19, 2007 with a grant of $5 million from the Canadian federal government. [1] [2]
The program was conceived by McLeod and Johnson after meeting in a gym. [1] The show was designed to be different than other fitness shows of the era: friendly, representing the sexes equally, [1] and showing racial and physical diversity, a result of Johnson's experiences. [6] Collectively, they financed the show's pilot with their last $2000.
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The National Council on Strength and Fitness (NCSF) is a member-driven organization of exercise professionals located in Coral Gables, Florida. The NCSF board for certification [ 1 ] oversees the National Commission for Certifying Agencies accredited credentialing programs and advocates on behalf of exercise professionals.