For nearly 25 years J.R.Smith has been providing fitness, sports conditioning, fitness therapy and weight management programs to clients all around the state of Kentucky.
In 1990 J.R. became the first certified trainer in Kentucky with the National Federation of Professional Trainers and opened the very first, full time, fully operational personal training business in Kentucky. Since then J.R. has worked with literally thousands of clients, sports teams, and various businesses helping them to achieve a high level of fitness and conditioning in order to live, function and work better every day.
Bio of J.R.Smith
In mid 2004, I was one of 200 selected out of 2,000 professional fitness trainers nationwide to take the first national board exam where I passed and became the first personal trainer in Kentucky to become NBFE board registered. I am currently the CEO & President of Total Healthcare Fitness.
Over the last several years, I have had numerous articles published by professional journals and with a reoccurring column in the Commonwealth Journal called “A Question of Fitness”. I have also been published as a contributing sports nutrition columnist to Midwest Christian Bodybuilding web site as well as one of the judges of their first annual world wide “cyber” contest held in November of 2006. I have also been a contributing columnist to the fitness and bodybuilding magazine in Philadelphia, Penn. called Fire – Iron Muscle and Power Magazine.
In addition to running my successful theraputic fitness and weight management company, I also work in the community through organizations such as the Lake Cumberland Health Department as an educator and presenter of wellness programs to the public; Women’s Health Awareness programs through the University of Kentucky extension office; Shape Up Pulaski ! a free community program to help bring awareness of the dangers of obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and the effects of non active lifestyles; local participant in former Governor Ernie Fletcher’s “Get Fit Kentucky” initiative; and the editor of a free local health and wellness eNewsletter called “Living Well in the Cumberland’s”.
In 2005 – 2006, I was named the official strength and conditioning coach of the Somerset High School, boy’s varsity basketball team. This distinction was awarded to me even after a local physical therapy business and Certified Athletic Trainer had requested to do the job. After a successful and winning season last year, I was awarded the position of head strength coach once again to the boys 2006-2007 season and have also been asked to head up the girls varsity team this year as well.
* Retired black belt in Chito Ryu style martial arts, former competitive bodybuilder in AAU masters division, competitive collegiate athlete, adult powerlifting athlete
* Opened the Muscle Shop, a fitness & wellness consulting business in 1983;
* Started first personal training business in Somerset in 1990 – BioFit Exercise
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* Certified with the United States Sports Academy in 1991;
* Certified with the National Federation of Professional Trainers in 1991 – the first trainer in Kentucky to do so;
* Graduated from the International School of Fitness and Nutrition, Atlanta, Ga. in 1995 in Fitness & Nutrition Sciences;
* Certified with the International Sports Sciences Association in 1999 – one of the first 10 trainers in Kentucky to do so;
* Earned certification as Specialist in Performance Nutrition (sports nutrition) in December 2005 with International Sports Sciences Association;
* Attended Ashworth University's School of Allied Health; graduated 2006 as Professional Nutrition Specialist;
* Head strength coach for Somerset High School boys basketball team 2005-2006, 2006-2007; Girls high school basketball coach 2006-2007;
* 2000, Dynamic Nutrition Solutions , an easy to understand scientific approach to weight management education and implementation ;
* Director of health and wellness with Lifeline Home Health 2005 - 2006;
* April 2007 began providing back safey and injury prevention programs to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital for nursing staff and other depts. utilizing my revolutionary program Core Values - the 20 Minute Back Solution;
* January 2008 became certified with NESTA (National Endurance and Sports Trainers Association) as a Lifestyle and Weight Managment Specialist;
* Private consultant to competitive bodybuilders and fitness athletes, models and pageant competitors;
* Sports nutrition coach for several athletes and team sports in the south Kentucky area;
* Graduated from the Light Learning Institute through the American Association of Christian Counselors as a biblical counselor - July 2004;
* Private health, wellness and fitness coach to many local physicians and business people in the Lake Cumberland area;
* CEO and president of Total Healthcare Fitness, a private health and wellness company working with local businesses and corporations, addressing work place wellness and injury prevention; designing private one on one personal fitness management programs for those high level executives whose daily performance dramatically affects the company’s daily performance and bottom line profits.
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* Graduated in July 2008 from the American Academy of Health, Fitness and Rehabilitation Professionals as a certified Medical Exercise Specialist.
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* Currently enrolled in Ashworth Univeristy's career school as a Physical Therapy Aide and will graduate in fall 2009;
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* Kentucky Colonel -1976;
* Outstanding Young Men of America – 1984;
* US Jaycee “Top 50 Jaycees in US – 1984;
* Inducted to Personalities of America 1984.
J.R.Smith
Medical Exercise Specialist
