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Tell us about your company! (What do you do?)

We are a private fitness facility that embodies only using the highest educated fitness professionals to help our clients get to their goals safely and efficiently. We realize how complex the human body is and a typical personal trainer who undergoes a two-day seminar or home study course just doesn't cut it. Our trainers maintain multiple national and international certifications and degrees.

Doug Holt, the owner, has over 17 fitness related degrees and certifications. This allows him, and the staff, to draw upon a vast body of knowledge to help each client on an individual basis, even if it's in a small group setting.

What makes your company unique?

Results. Innovation. Client Focused. These are the essential qualities a modern training facility must embody if it wants to succeed. It's all about having the environment, knowledge, and tools to help the client achieve the lifestyle they imagine themselves living.

What else might people want to know about your business?

Doug Holt, the owner of Conditioning Specialists, is known in the fitness industry as the “Trainer of the Trainers” who focuses his time on developing cutting edge programs and techniques in the fitness industry. Doug’s vast experience, combined with a passion for helping people, has led him to work in just about every aspect of the fitness industry.

Doug Holt is the managing owner of the Conditioning Specialists, running the day to day business operations as well as providing fitness services to clientele. Doug is able to draw upon his experience as the former Assistant Director for the International Sports Sciences Association’s Education Department, Director of Information Services for the National Board of Fitness Examiners, and his years in the exercise equipment industry to give clients a well rounded offering of services. Doug Holt is also the publisher of SB Fitness Magazine in Santa Barbara.

Doug is currently working on developing certification courses for health and fitness professionals. He is a regular contributor to many publications and has been featured as an expert in the field of fitness.

Doug's list of accomplishments and credentials include:

* Featured in Men's Fitness
* Featured in Shape Magazine
* Regular Contributor to Pro-Trainer Online Magazine
* Featured in BodyBuilding.com
* Featured in Fitness Plus Magazine
* Featured in Scene and Heard Magazine
* Featured in My Family Doctor Magazine
* Featured in Delicious Living Magazine
* International Sports Sciences Association, Masters in Fitness Sciences
* National Strength and Conditioning Association, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
* Bachelor's Degree, University of California at Santa Barbara
* Named as a Master Trainer by the University of California at Santa Barbara's Fitness Instructor Department
* Doug is one of the world's only Certified Fitness Equipment Experts (FEX) instructors. The FEX training program was developed by the American Council on Exercise (ACE), the nation's "Consumer Watchdog" in the fitness industry.

Other certifications related to fitness and health:

* United States Weightlifting Federation Club Coach
* Certified Specialist in Performance Nutrition (SPN)
* Certified Specialist in Fitness for Older Adults (SFOA)
* Certified Youth Fitness Trainer (YFT)
* Certified Fitness Therapist (FT)
* Certified in Martial Arts Conditioning (SMAC)
* Certified Specialist in Adaptive Fitness (SAF)
* Certified Water Fitness Trainer (WFT)
* Certified Endurance Fitness Trainer (EFT)
* Certified Specialist in Sports Conditioning (SSC)
* Certified SPARQ Trainer (Speed, Power, Agility, Reaction, and Quickness)
* National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association, Certified Personal Trainer
* National Academy of Sports Medicine, Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES)

Website address:

http://www.conditioningspecialists.com/

Have you or your company received any awards?

Yes, we routinely receive awards in our industry for the quality of our training and the trainers we produce through our educational programs.