Joe started his career in the Fitness and Nutrition industries over 30 years ago. With extensive academic and experience in Nutrition Counseling, Joe operated the Personal training & Nutritional Department at World Gym and Gold's Gym for over 20 Years.

Joe's passion in the Health and Fitness Industry has earned him the highest bodybuilding awards in the United States and the World.

The Personal Trainers Association has evolved to being the Harvard of Certification in the World, accredited and recognized. PROPTA books are translated in many languages and the personal trainers association is currently very active in 183 countries.

The Personal Trainers Association is the only organization endorsed and recognized by the IFBB PRO League Worldwide in 203 countries as well as accredited and approved in the US and the World.

To reach Mr. Antouri, you may call the Personal Trainers Association World headquarters in Los Angeles.

Mike Sable has been teaching for over 25 years world wide. His seminars are not only educational but motivational. As an Executive Vice President of the Personal Trainers Association and a Board Certifying member of the PROPTA National Board of Nutritional Examiners, he is recognized one of the Best Educators in the Fitness & Nutrition industry.

He currently holds his teaching credentials from the PROPTA and the NBNE and a Master Level Professional Personal Trainer, the highest level credential as a personal trainer and an educator.

Mike Sable is recognized World Wide by the industry. The Personal Trainers Association "PROPTA" is proud to have Mike on its elite staff. Mike Sable travels the world certifying students with fellows IFBB PROS. To reach Mike Sable, please call the Personal Trainers Association corporate office at 800-317-3577

Charles began weight lifting at the age of 22. He entered his 1st show, The Iron Man, which was a combination of Body Building and Power Lifting. Charles enjoyed competing and won The World Championship in 1983 in Singapore. He is considered The Best of The Best in the world in Personal Training and Nutrition, training celebrities, professional athletes in every sport, magically transforming athletes into super athletes. Charles Glass holds a Bachelor Degree in Kinesiology and Sport Science. Currently as the Vice President of the Personal Trainers Association, educating and certifying students in Venice, California at the Mecca of Body building.

as a PROPTA  Vice President, she has her hands full. Sherry's carreer is always on the move. With the BS degree in Business and finance, she manages to run and operate few comapnies. Always in the health and fitness industry, as a Fitness America National Champion, a super model, real estate agent, insurance agent,Clothes designer with her own clothing line called FitGirlWear - www.FitGirlWear.com - a reality show and a fitness show,she is always the head of Sales division for a new company called FitGum - FITGUM.net, a gum for weight loss. Sherry likes to invest like her father.

Rob has been a Professional Personal Trainer for over twenty years.  He Graduated from Brigham Young University in 1980 with a BA.  He has held certifications in personal training from ISSA, NASM, 24 Hour Fitness and the PROPTA also known as the Personal Trainers Association, where he currently holds the title of Director and Master Trainer and an Approved Program Provider for Continuing education.

Having competed in many bodybuilding competitions, the placing of which he is most proud is second place in the California State Championships, Over-50 Men’s Category. This was achieved after a prolonged illness, hospitalization and surgery.  Ask him about it, he'll tell you the whole story.

Aside from being a very experienced trainer in the usual areas of weight loss, body shaping and athletic training, Rob also specializes in the area of training older individuals, having worked with clients even in their 80's. He has extensive training and has done his own research in the special training and nutrition needed by older adults.

He has also begun working with clients who have suffered brain injuries or who struggle with neuro-muscular diseases, using specialized neuro-muscular reeducation techniques.

As a Director and Examiner for the Personal Trainers Association, Rob certifies trainers in Personal training and nutrition, specializing in older adult and special populations. His education and knowledge is unsurpassed.

Rob offers CEUs credits for all personal trainers in practical application, nutrition and training and fitness for the older population. Rob is a approved program provider for the PROPTA.

“The Shredder”: Jem Welsh, CNS, MPPT

When bikini competitors, professional bodybuilders, film and TV celebrities and modeling agencies need an edge in body image, they call the original “Shredder”, Jem Welsh. Jem is a Certified Nutrition Specialist and Master Professional Private Trainer in the Southern California area and Director of Nutrition for The Professional Private Trainers Association (ProPTA), home of the IFBB Pros. His clientele – from competitors in NPC and IFBB ranks, to NFL, PGA, NHL and NCAA athletes – trust Jem’s ability to prepare them using his signature “Whole Body” health programs. He is the “go-to” professional for celebrities seeking the camera-ready look with his trusted “Red Carpet” quick-tone programs. With over 30 years of successful results, Jem has earned his nickname many times over.

Jem is also a highly-sought educator. He has provided Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits of study to over 3000 physicians, pharmacists and dieticians, in the relative fields of metabolic nutrition, hormonal health and natural medicine topics. As an expert in metabolic/hormonal action, Jem is referral of choice for hormonal lab interpretation, both from doctors and bodybuilders. Jem is also a product development expert in the nutrition industry, with over 200 products of his design on the market, including his functional food products ClenZ and CutZ, the innovative body cleansing and sculpting food powders and collaboration with Mr. USA, Joe Antouri, to produce the innovative FitGum.

As Director of Nutritional Education at ProPTA, Jem lectures on metabolic science and counseling application, enabling trainers to call upon is experience to broaden their private-training business. His passion for his work, devotion to the cause of fitness and his astounding results in the field over the past 25 years has been formally recognized in 2011, with induction into the Private Trainers Hall of Fame - the only non-titled bodybuilder pro to achieve this honor.

Jem maintains offices in Newport Beach and Beverly Hills, California. You can learn more about the Shredder at www.jemwelsh.com

In the last 25 years, Michael has been developing systems for safe, highly motivating fitness programs. He began as a competitive bodybuilder, achieving such honors as "Teenage Mr. New York," "Teenage Mr. America," "Mr. Collegiate USA," and "Mr. California."

His background in the world of bodybuilding has given him a unique understanding of what the body is capable of when supplied with the right fuels, the right motivation, and the right exercise program. For two decades, he has traveled to schools to study, research, and attack childhood obesity.  This issue is one of his passions.

Never losing sight of his goal of fitness for the entire family, Michael has embarked on programs for children and young adults called "Operation Fitness™", designed to teach kids how to properly work out and eat right, culminating in a healthier lifestyle. The all-around effect is an equal balance of feeling good mentally, emotionally and physically.

Currently Mike Torchia is the Vice President of the Teen and Children Entrepreneurship Program and certification for the Personal Trainers Association.

Dr. Michael Walczak. M.D.

Renowned thyroid and diabetes researcher publishing an effective thyroid-vitamin treatment for the atherosclerotic component in diabetic retinopathy- Journal Of Applied Nutrition,vol. 24 no's 1 & 2 spring 1972 Coauthored two acclaimed books " Nutrition and Well Being " and "Nutrition Applied Personally .

Presided as President, Editor, and Board member, of the prestigious Journal Of Applied Nutrition during a 20 Year association. Currently he is the PROPTA Vice President of the Medical Board since it implemetation in 1995