Accreditation, Standardization and Industry Respectability

Accreditation of facilities can bring respect, and revenue, to fitness centers and the industry as a whole.

The industry continues to strive to gain public acceptance of its essential role in the healthcare continuum and its ability to provide a safe and positive experience for consumers seeking to enhance their level of health and fitness. During the past 25 years, several organizations, most notably IRSA (an organization which changed its name to IHRSA in the mid-nineties) and ACSM have attempted to bring greater responsibility and credibility to the industry, through the development and promulgation of industry standards and guidelines. Over the years, those standards have undergone a variety of changes, yet one theme has remained constant: a framework that reconfirms to consumers that fitness centers conduct themselves in a professionally ethical manner, and offer consumers a reasonably safe exercise experience.

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