Author, Speaker and Recognized Fitness Expert.

Joan Pagano is the author of best-selling fitness books, an informational speaker on health and fitness topics, and the owner of Joan Pagano Fitness in New York City.

Since 1988, she and her staff have provided professional guidance and support to people at all levels of fitness, creating hundreds of training programs for individuals, groups, fitness facilities, schools, hospitals and corporations.

Joan is an authority on the benefits of exercise for women’s health issues such as pregnancy, breast cancer, menopause and osteoporosis as well as strength training through the decades. She has contributed to such publications as SHAPE, Health, Fitness, Oxygen and Vitality magazines, The Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune and The Cleveland Plain Dealer among many others and has made national and regional TV appearances.

Formerly the Director of the Personal Trainer Certification Program at Marymount Manhattan College, Joan is also a nationally recognized provider of continuing education courses for fitness trainers through both the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and IDEA Health & Fitness Association. She is certified in Health and Fitness Instruction by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and is a Phi Beta Kappa cum laude graduate of Connecticut College.

Joan is the author of:
Strength Training for Women (2004)
Strength Training Deck (2006)
8 Weeks to a Younger Body (2007)
15 Minute Total Body Workout + DVD (2008)
15 Minute Abs + DVD (2009)
Home Workout + DVD (2010), contributing author
All titles published by DK Publishing.

What does an ACSM Health and Fitness Instructor do?

According to ACSM protocols, this level of certification qualifies the fitness professional to work in university, corporate, commercial, hospital and community settings. The training includes skills to conduct physical fitness assessments and interpret the results, using them to design exercise programs for healthy adults as well as for those with medically controlled conditions. An important part of the role of the Health and Fitness Instructor is to motivate these individuals to adopt and maintain healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Contact Joan to discuss a speaking engagement that will motivate attendees to greater fitness and better health.