HOW THIS FITNESS ICON IS INSPIRING THE FITNESS INDUSTRY with Amy Thompson

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As Amy thinks back to all of her past roles she always found a way to live her passion in her job. She always enjoyed blending passion with meaning even if she had bigger dreams early on in her career. It has always been about helping more people so fitness in her mind was a natural fit.

The first change in Amy's young career was leaving the athletics side, as an athlete and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, and making the move to the fitness side as a trainer. She then worked at the Premier Health Club in San Diego where her second big break happened. Amy's Personal Training Manager at the time had received a promotion and tapped Amy to be the next Manager. This, after only one year as a trainer, led Amy to bigger aspirations in the industry.

Having been familiar with IDEA Health and Fitness Association her entire life, attending many of their conferences and summits, she received an opportunity later on in life to good to pass up working as the Vice President of the Fitness Group at Pocket Outdoor Media which includes IDEA Health and Fitness Association, Oxygen Magazine, IDEA China and Korea. She is really passionate about IDEA and their initiatives. IDEA's members strive to provide resources and support to help you grow your career, be more successful and achieve that through many different platforms. With five publications including the award-winning IDEA Fitness Journal, as well as, digital publications, this is where Amy has made a home trying to impact many more fitness professionals. Ultimately it is about keeping fitness professionals in the industry longer.

Given the current climate, Amy is most proud of helping to deliver on a plan that she has thought about for many years which is health insurance. For many people in the industry out of work, this plan is for fitness professionals, as well as, small business owners. You can sign up and/or terminate at any point throughout the year. Amy points to the fact that it is also long overdue for the fitness industry.

What is to come for this fitness icon? IDEA WORLD Virtual Convention is the next big event hitting Aug. 21-22 and will be really unique this year. Obviously it will be virtual but what will be different is that it will be in real time using some unique technology platforms. Everything is LIVE! A person will have the ability to actually engage with presenters making it really unique in this virtual environment.

With all of these different initiatives going on, it is no wonder what has been motivating Amy throughout her career. Helping people move fwd. in the fitness industry and changing lives will always be at the heart of her mission.