Dr. Alexis Batrakoulis

 

 

Alexis Batrakoulis has been involved in the health and fitness industry for the past 30 years and currently works as an adjunct professor, freelance personal trainer and exercise physiologist, fitness educator, subject matter expert, author, and speaker presenting in 45 countries across five continents, and is based in Greece. He holds a B.S. in Physical Education and Sports Science with an emphasis on fitness, an M.S. in Exercise and Health with an emphasis on exercise and obesity, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Exercise Physiology with an emphasis on exercise and obesity. His primary research interests focus on the role of hybrid-type, multicomponent interval training in obesity. He has authored over 80 international peer-reviewed publications on exercise, including research articles and textbook chapters with over 1,100 citations. Recently, he was selected to author a chapter in the latest edition of the ACSM’s and NSCA’s Personal Training textbooks. He has also earned numerous professional credentials through ACSM (EP, CPT, and EIM), NSCA (CSCS, CSPS, and NSCA-CPT), ACE (CMES, CHC, CPT, WMS, YFS, SFS, TES, and FNS), and NASM (CES, PES, and WLS). When he is not at home training clients or teaching students as an adjunct professor in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Thessaly and the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science at Democritus University of Thrace, he is traveling around the globe sharing his knowledge as the founder of the International Obesity Exercise Training Institute (IOETI). Specifically, he teaches in-person and online continuing education courses for health and fitness professionals approved by ACE, ACSM, AFAA, NASM, and NSCA. Additionally, he has been an ACE subject matter expert and international master trainer as well as a deputy director of the Professional Standards Committee at EuropeActive, which leads the development of educational standards, oversees the accreditation process for all courses, and registers qualified exercise professionals for all occupational roles in the European fitness sector. More specifically, he has respectively led and contributed to the Technical Experts Groups that developed standards for the occupational roles of Weight Management Exercise Specialist and Pre/Diabetes Exercise Specialist in Europe. Additionally, he has been serving on several ACSM and NSCA Committees while being an NSCA Board of Directors Member (Personal Trainer Representative), the Chair of the ACSM's Committee for Certification and Registry Boards International Subcommittee, and an ACSM Fellow. He received global recognition as the 2017 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year Finalist, 2018 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year, 2019 IDEA China Fitness Innovator, 2020 NSCA Personal Trainer of the Year, 2020 MedFit Professional of the Year Finalist, 2021 PFP Trainer of the Year, 2021 ACSM Certified Professional of the Year Finalist, and 2022 ACSM Certified Professional of the Year.

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