Beyond Certified. Truly Qualified.
The advanced strength and performance coach certification that goes beyond standard personal training credentials to build elite fitness professions
WELCOME
The Academy of Integrated Human Performance (AIHP) is the new educational standard for strength and performance professionals. Focused on science and evidence-based content with real-world workplace and private coaching applications, AIHP’s Integrated Strength and Performance Coach (ISPC) certification is what the fitness industry has been missing.
The goal of AIHP is two-fold. One, provide best-in-class content that fully prepares students for careers as strength and performance professionals. Two, provide exceptional customer service that includes complete transparency regarding our policies and pricing with a focus on value, not price gouging.
We welcome you to be a part of our community!
We’re proud to be an official continuing education partner for:
Integrated Strength and Performance
Coach (ISPC) Certification Overview
Building Blocks to Your Success
The Integrated Strength and Performance Coach (ISPC) certification raises the bar in fitness education. The fitness industry is saturated with certifications, yet few provide a truly comprehensive, evidence-based education that bridges health and human performance science with practical application for diverse populations. Many coaches complete entry-level personal training or sport-specific certifications, only to discover gaps when working with athletes, tactical personnel, older adults, youth, or clinical populations.
The Integrated Strength and Performance Coach (ISPC) certification course was created to fill these gaps. This course not only deepens your understanding of functional anatomy, applied physiology, and biomechanics, but also equips you with the skills to integrate that knowledge into performance and health-focused programming across a wide range of athletes. Whether you are coaching a competitive sprinter, guiding a firefighter through return-to-duty training, improving an older adult’s functional strength, or building a youth athlete’s foundation, you’ll learn to design and implement programs grounded in current scientific evidence.
Get started with as little as $299
2 and 3-Payment Options Available
Certification Features
Launch your fitness career or deepen your existing knowledge
The ISPC course is designed for:
AHIP + Fibr Connects you with top fitness opportunities
AIHP partners with Fibr to help you launch your career and find the job of your dreams. Fibr specializes in strength and performance fitness professionals’ careers and helps AIHP certified coaches gain access to leading gyms and top opportunities with employers who value your expertise.
Why Choose AIHP?
As a new fitness education company in a market with established organizations, we understand that you have choices and that deciding which organization to become certified by is an important choice and one to not take lightly. Read on to learn how we’re different.
All Science, No Bias
We work with top experts to create accurate science/evidence-based course content with no biased or rigid methodologies. We present science-based content comprehensively, clearly and concisely so that strength coaches can apply this information on an individual basis to the population they work with.
A ‘No Money Grab’ CEU Policy
We strongly believe in continuing education, but we don’t believe you should have to pay for it. Until now, most continuing education policies of existing fitness organization are little more than a money grab. We don’t believe this is the correct method. Our policy is to offer an option to recertify at no fee, while still educating yourself.
No Tiers, No Upselling
We don’t believe in upselling or hard selling. Within the ISPC certification, we include many topics/areas that other certification companies charge extra for. Same goes for what you get when you sign up. We don’t have tiers of bundles to purchase. We have one option that includes everything that we think you will need to be successful in your studies.
Our Customer Service Will Blow Your Mind
Regardless of how great our content is, without superior customer service to back it up, it means nothing. Emails responded to within 12 hours (but likely much sooner!)? Check. Friendly and helpful AIHP team? Check.
Tools Instead of Rigid Philosophies
We prepare you for coaching in the real world with a broad toolbox. Our ISPC Certification emphasizes teaching coaches HOW to coach rather than adhere to a rigid and broadly applied methodology. Fully prepared coaches understand how to apply training principles to each individual.
We Live Up to Our Promises
Talk is cheap and we appreciate that especially as a new fitness education company, we have to earn your trust. For that reason, our ISPC Certification is backed by a 30-day, 100% money back guarantee ensure that we live up to our promises.
Get to Know AIHP
Our goal at AIHP is to elevate the standard of education, operations and customer service within the fitness education landscape. We hold ourselves to a high standard with respect to both content and customer service.
We are committed to being a trusted leader in fitness education. Read on to learn more about who we are.
Make an Informed Decision
We’re here to answer any questions you have.
Fill out this form to contact our Relationship Manager, Sean Begley. He’ll respond quickly and will be a big help. He can answer any questions you have without putting any pressure on you. Just information to help you make the right decision for you!
Prefer a phone call? Call us toll free at: 877-665-AIHP (2447) – 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM MST M-F