In addition to his medical degree, Michael Applebaum, MD is the only medical doctor to hold certifications in all of the following areas of specialization:

 

Certified Fitness Trainer

Master of Fitness Sciences

Certified Youth Fitness Trainer

Certified Endurance Fitness Trainer

Certified Specialist in Performance Nutrition

Certified Specialist in Fitness for Older Adults

 

Dr. Applebaum is president of FitnessMed, Inc., a fitness consulting firm. He creates customized fitness/weight management programs and teaches fitness courses. His experience includes working with world-class athletes and elite amateurs.

 

Dr. Applebaum's FitnessMed, Inc. is an Affiliate Member of the Mayor's Fitness Council for the City of Chicago.

 

Dr. Applebaum is not a bodybuilder. He is a fitness advocate. He trains an average of 29 minutes per day and began his self-designed fitness programs after undergoing a partially successful open heart surgery in the late 1990s.

 

He is in his second half-century of life.

 

To achieve his results, Dr. Applebaum has overcome obesity, significant illnesses, major surgeries and lasting injuries.

 

All his results are from his own programs, which he continues to use.

 

For both nutrition and physical activity, he follows none of the experts. What is readily available and promoted to the public has no chance of succeeding. Dr. Applebaum applies his Three Principles of Fitness ^tm; the absence of even one will render any general fitness program ineffective.