My name is Grant Barker. I am a retired WKA World Kickboxing champion. I have studied with the ISSA for six (6) years and I am now a Master in Fitness Sciences. My goal is to help others achieve their goals in fitness through their study.

I would like to take this opportunity to give you some background on myself. Although I won more fights than I lost I knew there was something missing in my conditioning. Every time I would compete against a hard opponent I would get fatigued quickly. That is when I decided to improve my conditioning through greater knowledge. I have known Mark McGaw who is the CEO of ISSA in Australia for several years. Studying with ISSA appealed to me because it was co-founded by Dr Fred Hatfield, who had been Evander Holyfield's strength and conditioning coach. Once I saw the course I was blown away with the information it contained. I suddenly realised that there was so much knowledge that I did not have. I could not wait to get started.

I have since completed two speciality courses (Specialist in Sports Conditioning and Specialist in Martial Arts) and I would never have gotten through my studies without utilising the technical support available. I would constantly email the advisers in the United States, use the question board on the website and surround myself with other students. I went beyond the words on the page.

Since studying with the ISSA my training principles have advanced in leaps and bounds. In fact I largely credit my studies to helping me to achieve my world title. By using my studies I have seen results in not only myself but in the athletes that I condition. In the gym people ask me constantly what I am doing with my clients and how am I getting the results that I get. The knowledge that I have surpasses that of the ordinary trainer in the gym. I love fitness; it is my passion! What's more, I love helping people get the same results from their studies. I got to where I am by building knowledge through the technical support that ISSA provides have and learned through my studies that applied knowledge truly is power.

Yours in fitness, Grant Barker

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