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Jay Smith
 Jay Smith, the founder of Integrated Fitness Systems (IFS), was involved in the development of FitForce prior to acquiring it from Human Kinetics (Publishing) in 1998. Jay is a primary instructor, project director and 'on the ground' person for the FitForce courses and validation studies conducted around the country for local, state and federal law enforcement and public safety agencies.
He began his career in law enforcement training as the first Director of Physical Fitness and Health Maintenance Programs for the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council (POST), a position he held for eight years before leaving state service and establishing IFS. During this time he has assisted hundreds of agencies in meeting their health and fitness requirements.
Jay has a Master of Science degree in exercise physiology from the University of Kentucky. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a Club Coach with the United States Weightlifting Federation.
He was the 'Fitness Columnist' for the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers Journal for five years. In addition, Jay has published several articles and chapters and along with his colleagues, Tom Colllingwood and Bob Hoffman, has written dozens of technical reports on fitness standards.
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