President
Physical Activity Alliance
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Michael Stack is the founder & CEO of Applied Fitness Solutions, the Michigan Moves Coalition and the President of the Physical Activity Alliance. He is an exercise physiologist by training and a health entrepreneur, health educator, and health policy advocate by trade. He is dedicated to the policy and system changes to ensure exercise professionals become an essential part of healthcare delivery.
With a career spanning over three decades in fitness, health, and wellness Michael has a deep knowledge of exercise physiology, health/wellness coaching, lifestyle interventions to mitigate chronic disease and leadership. He is credentialed through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as an Exercise Physiologist (ACSM-EP), Exercise is Medicine practitioner (ASCM-EIM), and a Physical Activity in Public Health Specialist (ACSM-PAPHS). Michael is a National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and a CDC Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Lifestyle Coach. Michael received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan’s School of Kinesiology.
Michael is an expert curriculum reviewer for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) and a Fellow of the Medical Fitness Association. He lectures nationally for several health/fitness certification and continuing education organizations, including; ACSM, ACLM, IHRSA, the Medical Fitness Association, the National Strength & Conditioning Association, and SCW Fitness.
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