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 Michael has spent over 25 years of his life educating and teaching the public about fitness. His talent for training and motivating people to exceed their potential makes him the ideal leader in the battle against inactivity and obesity. Michael Torchia created the “Operation Fitness” programs to provide children and adults with the ability to integrate health and fitness into their everyday routine. Michael’s well-structured organization will help motivate people of all ages, increase and improve self-esteem in a dynamic, inspiring way. These innovative programs are supported by descriptive fitness updates and essential nutrition guidelines for all those wanting to lead a healthy and fit lifestyle. Although Michael's clientele includes such famous names as Matt Damon, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, his true passion is helping everyday people. Having suffered as an obese child himself, with incredible drive and determination he overcame his eating disorder. He went on to become Teenage Mr. America, Mr. Collegiate USA and Mr. California. This exemplifies that with proper guidance, learning of good nutritional habits and the use of research-based professional training, if you can imagine it, it can become a reality. In addition, Michael Torchia created the Children's Fitness Academy (CFA), an innovative resource that schools across the country can use to implement health and fitness education programs. CFA's team of professional fitness and education experts work with schools to revise and update physical education programs as well as provide informative and engaging seminars on career opportunities in the health and fitness arena. The Children's Fitness Academy has designed more effective and stringent guidelines than presently set in schools throughout the United States. The Holistic Health Foundation (HHF), was created for the research and development of Holistic Healing formulas and wellness programs. The founding Director of HHF, Michael F. Torchia, Wellness Expert, initiated holistic health programs for “Operation Fitness” and the “Children’s Fitness Academy.” These programs introduced revolutionary methods of fitness conditioning and healthy alternatives for healing. The success of these programs has helped people from around the World for over 30 years. The continued demand for holistic health has led to the establishment of the Holistic Health Foundation. The Holistic Health Foundation programs emphasize the inherent healing capacity of people brought out through specific healing methods and skills in the context of holistic principles. In addition, HHF focused on mind-body interactions, spiritual healing, cross cultural perspectives on health, birthing and dying, theoretical frameworks of non-conventional healing approaches. Over the years the Institute has developed into a comfortable learning environment with a unique, user-friendly organizational system and a broad collection of health and fitness systems. In addition, HHF has developed holistic healing formulations and programs that can change our nation and help people around the world. HHF offers series of lecturers and training seminars. It is a place where interdisciplinary thinking, cross-cultural studies, alternative health supplements and fitness programs all come together. HHF is staffed and operated by leading health experts and renowned clinical professors. The HHF team of experts research and develop holistic health formulations and exercise systems. The Holistic Health Foundation is positioned for future development in valued partnerships with other health organizations. Michael and his team of experts have recently launched “Fitness Nation.” Their mission is to travel around the country helping obese children and their parents create healthier lifestyles. They will educate communities nationwide how they can help prevent and alleviate childhood obesity. His team includes Dr. Karlis Ullis, Clinical Professor at UCLA and Director of Nutrition for Children’s Fitness Academy. Together, they will go into homes, schools and work places to evaluate their daily environment. They’ll meet with organizations and government agencies to help implement a well-structured wellness program. Operation Fitness will create awareness and provide simple methods for both children and their parents to change their way of life---one child, one parent, one community and one state at a time, until we can truly become a healthier, happier and substantially more productive nation. Michael is currently embarking on a “Global Initiative” to build alliances with various health organizations to establish proper strategic planning to help fight the epidemic of obesity. His travels have taken him to Munich, Cologne and Hamburg in Germany; London, Birmingham and Manchester in England as well as Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in Australia. He continues traveling even now. By providing the services of his organization to parents, coaches and teachers, he hopes to help implement methods of preventing and wiping out the obesity epidemic.
In addition, Michael is building alliances with powerful politicians to create stringent regulations for food manufacturers and distributors. He is presently planning to utilize the star power of his elite clientele for fund raising events to finance his organization and to help make a significant turnaround in the obesity epidemic. His goal is to eradicate this devastating problem by being pro-active and by using preventative measures. Michael truly believes the key to success is by properly educating both children and adults. The objective of Torchia’s Global Initiative is to set new standards for health and wellness organizations throughout the United States and the World. Michael Torchia has formed the Operation Fitness "Obesity Task Force," an elite team of health experts that conduct research into manufacturers and distributors of food products containing refined sugars, preservatives, artificial sweeteners and genetically modified ingredients. Members of the task force will report all their findings to legislative representatives, Governmental agencies, as well as to school officials. Their goal is to provide essential information to children and parents so that healthy choices can be made. It is just as important to focus on preventing obesity, as it is to alleviating this rapidly growing disease affecting our nation. Michael Torchia's Television and Film Projects. Torchia's commitment to fitness doesn't end with the human race. As an animal lover, he's deeply concerned with our overweight pets, so he started "Healthy Pet Nation." In America, just like humans, obesity is a common problem for dogs and cats. There are 175 million pet owners who often treat their pets as 'children' and spoil their furry friends. These owners need to have "Riley" and "Princess" follow a total weight management program that will result in controlled weight loss and maintenance. Michael and his team will educate communities nationwide on how they can help prevent and alleviate pet obesity.Together, they will go into homes to assess the daily environment and help people implement a well-structured wellness program for their dogs and cats. This program will include evaluating the animal, educating the pet owner, modifying behaviors, and tailoring the program to each animal.
Michael Torchia's guest appearance on the NBC TODAY SHOW with Jill Rappaport
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Click the titles below to learn more about Michael Torchia's Operation Fitness Programs: Motivational Training This powerful, practical, most inspiring program gives you the ideas and tools you need to become an optimally productive and powerful person in every area of your life. Achieve your personal best with positive thinking and establish the mental foundation for peak performance. Pregnancy/Post Partum Conditioning This program is designed to help a woman through the 3 phases of motherhood: Pre-pregnancy, Term-Pregnancy and Postpartum. The Pre-pregnancy stage not only prepares a woman's body for the physical demands, but, most importantly helps her handle the psychological effects of pregnancy. The Term-Pregnancy training phase focuses on strengthening a woman's core body strength. This will allow her to have a less strenuous time giving birth, guarantees a shorter recovery time and makes it much easier to regain her figure. The final phase, Postpartum, is a safe and effective method of helping women ease back into peak physical condition. Parent and Child Participation Program Enjoy a forty-five minute playtime with your infant or toddler. With the guidance of our expert trainers, you will learn to enhance your child's natural development through creative, interactive fun and fitness. We focus on sensory-motor stimulation along with specialized equipment to build your child's body, self-confidence and strong sense of spirit. Youth Fitness Program The "Operation Fitness™" youth program teaches kids how to work out and eat properly while using their imagination and integrating fitness into their daily routine. Kids will learn more about proper nutrition, exercise and problem solving in a fun, dynamic, young & inspired way. Operation Fitness™ is specifically designed to help children improve health and increase self-esteem. Fitness is a learned behavior and by encouraging the fun of movement and teaching children the benefits of exercise, we help them develop healthy habits that carry over into adulthood. Teen Fitness...."Empowering Teenage Girls to Achieve Healthier Lives" This program is based on an innovative technique combining Pilates, yoga, weight training, cardiovascular conditioning and stretching-along with a complete nutrition program based on each young woman's particular needs. Understanding the pressures faced by teenage girls every day, this program is intended to guide our teenagers toward achieving optimal physical, mental, and emotional health by doing away with inactivity and obesity-through permanent lifestyle change. Sports Identification and Development Program This program is aim to provide children and with information on the sports to which they are best suited, the program provides individual profiles of physiological, anthropometric and performance data. Profiles rank children on their suitability to 84 sports using the most advance fitness conditioning methods, nutritional planning and physical and psychological assessment methods. Educating amateur and professional athletes as well as family physicians on the importance of baseline and cognitive assessments have become prevalent in documenting pre-injury and post-injury performance, tracking recovery rates, and assisting return-to-play decisions. Sports Play Workout A fun and highly motivating workout program designed for both children and adults. "Sports Play Workout" is a series of breathing exercises, flexibility movements, strength training, sports specific conditioning activities and obstacle course challenges that are combined with age appropriate music blended into the workout to be stimulating physically, psychologically and fun. Special Needs Fitness Program Staying physically active and eating smarter are the keys to good health for people of ALL abilities. But when one has a disability, keeping fit becomes more of a challenge. Depending on what the disability is, an exercise regimen can be specifically designed for that handicap. A home workout program can be developed using bands, dumbbells, and isometrics and breathing techniques. Or if the person chooses to work out at a gym, there are cable and muscle specific machines, as well as Upper Body Exerciser cardiovascular machines that work the heart using arms much like a bicycle uses legs. The program is designed for both types of workouts, along with some fitness and nutrition tips, in order to develop a custom agenda for specific needs and capabilities. Basics Conditioning This program targets the fast pace lifestyle of today's 30 plus adults. This easy to follow program will help people achieve their fitness goals while still being able to meet the tough scheduling demands of their family and career. It is a program for the mother who has to carry packages in one hand and a baby in the other; for the executive who has very little time to exercise; for grandpa who finds it difficult to move things around the house; and finally, for dad who would love to play basketball with his son but worries that he'll throw his shoulder out with his first shot. Boomer Fitness System The baby boomers must realize the old methods of working out and extreme dieting are harmful and can create chronic health issues, which often leads to depression and weight gain. There are 4 steps to getting started on to a fitness program, first step by having a complete physical by a family doctor, second step have a structural evaluation by a licensed physical therapist or chiropractor, third step see a nutritionist for a sensible meal plan, fourth step is to find a good certified personal trainer to design a workout program and to teach you how to properly train your body and avoid injury. Michael Torchia has developed a system to focus on helping the boomers prevent the plague of joint injuries and eating disorders. His mission is to educate and motivate baby boomers to be more active and utilize sensible eating habits. Incorporated with methods of avoiding and treating injuries are included in the program. Forever Young Our "Forever Young Program" Is developed for mature adults who believe it's never too late to become physically fit. The program is designed to help people gradually increase their physical activity through daily exercise. It is an effective introduction to fitness that is safe, simple to understand and very entertaining. The program will combine easy to follow exercises with everyday activities so it can be comfortably implemented into their lifestyles. The all around effect is an equal balance of feeling good mentally, emotionally and physically. Creative Cooking and Food Preparation This easy to follow program will help both children and adults learn how to make great tasting and highly nutritious meals with their favorite foods. They will learn the importance of making proper food choices, what to eat when they are on the run, at a friend's house, parties and fast food restaurants. The program will include recipes for great tasting meals, healthy snacks and delicious lo-cal desserts. Gym Design and Installation Customized Workout Trailers
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Michael has performed seminars, lectures, fitness challenges and motivational speaking for the Los Angeles Unified School District, along with many inner-city schools throughout the country. He has combined forces with legitimate health organizations and renowned health experts such as Dr. Karlis Ullis, Brent Berger, Operations Specialist for Children’s Fitness Academy and Robert Scott Bell, Director of Product Development for Natural Immunogenics Corp.
