{"id":27415,"date":"2020-08-06T08:03:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T15:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/?p=27415"},"modified":"2022-09-15T15:06:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T22:06:46","slug":"episode-12-amy-boone-thompson-vice-president-and-general-manager-idea-health-fitness-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/podcast\/episode-12-amy-boone-thompson-vice-president-and-general-manager-idea-health-fitness-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 12: Amy Boone Thompson, Vice President and General Manager, IDEA Health &#038; Fitness Association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/medfit-tv.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/podcast\/the-medfit-podcast-amy-boone-thompson-vice-president-and-general-manager-of-idea-health-and-fitness_tc.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote><h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><strong>I love being able to serve the industry&#8230;make an impact.<\/strong><\/h4><h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><em>-Amy Boone Thompson<\/em><\/h4><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode, the MedFit Podcast welcomes Amy Boone Thompson, the vice president and&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">general manager of IDEA Health &amp; Fitness. Amy, a former standout Division I collegiate <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">basketball and volleyball athlete, discusses the importance of knowing how to advocate for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yourself to gain the opportunities and exposure needed to \u201cmake an impact.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From personal trainer, to manager, to regional manager, to the VP and GM of IDEA Health and Fitness, Amy knows the power of networking and hustle. Currently, Amy is busy planning a virtual IDEA World Conference, an interactive virtual expo and fitness experience to provide continued education and resources to fitness professionals around-the-world. In addition,\u00a0Amy discusses her passion for helping fitness professionals as she oversees the launch of the IDEA Health Insurance Program. For many fitness professionals, this may be a \u201cgame-changer\u201d in their ability to provide coverage for themselves and their families. Amy is also excited for the possibility to further partner with the MedFit Network to bridge the gap between medical and fitness professionals to make an even greater impact on the world!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CONNECT with AMY<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideafit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ideafit.com<\/a><\/li><li>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/business4fitpro\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@business4fitpro<\/a> \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ideafit\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ideafit<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/amybthompson\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SPONSORS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MedFit Network<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Become a MedFit Network Professional Member:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">medfitnetwork.org\/welcome<\/a><\/li><li>Search the free MedFit Network directory to find a pro in your area:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">medfitnetwork.org\/search<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>HOSTS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Christine Conti:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.contifit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contifit.com<\/a><\/li><li>Brian Prendergast:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/highfivehealthandfitness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">highfivehealthandfitness.com<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From personal trainer to manager, to regional manager, to the VP and GM of IDEA Health and Fitness, Amy Boone Thompson knows the power of networking and hustle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[311],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32340,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27415\/revisions\/32340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}