Joe Antouri

    CEO and Founder of PROPTA / Professional Personal Trainers Association. A career Education Certification Institute, certifying personal fitness trainers in Scientific Principles and Practical application for fitness and weight resistance.

     Joe Antouri started his career in fitness and nutrition more than 45 years ago.  After attending the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Southern California (USC), California State University Northridge (CSUN), and West Coast University (WCU), he acquired a degree in Science and the knowledge base from which to develop his career.    

     Because of his titles and accomplishments, Joe was featured in several publications worldwide including Muscle and Fitness, Iron Man Magazine, Muscular Development, Modern Bodybuilding, Planet Muscle, Strength and Health Magazine and the Los Angeles Times among others.

     Joe is known as the “Trainer of Personal Trainers” and the Dean of celebrity fitness trainers. There is certainly no shortage of reasons for this.

     Joe has advised some of the biggest names in entertainment media, including “Dr. Phil” and “Oprah”, as well as leading corporations such as Beach Body, Disney, Dream Works, Sony and Universal Studios, Platinum Equity Holdings and many more executives fortune 500. Top professional personal trainers Sagi Kalev “Body Beast”, Sean Lee “Diet War”, Jackie Warner (“Thintervention” and Craig Ramsay “Thintervention”, Dominic Ferrera “Hells Angels Vice President” all benefited from Joe’s personal instruction and insights.

     Joe has writen columns and articles on dieting, health and exercise in numerous publications including Muscle and Fitness, LA Weekly, Max Muscle, Planet Muscle, The Palisadian Post, SCLARK News (for government employees), Edge Magazine, Frontiers Magazine and Entertainment Today.     

     Having a vision for excellence in fitness and nutrition, Joe set out to develop a certification program that would provide the highest level of curriculum in the fitness trainer’s arena.  From this vision, the PROPTA was born.  The PROPTA offers elite, university-level education toward certification as a private trainer, nutrition specialist, Olympic weightlifting coach, and/or group exercise instructor. PROPTA has become a worldwide private personal training certification company managed by the IFBB PROS (International Federation of Bodybuilding) professional athletes under his super.

• • Nutrition & Dietetics.
  • Cleveland Chiropractic College
  • West Coast University – WCU
  • LA Valley College – LAVC
  • Cal State Northridge- CSUN
  • University of California, Los Angeles – UCLA
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles – USC
  • American University of Beirut, Lebanon

• • ABA Athletic Spokesman and National
  • Judge.AAU National Judge.
  • NPC National Judge.
  • Member of the Student Dietetic and Food Association.
  • Certified Professional Trainers Association.
  • CEO PROPTA / Professional Personal Trainers Association / Fitness & Nutrition Institute
    
  • CEO FITGUM / creator – Weight Loss Chewing Gum
    
  • GRIP-IT Creator / Hand Grip for Weight Training
    

• • NPC-Mr. Physique USA 1st Place.
  • NPC-Mr. Los Angeles 1st Place.
  • NPC-Mr. Southern California 1st Place and Overall Winner / couples 1st Place.
  • AAU-Mr. Central California 1st Place & Best Poser
  • AAU-Mr. California 1st Place.
  • NPC-Superbowl of Bodybuilding Champion 1st Place.
  • NPC-Iron Man Champion 1st Place.
  • NABBA-World Bodybuilding Champion 2nd Place.
  • AAU-Mr. USA 1st Place and Most Muscular Award.
  • NPC-U.S.A. Bodybuilding Champion 3rd  Place.
  • AAU-USA Nationals Bodybuilding Championship 1st Place.
  • WABBA-World Amateur Bodybuilding Championship  7th Place.
  • WABBA-World Amateur Bodybuilding Championship couples 6th Place.