Intelligent Fitness was originally mused in 1999 and founded in 2001 by Phil Sottile. Stacey Lerman joined Intelligent Fitness in 2007 and effectively aided in guiding the company’s growth to become one of the longest operated fitness and wellness companies on Long Island. The company is rooted in its wellness, rehabilitative, and personal fitness / consulting and training approach and would eventually re-organize and evolve to become unofficially recognized as Long Island’s first fitness boutique in 2009.
Intelligent Fitness’ Phil Sottile and Stacey Lerman’s name has become synonymous with brand excellence in the health, fitness, and wellness industry. Their 18-year long personal and working relationship is the main ingredient in the company’s brand identity and the foundational essence of copyrighted, proprietary mission-critical delivery systems – combined with real world emotional care, concern, and interest in someone’s pursuit to realize the best quality of life – is their hallmark of business success. Their passion for one another and in everyone who walks through the doors of Intelligent Fitness has elevated both the company and its operators to be the standard bearers of excellence in the health, fitness, wellness, and personal fitness space.
The couple wield a multitude of awards and credentials that include:
25 BEST of LONG ISLAND AWARDS
- 8x BEST PERSONAL TRAINERS ON LONG ISLAND
- 4x BEST GYM ON LONG ISLAND
- 2x BEST FITNESS FACILITY ON LONG ISLAND
- 3X BEST BOOTCAMP ON LONG ISLAND
- 9x BEST LIFE COACH ON LONG ISLAND
4 AUTHORED BOOKS
https://philsottile.wixsite.com/theintelligentway/authored-books
- The 2-1 Diet: The Intelligent way to strategic weight loss
- BE- The modern testament to health, wealth, and happiness
- The Intelligent Fitness Personal Trainer’s Producer Course
- What men want
Multiple Fitness certifications through the top organizations
- American College of Sports Medicine
- National Strength / Conditioning Association
- International Sports Sciences Association
- National Academy of Sports Medicine
- American Association of Health / Fitness / Rehab professionals
- Athletics Fitness Association of America
EXPANDED CV
Phil Sottile
Founder/ President – Executive Director of Operations
Phil Sottile is the founder of Intelligent Fitness. He began to amateurishly guide people in fitness in 1994 and entered the fitness industry as a Physical Therapy Apprentice in 1997. Sottile formed his first company at 24 years old and guided its trajectory into a reverse merger of this company into a SPAC company on the NASDAQ in 2000. He eventually used his proprietary concepts and fundamentals of this project to break away and form Intelligent Fitness in 2001.
Intelligent Fitness eventually evolved to become the ORIGINAL FITNESS BOUTIQUE on Long Island and has established itself as a benchmark of excellence that local fitness centers measure their own quality of service.
“Intelligent” has been voted and recognized as a 6-time “BEST GYM / FITNESS CENTER” of Long Island, 8-time “BEST PERSONAL TRAINERS,” “BEST LIFECOACH” for 9 straight years, and recognized as a 3-time “BEST BOOTCAMP” on Long Island.
Phil’s abridged CV includes:
*. Applied Exercise Scientist/Physiologist since 1997
* Injury Prevention / Workplace Safety & ergonomics educator
*. Multiple award-winning Personal Trainer, Lifecoach, and business owner.
* Diversely educated in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, talent and human resources profiling, recruitment & hiring, In-house sales and Executive training
*. Owner of proprietary and copyright protected educational systems, models, and books that have been the hallmark of his teaching approach to quality of life advancement
* Published author of 4 books including; industry teaching manuals, dietetic guidance, personal health, wealth, and happiness management, and inter-personal relationship development.
* Public television host of “The Intelligent Way to Fitness” on ALTICE Television on Long Island since 2006.
Stacey Lerman
Executive Vice President – Chief Officer -Corporate Operations / Marketing
Stacey Lerman is the co-operator / owner of INTELLIGENT FITNESS. Ms. Lerman wields a 18-year background in clinical approach methodology of discovery and assessment in the fitness sciences and group personal training curriculum development. She is the managing partner responsible for IT management & marketing and supervises the company’s brand presence and identity in the fitness industry.
Among her many credentials in the Group Fitness world, she is recognized as an Instructor through the Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA), certified as a National Academy Sports Medicine (NASM) Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist, and is a Google credentialed marketing / advertising manager.
Ms. Lerman’s abridged CV includes:
*. Master of Marketing / Management
*. Supervisor of Advertising, Branding, strategic planning
*. 16-time award-winning Personal Trainer, Personal Fitness center owner, Specialty classes designer
* Diversely educated in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, and Group Fitness Instructor’s training