| 1979 | The first to offer professional representation to the South African fitness industry, to negotiate on its behalf and to satisfy the specific needs of the industry. |
| 1979 | The first to provide professional education and training for the South African fitness industry. |
| 1981 | Established a professional relationship with the Pretoria University Sport and Training Institute for Continuing Education seminars. |
| 1981 | Launched South Africa's first Health & Fitness magazine, "Vigour & Vitality" |
| 1983 | Introduced competitive aerobics into South Africa and ran the SA National Aerobics Championship annually until 1991. |
| 1985 | Presented the first SA Fitness Industry Convention, which became an annual event featuring international presenters. |
| 1986 | Invited by SAASSPER, as a founder member of the National Exercise Leaders Committee, to set educational standards and establish an "umbrella body" for the fitness industry. |
| 1988 | Successfully negotiated Professional Indemnity Insurance cover for qualified fitness instructors. |
| 1989 | Appointed as a Continuing Education Provider for the IDEA Foundation (Now the American Council on Exercise - ACE.) |
| 1990 | Appointed by the IDEA Foundation (ACE) and Columbia Assessment Services, USA, to administer the Aerobics Certification Examination in South Africa. |
| 1992 | Appointed to administer the newly introduced ACE Exercise Specialist Examination in South Africa. |
| 1992 | Joined forces with Educational Assessment Service of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to provide national certification examinations for fitness professionals. |
| 1993 | Accepted as a member of the NSC (National Sports Council) representing the fitness industry. |
| 1994 | Appointed International Liaison in Africa for IHRSA (USA based International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association). |
| 1995 | Held the first national general meeting of exercise specialists at the SA Fitness Industry Convention - October 1995 |
| 1998 | Formed a professional alliance with the National Federation of Exercise Specialists (NFPT), a USA based Exercise Specialist federation with international members. |
| 2000 | Appointed as Exclusive Licensee (Africa) to present the Cancer Wellfit Program, a continuing education certification course for Fitness Consultants. This is an IHRSA Award Winning Program. |
| 2000 | Appointed as Exclusive Licensee (South Africa) to market Continuing Education Courses by Desert South West Fitness (DSWF) the world's largest provider of continuing education courses for the Fitness Industry. |
| 2001 | HFPA courses are accredited by SAQA (South African Qualifications Authority) on the Higher Education Level. |
| 2001 | As Institutional & Course accreditation and Registration with the various authorities is instituted in SA and around the world, HFPA certificate and diploma courses achieve higher education accreditation and HFPA is registered as a Higher Education Institution. Authorities: SAQA ( South African Qualifications Authority); DOE ( Department of Education); CHE (Council on Higher Education). |
| 2005 | Full Course Accreditation for our Certificate and Diploma programmes by the FSC (Fitness Standards Council) who are based in the USA & Canada and Represented Internationally. |
| 2006 | HFPA has been awarded "Affiliate" status by the NBFE (National Board of Fitness Examiners) in the USA. |
| 2006 | HFPA Exercise Science courses are accredited in the UK by “Skills Active”, the UK accrediting body for courses in Sport, Recreation & Fitness. |
| 2008 | Virgin Active and HFPA enter into an agreement to offer the HFPA National Diploma in Exercise Science (Personal Trainer) ‘in-house” to Virgin Active staff members. |
| 2009 | HFPA becomes an accredited provider of CYQ (Central YMCA Qualifications) UK. |
Founded in 1979, HFPA (Keep Fit International as it was then known) was one of the first organisations internationally, to recognise and act upon the need for representation and specialised training for the fitness industry. Over a period of 30 years, HFPA has led the initiative to create unity and set professional standards for the South African fitness industry. This initiative has now taken on an international perspective as we work closely with several other countries towards the same goals.