Dr Dan Ritchie started his fitness career at Southeast Missouri

State University with a bachelor’s degree in Fitness and Sports

 Medicine and then spent a year as a graduate assistant coaching

 Division 1 athletes. He completed his master’s degree in Health &

 Physical Education at the University of Wisconsin- Whitewater, where

He won the 2002 Thesis of the Year. Then Dan continued as a Lynn

Fellow at Purdue University, completing his PhD in Kinesiology with a

 minor in Gerontology.

 Since 2007 Dan has owned and operated Miracles Fitness in West

Lafayette, Indiana, where he and his staff have trained over 2000

 clients. With over 20 years of experience, he has extensive knowledge

 on training the mature adult market and has equipped people in their

 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond to achieve their goals and enhance their

 functional longevity. Dan was the 2014 PFP Trainer of the Year, and

 then shortly after he and Dr Cody Sipe co-founded the Functional

Aging Institute.

 Dan is a sought-after expert and speaker at national and international

 events on topics like balance for older adults, personal training,

 business development, the global aging phenomenon, and functional

 aging training models. He’s routinely interviewed for podcasts,

 webinars, and on-online education summits. Dan lives in West Lafayette

 with his wife and five kids.