Karim Strougo, Founder and President of the SAFE Convention ^TM, is also the Founder and Managing Partner of STEP Center, and the President of SAFE Academy, the first International Fitness Education Academy in the Middle-East. Karim is also a renowned fitness presenter and an AFAA CEU Provider.

Karim is certified in both Group Exercise and Personal Training from the Aerobics & Fitness Association of America (AFAA) and has a long experience in working with clients suffering from medical and/or physiological problems.

Karim is also the creator of IBM (Integrated Body Mechanics^®), a revolutionary training method, which was the product of years of experience in personal training and one full year of thorough research and study of applied bio-mechanics and functional training.

As an educator, Karim Strougo is the founder and author of the first Egyptian course in fitness education entitled “Primary Certification in Physical Education & Aerobics ^TM”, which was a revolutionary landmark in fitness education in Egypt and lead to a boom in the number of certified Egyptian instructors. In 2006, Karim also released the first edition of his Personal Training book entitled “Personal Training: A broader look on exercise ^TM”, which is the official manual for his now famous personal training course by the same title.

Due to his fame as a Fitness Educator with integrity and his success in creating successful protocols for managing fitness centers, Karim is currently a consultant for a multitude of health and fitness centers, sports clubs and gym-room equipment companies in Egypt and several countries in the Middle-East. He is also a frequent speaker on several TV and Radio shows and his expertise is often sought by Egyptian and Middle-Eastern magazines.

Karim believes that “With determination, today’s dreams are tomorrow’s reality”.