Frappier Acceleration Sports Training (FAST) was founded by North Dakota native John Frappier, an exercise physiology and kinesiology graduate from Kansas State in the early 1980's.
In 1991 St. Alexius became the first licensee of Frappier Acceleration Sports Training. Today Frappier Acceleration Sports Training is known as Athletic Republic with franchised training centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Brazil, Australia, and Russia.