Personal Fitness Trainer Distance Learning Course

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Level 3 Certificate of Achievement by NCFE

 

Course Description

• Discover everything you need to know to become a successful Personal Fitness Trainer, and even become your own boss!
• Explore motivational techniques and exercise psychology to guide your clients towards their fitness goals.
• Develop exercise programmes that work for clients, using your knowledge of biomechanics.

 

 

Course Content

Unit 1: Exercise and Lifestyle Psychology

• Lifestyle psychology
• Assessing stage of change
• Motivational interviewing
• Exercise adherence
• Social support
• Stress management
• Exercise and stress management
• Group dynamics
• Goal setting
• Application of psychology in personal fitness training

Unit 2: Biomechanics

• Functional anatomy
• Divisions of a skeleton
• Joint movements
• Cartilage
• Ligaments and tendons
• Understanding movement
• Muscles and movement

Unit 3: Exercise Physiology

• The cardiovascular system
• Respiratory system
• Cardiovascular disease
• Metabolism and energy systems

Unit 4: Personal Training Skills

• Developing a programme
• Resistance training
• Myths and fallacies
• Risk factors
• Body composition
• Muscle strength and endurance
• Programme writing
• Reps, sets and resistance
• Progression
• Alternative overload suggestions
• Flexibility
• Digestion and energy sources
• Micronutrients
• Calories and weight management
• Kick start programmes

Unit 5: Functional Training

• The kinetic chain
• Sports performance
• Sports specific conditioning
• Posture and corrective exercises
• Special populations

Unit 6: Business

• Business essentials
• Setting up
• How much do you want or need to earn?
• Getting clients
• Your brand
• Client experience
• Marketing
• Managing and keeping clients
• Growing your business
• Business planning
• Legal status
• Your business plan