Personal Fitness Training Program
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Our certification for personal training is done in conjunction with the prestigious National Academy of Sports Medicine. (NASM) Students will receive official NASM course materials including a book, study guide, and set of interactive CDs. Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive a certificate of completion and be eligible to take the NASM certified personal trainer national certification exam. Course length is (10) weeks when attending Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays.
Experience your own total body transformation while learning to improve the overall wellness of others! Included with the course is a 3 month gym membership to the Parkridge Gym & Tan line Studios in Trooper, PA.
Program Details
| Duration: |
10 Weeks
100 Classroom hours |
| Schedule: |
Class begins: July 15, 2008 - ends: September 20, 2008
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7pm - 9pm
Saturdays, 1pm - 6pm |
| Cost: |
$2000, books and materials included
Payment plans & Sallie-Mae Career Training Loans are available for those who qualify |
Instructor Bio: Jim Smith, Human Performance Coaching - Having more then 13 years experience in the fitness industry his client base includes professional athletes, senior citizens and post-rehab patients. His approach is a unique blend of lifestyle coaching with functional and movement training for optimal health. With the combination of body alignment, strength and flexibility, clients will achieve an overall increase in vitality, energy and power.Jim encompasses these principles and works with clients toward an improved quality of life while achieving their goals.
Program Classes
| Course Title |
Classroom Hours |
Semester Credits |
| Anatomy / Kinesiology |
20 |
1.0 |
| Exercise Physiology |
12 |
1.0 |
| Fitness Assessment |
10 |
0.5 |
| OPT Theory |
24 |
2.0 |
| Program & Clinical Design/ Theory Application |
22 |
1.0 |
| Nutrition, Behavior and Professional Development |
12 |
1.0 |
| Program Totals: |
100 |
6.5 |
Anatomy and Kinesiology
20 hours 1.0 credits
Goals for this section are to provide students with a understanding of human movement science and kinesiology. Areas covered include biomechanical terminology and functional anatomy. Students are expected to develop a basic understanding and knowledge of the terms of movement and muscle actions. They will also cover functional anatomy of the body including major muscle groups of the extremities and trunk with an emphasis on their actions during exercises. Students are also expected to learn the exercises covered in their text and know the muscles involved in these exercises.
Exercise Physiology
12 hours 1.0 credits
The goals for this section are to enable the student to understand the role of the skeletal, muscular and nervous systems in producing movement and how the systems work together in the production of movement. Students will also gain an understanding of the cardiorespiratory system as a support system for the kinetic chain.
Fitness Assessment
10 hours 0.5 credits
The goals for this section are to give students an understanding of the process of performing a fitness assessment on a client and how the assessment will influence the fitness program that would be developed. Students should gain an understanding of the questions that would be covered as part of subjective assessment and their relevance. Students should be able to competently perform physiological assessments and understand the implications of postural assessments on the development of client programs.
OPT Theory
24 hours 1.0 credits
The goals for this section are to introduce the students to the Optimum Performance Training (OPT) model and its components as used by the National Academy of Sports Medicine. Students are expected to develop competence in the performance, teaching and application of the flexibility training, cardiorespiratory training, core and balance training, reactive, speed agility, quickness training and strength training. Students will develop an understanding of the application of each of these in an integrated program and how to develop progressions and regressions for the exercises in these programs. Students will also understand how to incorporate other exercises into the OPT model.
Program and Clinical Design/Theory Application
22 hours 1.0 credits
The purpose of this section is to teach students how to design safe and effective fitness programs for clients using the OPT model. Students will learn the overall concepts of variables that can be manipulated within the OPT model. They will develop the understanding of how these variables can produce different adaptations. Students will cover how to incorporate these adaptations in the different levels of the OPT model, stabilization, strength and power. Students will develop the ability to produce programs for the purpose of body fat loss, lean muscle mass gain and sports performance and gain understanding of how disease processes may affect fitness programming.
Nutrition, Behavior and Professional Development
12 hours 1.0 credits
The goal of this section is to introduce students to the concepts of nutrition. Students will study the macronutrients and micronutrients as well as water in supporting body fat reduction and lean muscle mass gain. Students will gain a basic understanding of supplementation and the benefits and potential problems with some common supplements. Students will understand how to take their clients through a 5 step system in making achievable behavioral changes. Students will understand the importance of customer service and how to use the READ system in the sale of personal training service.