Personal Fitness Training Program

Personal Fitness Training Program

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: January 10 - February 28, 2009
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Cost: $995, books and materials included
Payment plans & Sallie-Mae Career Training Loans are available for those who qualify

Instructor

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.

 
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