By completing the Certificate in Personal Fitness Training, students will:
• Prepare or receive advanced education for a career as a personal trainer or fitness professional.
• Learn how to implement a medically-based fitness model and the ACSM Risk Stratification process for clients.
• Understand the process to conduct a detailed health and fitness assessment.
• Identify the business fundamentals of administration, marketing, and management in personal training.
• Gain information regarding exercise science, kinesiology, exercise physiology, biomechanics, neurology, client testing and assessment, functional anatomy, and exercise programming.
• Explore the profession as a potential career choice with the optional field internship experience.
• Prepare to take personal training certification exams from ACE, ACSM, and other national organizations.
• Prepare to work as a personal trainer in the health and fitness industry.
• Prepare or receive advanced education for a career as a personal trainer or fitness professional.
• Learn how to implement a medically-based fitness model and the ACSM Risk Stratification process for clients.
• Understand the process to conduct a detailed health and fitness assessment.
• Identify the business fundamentals of administration, marketing, and management in personal training.
• Gain information regarding exercise science, kinesiology, exercise physiology, biomechanics, neurology, client testing and assessment, functional anatomy, and exercise programming.
• Explore the profession as a potential career choice with the optional field internship experience.
• Prepare to take personal training certification exams from ACE, ACSM, and other national organizations.
• Prepare to work as a personal trainer in the health and fitness industry.
Personal Fitness Trainer
GES 115 -- 150 hours
Course Objectives
By completing the Certificate in Personal Fitness Training, students will:
• Prepare or receive advanced education for a career as a personal trainer or fitness professional.
• Learn how to implement a medically-based fitness model and the ACSM Risk Stratification process for clients.
• Understand the process to conduct a detailed health and fitness assessment.
• Identify the business fundamentals of administration, marketing, and management in personal training.
• Gain information regarding exercise science, kinesiology, exercise physiology, biomechanics, neurology, client testing and assessment, functional anatomy, and exercise programming.
• Explore the profession as a potential career choice with the optional field internship experience.
• Prepare to take personal training certification exams from ACE, ACSM, and other national organizations.
• Prepare to work as a personal trainer in the health and fitness industry.
• Prepare or receive advanced education for a career as a personal trainer or fitness professional.
• Learn how to implement a medically-based fitness model and the ACSM Risk Stratification process for clients.
• Understand the process to conduct a detailed health and fitness assessment.
• Identify the business fundamentals of administration, marketing, and management in personal training.
• Gain information regarding exercise science, kinesiology, exercise physiology, biomechanics, neurology, client testing and assessment, functional anatomy, and exercise programming.
• Explore the profession as a potential career choice with the optional field internship experience.
• Prepare to take personal training certification exams from ACE, ACSM, and other national organizations.
• Prepare to work as a personal trainer in the health and fitness industry.
