NASM Personal Fitness Trainer Professional Certificate

NASM Personal Fitness Trainer Professional Certificate

Name: NASM Personal Fitness Trainer
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Launch Your Career in Personal Fitness Training. Master the knowledge and skills required to support clients in making lasting lifestyle changes.

Instructor: Casey DeJong

What you'll learn

Learn exercise science principles and their impact on fitness goals.
Develop personalized programs for clients while inspiring healthy change.

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Professional Certificate - 5 course series

Summarize the foundational principles of exercise science and their influence on fitness goals.
Develop and implement exercise programs that prioritize the specific goals and aspirations of a diverse clientele.
Differentiate program modifications for special populations required for varying client abilities and safety.
Demonstrate essential communication skills and techniques required to connect, motivate, and inspire clients.

Applied Learning Project

The NASM Personal Fitness Trainer Professional Certification includes 12 projects and activities that will equip you with knowledge and skills to effectively coach and train an array of clientele and fitness goals. The projects integrate authentic and real-world scenarios faced by the everyday Personal Fitness Trainer including the development of a client-centric approach to designing and implementing exercise programming through a systematic approach to conducting, observing, and interpreting fitness assessments.

You will also assess your own eating habits and create a nutritional plan designed to provide sustainable change, providing you with insight on the importance and impact proper nutrition has on success toward reaching fitness goals.

Getting Started as a Personal Fitness Trainer

Course 118 hours4.5 (20 ratings)

What you'll learn

Identifying the components and purposes of fitness assessments.
Evaluating client information to inform individualized training programs.
Differentiating between the roles and limitations of fitness professionals and healthcare providers.

Anatomy, Physiology, and Kinesiology for Fitness Professions

Course 221 hours

What you'll learn

Explain the roles of the nervous, skeletal, and muscular systems in human movement.
Apply principles of biomechanics and kinesiology to optimize movement patterns.
Design individualized fitness programs using knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics.

Understanding Fitness Programming

Course 327 hours

What you'll learn

Differentiate between aerobic and anaerobic exercises and design personalized training programs using the FITTE-VP principle.
Integrate flexibility and strength training to improve dynamic range of motion and stabilize force production.
Apply stage training principles to enhance cardiorespiratory fitness and prevent overtraining.

Nutrition and Weight Management for Fitness Professionals

Course 418 hours

What you'll learn

Describe the principles of energy balance and the first law of thermodynamics and apply these concepts to weight management strategies.
Evaluate the role of macro- and micronutrients in body composition and overall health and assess their impact on energy levels and metabolism.
Analyze genetic, environmental, and behavioral factors contributing to weight gain and loss and practical weight management approaches.

NASM Personal Fitness Trainer Exam Preparation

Course 512 hours

What you'll learn

In this comprehensive review and exam preparation course, we will build upon the knowledge and skills gained in the previous four courses of the Personal Fitness Trainer Program. As aspiring fitness professionals, you have already completed courses on getting started in the field, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, understanding fitness programming, and nutrition and weight management.

Throughout this course, we will focus on reviewing and reinforcing the key concepts covered in the previous courses, ensuring a solid understanding of the foundations required by the fitness industry to become a Personal Fitness Trainer. In addition to refreshing your knowledge, this course will specifically prepare you for the certification exam by covering the essential topics, relevant material, and exam-specific criteria to pass your certification exam. By the end of this course, you will feel confident and well-prepared to tackle the certification exam while affirming your knowledge and skills in the following topics: • The state of the industry and the fitness professional • Anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology • Fitness programming • Nutrition strategies Note: To be successful in this course, you will need to have completed the first four courses in the Personal Fitness Trainer Professional Certificate.