The Course
This qualification aims to train students to a professionally competent
level, enabling them to prescribe, plan and deliver safe and effective exercise
programmes, and to develop their skills and knowledge to pursue a career in
personal training.
During the qualification students will cover:
- Anatomy and physiology, functional kinesiology and concepts and components
of fitness
- Nutrition for exercise, health and fitness
- Lifestyle and medical factors that affect wellbeing
- Analysis of client information using the most accepted techniques
- Assessment of a client’s current health and fitness status
- Planning and conducting of physical activity sessions, within a variety of
environments using multiple resources
- Client consultations using the most accepted methods and providing
strategies for successful behaviour change
- Communication skills to effectively build successful relationships with
their clients and other health care professionals
- Legal and professional requirements for personal training
- How to set up and manage a personal training business on a self-employed
basis if they wish to
- How to manage, evaluate and improve own performance
