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