ED-CCTP-120 Personal Fitness Instructor Professional Program

Personal Fitness Trainer Level 1

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Identify current trends in the field of personal training
• Recall biomechanics and nutritional needs for fitness
• Define coaching and behavior modification theory
• Identify the steps for an initial client screening and exercise program development
• Recognize the principles for starting your own personal training business

Personal Fitness Trainer Level 2

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Recognize the principles of physiology, nutrition and body composition
• Identify the steps to perform a health screening and fitness assessment tests and procedures
• Recall the basics of exercise prescription for chronic diseases, such as pulmonary or cardiorespiratory disease
• Identify the benefits and risks of regular exercise and maintaining a healthy weight 
• Recite factors to consider when forming an exercise prescription for patients and population

Start Your Own Personal Training Business

At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to:

• Identify the many ways to design a personal training business
• List the strategies to use to find the perfect location and set up a business 
• Recognize ways for choosing the right exercise equipment
• Recall ways to price services and market a personal training business

Coaching: Transforming Business and Personal Lives

After completing this course you will:

• Recall the fundamentals of co-active coaching and each of its four cornerstones
• List ways to succeed using co-active coaching contexts
• Identify co-active coaching principles and practices
• Recognize tips for structuring the coaching business and how to make it a profession

Personal Excellence

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Define what a strategic plan is and why you need one
• Recall potential success factors in life 
• Recognize how to implement goals and follow through on accomplishing them
• Identify how to select and implement successful strategies

Personal Fitness Trainer Level 1

Personal Fitness Trainer Level 2

Personal Fitness Trainer Module 1
Physical Activity and Preexercise Evaluation

• Physical Activity and Fitness Terminology
• Public Health Perspectives
• Sedentary Behavior and Health
• Health Benefits of Improving Muscular Fitness
• Exercise-Related Cardiac Events in Adults
• Preparticipation Health Screening
• Screening Algorithm
• Medical Fitness Facilities
• Preexercise Evaluation
• Physical Examination and Laboratory Tests

Personal Fitness Trainer Module 2
Clinical Exercise Testing and Interpretation  

• Indications for a Clinical Exercise Test
• Conducting the Clinical Exercise Test
• Monitoring and Test Termination
• Heart Rate Response
• Electrocardiogram
• Exercise Capacity
• Interpreting the Clinical Exercise Test
• Diagnostic Value of Exercise Testing for the Detection of Ischemic Heart Disease
• Clinical Exercise Tests with Imaging
• Field Walking Tests

Personal Fitness Trainer Module 3
General Principles of Exercise Population   

• Principles of Exercise Prescription
• Components of the Exercise Training Session
• Aerobic Exercise
• Muscular Fitness
• Flexibility Exercise (Stretching)
• Neuromotor Exercise
• Sedentary Behavior and Brief Activity Breaks
• Exercise Program Supervision

Personal Fitness Trainer Module 4
Exercise Prescription for Healthy Populations with Special Considerations

• Child and Adolescents
• Low Back Pain
• Older Adults
• Pregnancy
• Exercise Testing
• Exercise Prescription
• Special Considerations

Personal Fitness Trainer Module 5
Environmental Considerations for Exercise Prescription  

• Exercise in High-Altitude Environments
• Medical Considerations
• Rapid Ascent
• Exercise in Cold Environments
• Clothing Considerations
• Cold Injuries
• Exercise in Hot Environments
• Exertional Heat Illnesses

Personal Fitness Trainer Module 6
Exercise for Cardiac, Peripheral, Cerebrovascular, and Pulmonary Diseases

• Cardiac Diseases
• Inpatient and Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs
• Patients with Heart Failure
• Exercise Prescription for Patients with a Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke)
• Exercise Training for Return to Work
• Pulmonary Diseases
• Asthma
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease  

Personal Fitness Trainer Module 7
Exercise for Metabolic Disease and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Benefits of Regular Physical Activity for Diabetes
• Dyslipidemia
• Hypertension
• Metabolic Syndrome
• Overweight and Obesity
• Bariatric Surgery

Personal Fitness Trainer Module 8
Populations with Other Chronic Diseases and Health Conditions

• Arthritis
• Cancer
• Fibromyalgia
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Kidney Disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Osteoporosis
• Parkinson Disease
• Spinal Cord Injury

Personal Fitness Trainer Module 9
Brain Health and Brain-Related Disorders

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Alzheimer’s Disease
• Anxiety and Depression
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Cerebral Palsy
• Intellectual Disability and Down Syndrome
• Parkinson’s Disease

Personal Fitness Trainer Module 10
Behavioral Theories and Strategies for Promoting Exercise

• Exercise Prescription
• Theoretical Foundations for Understanding Exercise Behavior
• Decreasing Barriers to Physical Activity
• Cognitive and Behavioral Strategies for Increasing Physical Activity Behavior
• Exercise Adoption and Adherence
• Special Populations

**Outlines are subject to change, as courses and materials are updated.**

Start Your Own Personal Training Business

Start Your Own Personal Training Module 1
Designing Your Business

In module 1, we will look at the many areas of instruction and coaching encompasses, including: physiology, kinesiology, injury prevention, fitness assessment, sports training, and nutrition. Afterwards, we will look at the elements of a business plan, the legal structure of your business, insurances and licenses and permits. 

• What Do Personal Trainers Do?
• Business Plan Elements
• The Competitor You Can’t See
• Structuring Your Business
• Professional Advisors

Start Your Own Personal Training Module 2
Locating and Setting Up Your Business

There are several ways to keep your costs and risk factors down the first few years of growing your business.  In this module, we will look at strategies to use to maximize your income.  Additionally, we will take a look at setting up your website and come up with marketing slogans and hook words. 

• Where to Set Up?
• Operating in Cyberspace
• Email Dos and Don’ts
• Words are Hooks
• Building Relationships Take Time

Start Your Own Personal Training Module 3
Setting Yourself Apart

Module 3 will go over the ways the health and fitness industry is changing and what you can do to meet these challenges.   We will also take a look at the start-up costs of starting your own business, including the business and exercise equipment.  When starting your own business, you also have to consider who you will hire and for what positions.  In module 3, we will look at how to maximize your human resources. 

• Trends
• Functional Training
• Sources of Startup Funds
• Exercise Equipment
• Maximizing Your Human Resources

Start Your Own Personal Training Module 4
Marketing and Fitness Tales

In this module, we will discuss marketing basics and how to choose the most efficient for your home based business.  Module 4 will also discuss the basics of bookkeeping and how it affects the health of your business and financial status. 

• Getting the Word Out
• Promoting Business
• Pricing Your Services
• Keeping Records
• Know What Your Clients Know

Coaching: Transforming Business and Personal Lives

Coaching: Transforming Business and Personal Lives Module 1
The Fundamentals of Co-Active Coaching

Module one will take a look at the fundamentals of co-active coaching and each of its four cornerstones.  We will look at the relationship between the coach and the client and how we, as coaches can guide skillful communication while coaching.

• Co-Active Coaching Fundamentals
• The Four Cornerstones of Coaching
• The Co-Active Coaching Model
• The Co-Active Coaching Relationship
• The Listening Coach

Coaching: Transforming Business and Personal Lives Module 2
Co-Active Coaching Contexts

What is intuitive intelligence?  Module two will take a look at your intuition and how to know when it is time to intrude.  We will also take a look at different ways to ask questions and the difference between “dumb” and powerful questions.  Additionally, module two will look at you can use rewards and consequences in coaching and how to use self-management during a coaching session.

• Using Your Intuition
• The Value of Curiosity
• Forward and Deepen
• Self-Management
• Forbidden Territory

Coaching: Transforming Business and Personal Lives Module 3
Co-Active Coaching Principles and Practices

In module three we will take a look at the Wheel of Fulfillment and how the Gremlin and fulfillment work together.  We will also look at what causes clients to feel like “enough is enough” in life and how we can use the seven steps to balance to help them put life into perspective.  Module three will also take a look at the client process and how the coach and client work together.

• The Wheel of Fulfillment
• Client Balance
• Enough is Enough
• Client Process
• Process Coaching

Coaching: Transforming Business and Personal Lives Module 4
Putting It All Together

Module four will examine the coaching business and how to make it a profession.  Included in this final module will be a close look at the ethics and standards to follow for your business.  We will look at the materials that many coaches use and which works best for each coach/client.  Finally, module four will look at the type of coaching you will focus on and exercises you will use in your sessions.

• Tips and Traps
• Structuring the Coaching Business
• Ethics and Standards
• Personal Coaching vs. Corporate Coaching
• Visualization Exercises

Personal Excellence

Personal Excellence Module 1
Your Mission and Vision in Life

In week one, we will learn what a strategic plan is and why you need one in your life. We will also go over the finding your main purpose in life and how to take the steps to reaching that goal of success.

• Life Strategic Plan
• Why Have a Strategic Plan
• Find Your Purpose
• Your Personal Mission
• Your Vision of Success

Personal Excellence Module 2
Success Factors in Life

This week we will look at what it is that you need in order to succeed. So many times we are pulled way and distracted by menial things and our success is deferred.

• Critical Success Factors
• Finding Your Strengths
• Finding Your Weaknesses
• Finding Your Opportunities
• Finding Your Threats

Personal Excellence Module 3
Steps to Success

What goals would you like to set for yourself? This week we will study how we can implement goals and follow through on accomplishing them. We will touch on time management and how happiness is sometimes left out of our daily schedules.

• Setting Goals
• SMART Goals
• Time and Emotions Study
• Time Management
• What Makes You Happy

Personal Excellence Module 4
Creating Your Simplementation Plan

In our final week we will discuss how to select our successful strategies and how to implement them. We will also go over what happens when you are overwhelmed, or feel like there isn’t enough time – there are strategies to help overcome these obstacles. Finally, we will learn how to create our own Simplementation plan and apply it to everyday life.

• Selecting Successful Strategies
• Implementing Strategies Into a Plan
• How to Prioritize
• Overcoming Obstacles
• How to Create a Simplementation Plan

Internet Connection

• Broadband or High-Speed - DSL, Cable, and Wireless Connections

*Dial-Up internet connections will result in a diminished online experience. Classroom pages may load slowly and viewing large audio and video files may not be possible.

Hardware Requirements

• Processor - 2GHz Processor or Higher
• Memory - 1 GB RAM Minimum Recommended

PC Software Requirements

• Operating Systems - Windows 7 or higher
• Microsoft Office 2013 or higher. Also, you could use a general Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
• Internet Browsers - Google Chrome is highly recommended
  • Cookies MUST be enabled
  • Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
• The Kindle Reader App or VitalSource Bookshelf App are needed for many of our courses (No special equipment needed. This can be downloaded for FREE onto your computer.)
• PowerPoint Viewer (if you do not have PowerPoint)

• Adobe PDF Reader

• QuickTime, Windows Media Player &/or Real Player

MAC Software Requirements

• Operating Systems - Mac OS x 10 or higher with Windows
• Mac office programs or a Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
• Internet Browsers- Google Chrome is highly recommended
  • Cookies MUST be enabled
  • Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
• The Kindle Reader App or VitalSource Bookshelf App are needed for many of our courses (No special equipment needed. This can be downloaded for FREE onto your computer.)
• PowerPoint Viewer (if you do not have PowerPoint)
• Adobe PDF Reader
• Apple QuickTime Media Player