Shop W.I.T.S.

Buoyancy Stretches
Buoyancy Stretches is designed to help the fitness professional enhance flexibility by utilizing Archimedes™ Principle at the pool wall and exploring the use of buoyancy equipment in the water. Learn supine, side, and front working positions enabling you to enhance relaxation, breathe more consistently and deeply, and maintain the proper level of body alignment that can help to achieve a fluid and controlled stretch. Great for group fitness, personal training, rehabilitation, or athletes.

Children’s Aquatic Fitness Programming
Help get our youth in shape through fun aquatic fitness formats! Learn new ideas and information on effective aquatic programming for children through creative teaching methods, class formats, leadership styles and more. See developmental progression with motor skills as children of different ages hop, skip, and more!

Burdenko Water Walkers: General Fitness Conditioning Applications for Group Fitness and Personal Training
Need something new and unique? The Burdenko Water Walker program is versatile for all ages of clients and all fitness levels. It maximizes time efficiency and makes exercise fun. By studying this course you will learn the proper way to use Burdenko Water Walkers to give your group, personal training, and rehab clients a safe and effective workout.

Essential Aqua Pilates
Pilates performed in the water engages the upper and lower extremities through optimal ranges of motions while minimizing stress on the joints, resulting in a unique combination of exercise and physiotherapy. You do not have to be a Pilates instructor to use these great exercises in group fitness and personal training.

Gravity vs Buoyancy: Friend and Foe
This course explores the basic properties of gravity and buoyancy and how these properties affect movement and equipment use on land and in the aquatic environment. Many video demonstrations are included.

Aquatic Fitness Principles for the Larger Adult
Explore aquatic exercise as related to the larger adult participant. The water provides a medium that allows maximum participation and caloric consumption while minimizing risk of weight bearing and over use injury. Special considerations for the obese participant as well as exercise format and physiological differences are included in this program. Review intensity and safety concerns and see an example of an exercise program for larger adult clients.

Aquatic Programming for Pregnancy and Postpartum
The aquatic environment is a beautiful place for the pregnant woman to exercise comfortably while pregnant, and to regain strength and stamina after birth. Learn effective aquatic programming and intensity variations as well as special considerations to protect the mother and baby.

PNF in the Pool
This course offers basic education about PNF patterns for the arms and legs and PNF techniques appropriate for performance in the aquatic environment. Also shared are approaches and methods developed by the authors over a period of years working with a variety of diagnoses. A knowledge and application of PNF patterns enables the aquatic practitioner to determine functional muscular imbalances during client performance and to address them. Video demonstration of the exercises reinforce the concepts.

Aquatic Personal Training Programming
If you are a personal trainer interested in expanding your training options to the water, it is important to learn about the aquatic environment. Learn safe and effective aquatic programming techniques for shallow and deep water to maximize your client success. Gain understanding of the aquatic environment and the properties of the water.

Introduction to Aquatic Personal Training
Expand your personal and small group training options and income potential to the aquatic environment. Learn how to use the properties, benefits, and unique qualities of the water to provide superior aquatic training. This course provides knowledge you need to safely and successfully train in the water.

NEW DVD Series for Fitness Management
Dr. Rodney Gaines led the 6 week series of lectures. The 10 session DVD series helps enlighten serious trainers, sales representatives on what and how to succeed in preparing for management of a department or an entire club operation.

Get a 2 minute look, click here!

Scientific Advertising
Scientific Advertising for the Fitness Professional is a new and targeted spin on an old classic book. Fitness professionals are taught how to train, not how to market. This book takes timeless information from the original and makes it relevant to today's fitness professional. 

Insider Secrets of Advertising and Marketing for the Successful Fitness Professional

Maximize your advertising dollars and ensure your business success by learning the essentials of “scientific advertising” with author Tony Avilez.  In this course you will learn the foundational concepts of advertising and how to apply them to your fitness business.

Personal Trainers - Guide to Earning Top Dollar: A Cutting-Edge Guide to Maximizing Your Income as a Personal Trainer

Recognizing that multiple income streams are key to success in the fitness business, this book identifies those streams and provides instruction on how to command your income.

Train Clients At Home- 3 CEC’s
Wes Norris, CSCS, President and owner of PersonalTrainerTips.com and long-time WITS instructor has created a kit that includes everything you need to start training clients in their homes or offices.

The Ninety Day Success Express: A Proven System for Building a Personal Training Client Base in Just 90 Days
This course outlines a system to build a thriving client base in just 90 days. The fitness business information, practical steps, and detailed advice outlined in this course will provide anyone in the personal fitness coaching business a 90-day success plan for obtaining a client base.

Women’s Razor Back Tank Top

Women’s Short Sleeve V-Neck Tee

Women’s Short Sleeve Scoop Neck Tee

Men's/unisex short sleeve t-shirt

Men's short sleeve polo

Men's tank top

Manual Inflation Blood Pressure Monitor (HEM-432C)
Taking your blood pressure is easy with this lightweight and convenient monitor.

Digital Premium Pedometer (HJ-112)
The Omron Digital Premium Pedometer features advanced technology, which provides added durability and flexibility to count steps at all positions perpendicular to the ground.

Pedometer with Calorie Counter
(HJ-105)
A digital pedometer can help you track your exercise program progress and make it easier for you to set and reach your exercise goals.

Omron Fat Loss Monitor (HBF-306C)
The Omron hand held fat loss monitor is an affordable and easy way to measure body fat in the privacy of your own home.

DVD - Core Knowledge Lectures for the Group Exercise Instructor:
Learn all the essentials of the body, exercises and how a fitness professional to leads an exciting group exercise class.
With Michelle Matte, ME. CPT

Step up to Step for Fitness Professionals (New)
Learn 10 techniques demonstrating correct posture and body mechanics specific to stepping and 5 essential safety guidelines.

CARDIO BOX 101 DVD:
with Lauren Lewis and Lillie Brown

Learn all the essential fundamental punches, kicks and boxing moves to lead a safe and energetic group exercise class.

Step Basics
Would you like to teach step or just have a private lesson on basic step at home? You can use this course either way.  The course will take you through a step-by-step procedure to teach the basic movements and how to execute them properly.

Super Abdominals: Essential Rules of Excellence
Many exercises have been developed and are prescribed for improving the abdominal musculature. Learn how to train abdominals efficiently with proper exercise execution. See videos and explanations of abdominal anatomy and proper training techniques for land and water.

Applied Anatomy: Land and Water
Expand your knowledge of anatomy, movement terminology, and basic muscle action in both the land and water environment. Video, charts, and pictures help you grasp the concept of effective movement and targeting muscles with and without equipment for both environments.

Core Complete Training: A Systematic Approach for Aesthetic Core Development
This course presents evidence based, tested core training program to build a strong and aesthetically pleasing mid-section combined with the ability to function efficiently in the real world. By understanding the place and purpose for different types of core training exercises and methods, you can progressively increase the challenge of your training programs for clients of all levels and take the entire core (versus merely the abs) to a new level of function.

Restore the Core: Integrated Core Training for Real World Function
Your client can really benefit from core training based upon individual needs and lifestyle. In this course you will learn more about how the Core functions and training techniques geared to reduce pain and improve function in daily life. This course will aid trainers in assessing and programming for all levels of clients for better results with core training.

DVD - Nutrition Strategies for Performance:

This workshop With Abby Hoffman, MS Ed is for health and fitness professionals who want to learn more about how nutrition influences physical performance. The DVD comes with a student workbook and a bonus continuing education exam upon request.

Nutritional Supplements: What Works and Why
Nutritional Supplements What Works and Why discusses not only the advertised claims of 119 dietary supplements but compares those claims to what the clinical evidence actually says. That way you lean the real facts. The book also contains over 900 references so you can look up the facts for yourself if you like.

VITABOT Online Meal Planning
Continued Partnership Offers a Branded Online Nutrition Solution for All W.I.T.S. Graduates

vitabotblog.com

A Simple Study or Exercise and Caloric Consumption
What determines how many calories you burn? After reviewing this course you will be able to define terms related to the measurement of energy production, understand how caloric consumption is measured, how intensity is measured in exercise, and be able to describe variables affecting caloric consumption during exercise.

SrFit™ Second Edition Specialty Certification – 19 to 24 CEC’s
To instruct already certified and experienced personal trainers so they are able to build upon their existing knowledge and skill to safely and effectively work with middle-aged and older adults.

Older Adult Fitness Specialist Certification
Learn what common ailments and physical conditions are germane to this special population and how to design age appropriate, fun and functional exercise programs.

Cancer and the Older Adult
Our Cancer and the Older Adult™ Specialist Home Study Program is offered to you in a distance-learning format providing advanced continuing education for health and fitness professionals who wish to specialize in training cancer survivors.

Exercise Program Design for Special Populations
This course will provide guidance for designing exercise programs for special population. This class focuses on exercise programming for persons with hypertension, CAD, asthma, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis and common musculoskeletal challenges. Presenter: Kazuko Aoyagi

The Issue of Aging
This course provides an overview of aging through physiological, psychological, and sociological perspectives. With a thorough understanding of the aging body, a fitness professional can design effective programs to meet the needs of students. Programming ideas and exercises are given for both land and water formats.

Exercise Guidelines for Balance and Fall Prevention
The purpose of this course is to provide a comprehensive overview of Balance and Fall Prevention, the restrictions and limitations of working with this population and specific recommendations regarding exercise protocols. Photos, video clips and written text are provided.

Burdenko Water Walkers: General Fitness Conditioning Applications for Group Fitness and Personal Training
Need something new and unique? The Burdenko Water Walker program is versatile for all ages of clients and all fitness levels. It maximizes time efficiency and makes exercise fun. By studying this course you will learn the proper way to use Burdenko Water Walkers to give your group, personal training, and rehab clients a safe and effective workout.

DVD - Lectures on Core Knowledge for the Personal Trainer:
Understand how the body works with exercise and more
With Michelle Matte, ME. CPT

This is a great study tool for anyone trying to learn the essentials of being a personal trainer.

DVD - Practical Skills for the Personal Trainer:
Learn all the key componenets to work with clients with hands on drills
with With Abby Hoffman, MS Ed & Michelle Matte ME, CPT

This is a great study tool for anyone trying to learn the essentials of being a personal trainer.

Get a 2 minute look, click here!

DVD - Introduction to Personal Trainer:
This 4 DVD course is designed for the novice who has not had the benefit of formal training. 

Synergy of Human Movement
Advanced training for the experienced, certified personal trainers who wish to work with all post rehabilitative populations, baby boomers, high-risk population, sport specific clientele. Before you can train any client,  you need to understand  the science behind the movement, otherwise why are you training?

Basic Measurement and Body Composition Assessment
This course takes you through the basics of resting heart rate, resting blood pressure (video included), height, and weight measurement. With descriptions and video clips you will learn to locate and measure ten skin-fold sites and nine body circumferences. Formulas and equations for Jackson/Pollock and a 7-site body composition, BMI, and calculations for recommended weight ranges. This course serves as a learning tool or a great review.

Insider Secrets of Advertising and Marketing for the Successful Fitness Professional

Maximize your advertising dollars and ensure your business success by learning the essentials of “scientific advertising” with author Tony Avilez.  In this course you will learn the foundational concepts of advertising and how to apply them to your fitness business.

Older Adult Fitness Specialist Certification
Learn what common ailments and physical conditions are germane to this special population and how to design age appropriate, fun and functional exercise programs.

Exercise Program Design for Special Populations
This course will provide guidance for designing exercise programs for special population. This class focuses on exercise programming for persons with hypertension, CAD, asthma, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis and common musculoskeletal challenges. Presenter: Kazuko Aoyagi

Functional Training for All Ages
This course integrates concepts from ADL based training and applies it to all ages. The application of multiple strategies, drills, and methods of training allow individuals of all ages to become functionally prepared for life. Multi-plane and multi-sensory methods will be addressed through a science-based, practical approach to understanding an integrated body approach.

Fitness Intelligence for Fitness Professionals: Land Exercises: Program 1
Need some new ideas? Progress your clients through one of a kind exercises designed to harmonize six essential qualities: balance, coordination, flexibility, speed, endurance, and strength. This unique Burdenko Method will give you a fresh approach to exercise and new exercises that can be adapted to any fitness level. Video is used to demonstrate all exercises.

The Functional Foot and Ankle Level 1
By understanding the interconnection of the foot and ankle with the rest of the body's biomechanics, you will begin to appreciate how a biomechanical imbalance in the foot can affect the rest of the body. Understanding the anatomy and function of the foot and ankle will help you more effectively align and train your clients in both a group fitness and personal training environment.

Biomechanics of Low Back Pain
Due to poor postural habits, tissue overload and inadequate recovery techniques, many people present with muscle imbalances, improper muscle activation and low back pain. This course helps you learn how to alleviate and prevent low back pain from the foot up through t he kinetic chain.

PNF in the Pool
This course offers basic education about PNF patterns for the arms and legs and PNF techniques appropriate for performance in the aquatic environment. Also shared are approaches and methods developed by the authors over a period of years working with a variety of diagnoses. A knowledge and application of PNF patterns enables the aquatic practitioner to determine functional muscular imbalances during client performance and to address them. Video demonstration of the exercises reinforce the concepts.

Return to Life: Breast Cancer Recovery Using Pilates
Pilates-type exercises have been found to help women with breast cancer maintain and regain range of motion and strength. Through this course you will learn a three phase program that will facilitate a well organized progression of Pilates mat exercises for the breast cancer survivor. You can incorporate the essential benefits of Pilates as part of a general exercise program even during breast cancer treatment. You do not have to be a Pilates instructor to use these beneficial exercises in group fitness and personal training. Video included for exercises.

Super Abdominals: Essential Rules of Excellence
Many exercises have been developed and are prescribed for improving the abdominal musculature. Learn how to train abdominals efficiently with proper exercise execution. See videos and explanations of abdominal anatomy and proper training techniques for land and water.

Applied Anatomy: Land and Water
Expand your knowledge of anatomy, movement terminology, and basic muscle action in both the land and water environment. Video, charts, and pictures help you grasp the concept of effective movement and targeting muscles with and without equipment for both environments.

Core Complete Training: A Systematic Approach for Aesthetic Core Development
This course presents evidence based, tested core training program to build a strong and aesthetically pleasing mid-section combined with the ability to function efficiently in the real world. By understanding the place and purpose for different types of core training exercises and methods, you can progressively increase the challenge of your training programs for clients of all levels and take the entire core (versus merely the abs) to a new level of function.

Health Appraisal and Risk Assessment
By understanding the interconnection of the foot and ankle with the rest of the body's biomechanics, you will begin to appreciate how a biomechanical imbalance in the foot can affect the rest of the body. Understanding the anatomy and function of the foot and ankle will help you more effectively align and train your clients in both a group fitness and personal training environment.

Kinesiology for the Fitness Professional
Kinesiology is the branch of physiology that studies mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement. Using text, photos, interactive graphics, and video this course helps you understand the fundamentals of human movement and the unique way each person moves.

Restore the Core: Integrated Core Training for Real World Function
Your client can really benefit from core training based upon individual needs and lifestyle. In this course you will learn more about how the Core functions and training techniques geared to reduce pain and improve function in daily life. This course will aid trainers in assessing and programming for all levels of clients for better results with core training.

Running Well

This new revised course combines classroom learning and practical training to teach you the most effective running techniques.  You will learn to use the physiology of running to assess and achieve optimal running form.

Pilates-Based Sculpting Techniques
67-minute DVD workout sample by Norma Shechtman

Indoor Cycling Basics
Designed specifically for the entry-level instructor, teach others to safely use the bike and components, proper form and riding techniques and the benefits of cycling. Learn creative formats to make your class a fun-filled fitness experience.

Functional Flexibility - 3 hours

Michelle Matte MS, CPT & Sherry McCormack M Ed, CPT

Special emphasis on sport types of stretching, as well as recreational fitness. This workshop will teach you how to stretch all major muscle groups for increased flexibility and range of motion.

Empower Kickboxing Fitness Home Study Course
Learn to explain, demonstrate, and instruct the safe and proper execution of various moves.

Scientific Advertising
Scientific Advertising for the Fitness Professional is a new and targeted spin on an old classic book. Fitness professionals are taught how to train, not how to market. This book takes timeless information from the original and makes it relevant to today's fitness professional. 

CARDIO BOX 101 DVD:
with Lauren Lewis and Lillie Brown

Learn all the essential fundamental punches, kicks and boxing moves to lead a safe and energetic group exercise class.

Pregnancy Fitness

This class combines four hours of classroom and practical training designed to give you the knowledge and skills you need to train pregnant women safely and effectively.

Fitness Assessment and Exercise Prescription for All Ages
Home study program for health and fitness professionals to safely and accurately assess cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular fitness, body composition, flexibility, and balance; then design safe and effective programs for resistance training, weight management, body composition, flexibility, low back care, and balance for all ages.

Essential Aqua Pilates
Pilates performed in the water engages the upper and lower extremities through optimal ranges of motions while minimizing stress on the joints, resulting in a unique combination of exercise and physiotherapy. You do not have to be a Pilates instructor to use these great exercises in group fitness and personal training.

Breast Cancer Recovery: On Land and In Water
Learn about the stages, treatments, and complications of breast cancer. Using this multimedia course discover the restrictions and limitations of working with this population and specific recommendations regarding exercise protocols for both land and water exercise.

Exercise and Sleep
Sleep affects everything you do. Learn how and why clients may have poor quality of sleep and how exercise can improve all aspects of daily life.

PNF in the Pool
This course offers basic education about PNF patterns for the arms and legs and PNF techniques appropriate for performance in the aquatic environment. Also shared are approaches and methods developed by the authors over a period of years working with a variety of diagnoses. A knowledge and application of PNF patterns enables the aquatic practitioner to determine functional muscular imbalances during client performance and to address them. Video demonstration of the exercises reinforce the concepts.

Return to Life: Breast Cancer Recovery Using Pilates
Pilates-type exercises have been found to help women with breast cancer maintain and regain range of motion and strength. Through this course you will learn a three phase program that will facilitate a well organized progression of Pilates mat exercises for the breast cancer survivor. You can incorporate the essential benefits of Pilates as part of a general exercise program even during breast cancer treatment. You do not have to be a Pilates instructor to use these beneficial exercises in group fitness and personal training. Video included for exercises.

Super Abdominals: Essential Rules of Excellence
Many exercises have been developed and are prescribed for improving the abdominal musculature. Learn how to train abdominals efficiently with proper exercise execution. See videos and explanations of abdominal anatomy and proper training techniques for land and water.

Applied Anatomy: Land and Water
Expand your knowledge of anatomy, movement terminology, and basic muscle action in both the land and water environment. Video, charts, and pictures help you grasp the concept of effective movement and targeting muscles with and without equipment for both environments.

Fitness Intelligence for Fitness Professionals: Land Exercises: Program 1
Need some new ideas? Progress your clients through one of a kind exercises designed to harmonize six essential qualities: balance, coordination, flexibility, speed, endurance, and strength. This unique Burdenko Method will give you a fresh approach to exercise and new exercises that can be adapted to any fitness level. Video is used to demonstrate all exercises.

The Functional Foot and Ankle Level 1
By understanding the interconnection of the foot and ankle with the rest of the body's biomechanics, you will begin to appreciate how a biomechanical imbalance in the foot can affect the rest of the body. Understanding the anatomy and function of the foot and ankle will help you more effectively align and train your clients in both a group fitness and personal training environment.

Biomechanics of Low Back Pain
Due to poor postural habits, tissue overload and inadequate recovery techniques, many people present with muscle imbalances, improper muscle activation and low back pain. This course helps you learn how to alleviate and prevent low back pain from the foot up through t he kinetic chain.

Application of Water Exercise for Health Fitness Professionals Specializing in Pain Management
People suffering from chronic pain need to be fully educated about the process of managing pain. Knowledge is power for the chronic pain sufferer. With the information and techniques presented in this course, you as a health-fitness professional can increase your client’s ability to manage chronic pain.

Core Complete Training: A Systematic Approach for Aesthetic Core Development
This course presents evidence based, tested core training program to build a strong and aesthetically pleasing mid-section combined with the ability to function efficiently in the real world. By understanding the place and purpose for different types of core training exercises and methods, you can progressively increase the challenge of your training programs for clients of all levels and take the entire core (versus merely the abs) to a new level of function.

Health Appraisal and Risk Assessment
By understanding the interconnection of the foot and ankle with the rest of the body's biomechanics, you will begin to appreciate how a biomechanical imbalance in the foot can affect the rest of the body. Understanding the anatomy and function of the foot and ankle will help you more effectively align and train your clients in both a group fitness and personal training environment.

Kinesiology for the Fitness Professional
Kinesiology is the branch of physiology that studies mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement. Using text, photos, interactive graphics, and video this course helps you understand the fundamentals of human movement and the unique way each person moves.

Restore the Core: Integrated Core Training for Real World Function
Your client can really benefit from core training based upon individual needs and lifestyle. In this course you will learn more about how the Core functions and training techniques geared to reduce pain and improve function in daily life. This course will aid trainers in assessing and programming for all levels of clients for better results with core training.

Pro-active Postural Restructuring
Pro-active Postural Restructuring (PPR) is an innovative somatic-based re-education program that is designed to address anatomical asymmetries and altered movement patterns in the lower extremities by gradually re-structuring the hips, legs, ankles, and feet.

Adult Beginner Ballet Fitness
The basics of ballet technique and beginner ballet-fitness exercises are presented in a comprehensive, practical, and user-friendly way.

Personal Trainer COMBO Packet of Retired Exams!
This packet will help prepare you for the challenge of the
information and the multiple choice formatted questions.

Senior Fitness COMBO Packet of Retired Exams!
This packet will help prepare you for the challenge of the information and the multiple choice formatted questions.

Personal Trainer Practice Exams
This retired exam comes complete with the following:
Blank answer sheet
Answers to help prepare you for the challenge of the information and the multiple choice formatted questions.

New CD's to refresh & study personal training essentials!!
Listen to the key theoretical lectures of how the human body works in relation to exercise in the comfort of your car or home.

Enlighten Your Body
This inspirational course blends the principles of Mind Body fitness with Yoga and Pilates mat exercises to create a mindful form of body sculpt.

Practical Yoga for Personal Trainers
Learn 50+ yoga postures and the basic tradition, psychology, and techniques of yoga. Explore the power of meditation, visualization, affirmations, and other yogic methods for managing stress and building champions.

The Vinyasa Specialist
Develop mindfulness and a sense of effortlessness through Vinyasa - a dynamic and challenging yoga-fitness modality that links one pose to the next.

Holistic Fitness Specialty Certificate
Use holistic fitness protocols to support the therapeutic process of recovery from eating disorders, traumatic stress, depression, and the acute grief syndrome.

Asana Excellence - Alignment Two Course Combo Package
Basic Alignment is a great starter course for new yoga instructors! In ‘Refining and Energizing Alignment,’ you will learn a variety of interesting alignment strategies for the feet, core, hips, and shoulders.

Mind Body Healing
This course offers practical information that promotes wellness and healing of the body, mind, and spirit through the medium of the body.

New Ideas for Today’s Yoga Classes
In this contemporary yoga course you will study the Benefits of Yoga, Yoga for Flexibility and Strength, Pose/Counter-pose Yoga, Yoga for Life Lessons, Yoga for Seniors, Yoga using Props, Office Yoga, Meditation and Affirmation, Faith-infused Yoga, Yoga for Pregnancy, and the Philosophy of Yoga.

Children's Fitness Specialist DVD Educational Series
Cindy Elsberry from Georgia State University

As a leading expert, Cindy breaks down key areas to consider in her lectures and practical labs so you can reach kids. Cindy's insights will help your children/clients improve their health through games and more.

Get a 2 minute look at the lectures, click here!
Get a 2 minute look at the practical labs, click here!

JrFit™ Specialty Certification - 19 to 24 CEC’s
JrFit provides advanced training for experienced, certified personal trainers who wish to safely and successfully work with youth.

Children’s Aquatic Fitness Programming
Help get our youth in shape through fun aquatic fitness formats! Learn new ideas and information on effective aquatic programming for children through creative teaching methods, class formats, leadership styles and more. See developmental progression with motor skills as children of different ages hop, skip, and more!

Resistance Training Instruction DVD: Lower Body
This DVD demonstrates exercises from the hip down. Since the hip’s primary function is to work with the knee and ankle during compound movements, numerous variations of squats, presses, and lunges are presented.

Resistance Training Instruction DVD: Upper Body
This DVD begins with an examination of how the shoulder girdle is designed to function during an upper-body exercise. The DVD then demonstrates exercises that focus on the larger pushing and pulling movements.

Resistance Training Instruction DVD: Trunk
This DVD focuses on strengthening and developing the trunk and core muscles. The core muscles, or “inner unit,” work interdependently with the outer abdominal and oblique musculature to stabilize the spine and produce a variety of movements.

Fitness Professional's Handbook-5th Edition
Author Edward Howley, B. Franks
Every chapter has been updated based on the latest standards, guidelines, and research, allowing readers to explore the newest theories, research findings, and current issues in the field.

Personal Trainers - Guide to Earning Top Dollar: A Cutting-Edge Guide to Maximizing Your Income as a Personal Trainer

Recognizing that multiple income streams are key to success in the fitness business, this book identifies those streams and provides instruction on how to command your income.

Methods of Group Exercise Instruction, Second Edition
Carol A. Kennedy, Mary M. Yoke
Completely revised, Methods of Group Exercise Instruction, Second Edition, highlights the commonalities of a variety of group exercise formats through common training principles, correction techniques, and safety

Fitness Leader's Handbook-2nd Edition
Author B. Franks, Edward Howley
Makes an ideal reference for anyone charged with the task of leading a fitness class.Written for those who haven’t had the advantage of formal training.

SrFitTM  2nd Edition:
Tammy Petersen
This textbook, the personal trainer’s resource for training middle-aged and older adults, is used for Certified Personal Trainer advanced training. 330 pages.

Fitness for Children
Author Curtis Hinson
You'll find 45 activities and strategies as well as 80 exercises and 40 homework assignments that furnish a variety of practical ideas to keep students moving, thinking, and acquiring the skills needed for active living.

Endurance Sports Nutrition
Endurance Sports Nutrition will help you select the best foods, fluids, and supplements to train longer, recover more quickly, avoid injuries, and achieve your performance goals in any endurance endeavor. 

The Aquatics Instructor Manual (Aquatic Fitness Professional Manual)
Author Aquatics Exercise Association
A great reference source for all aquatic fitness professionals, managers, facility operators and aquatic enthusiasts. The most current manual dedicated entirely to aquatic fitness.

Lifestyle Fitness Coaching
Lifestyle Fitness Coaching offers a systematic approach to help fitness professionals understand their clients’ needs, interests, and personal orientations and use the information to direct clients toward achieving their health and personal goals.

Successful Programs for Fitness and Health Clubs
Sandy Coffman
Copyright 2007 ISBN: 0736059741
ISBN13: 9780736059749
224pp

ABLE Bodies Balance Training offers an activity-based program to improve balance and mobility for both fit and frail older adults.This practical instructor's guide provides more than 130 balance and mobility exercises

Guiding Yoga's Light: Lessons for Yoga Teachers moves beyond the anatomical aspects of asanas to help instructors present the deeper concepts of yogic philosophy to their students and offer insight into the integration of yogic teachings into everyday life.

Facilitated Stretching-3rd Edition
Provides a useful overview of PNF stretching—a safe and easy-to-use method that involves stretching the muscle, contracting it isometrically against resistance, then stretching it again to a new range of motion.

Safe Return For CPT’s E-book (download)
TheSafe Return for Certified Personal Trainers(CPT) uses an e-book designed by Kinetic Integrations. Kinetic Integrations serves as a roadmap for exercise specialists like personal trainers, to correct Movement Dysfunctions seen in individuals that are recovering from injury or inactivity.

Motivating People to Be Physically Active-2nd Edition
The book describes proven methods for helping people overcome sedentary behavior and make physical activity a regular part of their lives.

Fitness Management
Fitness industry specialists Stephen Tharrett and James Peterson present an updated edition to the most comprehensive blueprint ever created for developing, leading, managing, and operating a successful health/fitness business. The book is separated into ten distinct sections representing the primary skill sets needed to succeed as a leader and manager in the health/fitness club industry.

Nutritional Supplements: What Works and Why
Nutritional Supplements What Works and Why discusses not only the advertised claims of 119 dietary supplements but compares those claims to what the clinical evidence actually says. That way you lean the real facts. The book also contains over 900 references so you can look up the facts for yourself if you like.

Running Well
Many runners are slowed down by injuries that could be avoided through changes in training or technique. That’s where Running Well comes in. Based on the latest scientific principles, this accessible guide shows you many techniques.

Hatha Yoga Illustrated
Experience the physical benefits and body awareness from hatha yoga—the most popular form of yoga today. Hatha Yoga Illustratedpresents nearly 650 full-color photos to visually demonstrate 77 standard poses from hatha yoga that apply to all major hatha styles.

Motherwell Maternity Fitness Plan
Considered by health professionals as the gold standard of maternity exercise, Motherwell’s medically proven program is designed specifically to meet the needs of women before, during, and after pregnancy.

Understanding the Nuts and Bolts of the Knee: A scientific and functional approach for the personal trainer

This is the first educational book of its kind with over 200+ pages of concise and detailed information on the anatomy of the knee, functional anatomy and the biomechanics of knee movement. Extensive detail covers common dysfunctions of the knee & surgeries with training recommendations based uniquely on science.

Understanding the Nuts and Bolts of the Shoulder:
A scientific and functional approach for the personal trainer

This unique book provides a clear and concise education of the anatomy of the shoulder, functional anatomy and the biomechanics of shoulder movement. The book delves into the importance of the core, and goes into extensive detail covering dysfunctions of the shoulder & surgeries with training recommendations based uniquely on science.

The Essence of Spine & Lumbo-Pelvic Stabilization: A scientific and functional approach for the personal trainer

With over 175+ pages of concise and extensive detailed information on the anatomy of the spine, spinal musculature, and functional anatomy to produce daily/sport specific movement is analyzed.

Personal Fitness Training Beyond The Basics
Written by a personal trainer for personal trainers. The book is very easy to understand and was created to show fitness professionals how to apply exercise science to the real world as well as give people a firsthand account of what it's really like to be a personal trainer.

Scientific Advertising
Scientific Advertising for the Fitness Professional is a new and targeted spin on an old classic book. Fitness professionals are taught how to train, not how to market. This book takes timeless information from the original and makes it relevant to today's fitness professional. 

Advertising and Marketing Success for Personal Trainers

Maximize your advertising dollars and ensure your business success by learning the essentials of “scientific advertising” with author Tony Avilez.  In this course you will learn the foundational concepts of advertising and how to apply them to your fitness business.

DVD - Nutrition Strategies for Performance:

This workshop With Abby Hoffman, MS Ed is for health and fitness professionals who want to learn more about how nutrition influences physical performance. The DVD comes with a student workbook and a bonus continuing education exam upon request.

Nutritional Concepts for Success! – 6 hours

Presented by Sheila Bailey RD, ACSM

Maximize your success as a certified personal trainer by helping client's with their nutritional needs. Student handouts will guide you on how to set up a game plan for your clients’ health.

Running Well

This new revised course combines classroom learning and practical training to teach you the most effective running techniques.  You will learn to use the physiology of running to assess and achieve optimal running form.

Functional Flexibility - 3 hours

Michelle Matte MS, CPT & Sherry McCormack M Ed, CPT

Special emphasis on sport types of stretching, as well as recreational fitness. This workshop will teach you how to stretch all major muscle groups for increased flexibility and range of motion.

Pregnancy Fitness

This class combines hours of lecture and practical training examples designed to give you the knowledge and skills you need to train pregnant women safely and effectively.