SrFit™ Second Edition Specialty Certification – 19 to 24 CEC’s

The Personal Trainer’s Resource for Training Middle Aged and Older Adults

• Learn and appreciate how the aging process impacts the organ systems, as well as understand the risk factors associated with chronic diseases.
• Identify dietary changes that may be needed as a result of aging, and also recognize how diet is related to the different chronic diseases that become more apparent as people grow older.
• Gain knowledge of safe and effective training techniques for the middle aged and older adult, including guidelines specific to older adult flexibility, endurance and strength training.
• Be aware of and be capable of conducting comprehensive senior health assessment and fitness testing procedures.
• Understand chronic diseases and be able to design and modify programs for clients with specific chronic diseases.
• Identify with what motivates the older adult and discover how to create an age friendly environment.
• Become skilled at finding and appealing to senior clients, in addition to discovering ways to build credibility and become established as an expert in the field of senior fitness.

Course materials include: 330-page SrFit manual, 60 page study guide, 2 1/2 hour DVD set featuring Wayne Westcott and a one hour audio CD featuring Tammy Petersen and her husband Mark, a geriatrician. Instructions for completing the 60-question multiple choice online exam and obtaining CECs are also included.

Continuing education credits
  W.I.T.S. 22.0.
  BCRPA 20.0
  ACE 2.0 (ACSM accepts ACE CECs)
  BOC (AT) 24.0
  CAN-FIT-PRO (PTS.OAS) 4.0
  CPTN 14.0
  ISSA 20.0
  NASM 1.9
  NASN 2.0
  NESTA 2.0
  SFA 20.0
  NCCPT 1.1

PTS.OAS

Course Cost: $299 plus $10 shipping and handling - $309