FGCU IEP

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Test Vouchers Included

$599.00 – $875.00

Course Offerings:

Hybrid CPT: $875
Starts Saturday, May 6, 2023 (Saturdays Virtual Lectures 9am – 12 noon // Practical Skill Labs 1pm- 4pm)

Health Coach: $599
Open Date (Self-Paced) w/ Veteran Teacher-Mentors

Medical Fitness: $875
Starts Tuesday February 7, 2023 w/2 Teacher-Mentors – Virtual Lectures 6:30pm-9:30pm

Hybrid Certified Personal Trainer Certification

Turn Your Passion for Fitness Into a Rewarding Career

NCCA Accredited Program - Seal of Accreditation Are you looking to help others reach their fitness goals? In collaboration with the World Instructor Training Schools (W.I.T.S.), we offer a Personal Trainer Certification Program designed to help you start a successful career as a trainer. This six-week intensive workshop provides in-class theory and hands-on practical training. Virtual lectures cover anatomy, exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition and more. The in-person practical skill labs cover essential hands-on skills to master assessing clients, stretching, warm-ups/cool downs, exercise analysis with execution, and programming design. This course prepares students for the National Exam held on the sixth week. Test vouchers ($450 value) and extra access to our online CPT course to review lectures and labs included at no extra cost. Earn a Level 1 certification upon completion of the workshop and successfully passing the written, practical exams, and providing proof of current CPR certification*. Level 2 certification is achieved once you complete a 30-hour employer mentored internship.

Who Should Enroll

  • Fitness enthusiasts or anyone seeking a new career in the health and fitness industry

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand and describe basic anatomy, kinesiology and exercise physiology
  • Assess an individual’s level of fitness using ACSM guidelines
  • Design and customize exercise programs
  • Demonstrate proper execution of resistance, cardio-respiratory and flexibility exercises
  • Identify and demonstrate at least one strength exercise for every major muscle group
  • Explain ACSM and AHA recommendations for cardiovascular exercise
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Prerequisites

  • Minimum 18 Years of age
  • High School Diploma or GED

Additional Information

Required textbook: Howley, Edward T. and Thompson, Dixie L. 2017. Fitness Professional’s Handbook. 7th Edition. Publisher: Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL. ON SALE while supply lasts – The e-book costs $70 and the cost for the hard cover version is $110, plus $15.95 for shipping. To order with W.I.T.S. click here while SALE supplies last. Amazon also has a rent a book set up. Check out Amazon textbooks here and save.

Employment Outlook

The U.S. Dept. of Labor predicts a 8% increase in employment projections for Fitness Trainers from 2014-2024. National average hourly wage is $25. Be your own boss! Supplement your current salary or work full time as a personal trainer.

Workshop Content

Lectures (15 hours)

  • Exercise Physiology
  • Fundamentals of Anatomy
  • Biomechanics and Applied Kinesiology
  • Health Screenings
  • Fitness Testing
  • Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Exercise
  • Muscular Strength and Endurance
  • Flexibility

Practical (15 hours)

  • Fitness Assessments
  • Client Rapport
  • Biomechanics of Exercise
  • Equipment Usages
  • Weight Training Techniques

Certification Requirements:

  • Proof of current CPR (for issuance of certificate). This must be a live hands-on CPR/AED course. (Online courses will not be accepted.)
  • Attendance is required to complete the training (1 missed class permitted)
  • Passing grades on both the written and practical exams
  • Completion of 30-hour practical internship (Level 2 Certification)
  • Class Prerequisite: Must be at least 18 years of age and have received a high school diploma or GED certificate.

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Health Coach Certification

Here is what the Health Coaching Certification course will cover:Foundations of Professional Coaching book

  • Understanding the journey of behavior change with key models on the change process
  • Employing inclusive frameworks for working with clients to set and pursue goals and overcome challenges
  • Adhering to ethical protocols, such as how to appropriately respond to clients' identity, environment, values, and beliefs
  • Cultivating trust and safety in the coaching relationship with respect to power and relationship dynamics
  • Establishing presence as a coach and developing a coach’s voice
  • Communicating effectively, with active listening and appropriate areas of inquire

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Medical Fitness Specialist Certification

Program Overview:

This 30-hour certification (30 CECs) is an advanced certification for fitness professionals and other types of health occupations like therapists. If you are ready to take the next step in your career and offer new services to a wide variety of clients, then this program will prepare you to succeed. You will learn in this challenging exercise course the core essentials of helping clients with specialized chronic illness. You will be able to practically apply the knowledge in programming safe and effective workouts. Nothing is more rewarding than working with the medical community to do great things for people with special medical issues. This MFS Level 1 Certification includes a written core exam and a practical case scenario exam to demonstrate operational safe and effective competency.

Upon successful completion of the Medical Fitness Specialist course, students will be able to:

  • Prescribe physical activity or exercise for individuals with chronic conditions or disabilities.
  • Utilize a multi-disciplinary approach to provide clients with chronic conditions or disabilities quality physical activity options.
  • Understand the importance of professional networking as it pertains to the collaborative treatment of individuals with chronic conditions or disabilities.
  • Evaluate the health status of individuals with chronic conditions or disabilities.
  • Identify common medications prescribed to treat a variety of chronic conditions or disabilities.
  • Modify existing exercise programming for newly diagnosed individuals.

Course topics include:

  • 15 hours of core knowledge lectures
  • 15 hours of practical knowledge in program development
  • Exercise Is Medicine in Chronic Care
  • Basic Physical Activity and Exercise Recommendations for Persons With Chronic Conditions
  • Art of Clinical Exercise Programming
  • Art of Exercise Medicine: Counseling and Socioecological Factors
  • Approach to the Common Chronic Conditions
  • Chronic Conditions Strongly Associated With Physical Inactivity
  • Chronic Conditions Very Strongly Associated With Tobacco
  • Cancer, Significant Sequelae Related to Common Chronic Conditions
  • Depression and Anxiety Disorders.
Changing lives never got so real! Coming in the Fall will be MFS Level 2

Who Should Enroll:

  • Fitness professionals, college students in similar fields, massage therapists and other related fields like occupational therapists

Prerequisites:

  • Minimum 18 Years of age
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Preferably with a personal trainer certification or a related degree

Requirements:

  • Current CPR/AED Certification before being issued certification
  • Medical Fitness Book Textbook (Sold Separately) ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Diseases and Disabilities-4th, American College of Sports Medicine Geoffrey Moore J. Larry Durstine Patricia Painter, © 2016

Additional Information:

  • 30 CECs (Continuing Education Credits) Applicable to other W.I.T.S. renewals
  • Certification issued by passing the online exams in core knowledge (multiple choice questions) and practical scenario applications in programming
  • A Level 2 Medical Fitness Specialist is projected for late Fall 2021

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Become a Certified Personal Trainer

 
COVID-19 Notice: Understand that due to the COVID-19 pandemic that there is a risk. We care about our student trainers, teachers, and testers. Therefore, we are requiring masks to enter the gym or college location at the assigned time/s. You must agree to wear a mask at all times and you will be asked to leave the facility if you do not have one or wear it on site at all times.
 

Refunds: All courses have a $25 processing fee on refunds.

Online Course Access Statement
All of our online courses have 6 month full 24/7 access to complete your online program. The experience is awesome, simple and very digestible for the novice fitness enthusiast.

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