The purpose of a Fitness Assistant is to promote health and fitness participation of new and existing fitness members and customers. The FA helps to provide a friendly and well-informed fitness environment, actively assisting other fitness staff and center members.
The anatomy and physiology module will provide an essential foundation for naming and locating structures within the human body and understanding how the body works and functions in relation to exercise.
Note: This comprises the first term of study in the Nordic Personal Trainer Certificate.
This course will help learn the key content regarding the role and requirements for working within a fitness facility as a fitness instructor. It covers important subjects such as health and safety, fitness induction, and primary skills for effective exercise instruction.
Note: This comprises the first term of study in the Nordic Personal Trainer Certificate.
The nutrition module will provide an important foundation for understanding dietary intake and how food and nutrients contribute to health. It also covers a range of important concepts for the application of nutritional strategies in relation to specific health and fitness objectives.
Note: This comprises part of the second term of study in the Nordic Personal Trainer Certificate. It may also be studied separately as a professional development course.
Personal Training is more than just being an exercise instructor. It also requires the trainer to know how to successfully operate a business, to understand customers wants and needs, and to provide effective business offerings that meet those needs. This course teaches these essential skills and much more.
Note: This comprises part of the second term of study in the Nordic Personal Trainer Certificate. It may also be studied separately as a professional development course.
This module teaches the importance of professional consultation for gathering the right information, how to select the right health and fitness testing, and how to develop an effective long and short-term programme plan. These are essential steps prior to applying exercise as a personal trainer.
Note: This comprises the third term of study in the Nordic Personal Trainer Certificate.
This module teaches a wide range of different exercise techniques and how to effectively instruct, motivate, and coach a client throughout a full personal training session.
Note: This comprises the fourth term of study in the Nordic Personal Trainer Certificate.
This bonus course module offers the personal trainer an opportunity to obtain a highly beneficial understanding of posture and human movement assessment modalities and exercises that will help to correct a range of common faulty postural positions and improve movement mechanics.
NOTE: This bonus module course is not included in the NPTC certification program and is not required for certification completion.
This bonus course module offers the personal trainer an opportunity to obtain a highly beneficial understanding of how to transfer personal training skills to an online delivery model. Providing online personal training increases the geographical reach of the trainer and provides another valuable business opportunity by leveraging the internet.
NOTE: This bonus module course is not officially part of the NPTC certification program and is not required for certification completion.
