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Upon successful completion of the Level 3 Diploma in Fitness Instructing and Personal Training course you will be established as an authority in the field of health and fitness – and you will be able to either apply immediately for work as a personal trainer or set yourself up on a self-employed basis. The Level 3 Diploma is a combination of two courses – Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing and Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training. When the Premier Dip.FIPT is completed, students will receive both the ActiveIQ Level 3 in Fitness Instructing and Personal Training and an Active IQ Level 2 Diploma in Health and Fitness. The Diploma in Fitness Instructing and Personal Training course includes: Certificate in Fitness Instructing The anatomy and physiology of the major body systems The concepts and components of fitness How to design an exercise programme, including the use of free weight, resistance machines, warm up and cool down routines, flexibility, abdominal and lower back exercises Professionalism – including ethics, customer service and health and safety Exercise considerations for the older population, 14-16 year olds, disabled people and those in pregnancy Certificate in Personal Training Introduction to Personal Training Advanced anatomy and physiology Health and fitness appraisal Dynamic fitness testing – for power, muscular strength, endurance and flexibility Core training and programme design for hypertrophy, strength, power and aerobic fitness Assessment of posture and corrective exercise Nutritional advice, including pre and post exercise nutrition and weight management Identifying the health needs of different communities, and promoting healthy living Supporting individuals to help them make activity and lifestyle changes Strategies for effective communication and motivation Personal training outside the gym Advice on how to run a successful PT business Planning and instructing functional training sessions

Personal Training is not just about the body – it’s about bridging the gap between physical fitness and the mind. Developed with researchers, industry specialists and personal trainers, NASM’s Behaviour Change Specialisation (NASM-BCS) programme aims to help personal trainers to identify and overcome clients’ barriers to change, both in and out of the gym. This specialisation applies many of the same scientific motivational principles developed by knowledgeable sports psychologists with tactics similar to those utilised by elite athletes and coaches. With the NASM Behaviour Change Specialisation, learn how to: • Pinpoint motivational triggers and determine your clients’ greatest barriers to change • Apply the appropriate intervention techniques aligned with your clients’ motivation, and identify their ability to change • Design strategies that can yield quicker, more effective results, and help to raise client retention • Adjust coaching methods as your clients progress in their training

The Business Development for the Club Fitness Professional course was created with your fitness industry success in mind. The course will provide you with the tools necessary to create and grow a flourishing personal training business inside the walls of a club facility. This training aims to teach you: the overall view of the fitness industry, professionalism as it relates to personal training, time management skills, communication skills such as asking questions, immersed listening, and building rapport, price presentation according to individual client needs, how to overcome objections to purchasing personal training, how to further develop your business through goal setting and understanding productivity projections. With the Business Development for the Club Fitness Professional learn how to: • Have a better understanding of the fitness club environment and profession • Understand professionalism and boundaries as they relate to the health club environment • Understand and be able to implement specific, intentional, and effective price presentations • Have the ability to address and overcome the four most common client objections • Realise the importance of strategy in numbers when planning for professional success

The NASM Certified Personal Trainer (NASM-CPT) program has set the industry standard in personal training certification. Developed with NASM’s proprietary Optimum Performance Training™ (OPT™) model, the industry’s first comprehensive training system founded on evidence-based research, you’ll be empowered to design exercise programs to help anyone reach their fitness goals. Presented in an easy-to-understand format, all NASM-CPT content is practical and application-focused, meaning you’ll put this knowledge to use in the real world including: • An integrated, total-body training system, including flexibility, cardiorespiratory, core, balance, plyometric, speed, agility, quickness and resistance training. • A scientific, evidence-based training programme used to improve health, fitness and athletic performance. • Taking the guesswork out of programme design and helping you produce consistent and remarkable results for your clients. • The Power of the OPT™ Model using the proprietary NASM Optimum Performance Training (OPT) Model focused on providing a systematic, evidence-based approach to exercise programming to help any client achieve any fitness goal. This course provides a natural progression to NASM’s Performance Enhancement and Corrective Exercise Specialisation courses.

Corrective Exercise is one of the most important components of a comprehensive exercise program. Developed in response to the growing need for professionals with the ability to assist clients experiencing musculoskeletal impairments, muscle imbalances, and/or rehabilitation concerns, the NASM Corrective Exercise Specialisation (NASMCES) provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully work with clients suffering from these injuries. Learn to identify these dysfunctions, master the Corrective Exercise Continuum (CEx), and create an integrated corrective exercise training program to help clients remain injury free. Corrective Exercise isn’t designed just for clients in poor physical condition – the program can also apply to clients that are already in good physical condition but want to do more. You’ll bring the added value of making sure they are able to do their very best, maintain movement efficiency and help avoid injury as they challenge their bodies and push the limits.

Become the go-to expert on nutrition and diet. You’ll give your clients some food for thought by relaying the critical role nutrition plays in weight loss and management. This includes understanding metabolism and caloric needs, learning to interpret labels, selecting appropriate portion sizes and eating healthy. Developed in partnership with NASM’s respected partner, Jones & Bartlett Learning (JBL), the NASM Fitness Nutrition Specialisation (NASM-FNS) provides the advanced knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully work with clients seeking basic nutritional guidance. With the NASM Fitness Nutrition Specialisation, learn how to: • Teach clients how to interpret labels, select appropriate portion sizes, and eat healthy • Boost your reputation, career, and client base as the go-to expert on nutrition and diet • Educate clients about nutrition’s critical role in weight loss and management • Illustrate how energy balance, caloric needs, activity, metabolism, and food choices impact fitness goals • Provide clients with valuable handout materials, product discounts, menu planners, and online resources

With this specialisation, becoming the go-to expert on golf conditioning isn’t a long shot. Developed to provide the knowledge and skills to help clients improve overall golf performance and corrective exercise strategies that help address injuries, the NASM Golf Fitness Specialist (GFS) course focuses on improving golf performance through five different areas of exercise and fitness training. While golf may be a low impact sport, injuries still occur due to the repetitive motions that players perform day in and day out. Now, you can drive golf fitness farther by learning about the biomechanics of the golf swing as well as how to develop adaptations necessary for swinging a club including golf specific strength and flexibility. You’ll also learn fitness assessments specific to the sport of golf. With the NASM Golf Fitness Specialisation learn how to: • Teach clients how to lower scores and prevent golf-related injuries • Perform both golf-specific and health-related fitness assessments • Show clients how to improve head speed, bolster driving distance, and reduce the chance of lower-back injuries • Implement integrated training approaches that are specific to golf into your normal exercise routines

Small group training nets big results—and bigger pay checks. The NASM Group Personal Training Specialist (GPTS) - a hybrid of the best aspects from one-on-one personal training and group fitness. Learn the necessary methods for designing, developing, and delivering a successful group personal training program and overall experience. With the NASM Group Personal Training Specialisation, learn how to: • Understand both the information and application of group personal training • Develop a strategic business plan to maximise financial success • Create structured progression plans rooted in proven exercise-science principles • Acquire the necessary communication and coaching skills for a dynamic group setting • Successfully teach, train, and motivate all participants • Effectively transition group personal training into business practice By training more clients in less time, you’ll take your business to the next level. Plus, hard work seems easier (and more fun) when it’s shared with others.

Tap into the excitement this sport is generating and put your career in a whole new arena. With this specialisation in your corner, you’ll be able to deliver a Mixed Martial Arts-inspired training and conditioning program that’s fun, safe, and based on the training regimen employed by top MMA fighters. As an NASM Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning Specialist (MMACS) you’ll adapt training techniques from the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) arena and incorporate them into innovative training and conditioning programs for enhanced client results. With the NASM Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning Specialisation, learn how to: • Condition clients of all skill levels with the MMA training techniques employed by top MMA fighters • Boost your reputation and career by capitalizing on the growing popularity of MMA • Increase your client base and income by working in group training settings • Use fun coaching strategies to help clients meet their goals

Sports Performance is one of the most demanding forms of training. The NASM Performance Enhancement Specialisation (NASM-PES) programme prepares you to effectively train athletes at any level from youth sports to professional athletes in both one-on-one and team settings. With its foundation on the evidence-based OPT™ model, PES takes training to a higher level, helping you understand the science of human movement and learn cutting-edge sports performance exercise techniques by introducing the Maximal Power phase. This provides you with the framework to improve clients’ athletic performance including their power, speed, agility and quickness; empowering you to help people achieve their sports performance goals through safe and effective training.

Play a vital role in keeping this growing segment healthy and fit. Developed to meet the growing demand of physical fitness experts for seniors, the NASM Senior Fitness Specialisation takes into account the specific fitness needs of ageing bodies when designing exercise programs that use NASM’s Optimum Performance Training™ (OPT™) program. This programme helps you with the growing need of a fitness regimen to help fend off the onset of most chronic illnesses and conditions. Learn to better understand the physiological and anatomical considerations of ageing including its limitations, common medical conditions, and the frequent fitness obstacles that seniors’ will begin to encounter with age. You’ll focus on helping your clients maintaining an independent lifestyle. With the NASM Senior Fitness Specialisation learn how to: • Understand regular medical conditions for older individuals and the limitations that they will have during training sessions • Conduct fitness assessments for the active older adult • Address the psychosocial considerations of aging and be able to provide support • Modify exercises for active older adults including resistance training • Align the benefits of flexibility, core, balance, and reactive training programme for fall prevention

Grow your business by reducing waist lines. With this in-demand specialisation, you can help obese and overweight clients gain the knowledge they need to lose their weight – and reclaim their health. Master the secrets of diet, exercise and psychology to help them take it off and keep it off. The NASM Weight Loss Specialist enables you to discuss the health dangers of obesity, the physiology and psychology of weight loss, nutrition and physical activity guidelines specific for weight loss clients. This course also goes into detail on how to use NASM’s exclusive Optimum Performance Training™ (OPT™) model to design exercise programs specific for weight-loss clients. With the NASM Weight Loss Specialisation, learn how to: • Explain the physiological and psychological mechanisms involved in weight management • Dispel common weight loss myths • Become confident working with weight loss clients • Construct individualised weight loss programs and know how to modify them appropriately during weight loss plateaus • Know when a weight loss client must be referred out to a qualified medical professional

Train women of all ages and body types, including younger, pre- and postnatal, and older women. Developed specifically to address the anatomical and physiological differences of women, the NASM Women’s Fitness Specialisation seeks to enable personal trainers to produce results-based programming to help female clients reach their individual health and fitness goals by utilising the evidence-based OPT™ model. This specialised course helps equip trainers to understand the unique demands facing women today, beginning with the components of a comprehensive assessment, to how to design and implement cardiorespiratory training programs for female clients, as well as some of the legal and ethical considerations of the job. With the NASM Women’s Fitness Specialisation, learn how to: • Explore the motives that influence women to exercise • Understand the basic considerations when working with pre-natal and post-partum clients • Identify the unique needs that come with training teen girls • Provide corrective exercise, cardiovascular and small-group training specific to the female population

Despite the intense demand for youth fitness programming, much of today’s health and fitness literature focuses on adult populations. Developed with the understanding that the youth client has different responses and attitudes toward exercise in comparison to adults, NASM’s Youth Exercise Specialisation (YES) aims to educate health and fitness professionals on how to design safe, effective and fun training programs for youth clients aged between 6 and 19. This programme makes educating today’s youth on fitness and nutrition seem like child’s play with the specialised course covering the science behind the program and precautions for this age group. The YES arms you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to assist youth clients in attaining their health and fitness goals by applying the Optimum Performance Training™ (OPT™) model. • Show kids how to have fun while improving their sports skills • Help kids increase their physical activity level and sustain a healthy weight • Train young people in groups or individually • Provide training solutions for after-school programs, youth sports teams, and the children of adult clients • Curtail the youth obesity trend at the source with exercise and nutritional guidance