W.I.T.S. Personal Training
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Certified Personal Trainer Class
WITS is the only major certifying body in the U.S. providing comprehensive practical training and internship components.
LOCATION:
Andover, KS (optional Online)
DATE/TIME:
INVESTMENT:
$995
Certified Personal Trainer Course with Test Voucher Included
The W.I.T.S. Certified Personal Trainer is NCCA Accredited.
Personal Trainer Certification Course - Hybrid (Virtual lectures + In-person practical skills labs)
Get all the information needed to start an exciting fitness career & become a Certified Personal Trainer. Turn your fitness passion into a profession with the ONLY IN-PERSON hands on practical skill labs in the industry. The scheduled virtual lectures are led by our 5-star teacher.
Topics will cover 15 hours on:
- anatomy
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exercise physiology
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kinesiology
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biomechanics
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nutrition and more
The in-person practical skill labs allow you to role-play and review essential “hands on skills” to master assessing clients, stretching, warm ups/cool downs, exercise analysis and programming design.
The course includes the national test vouchers ($450 value) and extra access to our online video enhanced CPT course to review lectures and labs at no extra cost!
W.I.T.S. 30-hour optional employer internship (Level 2 Certification) helps walk you into jobs who very much value our unique certification. We are all about your success and the tools we give you will help you reach that goal.
Required Textbook: (Sold Separately)
Howley, Edward T. and Thompson, Dixie L. 2017. Fitness Professional’s Handbook. 7th Edition. Publisher: Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL.
The e-book costs $70 and the cost for the hard cover version is $89, plus $15.95 for shipping, and must be purchased by the student. Amazon Prime also has a rent a book set up. Check it out and save money. Order either version here.
Price: $995.00 - 62 Hours total
Start date is Saturday, October 16, 2021 to November 13, 2021
Learning Outcomes
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- 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, cardiorespiratory and flexibility exercises.
- Identify and demonstrate at least one strength exercise for every major muscle group.
- Explain ACSM and AHA recommendations for cardiovascular exercise.