NSCA Personal Trainer Course Objectives
Duration: 4 months – Weekend sessions
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Apply scientific knowledge to approach, assess, motivate, educate and train clients regarding their personal health and fitness needs
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Design safe and effective exercise programs, provide the guidance to help clients achieve their personal health/fitness goals, and respond appropriately in emergency situations.
Course Content
- Bioenergetics of Exercise and Training
- Biomechanics of Resistance Exercises
- Adaptations to Resistance Training exercises
- Responses & Adaptations to Aerobic Endurance Training
- Nutrition Factors in Health and Performance
- Warm-up, Flexibility and Body Weight Exercises
- Resistance and Cardiovascular Training Program Design
- Structure and Function of the Muscular, Neuromuscular, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Systems
- Client Consultation, Fitness Testing Assessment and Administration
- Resistance Training Exercises: Demonstration & Performance
- Introduction to Plyometric Training Exercises
- Introduction to Speed & Agility Training Exercises
- Introduction to Olympic Weightlifting Training (Snatch, Clean & Jerk)
- Training for Special Population Clients:
- Cardiovascular & Respiratory Conditions
- Nutritional and Metabolic Disorder Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury Conditions
- Orthopaedic Injury & Concerns
- Sport Athletes & Pregnant Women
Course Structure: Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) Course
- Module 1 (Online: 2 months) – Course Theory Sessions & Chapter-wise Exams
- Module 2 (Offline: 2 months) – Course Practical (Strength Training Exercises, Cardio methodologies etc.)
- Demonstration: Olympic Weightlifting, Speed Agility, Plyometric etc.
Duration: 4 months – Weekend sessions
- NSCA’s “Essentials of Personal Training” manual & Online access to exercise videos and images
- Detail Practical insights on each chapter of manual
- Chapter-wise theory and practical module assessments
- Rs 4,330 Discount on NSCA’s professional membership & Rs 1,640 Discount on NSCA-CPT exam fee
- Portal and guidance to NSCA’s online exam
Prospects for Certified Personal Training Professionals
- Gym and Fitness Training Centres
- Government Sport Complexes and Training Academies
- Freelance health/fitness consultant and professional