Syllabus

12 Sessions that cover the entire curriculum

Lesson One

Introduction to Personal Training

  • Phase One: Client Consultation and Assessment
  • Phase Two: Fitness Testing and Evaluation
  • Phase Three: Exercise Prescription
  • Phase Four: Program Design
  • Phase Five: Exercise Management
  • Phase Six: Exercise Physiology
  • Phase Seven: Nutrition Education
  • The Business of Personal Fitness Training
  • The Twelve Components of Fitness
  • The IFPA Personal Trainer System
Lesson Two

Client Consulting

  • The Personality Types
  • The Seven Phases
  • The Classic Objections you will routinely hear in the Fitness Industry
Lesson Three

Personal Training as a Profession

  • How to Become a Highly Successful Personal Trainer
  • The Donut Curse
  • What is Personal Training?
  • Becoming the Best Personal Trainer
  • Communication – The Key to Efficiency
  • Defining Health and Fitness
  • Professional Guidelines for the Personal Trainer
Lesson Four

Personal Training Business, Motivation, and Behavior Modification

  • Motivation and Building a Personal Training Business
  • Life and Personal Training is a Job of Sales
  • Attitude
  • Prospecting – Starting the Business
  • Closing
  • Network Marketing
  • Prospecting for the Network
  • Motivation for Constant Success
  • Negative Motivation for a Positive Result
  • Positive Motivation
  • Positive Motivation Techniques
  • Modeling
  • The “Contract” Approach
Lesson Five

Fitness Testing

  • Fitness Testing Benefits vs Risks
  • Components of Fitness Testing
  • Pretesting: Before Fitness Testing
  • Establishing Health and Fitness Goals
  • “Resting” Fitness Data
  • Body Composition Analysis
  • Circumference Measurements
  • DNA Testing
  • Power
  • Exercise Testing
  • Muscular Strength and Muscular Endurance Testing
  • Muscular Strength Testing
  • Muscular Endurance Testing
  • Upper Body Muscular Endurance Testing
  • Aerobic Endurance Testing
  • Flexibility
  • Balance
Lesson Six

Anatomy and The Muscular System

  • The Muscular System
  • Anatomy of the Muscular System
  • The Process of Muscular Contraction
  • Muscle Fiber Type
  • The Growth of Muscles
Lesson Seven

Cardiovascular, Respiratory Systems, and Energy Metabolism

  • Cardiorespiratory Physiology
  • Components of the Cardiovascular System
  • The Cardiorespiratory System and Fitness
  • The Energy Systems
  • Protein as Fuel Sources
  • Note to Practitioners of Personal Training
Lesson Eight

Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology

  • Key Factors in Training Adaptations
  • Health Changes with Training
  • Performance and Training
  • The Adaptation or Specificity Principle
  • The Overload Principle – Gradual Progressive Overload
  • Applying Gradual Progressive Overload
  • FITT – Establishing the Exercise Prescription and Amount of Overload
  • Individuality and Variation – Applying SAID and GPO for Results
  • Application of Training Principles
  • Aerobic Training
  • Heart Rate and Training
  • HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) Design
  • Finding a Point of Reference
  • Skeletal System and Arthrology
  • The Functions of Bone in the Body
  • The Vertebral Column
  • Common Questions and Answers Regarding the Back Exercise
  • Types of Joints (Articulations)
  • Types of Diarthrodial Articulations
  • Connective Tissue and Related Structures
  • The Muscular System
  • Learning the Muscles
Lesson Nine

Exercise Prescription, Program Design

  • Program Explanation
  • Screening, Goal Setting, and Fitness Testing
  • The Individual Workout Session
  • Periodization
  • Duties of the Personal Trainer During a Workout
  • Benefits of Exercise
  • Principles of Exercise Prescription for Senior Adults
  • FITT
  • Frequency of Exercise
  • Types of Exercise (Mode)
  • Special Needs Populations
  • Customized Personal Trainer Exercise Prescription
  • Exercise Prescription for Personal Fitness Training
  • Evaluating Your Clients’ Fitness Level for Safe and Effective Exercise Prescription
Lesson Ten

Exercise Management, Safety and Exercises, Training the Major Muscle

  • Equipment
  • Machines
  • Safety Equipment
  • Safety and Resistance Training
  • Resistance Training for the Major Muscle Groups
  • How Injuries Occur
  • General Techniques for Safe Exercise
  • Specific Safety Guidelines
  • Injury Management
  • Exercises for the Lower Body
  • Upper Body Exercises
Lesson Eleven

Flexibility Training

  • The Benefits of Stretching
  • Stretching
  • Types of Stretching
  • Techniques for Proper Stretching
  • Beginning Stretches
  • Advanced Stretches
Lesson Twelve

Sports Nutrition

  • Nutrition, Metabolism, and Sports Nutrition
  • MyPlate
  • General Dietary Recommendations and Reasoning Behind these Recommendations
  • General Recommendations for Weight Loss
  • RDA, DRI, RDI, and DRV
  • Food Labels, Reference Daily Intake, and Daily Reference Values
  • The Three Key Concepts in Understanding Metabolism
  • Summarizing the Three Key Concepts in Metabolism
  • Combining the Key Concepts in Metabolism and Energy System Balance
  • Nutrition for a Healthy Lifestyle


Assessment Procedure

 

  • Once all lessons are covered, the students will have a few days to study and review course material. Then the IFPA team will schedule a Practical and Theoretical exam that the students must pass to get certified.
 
  • Each assessment will have recap sessions prior to the scheduled date. 
 
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