NSCA Personal Trainer Course Objectives
- Apply scientific knowledge to approach, assess, motivate, educate and train clients regarding their personal health and fitness needs
- 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
Foundation Module
📌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
Advanced Module
📌Introduction to Plyometric Training Exercises
📌ntroduction 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 Womens