CYQ Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training

Course review:

This qualification is most relevant if you are a fitness instructor who wants to develop the advanced skills and knowledge to effectively prescribe exercise to clients in different environments, with different goals and with a variety of fitness levels.

CYQ Level 3 Advanced Fitness Instructor Award

• Advanced skeletal anatomy
• Advanced muscular anatomy
• Cardio-respiratory system
• The endocrine system
• The nervous system
• Advanced resistance training techniques
• Advanced cardiovascular training techniques
• Advanced flexibility concepts
• Periodisation
• Core stability

CYQ Level 3 Nutrition and Weight Management

• The digestive system
• Macronutrients and micronutrients
• Energy systems
• Weight management issues and dieting myths
• Sports nutrition concepts
• Psychology of weight loss
• Importance of water
• Food labels, shopping and eating out
• Goal setting and changing dietary habits

CYQ Level 3 Lifestyle and Fitness Assessment

Fitness assessments include:

• Body composition
• Muscular strength / endurance
• Lung function
• VO2 Max (aerobic capacity)
• Flexibility
• Posture profiling
• Stress and stress management techniques
• Relaxation techniques
• Results interpretation and exercise prescription