Personal Fitness Trainer

This distance learning course will include the following modules:

• Introduction
• Health and Fitness
• Men's and Women's Fitness
• Potential Fitness
• The Benefits of Exercise
• Safety
• Strength, Speed, Power and Flexibility

• A Healthy Diet
• Digestion
• Carbohydrates, Proteins and Fats
• Effects of Exercise on the Body
• Fatigue

• Vitamins and Minerals
• Water
• Identifying your Client's Dietary Needs
• Menu Plan for General Training

• The Initial Meeting
• Programme Development for the Individual
• Facilities and Clothing
• Training Issues
• Types of Training
• Rest and Recovery
• Sports Injury

• The Warm Up
• Routine

• Cardio-Vascular Fitness
• Keeping Up-to-Date

• FreeWeights
• Station Units
• Reps and Sets
• Setting the Weight
• The Workout - Shoulders and Arms

• The Workout - Chest, Back and Legs
• Mid-Section - Abdomen and Waist
• Basic Exercises without Weights or other Equipment

• Exercises
• Training Rules
• Exercises and Muscles Worked

• Key Points
• Other Forms of Income for the Personal Trainer
• Developing your Practice
• Some Useful Addresses
• And Finally