Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Materials

    • Nutrition slides

    • Programming slides

    • Professionalism & Business Acumen slides

    • DPT Manual part 2
  • 2

    What is a Personal Trainer?

    • 1. What is a PT?

    • 2. Client Assessment
  • 3

    Programming: Principles

    • Introduction to Programming

    • 1. Programming vs Planning

    • 2. The best program

    • 3. Balanced program

    • 4. Resistance Parameters

    • 5. Rep ranges & goals

    • 6. Volume of training

    • 7a. Tempo

    • 7b. Tempo: Practical example

    • 8. Frequency of Training

    • 9. Rest & Recovery

    • 10. Program structure

    • 11. Weak links

    • 12. Periodisation

    • 13. Training Splits

    • 14. Putting it all together

    • 15. How the menstrual cycle affects Programming
  • 4

    Programming: Types of Sets

    • 1a. Straight set: Theory

    • 1b. Straight set: Practical

    • 2a. Supersets: Theory

    • 2b. Supersets: Practical

    • 3a. Trisets: Theory

    • 3b. Trisets: Practical

    • 4a. Giant sets: Theory

    • 4b. Giant sets: Practical

    • 5a. Pre & Post Exhaust: Theory

    • 5b. Pre & Post Exhaust: Practical

    • 6a. Pyramid sets: Theory

    • 6b. Pyramid sets: Practical

    • 7a. Drop sets: Theory

    • 7b. Drop sets: Practical

    • 8a. Eccentric Training: Theory

    • 8b. Eccentric Training: Practical

    • 9a. Partial reps: Theory

    • 9b. Partial reps: Practical

    • 10a. Forced reps: Theory

    • 10b. Forced reps: Practical

    • 11. Cluster sets

    • 12a. Circuits: Theory

    • 12b. Circuits: Practical

    • 13a. Cardio interval: Theory

    • 13b. Cardio interval: Assault Bike

    • 13c. Cardio interval: Rower

    • 14. Program writing
  • 5

    Programming for Posture types

    • Kyphosis

    • Lordosis

    • Scoliosis

    • Swayback

    • Flat back
  • 6

    Exercise Library: Core & Stretching

    • Core Stabilising exercises

    • Mobility

    • Assisted stretching

    • PNF stretching
  • 7

    Nutrition

    • Introduction

    • 1. Our Role

    • 2. Healthy diet vs Poor nutrition

    • 3. FSA & FDA guidelines

    • 4. Macronutrients intro

    • 5. Carbohydrates

    • 6. Glycemic Index

    • 7. Proteins

    • 8. Fats

    • 9. Micronutrients

    • 10. The Digestive system

    • 11. Monitoring eating habits

    • 12. Hydration

    • 13. Energy Equation

    • 14. Calculating calories

    • 15. Nutrition for fueling exercise

    • 16. Post exercise recovery through nutrition

    • 17. Nutrition for Special populations: Pre & post natal

    • 18. Nutrition for special populations: Older clients

    • 19. Pre-existing conditions

  • 8

    Professionalism & Business Acumen

    • 1. Intro + Professionalism

    • 2. Challenges of being self-employed

    • 3. Marketing: Intro & research

    • 4. Marketing: Analysis

    • 5. Closing a sale

    • 6. The Role of IT

    • 7. Basic finance for PTs

    • 8. CPD + end

  • 9

    CLAIM YOUR CERTIFICATE

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  • 10

    Useful documents for the future

    • Assessments and Physical Fitness Testing (pages, word & pdf)

    • Contract, waiver form, PAR-Q