Professional Certificate in Personal Fitness Training

Course 5: Designing Exercise Prescriptions for Normal/Special Populations


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ONLINE PERSONAL TRAINER CERTIFICATE WEBSITE Check out the NEW Website to receive more information about this unique Professional Certificate in Personal Training!!!

Congratulations!

I'm glad to see that you have registered for Designing Exercise Prescriptions for Normal/Special Populations class, a core course in the Professional Certificate in Personal Fitness Training program. Our team of faculty are looking forward to teaching you both the scientific and practical training skills you will need to become an elite personal trainer.

Our faculty believe that by attending this certificate program you will be well positioned to achieve your career goals. The personal training industry is becoming more competitive every day. Commercial health clubs, personal training studios,and medically-based fitness facilities are expecting job applicants to have the education and training necessary to make an immediate impact on the companies bottomline. Advancing your education through the SDSU collegiate certificate with the guidance and support of experienced faculty will put you on the fast track to career advancement and job satisfaction.

With best wishes from myself and all the faculty as you embark on this learning experience,

Sincerely,
Ken Baldwin, M.Ed,
Program Coordinator
Professional Certificate in Personal Fitness Training

TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE PERSONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM CLICK HERE: PERSONAL TRAINER CERTIFICATE

Overview of Program:

The SDSU Professional Certificate in Personal Fitness Training is collaboration between San Diego State University's College of Extended Studies, faculty members, industry experts, internship affiliates, national organizations, other colleges/universities, and our prestigious Board of Advisors. This interactive, comprehensive On-Line Professional Certificate in Personal Fitness Training is a four month program designed to supply essential education integrating exercise science concepts from the areas of biomechanics, physiology, neurology, motor learning, functional anatomy, training theories and techniques, etc. into a logical, progressive learning sequence for the student.

Advantages of the SDSU Certificate in Personal Fitness Training include:

  • On-Going guidance, instruction, and interaction from faculty members that hold either a Master's or Ph.D Degree in Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology, Biomechanics, Physical Therapy, Nutrition, or other exercise science related field.

  • A Professional Certificate in Personal Fitness Training from a nationally accredited State university.

  • College courses will provide CEC's or CEU's for personal trainers seeking recertification, group fitness instructors, physical therapists, RD's, and chiropractors.

  • A Field Internship experience at approved partnered internship site facilities located Nationally and Internationally. Students may also elect to intern at a facility of their choice (with program coordinator/ faculty member approval) , or at a facility they may already be working at.

  • Graduates of the Program will receive a one-year Personal Training membership with IDEA Health and Fitness Association, and be recognized in IDEA's Personal Trainer Recognition System and be promoted in the IDEA International Personal Trainer Registry.

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