Course overview
If you’d enjoy a career in the booming exercise and fitness industry, and like the idea of getting involved in both personal training and exercise classes, this course offers an ideal way to get started with great employability prospects and earning potential.
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
Once enrolled, you will have two years to complete this bundle (one year per course), which will allow you to work at your own pace, without the pressure of tight deadlines. You will also receive 12 months of tutor support for each course, so you can feel confident that you’ll get the help you need. This bundle will take you approximately 180 hours. Studying around your work and family commitments has never been easier.
Entry requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
Course features
- Dedicated personal tutor support
- Dedicated learner services
- Assignment marking and feedback
- Free XO Student Discounts membership
- Free CV critique service
- Free employability guide to help you impress future employers
- *Comprehensive study guide
- *Open Study College pen and highlighter
- *Student notebook
* Not included with the online study option
Assessment
This course is assessed by a series of assignments which are submitted to your tutor for marking. No external examination is required.
Delivery
This course is designed for distance learning at home or at work. You will receive your materials by post or email, as well as full tutor support by email.
Subjects
- Lifestyle psychology
- Assessing stage of change
- Motivational interviewing
- Exercise adherence
- Social support
- Stress management
- Exercise and stress management
- Group dynamics
- Goal setting
- Application of psychology in personal fitness training
- Functional anatomy
- Divisions of a skeleton
- Joint movements
- Cartilage
- Ligaments and tendons
- Understanding movement
- Muscles and movement
- The cardiovascular system
- Respiratory system
- Cardiovascular disease
- Metabolism and energy systems
- Developing a programme
- Resistance training
- Myths and fallacies
- Risk factors
- Body composition
- Muscle strength and endurance
- Programme writing
- Reps, sets and resistance
- Progression
- Alternative overload suggestions
- Flexibility
- Digestion and energy sources
- Micronutrients
- Calories and weight management
- Kick start programmes
- The kinetic chain
- Sports performance
- Sports specific conditioning
- Posture and corrective exercises
- Special populations
- Business essentials
- Setting up
- How much do you want or need to earn?
- Getting clients
- Your brand
- Client experience
- Marketing
- Managing and keeping clients
- Growing your business
- Business planning
- Legal status
- Your business plan
- Systems of the body
- Skeletal system
- Tendons and ligaments
- Muscular system
- Muscle groups
- Respiratory system
- Cardiovascular system
- The origins of yoga
- The different styles of yoga
- The benefits of yoga
- Chakras
- Meditation
- Relaxation
- Yogic breathing styles
- Contraindications
- Pregnancy
- Risk assessment
- Rehabilitation
- Sun salutation
- Standing poses
- Warrior 1
- Warrior 2
- Warrior 3
- Triangle
- Tree
- Chair
- Dancer
- Seated poses
- Perfect pose
- Staff pose
- Hip rock
- Seated spinal twist
- Boat pose
- Seated forward bend
- Childs pose
- Camel pose
- Corpse pose
- Shoulder stand
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