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Level 3 Full Time Personal Trainer Certificate With Gym

Personal Trainer Certificate Course Content:

Our Full Time Personal Trainer Certificate course will give you the foundation qualifications you need to enter the fitness indusrty. The course consists of Level 2 Gym Instructor and Level 3 Personal Trainer components taking only 5 weeks to complete. This course is also available in a part time format.

This Level 2 Gym Instructor will develop students to a competent and confident level to plan and instruct gym exercise programmes, covering subjects including:

  • Anatomy & physiology
  • Warm ups, dynamic stretching, cool downs and developmental stretching
  • Develop a key understanding of the programming principles
  • How to use functional and innovative gym equipment
  • The use of cardiovascular equipment
  • Introduction to body weight training
  • Effective customer care
  • Promoting physical activity to the general public

The Level 2 Gym Instructor course consists of a number of modules:

  • Level 2 Health, Safety and welfare in a fitness environment
  • Level 2 Knowing how to support Clients who take part in physical activity
  • Level 2 Anatomy and Physiology for Exercise and Health
  • Level 2 Principles of exercise, fitness and health
  • Level 2 Gym based practical
  • Level 2 Programme Card Design
Level 3 Personal Training Component:

Upon completing the Level 2 Gym instructor course you will have the pre-requisite for the Level 3 Personal trainer course. Discovery Learning will ensure that you have the right basket of personal training skills to work in the current climate of high expectations from personal trainer clients requiring the very best in personal training. This full time Personal Trainer Course is designed to ensure ultimate employability as well as an outstanding platform to launch a freelance personal training career.

This Level 3 Personal Trainer course will develop students to an experienced and confident level to plan and implement 1 – 2 – 1 exercise programmes, covering subjects including:

  • Anatomy & physiology
  • Programming principles for personal trainers (including special populations and different environments)
  • Nutrition and weight management
  • Delivering personal training sessions (including functional and portable equipment)
  • Advanced Functional Training and Movement Analysis
  • Client Lifestyle & Fitness Appraisal (including lifestyle and stress management)
  • Postural and Core Stability
  • Advanced Flexibility Methods
  • Advanced Core Training
  • Special Populations: obesity, diabetes and asthma
  • Communication, motivational techniques and Behaviour Change Strategies

The Personal Trainer course consists of a number of modules including:

  • Level 3 Advanced Anatomy and physiology. This fascinating subject explores the human body, taking you through all the major systems and how they interrelate. This module provides the underpinning knowledge that you need to work safely and effectively as a personal trainer. The module areas covered include energy systems, cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal system, nervous and endocrine system and finally posture and core stability.

  • Level 3 Nutrition for Physical Activity and Health. The aim of this module is to recognise the skills, knowledge and competence required for an individual to apply the principles of nutrition and weight management to support their client’s goals. This course is designed for those working with or planning to work with clients to help them realise a healthy weight through nutrition and physical activity.

  • Level 3 Delivering personal trainer sessions. During the 15 days you will have plenty of time to practice your newly learnt skills and knowledge. On course you will have to design and implement 4 fun and innovative personal trainer sessions. This provides you with a clear understanding of safe and effective exercise and how to plan, do and review your work.

  • Level 3 Programming principles for personal training. The middle two weeks of option B explore advanced CV training systems, advanced resistance training systems, advanced stretching and flexibility alongside programme design and planning. Throughout these weeks you will recognise functional training techniques, understand movement analysis, posture assessments, core stability and finally enhancing your exercise library for training in different environments.

  • Level 3 Client Lifestyle and Fitness Appraisal. These two days provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge to perform fitness tests with a client and analyse the data; also to identify physical and psychological barriers to exercise and healthy living and finally to provide recommendations.

Personal Trainer Certificate Entry Requirements:

The Master Personal Trainer Diploma is designed to take students who are just starting out in the fitness industry and make them superior fitness professionals, but students will need to be at least 16 years old with a reasonable level of fitness as well as reading, writing and numeracy skills.

Personal Trainer Certificate courses price includes:
  • CYQ personal trainer course registrations and the full personal trainer qualification
  • All personal trainer training manuals, workbooks and worksheets for each module and interactive DVD
  • All CYQ personal trainer courses assessment fees & Assessments
  • Full CYQ and Discovery Learning Personal Trainer Certification on successful completion of criteria
  • 68 CPD credits on REPs and you will be eligible for full Level 3 Personal Trainer Status
  • Introduction to body weight training
  • Effective customer care
  • Promoting physical activity to the general public
Affordable Payment Options:
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Full Payment
Payment Plan at 7.5% interest
Difference
2 Months
3 Months
4 Months
Full Time 5 Week PT
£1999
£2148.93
£149.93
£1074.46
£716.31
£537.23
Course
Full Payment
Payment Plan at 12.5% interest
Difference
6 Months
8 Months
12 Months
Full Time 5 Week PT
£1999
£2248.88
£249.88
£374.81
£281.11
£187.41

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What we can do for you

Here at Discovery Learning we are in the business of growing passionate people to become elite personal trainers. We teach you how to become a Master personal trainer. We're a proud to be one of the leading providers of fitness instructor and personal trainer courses. Our personal trainer and gym instructor courses run in London, Manchester, Bournemouth, Cardiff and Birmingham. We offer you our quality personal trainer courses including our best selling Master Personal Trainer Diploma and Personal Trainer Certificate. Our fitness courses and nutrition courses are flexible and affordable. We provide Central YMCA and Active IQ qualifications in personal training, gym instructing, aerobic instructing (exercise to music), children's exercise and many more, giving you the UK’s leading health and fitness qualification.

We offer both full and part time personal trainer courses. We offer top quality training from the start all the way up to REPs Level 4. We’re the first and only company to offer Level 4 Obesity and Diabetes Management and provide this training to both personal trainers and NHS staff. We also offer a Level 4 Management of Lower Back Pain course as well as a Level 3 GP Referral that will help you expand your knowledge and client base. Our premium product which will get you to the top of the fitness industry with a huge earning potential is our master personal trainer course. If you’re not sure which course is right for you, then give one of our career advisors a call and they will be happy to help.

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