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Advanced Personal Trainer Certification Course

This 12-week course trains personal trainers on exercise selection, technique, injury prevention, and program design for clients. The course covers foundations of exercise science, principles of creating training plans, selecting and performing exercises, barbell/dumbbell exercises, basic bodyweight exercises, secondary exercises, mobility/flexibility, endurance training, fat loss training, principles of periodization, and creating training plans for clients of all levels.

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Advanced Personal Trainer Certification Course

This 12-week course trains personal trainers on exercise selection, technique, injury prevention, and program design for clients. The course covers foundations of exercise science, principles of creating training plans, selecting and performing exercises, barbell/dumbbell exercises, basic bodyweight exercises, secondary exercises, mobility/flexibility, endurance training, fat loss training, principles of periodization, and creating training plans for clients of all levels.

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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS EXCELLENCE AND MANAGEMENT

ADVANCED PERSONAL TRAINER


(Course Contents)
This course lasts 12 weeks and aims to thoroughly educate
trainers on all aspects of exercise selection, technique, injury
prevention and program design for clients of all types. We
fully train the candidate in every facet of strength training,
endurance and cardiovascular training, mobility and
flexibility training and fat loss training.
Unit 1: Foundations of exercise science

General Adaptation Syndrome


 Over training
 Training Economy

Adaptations
 Functional
 Structural

Principle of Specificity
Principle of variation
Fundamental fitness qualities
Strength
Endurance
Mobility and flexibility

Effects of age and gender


Summary
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Unit 2: Principles and process of creating training plans


The fundamental principles of training plans
The process of program design
 Assessment

Selection of basic movements


 Selection of secondary movements

 Setting goals

Deciding frequency, sets and reps, weight and progression


 Distribute into a full program: Full body and split training

 Reset

Summary

Unit 3: Selecting and Performing Exercises


Criteria for selection of exercises
Progressions and regressions
Fundamentals of exercise technique
Anatomy- Terms and concepts
Summary

Unit 4: Barbell and Dumbbell Exercises


Horizontal Pushing
Anatomy
Regressions
Core Loadable Variations
Progressions
Horizontal pulling
Anatomy
Regressions
Core Loadable Variations
Progressions
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS EXCELLENCE AND MANAGEMENT

Vertical pressing
Anatomy
Regressions
Core Loadable Variations
Progressions
Vertical pulling
Anatomy
Regressions
Core Loadable Variations
Progressions
Squatting
Anatomy
Regressions
Core Loadable Variations
Progressions
Hip Hinging
Anatomy
Regressions
Core Loadable Variations
Progressions
Spinal Flexion
Anatomy
Regressions
Core Loadable Variations
Progressions
Spinal Rotation
Anatomy
Regressions
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS EXCELLENCE AND MANAGEMENT

Core Loadable Variations


Progressions

Unit 5: Basic bodyweight exercises


Horizontal Pushing
Anatomy
Regressions
Fundamental bodyweight exercise
Progressions
Horizontal pulling
Anatomy
Regressions
Fundamental bodyweight exercise
Progressions
Vertical pressing
Anatomy
Regressions
Fundamental bodyweight exercise
Progressions
Vertical pulling
Anatomy
Regressions
Fundamental bodyweight exercise
Progressions
Squatting
Anatomy
Regressions
Fundamental bodyweight exercise
Progressions
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS EXCELLENCE AND MANAGEMENT

Hip Hinging
Anatomy
Regressions
Fundamental bodyweight exercise
Progressions
Spinal Flexion
Anatomy
Regressions
Fundamental bodyweight exercise
Progressions
Spinal Rotation
Anatomy
Regressions
Fundamental bodyweight exercise
Progressions

Unit 6: Secondary Exercises


Utility and function of secondary exercises
List of exercises

Unit 7: Understanding Mobility and Flexibility


Flexibility
 Understanding flexibility

 Limitations to flexibility

 Application of flexibility

 Stretching modalities

 Lithe 10 general template

Mobility
 Understanding mobility

 Limitations to mobility
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS EXCELLENCE AND MANAGEMENT
 Application of mobility

 Mobility modalities

 Basic 10 general template

Summary

Lesson 8: Mobility and Flexibility Exercises


Flexibility exercises
Mobility Exercises Lesson 9: Endurance training
Introduction
Adaptations
Energy systems
Cardiovascular training
Work capacity training
Special endurance
Summary

Lesson 10: Fat loss Training


Introduction
Training structure
Steady State cardio
Weight training for Fat loss
High Intensity Endurance Training Summary

Lesson 11: Basics of Periodization


Selecting Sets and reps, weight and frequency.
Super-compensation model
Strength as a Skill model
Different models of training
 Linear Simple

 Linear Mateev
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS EXCELLENCE AND MANAGEMENT
 Linear Wave

 Undulating

 Double Progression

 Concurrent

Evaluating training plans


 Specificity

 Overload

 Fatigue Management

 SRA curve

 Individual differences

Summary

Lesson 12: Creating training plans


Training the Novice
Training the beginner
Training the intermediate
Training the advanced athlete
Summary

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