Clinical Personal Fitness Trainer Course

Course overview

The danger for most of us is not that we might exercise too hard, but that we do no exercise at all. More than 60 per cent of us are overweight, 25 per cent are obese and physical activity may be further compromised by disease or infirmity. In this case exercise takes on an even greater importance. Clinical personal fitness trainers are the consultants of the fitness world; they deal with special problems related to lifestyle, preventative healthcare and exercise. This course is designed for those fitness trainers who not only want to help the able-bodied but also those with disabilities such as obesity, arthritis, diabetes and cardiovascular disease in order to enable them to achieve maximum fitness and wellbeing.

Syllabus

Lesson One
- What is Clinical Personal Fitness Training?
  - Introduction
  - Career Openings
  - The Role of a Clinical Personal Fitness Trainer (CPFT)
  - Clinical Personal Fitness Trainers and Preventative Health Care
  - Motivational Interviewing and the Fun Factor
Lesson Two
- Lifestyle Changes for Health and Fitness
  - Tension – Is it Good For You?
  - Getting a Life Balance
  - Control Your Weight
  - Vitamins and Minerals for a Healthy Diet
Lesson Three
- Reducing Body Fat for Good Health
  - Healthy Eating
  - Burning Calories
  - To Diet or to Train?
  - Loss of Body Fat and Physical Performance
  - How to Burn Fat through Exercise
  - Fact and Fiction
  - Some Rules for Fighting ‘Flab’
Lesson Four
- Major Health Challenges in the UK
  - Cardiovascular Disease
  - Obesity
  - Diabetes
Lesson Five
- Arthritis – Facing the Challenge/ Managing Disability and Fitness
  - How You Can Help Yourself
  - Your Fitness and How Arthritis Affects You
  - Motivation
  - Gentle Exercises
  - Exercise and People with Disabilities
  - Equal Opportunities in Fitness
  - What Can a CPFT Do to Help?
  - Setting Up a GP Referral Scheme
  - Looking at Fitness for Those with Special Needs and Conditions
Lesson Six
- Regular Exercise for General Wellbeing/ Systems of the Human Body/ Nutritional Need
- Physiology of Exercise
- Benefits of Exercise
- Fitness Goals
- Exercise Intensity
- Carbohydrates
- Cholesterol
- Vitamins
- Minerals

Lesson Seven
- Safety First Every Time
  - The Twelve Rules for Safe Training
  - Health and Safety Guidelines
  - Proper Safety Equipment
  - How to ‘Spot’ for Someone
Lesson Eight
- Designing an Exercise Prescription
  - Risk and Other Factors
  - Putting it all Together to Prescribe an Exercise Programme
  - Modes of Exercise
  - Energy Systems
  - Types of Training
  - Warm Up – Warm Down
  - Safe and Effective Training Practice
Lesson Nine
- Designing a Strength Training Programme for Beginners
  - Reps and Sets
  - Use of Weights
  - Weight Training Basic Guide Lines
  - Abdominal Training
  - Circuit Weight Training
  - Weight Training Exercises
  - Suggested Strength Training Programmes
  - Useful Training Tips
Lesson Ten
- Programmes for Improving Flexibility/ Clients’ Goals
  - Warming Up
  - Why Stretch?
  - Breathing
  - Basic Exercise Programme
  - Benefits of a Stretch Training Programme
  - Warming Down and Stretching
  - Stretching Rules
  - Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) Stretching Programme
  - Sit-and-Reach Test for Hamstring Flexibility
  - Finger-Touch Test for Rotator Cuff Flexibility

Practical training

1 day of Practical Training is essential for this course. For further information please call us on Freephone 0800 731 9271 or 01409 220 400. Your practical training is a valuable opportunity to learn directly from an experienced practical training tutor with specialist skills.

Prerequisites

A pre-requisite of this course is Anatomy & Physiology.

View our Anatomy & Physiology course.

Level

On successful completion of this course you will have received professional training at level 3. This is ideal if you wish to start a practice, or expand a career. Graduates of this course wishing to start their own practice can also obtain professional liability insurance. It has also been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme and graduates will receive the QLS Certificate of Achievement as above. This course has been designed by BSY to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme, endorses high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes.

Certification

On successful completion students will receive dual awards: Award 1- The professional BSY Clinical Personal Fitness Trainer Diploma and will become a Registered BSY Clinical Personal Fitness Trainer.

Award 2- Certificate of achievement at QLS Level 3 from Quality Licence Scheme. Registration through BSY is essential with this course.

How the course works

Upon enrolment you receive your first course lessons.

You can study in your own time, at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home. If you have any questions, or would like feedback or encouragement about your course or your studies then you can contact our friendly tutors by phone, email or post.

At the end of each lesson are a set of questions. Completing these can aid your learning and help you master each step before moving on to the next. Your next lesson will then arrive for you to continue when it suits you. This allows us to continually assess understanding and competence of the subject.

Having progressed through each lesson you can take your final examination at home, and at a date and time that suits you. Then, on successful completion you will be awarded your BSY certificate.

Support

Your tutor will mark your lessons, giving valuable, constructive feedback - helping you to master each step before moving on to the next. You can contact them for support or advice throughout your studies.

You can also contact the support team who are here to help you Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

We are proud of our friendly, caring ethos and aim to do all we can to help you succeed.