Advanced Diploma in Personal Training

What you will learn

Theory modules

• Anatomy and Physiology (Level 2)
• Gym Based Planning, Preparation, and Delivery
• Providing a Positive Customer Experience
• Lifestyle Management and Health Awareness
• Applied Anatomy (Level 3)
• Nutrition to Support Physical Activity
• Promoting Wellness Through Client Motivation
• Bespoke Exercise Programme Design
• Customed exercise Programme Instruction
• Communication Techniques
• Business Acumen for a Successful Personal Training Practice

Practical modules

• Gym Instructing
• Level 3 Personal Training
• HIIT
• Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work
• Suspension Fitness
• Kettlebells Pro

Develop your skills to help clients achieve their goals

• Learn how to instruct effective exercise sessions in the gym in a safe environment
• Learn how to deliver basic health assessment techniques such as blood pressure and BMI tests
• Develop and plan gym programmes to a wide range of customers (including 13-18 year olds and older adults)
• Learn how to maintain health, safety and customer welfare

Develop your skills to help clients achieve their goals

• Learn how to customise and provide tailored gym and exercise programmes
• Deliver one-to-one consultations and small group inductions to support clients in achieving their goals
• Gain the skills needed to train a wide variety of individuals (including those with medical conditions which effect their lifestyle and wellbeing)
• Gain an understanding of the role digital technology can play in supporting your clients programmes
• Use your nutritional knowledge to support your client’s physical activity and help them achieve their personal goal
• Carry out detailed postural analysis with clients to help you to write corrective programmes to increase their function

Develop your business skills and client base

• Learning how to promote, market and sell your PT service
• Understand how digital and social platforms can be used to grow your client base

Develop your communication skills

• Learn how to a communicate with clients effectively to promote wellness and exercise
• Understand how rapport and soft skills can be used to motivate and change your clients behaviour

Be more versatile and employable

• Plan effective sessions for small groups and individuals in Suspension Fitness, Kettlebells and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
• Develop challenging and effective sessions for individuals and small groups, targeting posture, core stability and flexibility
• Add diversity to your offering as a personal trainer with a range of skills incorporating high intensity interval training sessions as well as the use of suspension and kettlebells equipment
• Use your skills to assess, diagnose and treat casualties before the arrival of medically trained staff

How you will be assessed

A combination of practical and written assessment methods including:

• Practical assessments on each module
• Multiple choice theory papers
• Case studies
• Worksheets

What you qualify with

This combined course is accredited and endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) and will give you a total of:

• 32 CIMSPA points

The certificates you will receive are:

• YMCA Awards Level 3 Diploma in Gym Instructing and Personal Training (practitioner)
• YMCA Awards Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work
• YMCAfit Advanced Personal Training
• YMCAfit HIIT
• YMCAfit Suspension Fitness
• YMCAfit Kettlebells Pro

Who can do this course

• Anyone over 16
• Must have experience using cardiovascular equipment as well as fixed and free weights within a gym environment