Health and Wellness Certification

Become an expert in the field of personal training, fitness instruction and wellness consultation. Diversify and expand your knowledge in the principles of weight training, fitness assessment, lifestyle consultation and nutrition.

Programs

Weight Training

Learn basic anatomy, biomechanics and how to apply this knowledge in training for specific muscle groups. Learn how to maximize results while minimizing injury risk.

Understand and learn to apply and determine:

• Muscle structure and function.
• The principles of safe and effective weight training.
• Effective exercise programming for novice weight training.
• Safe and effective exercises for all major muscle groups
• Successful strengthening programs.
• Methods for accurate record keeping and for charting progress.
• Strength training programs for diverse populations.
• Training programs from beginners to experienced clients.

Fitness Assessment

Learn to apply assessment techniques to measure cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, endurance, flexibility and body composition. Learn to apply these test results for individual program development and goal setting.

Understand and learn to apply and determine:

• Body composition assessment.
• Recommended client body-weight based on recommended percent body fat values.
• Assessments to determine cardio-respiratory fitness.
• Cardio-respiratory endurance assessment test results.
• Prediction of oxygen uptake and caloric expenditure from exercise and increased heart rate.
• Assessments to determine muscular strength and endurance.
• Interpretation of strength testing results.
• The variables that govern the development of muscular strength and muscular endurance.
• A battery of muscular flexibility tests to assess overall body flexibility.
• Flexibility test results.
• Body posture evaluation techniques.
• Performance tests to assess skill-related fitness.

Lifestyle Consultant

Learn how to communicate the health benefits of fitness, disease prevention, diet and nutrition, behavior modification, stress management and total wellness effectively. Learn motivation and behavior modification strategies to enhance compliance with a fitness and wellness program.

Understand and learn to apply and determine:

• Nutrition
• Weight Management
• Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
• Cancer Risk Management
• Stress Management
• Tobacco Use
• Relevant Fitness and Wellness Issues

Aerobics & Step Instructor

For the Aerobics Instructor program, you'll learn how music can make your classes exciting. Review proper exercise form and body alignment, benefits of aerobic training, choreography techniques and cueing/teaching skills. Learn how to teach the newest trends in group aerobic fitness.

For the Step Instructor program, you'll learn how to apply the techniques of teaching aerobics to step training and its specific choreography and cueing demands.

For the Aerobics Instructor program, you'll understand and learn to apply and determine:

• Components of a total fitness exercise programming.
• Components of aerobic fitness training.
• Safety variables and methods for injury avoidance.
• Mechanics involved in maintaining proper posture.
• Various warm up movements and limbering exercises.
• Various types of aerobics and different impact levels of aerobic movement.
• Movements and cues for different aerobic movements.
• Choreography for 32 count routines.
• Effective timing and visual cues for Aerobics.

For Step Instructor program, you'll understand and learn to apply and determine:

• The definition and benefits of step training.
• Appropriate step-bench heights for individuals of various fitness levels.
• Proper step body alignment and technique.
• Correct posture during step training.
• The principles of step training to music.
• The factors involved in adjusting step intensity.
• Describe benefits associated with the use of resistance tubing.
• Demonstrate proper warm-up techniques.
• Describe and demonstrate proper breathing.
• Identify various directional approaches to the bench.
• Define base steps.
• Describe variations that can be used with base steps.
• Demonstrate various arm movements and intensities.
• Apply the techniques mentioned above to the design of step training routines.
• Create step training pattern variations.

Nutrition Analysis

Learn how to build the foundation of your nutrition knowledge to help your clients develop their food plans. This certification is based on college level nutrition courses.

Understand and learn to apply and determine:

• Evaluation of daily food intake using the Food Guide Pyramid and make recommendations for healthier choices.
• The Tables of Food Consumption and make suggestions for improvement in eating habits.
• The analysis of individual foods using Food Labels.