Wellness Consultant Certification

A wellness consultant provides health and lifestyle education and coaching. This certification includes personal training, group fitness instructor and weight management counselor education. It also includes extensive information about nutrition and weight management, as well as other health related topics.

Programs

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

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.