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The Course Contents
1. An introduction to personal training
- What is a personal trainer?
- What does a personal trainer do?
- The characteristics of a personal trainer
- Setting up as a personal trainer
- Your working hours
- Ten factors that make a good personal trainer
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2. Getting started
- Choosing a training location
- What equipment do I need for a home gym?
- Is equipment essential?
- Getting your client to stick to a regime
- Easing your client in
- Assessing your client's fitness
Fit? or unfit?!
- Techniques for getting your client to keep to an exercise routine
3. Preparing a fitness plan for your client
- How to assess your clients needs
- Types of training regimes
- Choosing a workout location
- How the personal trainer works with the client
- Checklist for what to include in a training plan
4. Getting your client to incorporate activity into their existing lifestyle
- Being a kid
- Office fitness
- Household fitness
5. Helping your client choose an aerobic activity
- Walking
- Jogging and running
- Cycling outdoors
- Racket games
- Swimming
- Roller skating
6. Other activities to suggest to your clients
- Stepping
- Skiing
- Treadmill
- Exercise class or video
- Trampoline
- Dancing
- Varying your exercise
7. Getting your clients to stretch
- Shoulders
- Back
- Legs and buttocks
8. Find an activity that your client enjoys
- Don’t make your client overdo things
- Encourage your client to enjoy themselves
- Make it a priority
- Find a diversion
- Reward your client
9. Assessing and improving your client's diet
- Assessing your client's current diet
- Educating your client about a healthy and nutritious diet
- Preparing a diet plan
- Motivating your client to make and follow dietary changes
- Healthy eating tips
10. Strengthening exercises
- Push ups
- Tricep dips
- Sit ups
- Squats
- Lunges
11. Toning the upper body with light weights
- An upper body workout
- Shoulder (military) press
- Chest press
- Flys
- Standing dumbbell rows
- Bent over rows
- Bicep curls Hammer curls
- Tricep kickbacks
- Oblique bends
12. A complete workout
- Flexibility and stretching
- Weight-bearing exercises (anaerobic)
- Fat burning routines (aerobic)
- Taking weather into account
- Exercising mantras
- 5 ways to help your client get over a slump
13. More stretches
- Upper body stretches
- Lower body stretches
4. Marketing: Finding clients and promoting your services
- Who needs a personal trainer?
- Where do you find private clients?
- How do you promote your service?
- How much should you charge?
- Why do I need to network with other personal trainers?
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