ISSA Fitness Certification Courses

ISSA - Stability and Experience - Since 1988, ISSA has provided home study based as well as online personal training certification programs and continuing education for over 120,000 satisfied fitness professionals in 85 countries worldwide, who now change the lives for the better of their clients, family and friends. Our home study and online personal training certifications are recognized worldwide. After all, we were the first organization to offer a Personal Trainer Certification and the first to create specialized certification courses for fitness professionals.

Take a look at ISSA's complete line of certifications for fitness professionals, from our Personal Trainer Certification course that set the standard for certifying fitness professionals everywhere, to specialized fitness certification courses dealing with nutrition, sports conditioning, youth, the elderly, and the disabled.
Personal Trainer Certification

Personal Trainer Certification

There has never been a better time to take your passion to the next level and get an ISSA Personal Trainer Certification with ISSA's acclaimed home study and online certification course.

ISSA is most proud of the fact that we are:

  • Invested in the
  • Success of our
  • Students and
  • Alumni

Unlike most other home study, classroom based, and online personal training certification programs, ISSA's student support doesn't stop once you finish your exam. While many of the other personal training certifications provide excellent course material related to the science of fitness, that education doesn't extend into business support. We feel it's our responsibility to give our students a hand up as they get started in the fitness industry, so our live student support also extends beyond certification and also focuses on the business aspects of personal training.

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  • Performance Nutrition Certification

    Nutrition Certification
    Incorporating a cutting edge, scientifically sound diet and nutritional regimen can radically increase the effectiveness of your clients' fitness training objectives--resulting in more lean mass, less body fat, and greater energy levels. By learning the science behind nutrition and its effects on performance, muscle growth, and fat loss in the ISSA's home study or online performance nutrition certification, you will amaze your clients with fast results as they apply your integrated approach to nutrition.

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  • Senior Fitness Certification

    Senior Fitness Certification

    Study after study has shown that seniors are not only capable of strenuous exercise, but can vastly improve their health, strength, mobility and independence, using exercise as a tool. Now after several years of intensive preparation, the ISSA has brought together some of the finest minds in fitness training science to create a breakthrough home study or online fitness training certification program for personal trainers who wish to work with seniors and older adults. While this burgeoning segment of the personal training market constitutes a lucrative opportunity, the real value is in the joy you'll experience in changing people's lives.

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  • Strength and Conditioning Certification

    Strength and Conditioning Certification

    ISSA's Specialist in Sports Conditioning home study and online sports medicine certification course has been designed to provide you with the knowledge, expertise, and specific training techniques to enable athletes and fitness training clients to expand the capacity of their bodies to perform the most difficult athletic feats--while remaining strong and free from injuries. Professional and amateur athletes at all levels--from grade-school club teams to the National Football League--need the assistance of expert personal trainers to make them excel at their sports. ISSA's sports medicine certificate course equips you to properly and effectively train athletes and open the door to a new client base.

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