There has never been a better time to take your passion to the next level and become a Personal Trainer with ISSA's acclaimed home study and online personal training certification.
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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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Since 1988, ISSA has provided home study based as well as online personal training certification programs and continuing education for 100,000 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 personal training certifications and create specialized courses for fitness professionals.
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.
Every day thousands of health club members and clients of personal trainers are discharged from prescriptive medical care and need to undergo a supervised fitness therapy program, specifically designed around their condition. The ISSA's Fitness Therapist home study and online personal training certification program takes the best technologies from the health care and fitness realms, and combines them into a course that helps personal trainers and health care specialists take over when medical treatment is over. Whether you're a fitness trainer wanting to expand your clientele to include individuals with medical conditions that require special care when exercising, or a health care professional desiring to go beyond the often ridiculous restrictions imposed by insurance companies, the ISSA Fitness Therapy Program opens up many new channels in which to provide your skills.
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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Youth fitness training is one of the fastest-growing segments in the health club and fitness industry. Not only can you change lives, you can earn a great living or substantially increase your current income. The gift of fitness is one that many parents will readily give their children, especially if they know how important fitness is to a young life. ISSA’s YFT home study or online fitness trainer certification helps you show kids how to develop a winning attitude that will make them better athletes. A great compliment to a physical education career path, the course teaches proven techniques that will treat and prevent obesity before it causes a lifetime of health problems.
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.
ISSA's Endurance Fitness Trainer (EFT) home study or online personal training certification course addresses all aspects of personalized aerobic conditioning. The ISSA’s endurance training class provides students with the education to train clients in a variety of outdoor endurance exercises like cycling, power walking, triathlons, and cross-training as well as the most complete guides to using cardio equipment. If you are considering becoming a personal fitness trainer specializing in endurance fitness, look no further. And if you are already a certified personal trainer, this program can expand your client base immeasurably, because it enables you to teach aerobics and endurance fitness outdoors, without being confined to a gym.
The ISSA has designed a unique solution in its home study or online fitness certification program for martial arts instructors. Back in the "old days", promotion to black belt was all that was needed in terms of securing credibility in the martial arts profession. But that's all changed now. This program is the world's first to address the specific training needs of martial arts professionals.
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Interest in aquatic exercise has grown from obscurity to millions of participants in just the past few years and aquatic fitness has proven to have uses for elite athletes and fitness enthusiasts of all ages. The key to reaping the rewards of this exciting personal training specialty is certification. In fact, water fitness certification is already required in several states, and many fitness clubs, public and private pools. Physical therapy clinics nationwide have already made aquatic certification a requirement for employment.
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