Become a Certified CHILDREN'S FITNESS INSTRUCTOR

Gain the skills needed to specialize in child fitness training.

Working with children is different than training adults. Learn the differences in these client groups, as well as how to develop and deliver a safe and effective exercise plan for kids and youth aged 5 to 15.

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Why become a Children's Fitness Instructor?

Children are not just little versions of adults. They are different physiologically, mentally, and emotionally, requiring different training protocols. This course explains the difference between training children and adults, while also teaching trainers how to maintain health, safety, and welfare when working with kids in a variety of fitness environments.

As a children’s fitness instructor, you can use your knowledge to help kids work toward a higher level of fitness, offering them benefits both in their young lives and as they grow into adults. You’ll be able to use the information learned in this course to plan and deliver safe, effective exercise and physical activity programs for children between the ages of 5 and 15.

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What You'll Learn From This Course

Personal trainer certification courses are geared toward professionals who are interested in working with adult clients. If your goal is to specialize in training children, upon completing this Children’s Fitness Instructor Course, you will:

Improve your understanding of a child’s anatomy and physiology, especially as related to areas associated with exercise and health, and how their biological makeup is different from adults
Know the principles of exercise, fitness, and health when working with children, along with gaining the knowledge and skills needed to apply these principles in the fitness training session
Understand how to break an exercise down into steps that a child can understand and implement easily, communicating these steps in age-appropriate ways
Develop the strategies required to fully support child and youth clients who are interested in increasing their levels of exercise and physical activity, whether for enjoyment or for sport
Be able to implement a child-based exercise program that adheres to the necessary health, safety, and welfare guidelines for instructing kids in a fitness environment
Have the skills required to plan and deliver comprehensive exercise and physical activity programs for children between the ages of 5 and 15, regardless of their starting fitness levels

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Your New Career as a Children's Fitness Instructor Starts Here

Whether your goal is to work with children exclusively or this demographic will be only a portion of your clientele, this Children’s Fitness Instructor Course can provide the skill sets needed to enter this specialization. It also adds to your credibility as a trainer, telling your young clients and their parents or guardians that you have the education needed to work with children and youth.

You can use this course to design exercise plans for individual clients or to create programs that meet the exercise needs of youth groups. This opens the door to training kids involved in certain sports, those interested in specific physical activities, or simply to promote exercise at a young age, thereby helping kids establish positive health habits that can reduce their risk of obesity later in life.

By working with children, personal trainers are able to teach this demographic the importance of fitness and how to incorporate physical activity into their everyday lives. This provides these clients lifelong benefits, thanks in large part to the time that you invested in their health and wellness during their younger years.