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Study At Home!
Everything you need to learn is all online.
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Take the final exam from home - no need to go to a testing center.
Train At Home!
You'll have a free website and support to get clients online.
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Top 5 Reasons to Become a Certified Personal Trainer
- Be your own boss
- Set your own schedule
- Do work you are passionate about
- Make money in a positive way
- Create financial freedom
What does it mean to become a Certified Personal Trainer with ISSA?
- Turn your passion for health and fitness into a career that you care about.
- Endless opportunities to make more money and positively impact peoples' lives.
- Get endless support from the ISSA community! Not only will we be here to help you through the certification exam, but we'll be there to help you find the job that best fits your career goals, and continue your education with our CEU (Continuing Education Unit) courses.
- Be recognized as a top fitness trainer in the health and wellness industry with the #1 rated trainer certification program.
- You'll be set up with a FREE professional website so you can kick-start your career and market yourself as a health and fitness professional immediately.
- Get connected with health clubs across the country through ISSA's extensive club partnership program.
What will you learn from ISSA's Certified Personal Trainer Course?
You'll receive course materials that are built with the latest in exercise science and health and fitness research. We're regularly reviewing our resources to ensure our trainers receive the most up-to-date information in the industry.
- Provide current or future clients with customized training programs based on their individual health and fitness goals. Go beyond "workout more" and "eat healthier" and give clients the true answer to their real needs.
- Gain the in-depth knowledge it takes to understand the body's muscle and skeletal structure and how they respond to exercise and movements. By the time you're done with our exam, musculoskeletal and musculature will be a natural part of your vocabulary.
- Learn how to assess a client's unique body structure and how it reacts to movement. Then, you can effectively communicate that to your client and provide personal direction so they can see real long-lasting results.
- Learn how to instruct clients on the importance of a healthy lifestyle in addition to a regular workout program. Share real and detailed outcomes of how diet and exercise work together to transform people's lives.
- Apply the principles of human motivation and learn how to make client fitness goals a reality!
What You'll Get With This Course
Online Study Materials
Fitness - The Complete Guide is a 759 page book that includes everything you need to earn a Personal Trainer Certification. Our course material is regularly audited to ensure it includes the latest information in exercise science. We even provide audio lectures for convenient, on-the-go study options. However, if printed textbooks are your preference, simply select the shipping option at checkout and the book is yours for free! You only pay the shipping costs.
Online Practice Exams and Quizzes
Prepare for your final exam as you study! Take practice exams and chapter quizzes to ensure you're ready to pass the final exam and earn your personal trainer certification. These practice exams and quizzes will not affect your final score, they are just here to help you pass and earn your certification with flying colors!
Audio and Video Lecture Options
Are you more of an auditory or visual learner? We've got you covered. ISSA provides course lectures as audio and video files for students looking for additional study options, or are just simply looking for an extra resource to compliment their reading.
Online Study Guide and Workbook
Our handy online reference guide walks you through the certification course chapter-by-chapter, allowing you to gain the knowledge you need to pass the final exam. Online Exercise Demonstration Center Because our courses are completely online, we still want to provide you with the examples you need for real life hands-on training. That's why ISSA and Hyperstrike have created an exclusive online exercise demo center with over 250 animated exercises. Each demo includes a 3D animation with three different angles to ensure that proper form and technique are a breeze!
Online Student Forum
Our exclusive online ISSA trainer forum is where you can turn to for advice from ISSA Master Trainers. Post personal, client, or business questions and receive guidance from our on-staff personal training experts and the worldwide ISSA community.
ISSA Take Home Certified Personal Trainer Exam
The ISSA Personal Trainer Certification Exam solidifies you as a recognized expert in personal training. You can choose to take the CPT final exam as a printed pen and paper option, or digitally through our secure online portal. Whatever you're most comfortable with! This is an open-book book exam, with multiple choice questions, and essay portions. Plus, you'll receive one free retake if you don't pass the first time (but, with our study materials - you'll have everything you need to pass!).
In helping you determine your future goals as a Certified Personal Trainer professional, ISSA and NCPT offers two options. Learn more about the ISSA exam
In helping you determine your future goals as a Certified Personal Trainer professional, ISSA and NCPT offers two options. Learn more about the ISSA exam
Free NCCA Exam*
*Proctoring fee not includedIn helping you determine your future goals as a Certified Personal Trainer professional, ISSA and NCPT offers two options. Learn more about the NCCPT exam
Plus BONUS Benefits After Your Certification Exam!
Get a FREE Professional Website
Every ISSA Certified Personal Trainer gets a free website to support their career online. Get five pages of professionally designed, easily customized, and fully hosted content - for free! Pick from a library of templates that let you put your best face forward and promote your personal training services to a wider range of potential clients.
Unlimited Support - Even After Your Certified!
ISSA students, certified fitness trainers, and those just looking into a career as a certified personal trainer all receive unlimited support from our teams of dedicated advisers. Have questions about our courses? Study materials? Need help with a quiz? Or, are you looking for the best payment plan for you? Our on-staff experts can help guide you through whatever your needs may be. And, this support continues even after you earn your pass your personal trainer exam. They can even help if you're looking for information about recertification, continuing education, or if you have an interest in a specialized certification - we're here to assist you succeed in whatever health and fitness career you strive to achieve!
What Our Students Say About Us
We're honored to have outstanding reviews from our graduates who can attest to the power of our courses. Here are some of their inspiring stories:
Hear how ISSA has helped students like you
The option to study at your own pace and test whenever it is convenient for you makes this course that much better than the rest!
Robert Aiken
If it weren’t for my injury, or my struggle with weight when I was younger I wouldn’t have the passion and excitement for fitness I do now! I’m so excited for what the future holds due to this program!
Tyson Zanski
The ISSA courses are wonderful. I love being able to work at my own pace. They have so many certifications to choose from. ISSA has really helped take my career to the next level.
Tanya Feliciano
ISSA helped me transform my own life aside from teaching me how to help others.
Maria Luz Andrea Kjærnet
I needed a online option that would meet my needs so I could study and also work, the course more than met my needs and expectations.
Tim Creasey
ISSA has helped make my dreams com true of being a personal trainer and helping people become better versions of themselves.
DeJarrod Jones
ISSA made it so easy for me to acquire my certificate as a Certified Personal Trainer, and I would also like to add that the course material was put together very well for me to understand.
Ahmed Smith
My ISSA certifications as a Fitness Trainer, Sports Nutrition Specialist and Strength and Conditioning Specialist has really propelled my career to where it is today.
Noy Alexander
I've found ISSA's to be the most qualified, useful AND helpful certifications in the business.
Robert Condeluci
Now I am a certified personal trainer. This will be my first step into the fitness world, and now, my knowledge is much greater.
Farah Najah
I have no complaints and I will always proudly display my certification and recommend you to all I know. You have given me a foundation for my future.
Walter Sadiq Daniels
I had taken one or two other courses by different organizations before and they were nowhere near as thorough and in-depth as this one.
Jack Stoliker
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MONEY BACK RISK FREE JOB PROMISE*
You Will Find a Job as a Certified Personal Trainer or You'll Get Your Money Back
We promise you'll find a job as a personal trainer or we'll give you a no-hassle, full refund. Here's all you need to do:
1
You complete the course and earn your ISSA certification
3
You meet the gym's basic requirements
(background check, drug test, available to work in the USA)
That's it. You'll get a job. And we can even help you find one. Partner gyms also post jobs for ISSA graduates on our Student Portal, including:
* only available in the continental US
Purchase of ISSA test-prep materials is not an eligibility requirement for the certification exam nor does it guarantee a passing score. Visit our certification process information page to learn more.
