About Personal Training: How to Become a Personal Trainer
Learn How to Become a Personal Trainer at Hondros College
Personal trainers are people who work one-on-one with clients to plan or implement an exercise or fitness regimen. In order to be successful as a personal trainer, you should have a working knowledge of key fitness elements, such as motivation, physiology, exercise, training program development, diet and nutrition.
How to Become a Personal Trainer
To truly learn how to become a personal trainer, you will develop your expertise and understanding around the following concepts over the course of your personal training classes at Hondros College:
- Fundamentals of exercise science
- Client assessment to recognize physical limitations and develop a customized exercise plan
- Use of screening and testing to evaluate health status
- Fitness program design for public or private settings
- How to implement and promote the use of safe and effective exercise plans
- Basic principles of human anatomy and physiology
- Functional anatomy to reduce risk of injury and improve movement
- Role of muscle contractions in exercise
- Integrating flexibility into training programs
- Benefits of resistance training
- Role of energy nutrients in the diet
- Calculations of daily nutrient intake and physical activity
- Principles of weight management
- Factors that affect metabolism
- Age and gender differences in training
- Key points and principles of goal setting
- How to educate clients on the consequences of negative choices
- How to implement motivational strategies
- How to evaluate progress
- ...and much more!
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About Personal Training Careers
Once you finish personal training program - having learned how to become a personal trainer - and receive your personal training certification from Hondros College (Certificate of Completion), you'll be ready to successfully begin your new career.
Additional personal training certification(s) can also lend tremendous credibility to your skills and effectiveness. For more information on these additional certified personal trainer (CPT) certifications, please visit our Certifications page.