Month: December 2020

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Description & Program Benefits

The NASM Virtual Coaching Specialization is an immersive online experience, equipping you with the skills, tools, and strategies needed to launch, operate, or transition your current fitness or wellness business into a successful Virtual Coaching Business. You will learn how to foster an engaging and effective online relationship with your clients.

Program Benefits

NASM’s Virtual Coaching Specialization will enable its recipients to:

Complete essential components of a business plan required to launch a virtual training business.
Use a virtual environment to conduct and modify fitness assessments on clients.
Design programming for clients with an array of weight loss goals and obstacles.
Coach and cue clients in a virtual training environment.
Modify programming based on specific client needs in a virtual environment.
Coach an array of different client needs in a virtual environment using proven behavior change strategies such as goal setting and motivational interviewing.
Use the virtual environment to increase a client’s average order value.
Compare effective sales and marketing strategies used to operate and sustain a successful virtual training business

Program Includes

✔ 9 In-Depth Chapters See the course curriculum and what you will learn in each chapter here.
✔ Practical Tools and Resources
✔ 90 Custom Graphics
✔ 9 Chapter Quizzes
✔ Online Final Exam There are 100 test questions with a 90 minute time limit. You must pass with a scaled score of 70 or better.
✔ High-Quality, Digital Course Portal This course is 100% online and the high-end, easy-to-use digital delivery portal is accessible on all devices.

Course Content

Chapter 1: Introduction to Virtual Coaching

Chapter 2: Building a Business

Chapter 3: Technology Considerations

Chapter 4: Communication and Coaching Strategies

Chapter 5: Administering Virtual Assessments

Chapter 6: Implementing Coaching Sessions

Chapter 7: Integrating Wearable’s into Virtual Coaching

Chapter 8: Selling Virtual Coaching

Chapter 9: Marketing Virtual Coaching

Group Fitness Instructor Certification (AFAA-CGFI)

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Description & Program Benefits

Turn your passion for fitness into a career by becoming a Certified Group Fitness Instructor. In order to become certified, you must pass an NCCA-accredited certification exam. The course content is designed to prepare you to pass this exam. The course is designed to be self-paced, and has been designed to walk you through the necessary knowledge needed to successfully pass this exam.

Course Content

Prerequisites
Do you have a passion for fitness? Are you looking to help change lives for the better? Eager to learn all you can about teaching group classes? Then you are qualified to become a Group Fitness Instructor.
Our certification requires no previous experience to take and complete. We provide you with everything you need to master the material and learn how to thrive in the industry.
Section 1: Fundamentals of Exercise Science
Module 1: The Group Fitness Industry
Module 2: Foundations of Exercise Science
Module 3: The Human Movement System
Module 4: Integrated Fitness
Section 2: Class Design and Planning
Module 5: Teaching Basics
Module 6: Teaching: Multi-training and Exercise Technique
Module 7: Class Planning and Preparation
Section 3: Class Instruction and Presentation
Module 8: Adapting to Class Dynamics
Module 9: Communication and Learning
Module 10: Inclusive Instruction for Special Populations
Module 11: Class Engagement and Motivation
Module 12: Professional and Legal Responsibilities
Module 13: Nutrition

NASM Youth Exercise Specialization (YES)

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Educate today’s youth on fitness and nutrition with the NASM Youth Exercise Specialist (YES). Exercise guidelines are different for children and adults. You’ll learn the different terms that identify the youth population, adjustments that need to be made during exercise programming, and more. Whether you coach a youth sports team, work at a school, or you train children, set them up for success with YES.

Program Benefits

Show kids why it’s never too early to embrace a healthy lifestyle! NASM Youth Exercise Specialists:

Capitalize on the growing demand for physical fitness experts for young people ages 6 to 19
Show kids how to have fun while improving their sports skills, increasing their physical activity level, and losing weight
Boost their reputation, career, and client base by learning to train young people in groups or individually using the Optimum Performance Training™ (OPT™) model
Provide training solutions for after-school programs, youth sports teams, and the children of adult clients
Curtail the youth obesity trend at the source with exercise and nutritional guidance
Invest in their client’s live and futures . . . as well as their own!

Program Includes

✔ Downloadable Course Manual
✔ Downloadable Programming Manual
✔ Online Quizzes
✔ Exercise Library
✔ Online exam

Course Content

Module 1: Rationale for Youth Fitness Training
Module 2: Anatomical and Physiological Considerations for Youth
Module 3: Psychological Considerations for Youth
Module 4: Fitness Assessment for Youth
Module 5: Youth Flexibility Guidelines
Module 6: Cardio respiratory Training For Youth
Module 7: Core and Balance Training Guidelines for Youth
Module 8: Plyometric, Speed, Agility, and Quickness Training for Youth
Module 9: Resistance Training for Youth
Module 10: Integrated Program Design for Youth Clients
Module 11: Nutrition for Youth
Module 12: Professional Development

NASM Senior Fitness Specialization (SFS)

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Play a vital role in keeping seniors active! As an NASM Senior Fitness Specialist (SFS) you will be able to assist in the development of a healthier lifestyle for active older adults. Learn how to safely progress older clients through the OPT model, while being mindful of their various physiological considerations and goals.

Program Benefits

Keep this growing segment healthy and fit! NASM Senior Fitness Specialists:

Boost their reputation, career, and client base by capitalizing on the growing demand for physical fitness experts for seniors
Meet seniors’ specific needs by designing exercise programs that use NASM’s Optimum Performance Training™ (OPT™) program
Enjoy the convenience of many seniors’ flexible schedules
Reduce seniors’ risks for falls and preserve their independence
Understand seniors’ limitations, common medical conditions, aging process, and frequent fitness obstacles
Invest in their client’s lives and futures . . . as well as their own!

Program Includes

✔ Downloadable Course Manual
✔ Downloadable Programming Manual
✔ Online Quizzes
✔ Exercise Library
✔ Online exam

Course Content

Module 1: Defining the Older Adult Population
Module 2: Physiological and Anatomical Considerations of Aging
Module 3: The Psychosocial Considerations of Aging
Module 4: Fitness Assessments for the Active Older Adult Client
Module 5: Exercise Safety Guidelines for Active Older Adults
Module 6: Flexibility Guidelines for Active Older Adults
Module 7: Cardio respiratory Guidelines for Active Older Adults
Module 8: Core, Balance and Reactive Training for Fall Prevention
Module 9: Resistance Training for Active Older Adults
Module 10: Program Design for the Active Older Adult Client
Module 11: Common Medical Conditions and Exercise Modifications
Module 12: Nutrition for Active Older Adults
Module 13: Professional Development

NASM Weight Loss Specialization (WLS)

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Description & Program Benefits

Help your clients feel and look better! As an NASM’s Weight Loss Specialist (WLS), you will learn the secret to long term weight loss success – help your clients lose weight and most importantly, keep the weight off. Learn about the obesity epidemic, nutrition strategies for weight management, how to avoid plateaus and more!

Program Benefits

Grow your business by reducing waist lines! NASM Weight Loss Specialists:

Show clients how to embrace a healthier lifestyle
Design weight loss exercise programs using the Optimum Performance Training™ (OPT™) Model
Boost their client base, reputation, and career as authorities on the physical and psychological challenges of losing and/or maintaining weight
Apply the most up-to-date, most respected weight loss guidelines and training methodologies
Invest in their client’s lives and futures . . . as well as their own!

Program Includes

✔ Downloadable Manual
✔ Video Demonstrations
✔ Programming Manual
✔ Exercise Library
✔ CEU Exam

Course Content

Module 1: Obesity Epidemic
Module 2: The Health Effects of Obesity
Module 3: Physiology of Weight Control
Module 4: Psychology of Weight Control
Module 5: Fitness Assessment
Module 6: Nutrition Strategies for Weight Management
Module 7: Basic Training Methodologies for Weight Loss
Module 8: Avoiding and Breaking Plateaus
Module 9: Weight Management Myths
Module 10: Weight Loss Programming Application
Module 11: Legal and Ethical Responsibilities
Module 12: Marketing Your Services

NASM Women’s Fitness Specialization (WFS)

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