The IFPA Program Design Specialist Certification prepares you to design exercise programs for specific client populations, eliminate training plateaus, and achieve maximum results for your clients. This course covers 40 individual exercise programs to create your own personal training arsenal. The IFPA Program Design Specialist Certification is also designed to teach the student advanced principles in strength training program design.
This course focuses on Biomechanical variations to exercise and ways to manipulate training systems to efficiently train individuals at all levels of fitness. The Program Design Specialist expands upon the exercise principles, safety, and anatomy principles introduced through the Personal Trainer Certification. Successful students are expected to be capable of creating a wide range of safe and effective exercise programs that utilize a variety of exercises for all major groups and for the most important secondary muscle groups.
Subject areas include:
Review of program development
Kinesiology of exercise safety
Advanced physiology training principles
Exercise development
Biomechanical exercise variations
Resistance training variety
Methods to achieve overload
Periodization
Exercise prescription and individual program design
Special populations (women, children, seniors, athletes)
Exercise adaptations
Advanced program development and design
Legal and business considerations
Distance Learning (24 CEU's) $429
Course Learning Objectives
Learn the Program Design Principles to help clients progress past plateaus.
Learn the Program Design Principles to help clients with special needs.
Learn the Program Design Principles to help clients with variety needs.
Learn the Program Design Principles and the Science behind it.
Learn the Program Design Principles and completely customize a program for each new client.
Learn the Program Design Quick Index and Key Points Reference.
Course Learning Outcomes
Learn how to find out what your client really wants to accomplish.
Learn the 10-step procedure guaranteed to work with every client.
Learn the training methods that keep clients interested and progressing.
Learn how to design interval training and periodized programs that work.
Learn how to safely train higher risk clients.
Learn how to apply strength training principles for great results in limited time.
Learn how to progress your clients with minimal equipment.
Learn how to answer your clients’ questions on fat burning, strength and cardio fitness.
Course Goals
Understand and become proficient in the 10 Steps of Program Design.
Understand how to gather information.
Learn how to plan for overall health.
Learn the science behind exercise programs.
Understand Cardiorespiratory Physiology and Conditioning.
Learn how to measure and judge exercise intensity.
Understand the physiological basis for muscular fitness.
Understand the neurophysiology of flexibility training.
Understand the physiological basis for warm-up and cool-down.
Learn Program Design Planning.
Learn how to maintain gains in fitness.
Learn to utilize Interval Training and Fat Utilization.
Learn to utilize Periodization.
Understand the safe and effective use of: Reps, Sets and Loads.
Learn to evaluate resistance training exercise.
Learn how to work with minimal equipment.
Learn safe and effective flexibility training.
Learn to work safely and effectively with Special Needs clients.
Learn how to guide clients toward healthy eating habits.
Learn the safe and effective use of nutritional supplementation.
Learn the 10th Step: Factors that ensure client adherence and qualities a trainer needs to be successful.
Synopsis: Planning is not only the first step in any endeavor, it is the most important step. The IFPA Program Design Specialist Certification will give you the best system for planning available today.
Includes:
Designing Resistance Training
Programs textbook
Study guide
95 question
(multiple-choice) certification exam.
Discount: Purchase 2 or more certifications at the same time and receive a $100 discount off each additional certification program. Cannot be combined with other discounts.
