About this course
The Diploma in Personal Training is your one-stop shop to a lucrative career training clients one-to-one and in groups. Learn how to create effective, exciting exercise programmes for sessions both inside and outdoors whilst offering top nutritional advice for exercise.
Enjoy one of our most comprehensive courses and develop the know-how and practical competence to make a significant difference to the health and fitness of all of your clients.
If you’ve already completed a Level 2 Gym Instructor, there is no need to repeat what you’ve already done; instead you can go straight onto our Level 3 modules. Plus, as an added bonus, this course contains a free Suspension Fitness module – worth £129, which will equip you to train clients in a more ‘functional’ way through manipulating their bodyweight to produce a suspension-based workout.
YMCA Diploma in Personal Training course content
The Diploma in Personal Training is a vital component on the journey to completing the full Advanced Diploma in Personal Training and is a fantastic option if you wish to work as a personal trainer within a gym environment.
This course will help you to identify all of the major bones, muscles and muscle actions in the body and how the body’s cardiovascular and energy systems work and how they can be manipulated to boost fitness and health.
On top of the theory, you’ll become extremely competent and confident on designing and teaching training programmes to a variety of potential clients including, amongst others, older adults and ante- and post-natal women. Plus, on the course you’ll also learn to:
- Compile a client’s personal profile and Set SMART goals as part of an effective training programme
- Review, evaluate and adapt personal training programmes to meet clients' lifestyle changes
- Write periodised programmes using effective cardiovascular and resistance training systems for an individual to meet specific training goals
- Identify and demonstrate advanced teaching skills including group teaching skills in order to deliver safe and effective exercise programmes
- Perform a range of specific health and fitness assessments, such as blood pressure, cardiovascular fitness, flexibility and body fat percentage
- Teach a range of effective core stability exercises
- Review food diaries in order to provide nutritional guidelines based on their individual goals
- Read and understand food labels and evaluate the claims made by food manufacturers
- Manage individuals and small groups using suspension training
