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Personal Trainer
Skills Certificate
Program Details
This skill award prepares students with the minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required to become personal trainers. Students are prepared for and encouraged to sit for a 3rd party personal trainer certification exam (CPT exam) after completing this skill award.
Personal Trainer Pathways
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Demonstrate knowledge, skills and abilities required for the ACE Certified Personal Trainer exam.
- Demonstrate safe and effective form during a variety of resistance training, flexibility, and cardiorespiratory exercises.
- Demonstrate safe and effective form during a variety of exercises to improve skill-related components of fitness.
- Apply fundamental science of kinesiology to assess, design, implement, and lead fitness programs for individuals.