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Certificate in Personal Training

This qualification is particularly relevant for individuals who have an interest in working one to one with healthy adults.

Candidates will learn:

  • advanced exercise and fitness knowledge covering:
    -bones and joints
    -muscles and muscle actions
    -core stability
    -principles of progressive training and professionalism
  • how to plan a progressive programme which meets the goals and needs of an individual
  • how to perform and analyse fitness related tests
  • how to provide basic and appropriate nutritional advice
Structure
Mandatory units Hours
Advanced Exercise and Fitness Knowledge*50
Advanced Resistance Training*50
Advanced Cardiovascular Training*50
Client Lifestyle and Fitness Assessment30
Nutrition and Weight Management30
Business and Marketing Skills for the Fitness Professional30
Optional Units Hours
Client Retention30
Sports Conditioning30
Training in Different Environments30
Total GLH270

*The CYQ Certificate in Advanced Fitness Instructing Gym is comprised of these units
**Candidates are required to complete all mandatory units and at least one of the optional units

Prerequisites
Candidates must be in possession of a CYQ Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing qualification, or other qualification recognised by the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). (see www.accreditedqualifications.org.uk)

CYQ strongly recommends that this qualification is in the context of Gym. Exercise to Music candidates may also be considered, provided that they have some experience of instructing with resistance equipment. Candidates holding non NQF certificates may be considered for this qualification. However, training providers must apply APA or APL as appropriate to ensure that the requirements of the prerequisites are met. All evidence of APA and APL must be available to the CYQ external verifier upon request.

NB: It is the responsibility of the training provider to ensure that all candidates meet the prerequisites prior to assessment of this qualification. CYQ is unable to certificate unless the prerequisites are met.

It is recommended that centres offering this qualification should have access to an appropriate practical facility and that all courses leading to the certificate should be run with a practical bias.

Assessment
Internally assessed via:Externally assessed via:

Client Lifestyle and Fitness Assessment

  1. Client profile
  2. Formative or summative assessment of practical skills

Advanced Fitness Instructing - Gym

  1. 12 week advanced programme
  2. Practical assessment including planning, teaching and evaluating
  3. Verbal assessment on advanced programme

Nutrition and Weight Management

  1. Case study

Training in Different Environments

  1. Programme card
  2. Practical assessment including teaching
    and evaluation of programme card

Business and Marketing Skills for the Fitness Professional

  1. Business plan project

Sports Conditioning

  1. Movement analysis, skill rehearsal and conditioning breakdown of a sporting movement

Client Retention

  1. Worksheet and presentation
Advanced Fitness Instructing
  1. Theory paper

Nutrition and Weight Management

  1. Nutrition theory paper
Fees and certification codes
 

CYQ code

Fee

Overarching certificate
*Overarching certificate is free of charge.
This figure represents the combined cost of 7 unit certificates.
QC3PTRA01

£150*

Unit certificates  

Advanced Fitness Instructing – Gym (includes advanced EFK)

AFI 352/EFK 351

£70
Client Lifestyle and Fitness Assessment

QU3CLFA01

£25
Nutrition and Weight Management

QU3NAWM01

£25

Training in Different EnvironmentsQU3TIDE01£15
Business and Marketing Skills for the Fitness ProfessionalQU3BAMS01£15
Client RetentionQU3CLRE01£15
Sports ConditioningQU3SCON01£15
Unit certificates (optional)

 

 

EFKQU3AEFK01£22
Advanced Resistance TrainingQU3ARTG01£30
Advanced Cardiovascular Training

QU3ACTG01

£30

Resources
Syllabus 

£25

Syllabus (bound copy) 

£32.50

Manuals
(available for Exercise and Fitness Knowledge, Resistance and Cardiovascular Training
(now combined), Client Lifestyle and Fitness Assessment, Business and Marketing for the
Fitness Professional, Nutrition and Weight Management)

 Full Colour

Black & White

£12

£8

PT Pack
(the PT Pack includes all five mandatory manuals plus either the
Training in Different Environments or Sports Conditioning manual)

 Full Colour

Black & White

 £60

£44

Advanced Fitness Instructing DVD
(available for Gym)
 

£7

Level 3 Assessment and IV Pack
(includes all assessment and IV paperwork plus examples)
 

£30

QCA information
Qualification accreditation number

500/1848/6

Accreditation start date

1st May 2007

Accreditation end date

31st December 2010

Certification end date

31st December 2013

Mandatory units
Unit title

QCA code

Advanced Exercise and Fitness Knowledge

D/500/7007

Advanced Resistance Training

D/500/7008

Advanced Cardiovascular TrainingK/500/7009
Client Lifestyle and Fitness AssessmentJ/500/7387
Nutrition and Weight ManagementY/500/7393
Business and Marketing Skills for the Fitness ProfessionalR/500/8834
Optional units
Unit title

QCA code

Client Retention

Y/500/8835

Sports Conditioning

D/500/8836

Training in Different Environments

L/500/8833

REPs

Allows students to enter REPs at Level 3REPs 20 CPD point logo

Allows candidates to enter REPs at Level 3

Performance points (SCAAT)
157.50