Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Build a Fitness Business
Learn Path Description
Understand How to Start a Business in the Fitness Industry. The fitness industry generated $94 billion in 2020 in the US alone. It is a sector supporting thousands of entrepreneurs, and you could be one of them. Empower yourself to achieve your dreams of becoming a personal trainer with your own fitness business. Whether you are just starting, or you have been in the fitness industry for years, this ExpertTrack will cover the valuable skills you need for success. You’ll be guided through a series of courses designed by the experts at CQUniversity as you gain knowledge on how to work with all types of clients, networking, mental health, and nutrition. Understand client onboarding You’ll learn how to set your clients up for success with effective preparation techniques. You’ll examine fitness testing and pre-screening requirements to incorporate into your onboarding process and help your clients achieve their fitness goals. ##Learn how to tap into the outdoor fitness market: You’ll understand how to incorporate outdoor training into your fitness business to increase your income, and expose your clients to new programs. Work within your scope of practice when giving nutritional advice You’ll examine the dangers of providing nutritional advice to your fitness clients, and how to correctly identify when this guidance goes beyond your remit as a fitness professional. You’ll learn how to provide credible sources of information to your clients, and when it is best to refer them to a specialist. Learn mental health first aid and workplace health and safety in a fitness setting During your career as a personal trainer, it’s likely you will encounter a client with mental health considerations. On this course, you’ll learn how to design a fitness plan that best supports your client’s mental and physical health. You’ll also identify the growing market of older people in fitness, and understand the considerations to address to successfully and safely train this demographic. Understand client retention and how to network: You’ll learn valuable skills in maintaining your existing client base as well as how to network to increase your fitness community and bring in more revenue. By the end of this ExpertTrack, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to become an entrepreneur and build a socially responsible fitness empire.
Skills You Will Gain
Courses In This Learning Path
Total Duration
2 weeks
Level
Advanced
Learn Type
Certifications
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Client Onboarding and Fitness Testing
This course is two weeks long and will equip you as a fitness professional with the necessary knowledge to prepare clients for a training program. This course will help you understand the requirements for orientation and prescreening, as well as how to use that knowledge to create an efficient and comprehensive onboarding process. It will also be discussed how to use fitness testing to gain a better understanding of your client's baseline to create a customized fitness program. To gain a better understanding of the industry, you will examine your legal responsibilities as a fitness and health professional and what is expected.
After having analysed a variety of fitness testing methods, it's time to reflect on the Adult Pre-Exercise Screening System and how these methods can be applied to different fitness levels and program requirements within your client base. This knowledge will allow you to accurately assess the progress of your clients and help them achieve their fitness goals. CQUniversity is Australia's top regional university. You will be able to participate in project-based learning and practical learning experiences. This course will give you real-world skills and knowledge that you can use in your fitness and health workplace. Fitness Australia, a leader in best practices for fitness professionals around the world, has accredited this course.
Total Duration
2 weeks
Level
Intermediate
Learn Type
Certifications
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Build an Outdoor Fitness Business
Outdoor training sessions have increased by nearly 40% in the last 10 years. This two-week course will teach you how to harness the power of outdoor fitness to grow your personal training business, and to expose your clients and prospects to new fitness and health programs. Learn the essential elements of running an outdoor fitness business and how to improve your chances of success.
To understand your local population, you'll be able to spot the gaps in the fitness and health market. To collaborate effectively across industries and with customers, you'll need to be able to communicate and refer clients.
You will learn how to manage clients, and what your duty of care is as a professional in the field of fitness. In an outdoor setting, you'll be able to explore the delivery and planning options.
CQUniversity, Australia’s top regional university, has designed this course in collaboration with the fitness industry. This course will increase your knowledge and confidence in expanding your business into an outdoor setting.
Fitness Australia has accredited this course, which is a world leader in best practices for fitness professionals.
Total Duration
2 weeks
Level
Intermediate
Learn Type
Certifications
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Providing Nutritional Advice to Your Clients
Your clients might expect nutrition guidance from you as a fitness professional. However, it is difficult to give nutritional advice. This two-week course will teach you the skills and knowledge necessary to help your clients make healthy decisions. You'll also learn how to recognize when your role as a personal coach is oversimplified. Learn how to recognize the dangers in giving food advice in a gym setting and how to help your clients get the assistance they need.
This course will teach you how to recognize reliable information sources so that your clients receive trustworthy nutrition guidance. You will also be able identify when giving nutritional advice is unethical or outside your capabilities, and what steps you can take in order to refer your client to an accredit professional. You will feel confident when you are able to give nutritional advice to clients after the course.
CQUniversity will provide hands-on learning and practical experience. You will be able to offer nutrition advice and planning skills.
Total Duration
2 weeks
Level
Advanced
Learn Type
Certifications
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Mental Health First Aid for Fitness Trainers
This short course online will give an overview of mental disorders and outline the first steps to take when you encounter someone with a mental disorder or are experiencing a trauma or crisis. This course will provide strategies that can be used by the first responder in managing the situation until professional assistance is available.
After completing this course, you will be able:
Describe the causes and incidence of mental health disorders. Discuss the best strategies for managing someone in crisis. Once a crisis is over, you can manage the person. Discuss the benefits of professional help and provide a list of Australian referrals. Fitness Australia, a leader in best practices for fitness professionals around the world, has accredited this course.
Total Duration
2 weeks
Level
Beginner
Learn Type
Certifications
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Developing Fitness Programs for Older People
This short course online provides an overview of prescreening, testing, and programming for older adults to develop health and fitness goals. The physical and mental effects that ageing has on chronic health issues are discussed. This population is discussed in relation to the possibility of working with or referring an Allied Health Professional. This course will prepare you to:
Describe the recommended physical activity guidelines for older adults. Prescreening and fitness testing for older adults is recommended. Identify fall prevention strategies for the fitness setting. Explain the program of exercise for older adults, including strength, conditioning, and progression programs. You should also consider safety issues for older people in the fitness environment. Examine the referral routes for Medical and Allied Health Professionals to manage fitness programs for older adults with health concerns.
Fitness Australia has accredited this course, which is a world leader in best practices for trainers.
Total Duration
2 weeks
Level
Beginner
Learn Type
Certifications
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Build a Health and Fitness Business Network
This short course teaches you how to build a network of fitness professionals in your community. It covers everything from health and fitness to wellbeing and medical. This course is about building relationships that are client-centric, which provide continuity of care, make referrals, foster trust, and communicate to manage clients holistically. This course will help you: Identify potential community and health partners to build your business network. Identify the philosophy and message of your business network. Understand how to set up the format and commitment to the business network. Understand the power and reach of word-of-mouth endorsements. Highlight mechanisms that can strengthen the business network and create mutually beneficial business relationships.
Fitness Australia has accredited this course, which is a world leader in best practices for fitness professionals.
Total Duration
2 weeks
Level
Advanced
Learn Type
Certifications
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Workplace Health and Safety in a Fitness Setting
Employers, workers, and the community are all affected by work-related illnesses, deaths, and injuries. This course will teach you how to protect yourself and your clients as a trainer.
The key elements of your local legislation will be identified, along with insurance and best practices procedures.
You will gain an understanding of what skills are required to work at the highest levels of safety and security. You will also learn how to respond to and mitigate the long-term effects of safety incidents or hazards.
We will discuss your responsibilities as a fitness professional and the duty of care you have.
CQUniversity, Australia’s top regional university, has designed this course in collaboration with the fitness industry.
Project-based learning with experts in the field will help you to increase your knowledge and confidence to expand your business into an outdoor setting.
Fitness Australia has accredited this course, which is a world leader in best practices for fitness professionals.
Total Duration
2 weeks
Level
Intermediate
Learn Type
Certifications
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Building a Fitness Community, Client Retention for Trainers
This short course teaches you how to retain clients, maintain programs and businesses, add value to clients, build client-trainer trust and generate additional revenue with other services. A range of activities are described to encourage and motivate client-trainer relationships.
Understanding the basics of client communication, follow-up and organic marketing to build relationships within a fitness community. You can implement daily activities to ensure that clients are checking in with your business on a daily base, regardless of whether they are in your classes. To reduce workload and create a sense community among clients and members, you should establish a system. Identify the kind of community and philosophies that you want your clients to embrace. For follow-up and feedback, identify simple strategies fitness professionals can use
Fitness Australia has accredited this course, which is a world leader in best practices for fitness professionals.
