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Learning Objectives

FITNESS

CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER (CPT)

• Identify and adhere to applicable professional standards and codes of conduct including business and professional development practices.
• Recognize and apply exercise psychology and behavioral coaching techniques for a wide variety of clients.
• Identify concepts and structures of anatomy and physiology, human movement science, exercise metabolism, nutrition, and supplementation.
• Select, perform, and interpret results from a client fitness assessment.
• Provide instruction and demonstrate proper exercise techniques for clients.
• Design client-specific exercise programs based on assessment results and client abilities.

NUTRITION

CERTIFIED NUTRITION COACH (CNC)

• Explain foundational principles of nutrition science.
• Differentiate between benefits and limitations of dietary archetypes.
• Identify best practices for physical activity linked to dietary archetypes.
• Develop customized, evidence-based nutrition programs for clientele.
• Explain the efficacy and appropriate, safe practices for the recommendation and use of supplements.
• Apply credible nutrition information from scholarly and reputable sources.

WELLNESS

CERTIFIED WELLNESS COACH (CWC)

• Understand the science behind what and why humans eat.
• Explore how movement complements a holistic wellness program.
• Understand how to evaluate someone’s relationship with exercise and how to support them in the creation of sustainable movement practices.
• Determine the capacity for individual to make meaningful behavior changes in the pursuit of their mental and emotional well-being.
• Learn to employ recovery tools that will help navigate some of life’s most stressful moments.
• Establish coaching skills with a results-oriented process that will teach how to empathetically guide and encourage the achievement of desired behavior change.