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.

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.

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.