HFA Personal Trainer

A Step-By-Step on How to Become an HFA-Certified Personal Trainer

Personal Trainers are in-demand! If you are passionate about fitness and living a healthy lifestyle and desire to turn that into a rewarding career, HFA can help get you there!

In order to become an HFA-certified Personal Trainer, there are a 3 courses that you need to take in a specific sequential order:

• Fitness Theory Course (a 32 hour course)
• Weight Training Course (a 20 hour course)
• Personal Training Course (a 32 hour course)

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Will I receive a certificate in the end:

You will receive a professional Personal Training certificate upon successful completion of the Personal Training course. This will be your official certificate of completion. It will come to you in PDF format via email. Please save this to your computer for reference. Please note that there is a $10.00 + GST administration fee for re-issuing certificates should you lose your first issuance.

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In these courses you will learn:

• exercise science review
• human anatomy
• the skeletal system
• biomechanics and applied kinesiology
• nutrition
• health screening
• testing and evaluation
• cardiorespiratory fitness and exercise
• resistance training program design: muscular strength and endurance
• flexibility training
• special populations and health concerns
• principles of adherence and motivation
• communication and teaching techniques
• basics of behaviour change in health psychology
• musculoskeletal injuries
• emergency procedures
• personal training business tips
• how to train individuals with specific goals
• and much more

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Options:

These courses can be taken in a classroom setting or fully online.