Program Overview
A Personal Trainer works with individuals to help them achieve their fitness, health, and wellness goals through personalized exercise programs, motivation, and education. Personal trainers provide one-on-one guidance, focusing on the client’s specific needs, fitness level, and goals, whether it's improving strength, endurance, flexibility, weight management, or overall health.
Trainers assess their clients' strengths and weaknesses through fitness evaluations, which are often conducted before and after an exercise program to track progress and improvements. In addition to exercise, they educate clients on various aspects of wellness, including general health and nutrition guidelines.
About Delta's Program
The personal trainer advanced certificate is fast-paced program designed to prepare you for the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) certification. At Delta, you'll have the opportunity to take the NSCA certified personal training exam on campus.
By learning human anatomy, exercise physiology, injury prevention and motivation techniques, you will develop the skills necessary to lead individuals safely through exercise with proper instruction and demonstration.
You will work with an actual client for eight weeks, conducting an initial assessment, designing and overseeing their program, and completing a final evaluation. Throughout this process, you will also gain experience in obtaining informed consent, handling liability waivers, and creating tracking documents.
Hands-on fitness assessment opportunities include:
- 1 RM and 5 RM testing
- Isometric strength testing
- Blood pressure testing
- VO2max testing on metabolic cart
- Submaximal testing on metabolic cart
- Blood lactate testing
- Wingate power test
- Body composition testing (skinfolds and circumference measurements)
- Flexibility assessments
- Muscle endurance assessments
- Cardiorespiratory fitness testing
- Hydrostatic weighing
- Postural Assessments
Professional licensure
Program completers are eligible to take a national certification exam that is recognized in all states. Please contact program coordinator for further information.
Why you should choose Delta
Dedicated and passionate faculty that hold up-to-date national credentials and certifications in the fitness industry.
Tremendous hands-on practical experiences using strength training equipment, machines, Kettlebells, Dumb bells, resistance tubing, BOSU and Swiss Ball and one-on-one training.
The National Strength and Conditioning Association is the world-leading membership organization for thousands of elite strength coaches, personal trainers and dedicated researchers and educators.
As student members, students receive an NSCA conference rate of only $25!
Program accepted through the National Strength and Conditioning Association as an Education Recognition Program.
The NSCA Education Recognition Program (ERP) is the first step in laying the foundation to ensure excellence for students in the classroom, as well as long-term professional success after graduation. The ERP recognizes and distinguishes schools with strength and conditioning or personal training curricula that prepares students for NSCA certification exams.
Exam pass rates on the American Council on Exercise (ACE) certification exam or the
National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Personal Trainer exam,
have been over 90% for the past five years.
Facts & Figures
Our students have a pass rate of 100% when taking the National Strength and Conditioning - Certified Personal Trainer exam.
A 300 hour internship at the end of the program gives our students on-the-job experience within the health promotion field.
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