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Personal Training Resources

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Essential Lectures

Supplementary Material


Personal Training Videos with Slides & Accompanying Text


Written Lectures

Personal Training Videos with Slides & Accompanying Text

Supplementary Lecture #1

Initial assessment, screening & client engagement.

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Supplementary Lecture #2

SMART goals, motivation and adherence strategies

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Supplementary Lecture #3a

Components of Fitness, training methods, programming and timetabling. Principles of training

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Supplementary Lecture #3b

Components of Fitness, training methods, programming and timetabling. Principles of training

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Supplementary Lecture #4

Components of a Training Session - warm-up, training year, factors associated with sports performance, performance-related fitness, planning training

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Supplementary Lecture #5

Fitness Testing - terminology, a range of laboratory-based and field-based fitness tests, health-screening techniques, administering appropriate fitness tests, interpreting the results of fitness tests and providing feedback

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Supplementary Lecture #6

What is health and what is fitness? The difference between health testing and fitness testing, why we assess, the effect of exercise on medical conditions

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Supplementary Lecture #7

Fundamental Movements in PT: the structure and purpose of RAMP (Raise body temperature /Activation of muscles /Mobility/ Potentiation), benefits of periodisation

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Supplementary Lecture #8

Planning a flexibility training programme and components for planning a cardiovascular session

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Supplementary Lecture #9a

Planning a speed session and planning a strength session

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Supplementary Lecture #9b

Recapping concepts of speed and strength training. Programme design rules and considerations

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Supplementary Lecture #10

Importance of training diaries and means and methods of tracking and monitoring

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Written Lectures

Lecture #1

What Makes an Outstanding Personal Trainer

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Lecture #2

Basic Requirements Needed to be a Personal Trainer

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Lecture #3

Health and Safety

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Lecture #4

What Makes a Good Personal Trainer

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Lecture #5

Getting to Know the Client

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Lecture #6

Components of Fitness

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Lecture #7

Assessing the Client

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Lecture #8

Fitness Tests

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Lecture #9

Programme Design

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