Personal Training Courses

Level 3 Pesonal Training Course

The course features proprietary, cutting edge personal training content produced by some of the industry’s leading educators and includes video lectures, interactive animations, multiple choice worksheets and motion infographics. It covers a comprehensive range of subjects, including:

• Anatomy and physiology
• Diseases and health conditions
• Analysis of client information
• Functional programme design
• Movement screening
• Effective coaching models
• Health risk stratification
• Postural assessment
• Metabolic breakpoint testing
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Health and safety
• Planning and instructing gym-based exercise
• Health optimisation
• Nutrition
• Training movements vs. training muscles
• 10-step consultation process
• Corrective exercise
• Business skills and employment preparation
• T3 (HIIT) Coaching
• Circuit Training

It’s everything you need to start your personal training business.

Distance Study Personal Training Course

Perfect for those who aren’t looking for, or whose lifestyle can’t accommodate, a schedule of clinics (classes) to attend. Choose to film your practical assessments and submit them electronically along with your completed portfolios; or, for an additional fee, either book and attend scheduled In-Person assessment days at which you’ll perform your assessments and hand in your completed portfolios, or book and participate in Live Virtual assessments at bespoke times and dates that you arrange with us on which you’ll perform your assessments and submit your completed portfolios.

Visit Distance Study Option in TAP Specs below for more information.

Live Virtual Personal Training Courses

This study option is ideal for those who would prefer not to travel and would rather spend the time studying. The perfect choice if you’re looking to also offer your personal training services online once you’ve qualified, using Zoom for example.

Full Time: you’ll book onto and participate in an 11-day Live Virtual clinic held on weekdays.

Part Time: you’ll book onto and participate in an 11-day Live Virtual clinic held on Saturdays (Part Time Saturdays option) or Sundays (Part Time Sundays option).

Virtual clinics are live and not pre-recorded. Visit Live Virtual Study Option in Course Specs below for more information.

In-Person Personal Training Courses

A great choice for those looking to learn in the gym environment.

Full Time: you’ll book onto and attend an 11-day In-Person clinic held on weekdays.

Part Time: you’ll book onto and attend an 11-day In-Person clinic held on Saturdays (Part Time Saturdays option) or Sundays (Part Time Sundays option); or you’ll book onto and attend an 11-week In-Person clinic held Monday and Tuesday evenings (Part Time Evenings option).

Visit In-Person Study Option in Course Specs for more information.

The Specialist Diploma includes the Practitioner Diploma plus:

• Sports Conditioning
• Outdoor Fitness
• Group Indoor Cycling (Distance and In-Person study options)
• Advanced Stretching (Live Virtual study option)
• Level 3 Exercise Referral

This course is offered by Distance Study, Full Time & Part Time In-Person as well as Full Time & Part Time Live Virtual study options.

The Master Diploma includes the Specialist Diploma plus:

• Level 4 Obesity and Diabetes Management
• Life Coaching

This course is offered by Distance Study, Full Time & Part Time In-Person as well as Full Time & Part Time Live Virtual study options.

Employed Personal Trainer Duties

As an employed fitness professional, your duties will involve more than designing programmes and taking clients through fitness training sessions. You may be required to work on reception, teach a variety fitness classes which you are qualified to deliver and perform many duties similar to a fitness instructor, such as cleaning and maintaining the fitness equipment. You may also be required to conduct gym inductions and taking new members through their first workout.

Benefits of Being Employed

Being a full time employed fitness professional gives you job security. As a salaried PT, you’ll receive all the regular benefits a full time position comes with such as holiday pay, sick pay and job security.

Costs of Running Your PT Business

Being self-employed, means you decide how many sessions per day and per week you want to do. In most cases, the fees you charge your clients are your own however, the health & fitness club you work at will charge you a “rental fee” to use the facilities. These rental fees vary greatly depending on the health club and the location.

Of course, being self-employed also means you can train clients in their own home or outside, where there are no costs.

Benefits of Being Self-Employed

Being a self-employed gives you the greatest amount of control and flexibility over your working life. You choose how many PT sessions you do, where you train your clients and how much you charge. You are your own boss and have total control.

After Completion of a Personal Training Course

Once you complete your Level 3 Personal Trainer qualification, your next step is to start building your client base. This hybrid model allows you to earn as a salaried personal trainer, while you meet members in the fitness club and convert these members into clients.

Personal Trainer Jobs Matched to Your Fitness Courses

Our AI engine will match you with local personal trainer & fitness jobs based on the personal training courses you’re studying and the fitness qualifications you already have. As you continue to study with us and work on your professional development, the fitness jobs presented to you will be automatically matched to suit your knowledge, skills and experience.

Only on Our Personal Training Courses

This job board for personal trainers is only availble to those enrolled on one of our personal training courses. This is a unique feature only availble with TRAINFITNESS.

Health & Fitness Industry Jobs

In addition, graduates have also gained positions as personal trainers at:

Online Learning with our Tech

Mobile, tablet, laptop and desktop: you can study where, when and the way you like thanks to our award-winning e-learning ecosystem and learning resources. As soon as you enrol, you can log onto our website or mobile app and access your Student Desktop. Through the Student Desktop you complete the online course material and, depending on the TAP you choose to purchase, complete any online theory assessments, book onto any practical training and assessments, and interact with our Learner Support team.

Technology is in our DNA. We were the first fitness industry course provider in the UK to offer online learning and the first to offer a mobile app so that you can study personal training on the go. Our digital heritage ensures a rich and seamless learning experience – however you like to learn – which was recognised by the health and fitness sector with our achievement of the ukactive award for Best Use of Technology.

Online Learning for Success

Our personal training courses are created using microlearning principles, where content is divided into bite size chunks, helping you to better comprehend and retain information. Clear learning paths and our unique blend of stimuli make learning simpler and help build knowledge piece by piece.

The range of TAPs we offer to support our personal training course include synoptic assessment, which combines assessments over modules and across subjects. This method allows learners to transfer knowledge and skills between subjects and helps you see how issues and themes connect. Synoptic assessment reduces compartmentalised learning, so in the course you’ll notice anatomy and physiology, for example, is split across multiple lessons. You will then combine elements of your learning from these different lessons and show your accumulated knowledge and understanding in the assessments.

Together, our TAPs and PT course meet the real-world requirements of Fitness Instructors and Personal Trainers and are specifically structured in such a way as to represent the real-world journey you’ll take your clients on once you qualify.

Support Throughout Your Online Learning & Practical Training

When you purchase one of the personal training course TAPs we offer, we provide support in numerous ways:

Learner Support Service – As well as the support you receive from your tutor on a scheduled clinic or optional training day (if applicable), you’ll also have access to our Learner Support team. This team is dedicated to helping you with study questions and administration queries via phone, email or through our Helpdesk.

eClasses – If you enrol on the Distance study TAP, optional eClasses are available to help you prepare for your Gym and Personal Trainer assessment/s. You can book onto one or more of the eClasses and once booked you can attend that eClass as many times as you like within the course term. Optional eClasses are not mandatory, so they’re not included in your TAP. Additional fees apply.

Optional Training Days – If you enrol on the Distance study TAP and would like extra help with the more practical elements of the course, we have optional training days you can book onto and attend. On these days you can receive valuable tutor feedback and practical training. There are two optional training days available, one for the Gym Instructor component and another for the Personal Trainer component. Optional training days are not mandatory; therefore, aren’t included in your TAP. Additional fees apply.