Become a Personal Trainer
Help others become healthier and happier. Do what you love. Turn your passion for fitness into a rewarding personal training career.
When you graduate with our level 3 Practitioner Diploma™, you’ll be recognised internationally as a qualified personal trainer, enabling you to take advantage of exciting employment opportunities in a variety of settings including health clubs, your own personal training business, personal training franchises, and community fitness groups.
What You'll Learn
Our Practitioner Diploma™ is designed to boost your skills, advance your knowledge, and maximise your career opportunities.
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Read ReviewsThe level 3 Practitioner Diploma™ includes:
• Level 2 Gym Instructor*
• Level 3 Personal Trainer
• Circuit Training
• T3 (HIIT) Coaching
The Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer units feature cutting-edge content produced by some of the industry’s leading educators and includes video lectures, interactive animations, multiple choice worksheets and motion infographics. These units cover 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
• Physical measurements
• 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
• Circuit training
• 10-step consultation process
• Corrective exercise
• Business skills and employment preparation
The Circuit training unit is a crucial asset for personal trainers and delves into designing, conducting and refining circuit training routines. It equips you with extensive insights on creating varied workouts suitable for people at any fitness level, while incorporating a wide range of exercises with or without equipment.
The T3 HIIT Coach unit enhances your understating of High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) fundamentals, methodologies, and the scientific rationale underpinning them. Learn the skills and knowledge to deliver HIIT sessions that maximise calorie burn, boost metabolism and optimise cardiovascular endurance, providing your clients with efficient, effective and exhilarating workouts.
*If you already hold a CIMSPA-recognised level 2 Gym Instructor qualification, you should choose the Practitioner Diploma™ (without Gym Instructor) option in the Course Prices section below.
Study Options
To suit different study needs and styles, we offer three study options: In-Person Fast Track, Live-Virtual™ Fast Track and Distance.
Our In-Person and Live-Virtual™ options feature a structured Fast Track route that helps you qualify sooner through live, tutor-led clinics where you’re guided through the practical elements and complete the practical assessments needed to qualify and start working with clients.
You can start your course the minute you enrol: simply log on to our website or mobile app and get instant access.
In-Person Fast Track
Most popluar - from £1399 or £142 per month
Enjoy our in-person, gym-based experience: home study plus two Fast Track clinics — one for Gym Instructor and one for Personal Trainer — that you attend at one of our premium venues nationwide. Learn in a gym environment with a tutor and other students.
Each clinic runs for three days, from Friday to Sunday.
You will:
- Book onto scheduled In-Person Fast Track clinics. Check out Dates to see the locations and dates available.
- Complete as independent home study the online learning resources, online theory assessment, workbook and specified sections of the portfolio for each clinic before you attend that clinic. For example, you will complete the online course material and online theory assessment for the Personal Trainer component of the course (as well as specified sections of the Personal Trainer portfolio) before you attend the Personal Trainer clinic.
- Attend the clinics you have booked onto during which you will complete the practical assessments.
- Submit your completed portfolios electronically via our Help Desk.
Live-Virtual™ Fast Track
From £1399 or £142 per month
The best of both worlds: home study plus two Fast Track clinics — one for Gym Instructor and one for Personal Trainer — that you join from home via Teams with a tutor and other students. These are live, tutor-led sessions, not pre-recorded webinars or videos.
Each clinic runs for three days, from Friday to Sunday.
You will:
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- Book onto scheduled Live-Virtual™ Fast Track clinics. Check out the Dates available.
- Complete as independent home study the online learning, online theory assessment, workbook and specified sections of the portfolio for each clinic before you participate in that clinic. For example, you will complete the online course material and online theory assessment for the Personal Trainer component of the course (as well as specified sections of the Personal Trainer portfolio) before participating in the Personal Trainer clinic.
- Participate in the clinics you have booked onto during which you will complete all practical assessments, bar one from the Gym Instructor component. For the one Gym Instructor practical assessment not completed on clinic, you will instead film it in a suitably equipped professional fitness environment, for example, a commercial fitness centre, for which you’ll need one apparently healthy client. This study option involves using some basic equipment at home. Most items are simple and easy to source, and we’ll provide a full list of what you’ll need once you enrol.
- Submit your completed portfolios electronically via our Help Desk.
- Book onto scheduled Live-Virtual™ Fast Track clinics. Check out the Dates available.
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Distance
From £949 or £104 per month
A flexible home study option with no classes to attend.
You will:
- Complete as independent home study the relevant online learning, online theory assessment, workbook and portfolio for each component of your course before performing that component’s practical assessments.
- Film the practical assessments in a suitably equipped professional fitness environment; for example, a commercial fitness centre (for which you’ll need a minimum of three apparently healthy clients).
- Submit via our Help Desk a video of your practical assessments and completed portfolios. If you enrol on a combined Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer course, you must complete the Gym Instructor component of the course before the Personal Trainer component.
Course Prices
We offer a range of easy payment options: pay in full up front and receive a prompt payment discount; or pay the regular price with a interest-free payment plan.
To enrol, simply select your Course and Study Option and click Get Started.
*Select the Practitioner Diploma™ (with Gym Instructor) option if don’t already hold a CIMSPA-recognised level 2 Gym Instructor certificate.
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Valued At: £1665
Priced From: £949 prompt payment. Offer Ends 19th April!
Or 3, 6 & 12 month payment plans from £104/month. Total repayments: £1249
Valued At: £2499
Priced From: £1399 prompt payment. Offer Ends 19th April!
Or 3, 6 & 12 month payment plans from £142/month. Total repayments: £1699
Valued At: £2499
Priced From: £1399 prompt payment. Offer Ends 19th April!
Or 3, 6 & 12 month payment plans from £142/month. Total repayments: £1699
Valued At: £1415
Priced From: £599 prompt payment. Offer Ends 19th April!
Or 3, 6 & 12 month payment plans from £75/month. Total repayments: £899
Valued At: £1999
Priced From: £949 prompt payment. Offer Ends 19th April!
Or 3, 6 & 12 month payment plans from £104/month. Total repayments: £1249
Valued At: £1999
Priced From: £949 prompt payment. Offer Ends 19th April!
Or 3, 6 & 12 month payment plans from £104/month. Total repayments: £1249
Course Specs
Take a deep dive into our Practitioner Diploma™. If you have any questions that aren’t answered here, please call us.
Recognition
The awarding organisation we use is Focus Awards. You’ll achieve the relevant level 3 personal trainer qualification upon successful completion of the Practitioner Diploma™ you enrol on, the certificate for which will be issued by them.
Your personal training course is also recognised by REPs and CIMSPA.
Prerequisites
When it comes to getting started, you don’t need any previous fitness qualifications for our Practitioner Diploma™. If you already hold a CIMSPA recognised Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification, please enrol on the Practitioner Diploma™ (without Gym Instructor) option and give us a copy of your level 2 qualification. Give us a call on 0207 2929 140 option 1 to find out more.
You’ll need a basic level of English and Maths to understand the course content.
Our Practitioner Diploma™ involves physical activity that you need to perform. While it’s not essential, having personal experience with gym sessions will come in handy.
Payment Options
Our Practitioner Diploma™ represents the very best value and is made even more affordable by the range of flexible funding options we offer.
You can pay in full, up front and receive a prompt payment discount; or take out a payment plan on the regular price.
Learn more about our payment plans.
Free eClasses and Reassessments
Enjoy access to free daily eClasses, held live on Zoom from Monday to Friday. These optional sessions can be attended as often as you like.
And if you choose Distance study, to help make assessments even less stressful, you can resubmit free of charge if you don’t get everything right the first time.
Dates
Check out the dates and locations for our In-Person Fast Track clinics, and the dates for our Live-Virtual™ Fast Track clinics:
Locations
We believe your address shouldn’t stand in the way of your ambition to become a personal trainer. You can study your Practitioner Diploma™ wherever you are in the country, including:
London | Aberdeen | Barking and Dagenham | Barnet | Barnsley | Bath | Battersea | Belfast | Bexley | Birmingham | Bournemouth | Brent | Brighton | Bristol | Brixton | Bromley | Cambridge | Camden | Canterbury | Cardiff | Chiswick | Clapham | Colchester | Coventry | Crawley | Cricklewood | Crouch End | Croydon | Doncaster | Ealing | Earls Court | Edinburgh | Enfield | Exeter | Finchley | Glasgow | Golders Green | Greenwich | Hackney | Hammersmith and Fulham | Haringey | Harlesden | Harrow | Hatfield | Havering | Highgate | Hillingdon | Hounslow | Inverness | Isleworth | Islington | Kensington and Chelsea | Kent | Kilburn | Kingston upon Thames | Knightsbridge | Ladbroke Grove | Lambeth | Leeds | Leicester | Lewisham | Liverpool | Luton | Manchester | Mayfair | Merton | Middlesbrough | Mitcham | Muswell Hill | Neasden | Newcastle | Newham | Northampton | Norwich | Nottingham | Notting Hill | Paddington | Peckham | Peterborough | Plymouth | Portsmouth | Reading | Redbridge | Richmond upon Thames | Sheffield | Shoreditch | Solihull | Southampton | Southend on Sea | Southgate | South Kensington | Southwark | Stratford | Streatham | Sunderland | Sutton | Tooting | Tower Hamlets | Vauxhall | Waltham Forest | Wandsworth | Watford | Wembley | Westminster | Wigan | Willesden Green | Wolverhampton | Woolwich | Wrexham
