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We celebrate the individuality of every student and work with you to help you become the best personal trainer you can be. Our carefully designed personal training courses offer sought-after career paths, allowing you to concentrate on and achieve your specific career goals. Transform your passion into a rewarding career with a customised course perfect for you.
Choose the personal training course below that offers the level of expertise, income potential and credibility that you want to gain from your education.
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Become a Strength & Conditioning Exercise Specialist™ and gain more credibility, more confidence and the skills to attract more clients by specialising in your chosen field.
This Specialist Diploma™ includes:
- Level 3 Practitioner Diploma™ (level 2 Gym Instructor and level 3 Personal Trainer)*
- T3 HIIT Coach
- Level 2 Circuit Training
- Level 3 Outdoor Fitness
- Level 4 Strength & Conditioning Exercise Coach
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Become a Strength & Conditioning Exercise Master™. Earn one of the most respected credentials in fitness and gain the skills to build a sustainable personal training business — helping you attract clients, deliver great results, and keep them coming back.
This Master Diploma™ includes:
- Level 3 Strength & Conditioning Exercise Specialist Diploma™
- Level 4 Low Back Pain Management
- Level 4 Advanced Personal Trainer
Your Career in Strength & Conditioning
Specialising in strength and conditioning (“S&C”) offers significant advantages, particularly in enhancing employability and earning potential. With the rising demand for personal trainers qualified in S&C, you can turn your enthusiasm for peak performance into a rewarding career as a Strength & Conditioning Exercise Specialist™ or Master.
Created by two of the UK’s foremost S&C coaches, our Strength & Conditioning Exercise Diplomas™ not only deepen your theoretical knowledge but also equip you with extensive practical skills for real-world application. You’ll graduate as a qualified personal trainer and S&C coach equipped to enhance your client’s physical performance, whether they’re an athlete or fitness enthusiast.
Employing scientific methods, an S&C coach adeptly assesses clients’ needs by conducting a thorough analysis of the demands of activities alongside their current physical capabilities. This enables the development of tailored training plans and programming, ensuring clients reach their peak performance when training and, where relevant, for tournaments and competitions. Moreover, strategic monitoring of training loads and optimising recovery processes are integral to this role, further underscoring the coach’s value to a client’s success.
Personal trainers specialising in S&C not only enjoy greater credibility and expertise but also significantly enhanced marketability. By offering specialised, scientifically backed training programmes, you can attract a wider clientele, thereby opening doors to higher earning opportunities and more prestigious positions within the fitness and sports industries.
Diploma Options
We offer two exceptional Strength & Conditioning Exercise Diplomas™ to choose from.
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This Specialist Diploma™ includes the following units:
- Level 3 Practitioner Diploma™ (level 2 Gym Instructor and level 3 Personal Trainer)*
- T3 HIIT Coach
- Level 2 Circuit Training
- Level 3 Outdoor Fitness
- Level 4 Strength & Conditioning Coach
This Specialist Diploma™ begins with the internationally recognised level 3 Gym Instructor & Personal Trainer Practitioner Diploma™*, which serves as the foundation for all subsequent units in this course.
The level 2 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.
The level 3 Outdoor Fitness unit is an all-important addition that allows you to expand your services beyond conventional gym environments. This unit is designed to provide you with the essential skills and knowledge needed to design and lead effective, safe training sessions for both individuals and groups in outdoor spaces.
The level 4 Strength & Conditioning unit focuses on strength and conditioning, where you’ll learn how to programme and deliver advanced strength, speed and agility training. Amongst many other things, this highly specialised course will give you the skills to teach your clients more advanced lifts such as the clean, snatch and other power lifts.
*If you already hold a CIMSPA-recognised level 2 Gym Instructor qualification, you should choose the Specialist (without Gym Instructor) option in the Specialist Diploma Prices section below.
Strength & Conditioning Exercise Master Diploma™
This Master Diploma™ includes:
- Level 3 Strength & Conditioning Exercise Specialist Diploma™
- Level 4 Low Back Pain Management
- Level 4 Advanced Personal Trainer
This advanced course package builds on the foundation of the Strength & Conditioning Exercise Specialist Diploma™ by incorporating the comprehensive level 4 Low Back Pain Management unit, offering a deep understanding of one of the most common health issues.
Additionally, this level 4 Master Diploma™ includes the level 4 Advanced Personal Trainer unit, which enhances your skills in exercise programming, client assessment, and advanced training techniques.
By completing this Master Diploma™, you position yourself as a highly skilled professional, capable of delivering exceptional results and providing specialised training services to a broad and diverse client base.
*If you already hold a CIMSPA-recognised level 2 Gym Instructor qualification, you should choose the Master Diploma™ (without Gym Instructor) option in the Master Diploma™ Prices section below.
Study Options
To meet different study needs and styles, we offer three different study options for our Strength & Conditioning Exercise Diplomas™ – Distance, In-Person Fast Track and Live-Virtual™ Fast Track.
And you can start your course the minute you enrol: simply log on to our website or mobile app and get instant access.
Distance
The ultimate in flexibility, the Distance study option is conducted as home study.
You will:
- Complete as independent home study the relevant online learning, online theory assessment, workbook and portfolio for each of the Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer components before performing that component’s practical assessments.
- Film the Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer 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 Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer 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. If you enrol on a Specialist or Master Diploma™, you must complete the Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer components before starting the subsequent units.
- Complete the additional Specialist Diploma™ units (level 3 Outdoor Fitness, level 4 Strength and Conditioning) and additional Master Diploma™ units (level 4 Low Back Pain Management, level 4 Advanced Personal Trainer) as home study, in line with your enrolment, and submit the completed assessments for those additional units electronically via our Help Desk.
In-Person Fast Track
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:
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- 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 for the Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer components of your course.
- Submit your completed Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer portfolios electronically via our Help Desk.
- Complete the additional Specialist Diploma™ units (level 3 Outdoor Fitness, level 4 Nutrition Coach) and additional Master Diploma™ units (level 4 Obesity & Diabetes Management, level 4 Advanced Personal Trainer) as home study, in line with your enrolment, and submit the completed assessments for those additional units electronically via our Help Desk.
- Book onto scheduled In-Person Fast Track clinics. Check out Dates to see the locations and dates available.
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Live-Virtual™ Fast Track
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™ 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 the practical assessments for the Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer components of your course, 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.
- Submit your completed Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer portfolios electronically via our Help Desk.
- Complete the additional Specialist Diploma™ units (level 3 Outdoor Fitness, level 4 Nutrition Coach) and additional Master Diploma™ units (level 4 Obesity & Diabetes Management, level 4 Advanced Personal Trainer) as home study, in line with your enrolment, and submit the completed assessments for those additional units electronically via our Help Desk.
- Book onto scheduled Live-Virtual™ clinics. Check out the Dates available.
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Specialist Diploma™ 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 payment plan.
To enrol, simply select your Course and Study Option and click Get Started.
*Select the Specialist Diploma™ (including Gym Instructor) option if don’t already hold a CIMSPA-recognised level 2 Gym Instructor certificate.
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Master Diploma™ Prices
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*Select the Master Diploma™ (including Gym Instructor) option if don’t already hold a CIMSPA-recognised level 2 Gym Instructor certificate.
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Course Specs
Take a deep dive into our Strength & Conditioning Exercise Diplomas™. 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 qualification/s upon successful completion of the Strength & Conditioning Exercise Diploma™ you enrol on, the certificate/s for which will be issued by the awarding organisation.
Your personal trainer 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 Strength & Conditioning Exercise Diplomas™.
If you already hold a valid CIMSPA recognised Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification, current in practice, please give us a copy of that qualification and enrol on the Specialist Diploma™ (without Gym Instructor) or Master Diploma™ (without Gym Instructor). Give us a call on 0207 2929 140 option 1 if you have any questions.
You’ll need a basic level of English and Maths to understand the course content.
Our Strength & Conditioning Exercise Diplomas™ involve 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 Strength & Conditioning Exercise Diplomas™ represent the very best value and are 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.
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
Due to our proprietary delivery method, you can study from anywhere, in your own time, including from the following locations:
