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Aug 06, 2026
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EXER 210 - Personal Train & Ex Leadership
PREREQUISITES/COREQUISITE: EXER 105 - Exercise Physiology and EXER 114 - Physical Cond & Strength Train
PROGRAM: Kinesiology and Exercise Science
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 2
LAB HOURS MIN: 3
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS MIN: 80
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall 2023
This course will focus on the fundamental concepts of personal training for an apparently healthy, general population client and the importance of a personal trainer’s role, responsibilities, and job duties. Students will learn how to evaluate a client’s health history profile per ACSM cardiovascular risk factors, choose appropriate exercise assessments, build individualized exercise programs based upon assessment results and client goals, monitor progression of a client’s fitness level, modify exercises as needed and monitor client safety to prevent injury.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Apply scope of practice for the personal fitness trainer.
- Screen and evaluate health history forms for prospective clients
- Describe and execute the rules regarding protected health information& records and their use in the fitness industry.
- Examine and interpret risk factors for disease.
- Demonstrate and practice industry standard fitness assessment techniques for health risk, fitness and movement analysis assessments (Resting HR & BP, BMI, Posture, 7-site Skinfolds with calipers, YMCA Cycle Ergometer cardiovascular test, Joint ROM, Handgrip Dynamometer, and NASM Dynamic Movement Push-Pull-Press-Squat)
- Measure and interpret standardized fitness assessments for apparently healthy clients.
- Design safe and effective exercise programs for apparently healthy clients
- Respond to fitness and health questions that arise in a one-on-one setting
- Recognize legal issues regarding fitness leadership
- Recognize misleading and incorrect information concerning exercise principles and methodology
- Observe and analyze exercise performance for correct form and technique
- Identify and apply personal training marketing techniques for career growth
MAJOR LAB COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Measure, interpret and practice standardized fitness assessments for apparently healthy clients including body composition, cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength & endurance, static posture, dynamic joint range of motion, flexibility and neuromuscular.
- Design safe and effective exercise programs to meet apparently healthy individualized client programs
- Demonstrate exercise instruction techniques for each major component of fitness, including cardiovascular, free weight, and body weight loaded exercises for the prevention of injury
- Communicate effectively with clients using both verbal and non-verbal cueing techniques to improve performance of individual exercises
- Measure, calculate, and interpret desired body weight from a given body fat percentage.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills with clients
- Develop and practice delivery of strategies that motivate individuals to overcome barriers and improve exercise program adherence
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Management of a personal training session
- Behavior modification and adherence to exercise
- Counseling and coaching techniques
- Health and fitness assessments
- Design of resistance, cardiorespiratory and flexibility programs
- Client-trainer communication techniques and issues
- Legal and ethical issues relating to personal training
- Personal trainer marketing and career planning
- HIPAA
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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