Become a Certified Personal Trainer

Register to learn how to deliver real results to your future clients.

In-person and virtual learning tools

Evidence-based, science-backed approach

Hands-on skills you can apply immediately

Start Your Journey

The Body + Soul Fitness Personal Training Certification is designed by fitness professionals for fitness professionals. Since 2001, we’ve taught our team of trainers how to deliver custom, science-backed programs that achieve results.

What You’ll Learn

This certification features a combination of in-person and online education that you can use right away with your clients. Our clear, evidence-based approach will equip you with the skills you need to succeed.

Learn everything you need to know to start a successful personal training career:
How to perform an in-depth assessment and intake for a new client.
How to interpret results and design a highly individualized program.
How to coach your client through the program so they achieve results safely.

$599

Early Bird Pricing $499

How it Works

Start with 16 hours of online education
Learn and practice during 4 days of in-person training, over two weekends
Demonstrate your knowledge of intakes and assessments in a practical exam
Design a program using everything you’ve learned in a case study exam

When and Where

Based on Our Education Program that Propelled Careers

“The education program at Body + Soul Fitness has helped me grow from a new trainer into a leader. I've helped countless people reach their fitness and lifestyle goals, and I now have the opportunity to mentor other trainers. The consistent education delivered by the leadership team has helped me expand my knowledge, teaching me how to help anyone who walks in the door. I've learned how to help clients lose weight, gain strength, recover from or prevent injuries, and how to consistently advance my client’s programming to keep them progressing towards their goals."

Emma Spitz, Club Manager

“Coming to Body + Soul Fitness with years of experience, I knew how the major lifts and how to teach people how to do those properly. I also knew how to treat people’s pain and injuries, but I didn’t have the knowledge to help them progress or how to get stronger. Our education program provides guidelines for continuously progressing clients. I’ve learned a lot about structural balance, the biomechanics of exercise, and effective programming. Because of the education program here, I’ve been able to help clients get really strong – they've recovered from pain and achieved their lifting goals.”

Austin Adam, Personal Trainer and Physical Therapist

Intake

Understand how to use an in-depth intake form to gather valuable information about the client pertaining to their medical and exercise history, goals, lifestyle and more.

Assessment

Learn how to conduct an in-depth fitness and lifestyle assessment. This assessment will give you all the information you will need to build your client a highly effective, individualized program.

Warm Up and Cooldown

Learn the proper methods and sequence of how to optimally prepare a client for their training session. Make your warmups and cooldowns individualized and efficient down to the minute.

Energy System Training

Understand how to assess and improve a client’s cardiovascular endurance. Also learn how to combine it with their strength training to maximize effectiveness and recovery.

Coaching and Cueing

Learn how to safely and effectively coach and cue your clients through the exercises in their program. Understand how to troubleshoot on the spot to fix common movement faults.

Strength Training Programming

Learn the basics around training splits, periodization, training variables, exercise selection and more. Learn how to write a perfect program for your client.

Abdominal Training

Understand how to program a client’s abdominal training based off multiple assessments. Learn how to sequence their abdominal training to maximize their results and minimize chance of pain or injury.

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