Overview
The Fitness Institute of Technology (F.I.T.), School of Fitness Training is a revolutionary improvement over what the Fitness Industry considers Personal Training today. Students in this program will learn the most current, well-researched and successful findings, methodologies, tactics, and strategies for getting people involved in the fitness lifestyle and keeping them involved in the fitness lifestyle.
School of Fitness Training Goals:
Upon successful completion of this program, students will achieve a high level of competence in all of the following areas of concentration (and more):
Goal 1 – Students will master professional interviewing techniques in order to establish effective communication and rapport with the client to maintain exercise adherence through effective fitness motivation.
Goal 2 – Students will master Fitness Assessment methodologies in order to determine any of the client’s existing physical dysfunctions (muscle, nerve, joint, or biochemical).
Goal 3 – Students will master Exercise Prescription methodologies in order to remedy any of the client’s existing dysfunctions as well as aid the client in achieving all of their health, fitness, and longevity goals.
Goal 4 – Students will master Program Design methodologies in order to create the safest and most effective training programs specific to the ten components of fitness that will best achieve the client’s goals in the shortest possible time.
Goal 5 – Students will master Exercise Management methodologies in order to continuously progress the health, fitness, and longevity program of the client with the highest degree of safety and effectiveness, thus avoiding stagnation and client dropout.
Programs Offered
- Associate of Science in the Applied Science of Fitness Training
- Bachelor of Science in the Applied Science of Fitness Training
- Master of Science in the Applied Science of Fitness Training
- Doctor of Philosophy in the Applied Science of Fitness Training
These programs usher in a Great New Era to the Personal Training Industry. These programs represent the highest level of education, training, competency, skill, and professionalism ever realized in the Fitness Industry!
Academic Program
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- Associates
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Semester I
1) Personal Fitness Trainer
2) Sports Nutrition Coach
3) Group Fitness Instructor
4) Exercise Technique Expert
5) Sports Conditioning Specialist
(Internship I)
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Semester II
6) Advanced Personal Fitness Trainer I
7) Weight Management Instructor
8) Functional Trainer
9) Advanced Personal Fitness Trainer II
10) Women’s Fitness Instructor
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- Bachelors
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Semester III
11) Youth Fitness Instructor
12) Senior Fitness Instructor
13) Program Design Specialist
14) Master Personal Fitness Trainer I
15) Sports Conditioning (Option of 3)
(Internship II)
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Semester IV
16) Master Personal Fitness Trainer II
17) Advanced Sports Nutrition Coach
18) Lifestyle Fitness Coach I
19) Fitness Facility Manager
20) Flexibility Coach
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- Masters
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Semester V
21) Anatomy
22) Physiology
23) Lifestyle Fitness Coach II
24) Fitness Assessment Specialist
25) Exercise Management
(Internship III)
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Semester VI
26) Kinesiology
27) Biomechanics
28) Strength Band and Ball Trainer
29) Exercise Management II
30) Exercise Prescription Specialist
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- PhD
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Semester VII
31) Low Back Disorder Specialist
32) Obesity Specialist
33) Special Population Expert
34) Sports Conditioning (Option of 3)
35) Sports Conditioning (Option of 3)
(Internship IV)
(Doctoral Dissertation)
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Semester VIII
36) Stress Management
37) Sports Injuries Specialist
38) Rehabilitative Medicine
39) Exercise Management III
40) Periodization Expert