Advanced Personal Fitness Training – 600 Hours
The Advanced Personal Trainer non-degree program is a six hundred-hour (600 hour) program divided into three modules all of which will be two hundred hours long. Health and Wellness Coaching (200 hours), Advanced Special Populations (200 hours) and a Youth Fitness (200 hours). This program is designed to education students in the area of Health and Nutrition Coaching for the whole body and mind. Students will be educated on the unique needs of the Youth Fitness clients. The program also includes an in depth focus on the needs of special populations, including assessment and corrective exercise treatments.
The U.S. Health Coaching Market
Health coaching has emerged as a $6 billion service market, with a strong career outlook. Health educators advise and motivate clients to change bad lifestyle habits and to manage chronic conditions such as diabetes. Eighty six percent of the nations $2.7 trillion annual healthcare expenditures are for people with chronic and mental conditions. These costs can be reduced with health coach programs for employees and plan members to improve their lifestyles, eliminate bad habits, encourage better nutrition and exercise, and manage their chronic conditions.